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y m tl BACKACHE The ordinary every-day life of most of our women is a ceaseless treadmill of work. How much harder the daily tasks become when some derangement of the female organs makes every movement painful and keeps the nervous system all unstrung. One day she is wretched and utterly miserable; in a day or two she is better and laughs at her fears, thinking there is nothing much the matter after all; but before night the deadly backache reappears, the limbs tremble, the lips twitch — it seems as though all the imps of Satan were clutching her vitals, she “ goes to pieces ” and is flat on her back. No woman ought to arrive at this terrible state of misery, because these symptoms are a sure indi cation of womb diseases, and backache is merely a symptom of more serious trouble. Women should remember that an almost infallible cure for all female ills, such as irregularity of periods, which cause weak stomach, sick headache, etc., displacements and inflammation of the womb, or any of the multitudes of ill nesses which beset the female organism may be found in fr~ m Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. When a medicine has been successful in more than a million cases, why should you say, “I do not believe it would help me”? Will not the volumes of letters from women who have been made strong by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound convince others of the virtues of this great medicine? Surely you cannot wish to remain weak and sick and discouraged, exhausted with each day’s work. If you have some derangement of the feminine organism try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It will surely help you. GET ADVICE AND HELP FREE. If there is anything in your case about which you would like special advice, write freely to Mrs. Pink- ham. She will hold your letter in strict confidence. She can surely help you, for no person in America can speak from a wider experience in treating female ills. Address is Lynn, Mass.; her advice is free and helpful. “ Dear Mrs. Pinkiiam : — About two years ago I consulted a r hysician about my health, which hud become so wretched that was no longer able to be about. I had severe backache, bearing- down pains, pains across the abdomen, was very nervous and irritable, and this trouble grew worse each month. “The physician prescribed for me, but I soon discovered he was unable to help me, and I then decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and soon found that it was doing me good. My appetite was returning, the pains disappearing, and the general benefits were well marked. “You cannot realize how pleased I was, and after taking the medicine for only three months, I found I was completely cured of my trouble, and have been well and hearty ever since and no more fear of the monthly period, as it now passes without pain to me. Yours very truly, Miss Pearl Ackers, 327 North Sum mer St., Nashville, Tenn.” ■■ /W / - MISS PEARL ACKERS. FORFEIT if v-o cannot forthwith produco the iricinal letter and signature of above testimonial, rhlch will prove its absolute genuineness. Lydia E. Finkham Med. Co., Lynn, Maas. Ji r. PROPER CARE OF PERSONAL CHARMS. TREATMENT OF HANDS AND HAIR AFTER RECREATION. Injury Resulting to Them from Care lessness in Keeping Them in Order After Outdoor Exercise. No woman who wishes to he at tractive in appearance can afford to neglect details. And every woman should wish to be attractive. She fails of part of her mission in life when she ceases to please the eye. She may be useful—she should be useful—but she should also be or namental if she can compass it. Even if a woman cannot make of herself a radiant beauty, she can see to it that the minor points of charm are not neglected. She can be abso lutely neat, and that is a charm in it self. She can take such pains with her hair that if it is not naturally beautiful it can yet look well. She may not be able to alter the shape of her hands or to keep them always soft and white. But the skin may be smooth, and the nails well cared for. All these little items take time, but they are like some other things of which we have spoken in these pa pers. It Is a tedious business to get them into good condition after they have been suffered to become neg lected, but it is a trifling matter to keep thorn in good order when they once look well. There are many causes for care lessness of detail. We all know what they are and some yield to one vari ety, some to another. One woman, who does her own housework, will tell you that her hair gets rough and unkempt because she has to sweep and dust and take care of fires. Even if she protects her hair with a cap it becomes damp from perspiration and the dust settles into it and makes It harsh and unmanageable. Her hands must go Into all sorts of work, and show the marks of It. Using a broom spreads them out of shape, washing dishes and peeling vegetables soils and discolours them. The girl who Indulges in outdoor sports arrives at the same results, but by a different method. After a day spent on her wheel or on the links sho will concede nothing to the housekeeping woman for the damp ness and