"At the table the family should early be trained to avoid all unpleasant
themes, even the criticism of the children's table habits should be reserved
for an aftermath. Many a child's appetite is spoiled by the sharp toi.e of
the mother, 'Hold your fork straight and don't bite your teaspoon.' It
should be the object of each and all to get in if possible a good bit of fun,
for, 'A hearty laugh aideth digestion.'
" The housewife who keeps her trials to retail to her husband at meal-
times, and the man who brings home business anxieties, which he imper-
tinently intrudes, sin not alone against propriety, but against hygiene as
well; because anxiety, sorrow, or sudden shock are known to have a very
serious effect upon digestion, acting through a curious little nerve center
called the solar plexus, which lies just back of the stomach and sends its
tendrils to almost all parts of the digestive system. It is difficult to find
the filaments of this plexus even with the microscope and yet so impor-
tant is it in our organism that Virchow, the great German authority, called
this solar plexus the abdominal brain, since it acts through the sympa-
thetic nervous system upon almost every part of the organism."
THE COMPLEXION.
The most perfect form will avail woman little unless it possesses also
that brightness which is the finishing touch and final polish of a beautiful
lady.
Blessed is the woman who has a clear complexion. She little knows
how much she has to be thankful for, and since these women are very
scarce it behooves the rest of us to make up by the care we take of our
complexion where nature has slighted us.
The principal source of a bad complexion in otherwise healthy women
is generally caused by comedos, commonly called flesh worms. This is
specifically a disease of puberty and consequently self-limited. These are
affections of the sebaceous glands of the skin and consequently can be
536 TOILET SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES.
prevented by keeping It In a healthy condition, which can be done by
following these instructions.
Comedones should be extracted by the aid of a watch key or a comedo
extractor, which can be bought for the purpose. Pimples should be
opened with a fine, thoroughly clean needle and the purulent contents
expressed, after which the face must be shampooed with either the alka-
line spirit of soap of hebra, which can be obtained in any drug store, or
the plain, genuine green soap or saigo fluid soap.
The process of shampooing should be thorough. One should spend
ten minutes over a basin of water as hot as can be borne lathering every
particle of the skin, then it should be well rinsed in clean, hot water and
after thorough friction of the surface and perfectly drying the same with
a soft towel.
When the skin is harsh, dry and prematurely shows signs of wrinkles
it is generally a sign that the skin is not well nourished, in which case
after shampooing as directed above, a towel ought to be wrung out of
water as hot as can be borne, folded in three or four thicknesses and
applied over the face, pressing it close against the eyes and skin and
allowed to remain a few minutes in order to draw the blood to the surface
and open the pores of the skin, then the skin should be fed by thoroughly
anointing it with cold cream, cocoa butter or olive oil. ✪ Cold Cream
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"At the table the family should early be trained to avoid all unpleasant themes, even the criticism of the children's table habits should be reserved for an aftermath. Many a child's appetite is spoiled by the sharp tone of the mother, 'Hold your fork straight and don't bite your teaspoon.' It should be the object of each and all to get in if possible a good bit of fun, for, 'A hearty laugh aideth digestion.'
" The housewife who keeps her trials to retail to her husband at mealtimes, and the man who brings home business anxieties, which he impertinently intrudes, sin not alone against propriety, but against hygiene as well; because anxiety, sorrow, or sudden shock are known to have a very serious effect upon digestion, acting through a curious little nerve center called the solar plexus, which lies just back of the stomach and sends its tendrils to almost all parts of the digestive system. It is difficult to find the filaments of this plexus even with the microscope and yet so important is it in our organism that Virchow, the great German authority, called this solar plexus the abdominal brain, since it acts through the sympathetic nervous system upon almost every part of the organism."
THE COMPLEXION.
The most perfect form will avail woman little unless it possesses also that brightness which is the finishing touch and final polish of a beautiful lady.
Blessed is the woman who has a clear complexion. She little knows how much she has to be thankful for, and since these women are very scarce it behooves the rest of us to make up by the care we take of our complexion where nature has slighted us.
The principal source of a bad complexion in otherwise healthy women is generally caused by comedos, commonly called flesh worms. This is specifically a disease of puberty and consequently self-limited. These are affections of the sebaceous glands of the skin and consequently can be
prevented by keeping It In a healthy condition, which can be done by following these instructions.
Comedones should be extracted by the aid of a watch key or a comedo extractor, which can be bought for the purpose. Pimples should be opened with a fine, thoroughly clean needle and the purulent contents expressed, after which the face must be shampooed with either the alkaline spirit of soap of hebra, which can be obtained in any drug store, or the plain, genuine green soap or saigo fluid soap.
The process of shampooing should be thorough. One should spend ten minutes over a basin of water as hot as can be borne lathering every particle of the skin, then it should be well rinsed in clean, hot water and after thorough friction of the surface and perfectly drying the same with a soft towel.
When the skin is harsh, dry and prematurely shows signs of wrinkles it is generally a sign that the skin is not well nourished, in which case after shampooing as directed above, a towel ought to be wrung out of water as hot as can be borne, folded in three or four thicknesses and applied over the face, pressing it close against the eyes and skin and allowed to remain a few minutes in order to draw the blood to the surface and open the pores of the skin, then the skin should be fed by thoroughly anointing it with cold cream, cocoa butter or olive oil.
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