MATTERS FEMININE.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 604, 1 February 1921, Page 6

MATTERS FEMININE.

WHEN YOU WRITE A LETTER-. Don’t use scented paper; it is in the worst of taste. Don’t forget to write your address and the date, even if you are not writing on business. Don’t write it in pencil; it is considered rude, and it is an untidy, lazy habit at best. Avoid postscripts if you can; some girls put all the important part of their letter as an afterthought. Don’t cross your writing; paper is cheap and it is trying to have to decipher crossed Writing. Plain paper, white, blue, or grey, of a good quality is preferable, and inr dicates a refined and excellent taste. Use envelopes that will take your paper easily when twice folded. HINTS OX TIIE BABY'S FOOD. The baby’s milk should always be boiled, so as to destroy any germs which arc apt to lurk in it. A regular hour for feeding the baby is indispensable, as feeding it every time it cric3 is not only bad as a habit, but in tims will ruin the child’s digestion., Two nursing bottles arc necessary, so that they may be kept exquisitely clean; hot water, and soap are the best cleansers. 'When being fed the baby should be taken from its cradle, and when he has had enough put back again to sleep, but it is a bad habit to leave the bottle in bed with a child, as it is apt to fall asleep, and upon wale* ing drink part of the milk cold. Any milk remaining in the bottle should not be warmed up, but fresh milk given each time. USEFUL LITTLE DRESS. A very simple frock is shown, which, is drawn in at a low waistline with a belt, and gathered into a Magyar yoke, b. with which trio sleeve is cut. The

lomcwhat low nock is finished with & square collar. Allow 2 to 2.1 yards of 44-incli wido aiatcrial, according to the size. WATER AS BEAUTIFIER. While women run after each new thing in the way of face creams and complexion bcautifiers, a very simple lid to digestion, and hence to a clca-i, pretty skin, goes unappreciated and unused right av their hand. It is simply water, of which very few women drink one-quarter as much as they should do in the * course of a day. To do its work properly the liquid should be taken between meals, and at least three pints, or six ordinary glasses, a day should be the average of an adult. A woman whofe skin is the envy of others, and who is believed t>v many to resort to all sorts of “beauty” devices, attributes it entirely to the plentiful use of water, both internally and externally. She drinks it, a glassful at a time, almost every hour. Hot water, if taken a cupful on rising and another when going to bed, will help to reduce the weight of a stout person. Cold water, unless taken with meals, will not increase flesh, but has a tendency to harden and make it firmer.