dustiness of her hair, and she will claim that the effect of the sun and the wind, the oar and the golf stick or tennis racket, is as dele terious to the whiteness and shapeli ness of her hands as any amount of domestic work. We m&v *^ant the argument in either case. Tint is, we will allow that there is sufficient cause for the hair and hands getting into bad shape. But is there any good reason why they should be allowed to remain so? Take first the case of the working woman. Her arguments to the con trary notwithstanding, she is very foolish when she does not make a practice of wearing a cap about her dusty work. It should be of some thin wash material, which can be easily laundered, and it should be made in a way that is pleasing. She owes that to the people about her as well as to herself. The cap worn by babies’ nurses is a fair model, as it covers the locks completely, and when finished with a little frill at the edge is not unbecoming. This cap, while it may protect the hair from dust, does not, of course, save it from the effect of perspiration. To avoid the evil effects of this, so far as may be, the hair should be loosely put up when it is dressed and should be shaken out and allowed to dry at night time—not done up in a hard knot. It should be washed at least twice a month, except in very cold weather—and should not be submitted to the harsh discipline of hot curling irons. This may seem a hard saying, to the woman whose hair grows stringy from heat, wheth er she rides a wheel, plays an out door game or wields a broom or a flat iron—and perhaps it would be a mistake to insist too strongly upon, it. If a woman thinks she gets enough attractiveness from the curl ing irons to make up for the damage she probably does by the process, it ill becomes any woman whose hair curls naturally to expostulate with her. And it must be owned that in many cases the difference in ap pearance between straight and waved locks is enough to make up for the trouble and time expended in achiev ing the latter. “I w'ould gladly give ten years of my life to get curly hair,” announced a woman, and when some one pro tested, she went on calmly, “That would probably be less than I shall give first and last to curling it with the tongs.” Even the curling tongs are better than the wearing of curl-papers or curling kids about the house in the day time. If a woman wears the protecting cap she may conceal these abominations beneath it—and this is as strong an argument as one can advance in favour of the cap. The girl who does outdoor things does not have the way made as easy for her so far as her hair Is con cerned. Now that the custom has arisen of going bareheaded, the hair is said to be more luxuriant than when it was kept under a close hat. This Is probably true. But while one may pardon dishevelled tresses in a girl flying down against the wind on a wheel or on horseback, or driving her ball across the golf course or over a tennis net, that does not ex cuse her appearing in the same trim—or lack of trim—in the house. When she comes back from her out door sports she should get herself into the guise of a well brought up young woman and not of a hoyden. The outdoor girl, too, should wash her hair twice a month. Not with strong detergents but with a rational shampoo—an egg shampoo is the best. The egg—the white and yolk mixed together—is to be applied to the scalp and the hair, and then washed off with a little green soap dissolved In warm water. This pro cess over, fresh water must be used and not until the water runs clear from the hair, proving that all other applications have been rinsed out, are the tresses in a state to be dried. The care of the hands consists in prevention more than in cure. The housekeeper may declare that it is impossible to wash dishes, sweep and do similar tasks with gloves on. In that case it is well to quote to her the remark of the French lover, when his well beloved had demanded a dif ficult act from him. “Madame, the thing is Impossible—therefore it shall be done.” A little practice will prove to her that it is by no means impos sible. If she shrinks from wearing the rubber gloves that come for such use, let her take a pair of old gloves belonging to a man of the house, cut off the finger tips, stitch the ends of the seams so that they will not ravel out and put these gloves into service to proect her hands. The worst soil will be kept from them, as will be the chapping that is the result of plunging the hands first into hot wa ter and then into cold. But there are other means of tak ing care of the hands. Always there should be close by the wash basin a bottle of gylcerine and rose water or of some other preparation which will whiten and soften the skin and this should be used whenever the hands are washed. There should be a lemon with which to take stains from the fingers, a bit of pumice stone to re move those that are more obstinate. The housekeeper should know that the fumes of a lighted sulphur match will take out the stains made by hul ling strawberries, and that one can restore hands that are sodden after holding them in hot water by putting them in vinegar for a few minutes. There should be an orange