casionally causes paralysis itself. <*3 Mother's Cook Book. In getting up the eyes, nothing is injurious that is bot dtopped into them. The use of kohlor kohol is quite harm- leas, and, it must be confessed, very effective when applied — as the famous recipe for salad dressing enjoins with re- gard to the vinegar — by the hand of a miser. Modern Egyptian ladies make their kohol of the smoke produced by burning almonds. A small bag holding the bottle of kohol, and a pin, with a rounded point with which to apply it, form part of the toilet paraphernalia of all the beauties of Cairo, who make the immense mistake of getting up their eyes in an exactly similar manner, thus trying to reduce the endless variety of nature to one common pattern, a mistake that may be accounted for by the fact that the Arabs believe kohol to be a sovereign specific against ophthalmia. Their English sisters often make the same mistake without the same excuse. A hairpin steeped in lampblack is the usual method of darkening the eyes in England, retribution fol- lowing sooner or later in the shape of a total loss of the eyelashes. Eau de Cologne is occasionally dropped into the eyes, with the effect of making them brighter. The opera- tion is painful, and it is said that half a dozen drops of whiskey and the same quantity of Eau de Cologne, eaten on a lump of sugar, is quite as effective. HEADACHE. One of our English contemporaries has wisely been de- voting some thought and space to the common and dis- tressing fact that a great many English women suffer from . headache. The same trouble prevails in America, and men, no matter how selfish they may be, are deeply con- cerned about it, for a wife with a headache cannot be com- panionable; the best of sweethearts with a headache is sure to be unreasonable, while a lady who has neither husband or other special cavalier. to engross her attention can ruin the peace of mind of every one she meets while she has a Mothkx'b Cook Book. 807 headache of perceptible size. No amount of masculine grumbling is likely to change all this, bat women themselves might change it if they would comprehend the causes of the malady, and then apply their nimble wits to the work of prevention or core. The trouble is that all American women who have head- aches live indoors, where the best air is never good and the worst is poison, and they have none of the exercises which saves man from the popular feminine malady. Were a strong man to eat breakfast at any ordinary American table and then sit down at a work-table or even move about briskly from one room to another, he would have a split- ting headache before noon, and the chatter of his innooent children would seem to be the jargon of fiends. The mid- day meal would increase his wretchedness, and by dusk he would be stretched in misery upon his bed, with one hand moping his forehead with ice-water, while the other would threaten with a club or pistol any one who dared to enter the room or make a noise outside. There is no reason why women should not suffer just as severely for similar trans- gressions of physical law. True, indoor life is compulsory for a large portion every day, but special physical exercise in a well-aired room is within the reach of almost every woman, and so is a brisk walk in garments not so tight as to prevent free respiration. There is very little complaint at summer resorts, where windows are always open and gomes and excursions continually tempt women who do not value complexion more than health. Girls who ride, row, sail, and shoot, seldom have headaches; neither do those unfortunate enough to be compelled to hoe potatoes or play Maud Muller in hay-fields. Let women of all social grades remember that the human machine must have reasonable treatment, and be kept at work or play, to keep it froaa rusting, then headaches will be rare enough to be inter- esting.

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casionally causes paralysis itself. <*3 Mother's Cook Book. In getting up the eyes, nothing is injurious that is bot dropped into them. The use of kohl or kohol is quite harmleas, and, it must be confessed, very effective when applied — as the famous recipe for salad dressing enjoins with regard to the vinegar — by the hand of a miser. Modern Egyptian ladies make their kohol of the smoke produced by burning almonds. A small bag holding the bottle of kohol, and a pin, with a rounded point with which to apply it, form part of the toilet paraphernalia of all the beauties of Cairo, who make the immense mistake of getting up their eyes in an exactly similar manner, thus trying to reduce the endless variety of nature to one common pattern, a mistake that may be accounted for by the fact that the Arabs believe kohol to be a sovereign specific against ophthalmia. Their English sisters often make the same mistake without the same excuse. A hairpin steeped in lampblack is the usual method of darkening the eyes in England, retribution following sooner or later in the shape of a total loss of the eyelashes. Eau de Cologne is occasionally dropped into the eyes, with the effect of making them brighter. The operation is painful, and it is said that half a dozen drops of whiskey and the same quantity of Eau de Cologne, eaten on a lump of sugar, is quite as effective. HEADACHE. One of our English contemporaries has wisely been devoting some thought and space to the common and distressing fact that a great many English women suffer from . headache. The same trouble prevails in America, and men, no matter how selfish they may be, are deeply concerned about it, for a wife with a headache cannot be companionable; the best of sweethearts with a headache is sure to be unreasonable, while a lady who has neither husband or other special cavalier. to engross her attention can ruin the peace of mind of every one she meets while she has a Mothkx'b Cook Book. 807 headache of perceptible size. No amount of masculine grumbling is likely to change all this, bat women themselves might change it if they would comprehend the causes of the malady, and then apply their nimble wits to the work of prevention or core. The trouble is that all American women who have headaches live indoors, where the best air is never good and the worst is poison, and they have none of the exercises which saves man from the popular feminine malady. Were a strong man to eat breakfast at any ordinary American table and then sit down at a work-table or even move about briskly from one room to another, he would have a splitting headache before noon, and the chatter of his innooent children would seem to be the jargon of fiends. The midday meal would increase his wretchedness, and by dusk he would be stretched in misery upon his bed, with one hand mopping his forehead with ice-water, while the other would threaten with a club or pistol any one who dared to enter the room or make a noise outside. There is no reason why women should not suffer just as severely for similar transgressions of physical law. True, indoor life is compulsory for a large portion every day, but special physical exercise in a well-aired room is within the reach of almost every woman, and so is a brisk walk in garments not so tight as to prevent free respiration. There is very little complaint at summer resorts, where windows are always open and games and excursions continually tempt women who do not value complexion more than health. Girls who ride, row, sail, and shoot, seldom have headaches; neither do those unfortunate enough to be compelled to hoe potatoes or play Maud Muller in hay-fields. Let women of all social grades remember that the human machine must have reasonable treatment, and be kept at work or play, to keep it froaa rusting, then headaches will be rare enough to be interesting.

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