MATTERS FEMININE.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 618, 22 March 1921, Page 7

MATTERS FEMININE.

BEFORE A DANCE. Try the effect of an hour’s rest in the afternoon before going to a dance, and before doing so procure a basin of boiling water, add to it a teaspopnful -of simple tincture of benzoin, cover the head with a towel, hold the face over the steam with the eyes shut for three or four minutes, then rinse the face in cold water and dry it with a soft towel. After this treatment sip a glass ofi hot milk and lie flat on the back, absolutely still for an hour. A short doze will enhance the value of the rest considerably, and make a great difference in the appearance. WAYS THAT WORRY. Very often they are good ones—but they come at the wrong time, and just as a weed is a flower in the wrong place, so "ways that are all good at one time are irksome at another.

Tidiness, for instance. A spotless room is delightful, but a person who dusts in season and out of season is wearisome to the flesh. One cannot talk to her' without feeling that her attention is wandering to some possible speck of dust.

Affection, too, is good; but displayed in public or before, the unsympathetic us a thing calculated to an-' ger rather than please, for it makes us look foolish.

As for correction, that is a -sore point with most of us. We do not miud the tactfully insinuated suggestion that we need to keep us right, but the open, blunt, setting-right, makes us furious and disconcerted. It is one of the most ‘‘aggravating’' of all the ways that we find worrying, and the one most apt to destroy our love for the one who inflicts it upon us. Truly, it is well to keep a strict guard over our particular “little ways,” lest they cost us more than we can willingly spare. MANNERS FOR BOYS. Keep step with any you walk with. Hat lifted in saying “Good-bye,” or “How do you do?” Hat lifted when offering a seat in a car, or in acknowledging a favour. Always precede a larly upstairs, and ask her whether you may precede her in passing through a crowd or public place. Let ladies pass through a door first, standing aside for them. Let a lady pass first, unless she asks you to precede her.

Look people straight in the face when speaking or spoken to. In the sitting-room stand till every lady in the room is seated, also older people; Rise if a lady comes in after you are seated, and stand till she takes a

seat. Hat off the moment you enter a street door, and when you step into private hall or office. Never play with knife, fork, or

spoon. Use your handkerchief unobtrusively always. In the dining-room take your seat after ladies and elders. Rise when ladies leave the room, and stand till they are out. - Eat as fast or slowly as others imd finish the course when they do in passing out of a room, let the ladies pa~s dr»c. Do not look towards % bedroom door when passing. Always knock at any private room door. Special rules for the mouth are that all noise in eating and smacking of lip» should be avoided. .