stick at hand to clean the finger nails and a little powdered pumice stone for the worst stains under the nails. The woman who stays in the house has really an easier time keeping her hands in order than does the outdoor woman—although the latter wins so much by her fresh air habits that she should be willing to have more trouble for the sake of them. She too may wear gloves,—but she does not, as a rule. On the contrary, the ambition of the present day woman seems to be to get not only her hands but her arms and neck as brown as the circumstances will permit. It may be a sensible fad, but it does not conduce to charm. There seems to be no good reason why a w r oman should not keep her emplexion and her health at the same time. It is not much of a bondage to put a lit tle cold cream and powder on one’s face before one goes out for a spin or a game, and to make an applica tion of the same sort after one re turns. It is certainly better than a peeled nose and blistered cheeks. Now that every woman, practically, Is riding a wheel, it behooves women- kind in general to give some thought to the care of the skin if we would not have a set of girls with much in jured complexions. “There isn’t a complexion in the state of Texas,” I heard stated one day. The harsh winds, the hot sun accounts for that. But there is no reason why girls in other parts of the Union should impose upon them selves Texas conditions. They must ride wheels, they must take other forms of outdoor exercise. But why should they not at the same time indulge in a few simple precautions which will enable them to keep their good looks past their first youth? . . Suggestions have already been given as to the protection that may be accorded the complexion If the Cures all Kidney and Bladder Diseases—Gf/ara/ifeecf girl who is going to expose herself to the sun and wind apply a little,— a very little,—cold cream to the face and then dust it with powder before she mounts her wheel or starts for her other outdoor sport. This appli cation may be wiped from the skin when she comes home and with it will come the dust that has settled un her face. The girl who lives in he open air all day should do a few things to her face and hands when she goes to bed at night. She should wash them in warm w r ater, dry them with a soft cloth and put on some sort of a cold cream or other good unguent. Not enough to make the skin so tender that it will chap and bum the more readily. There are good preparations on the market that will not soften the skin too much. After the cold cream has been left on a few minutes it should be wiped from the face with a soft cloth. With the cream will come the dust that has sifted into the pores during the day. Then the face should be washed again, and dried covered with gloves at night, if those are worn during the day. But there is no use in going barehanded in the hot sun all day and then sleeping in i gloves at night. It only makes the skin more tender and more ready to burn and tan. The nails should never be neglec ted. It is not enough to keep them merely clean. They should be well trimmed, the skin pushed down from the base of the nail. They should not be allowed to remain strained and if they are blunted or broken in in egular fashion they should be filed into shape. On such little points as the care of the nails and the hair de pends much of the charm and the ladylike aspect of the woman, young or old. A Cure For Piles. “I had a bad case of piles,” says G. F. Carter, of Atlanta, Ga., “and con sulted a physician who advised me to try a box of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. I purchased a box and was entirely cured. It is splendid for piles, giving relief instantly, and I heartily recommend it to all suffer ers.” DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled for its healing qualities. Eczema and other skin diseases, also sores, cuts, burns and wounds of every kind are quickly cured by it. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. A married man has one advantage over the bachelor; when anything goes wrong he can’t blame it on his wife. Cherokee Drug Company do not hesitate to recommend Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to their friends and customers. Indigestion causes more ill health than anything else. It de ranges the stomach, and brings on all manner of disease. Kodol Dyspep sia Cure digests what you eat, cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Kodol Is not only a per fect digestant but a tissue building tonic as well. Renewed health, per fect strength and increased vitality follow its use. Nowadays when a man does a mean thing and gets caught he sets up the plea that he was hyptonized. A Lesson in Health. Healthy kidneys filter the Impuri ties from the blood, and unless they do this good health Is impossible. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys and will positively cure all forms of klndey and bladder disease. It strengthens the whole system. A lawyer never gives up a ease un til he has exhausted all the means at his client's disposal. Even a good business woman makes a poor silent partner. 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