THE WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12282, 28 May 1903, Page 3

THE WOMAN'S WORLD.

I HOW A GIRL SHOWS AFFECTION. | You may know if a girl likes you by tie | way she behaves when you meel heir. Don't be token in by the mere fact thU I she changes colour. Girls do that from a j thousand different causes, and there is no I reason why she should lw in love with yem i merely because she blushes. ! But there will come a look of pleasure ! into her face. Her eyes will brighten, and ; her lips will smile, no matter how hard ; she tries to conceal it. If she looks downi cast and sad when you say good-bye, yen ' may hope. ! Did you ever feel her band tremble :ia 1 yours? It doesn't, tremble if she doesn't; like you. Did you ever happen to v ondin? how it is that she so constantly wears your favourite colour or the flowers y<Hi like best Probably your masculine mind hasn't grasped the fact that that is a cle;ir 1 sign site wants to please you, and Ave dori, 1 * ; trouble to please whose we don't like. j Does she hear everything you say, even ! when you are speaking to someone elsii? i Does she find it impossible to look happy i when you talk so much tc other people, ( and don't devote yourself to her? Does )her voice sound sweeter when she addresses j'tou than in ordinarr conversation? And I idien you dare to hold her hand a moment I logger" than strict conventionality demands, dovs sha let it linger in your clasp and notSdran it away? D«f.s she let you crush her" prettiest ballgown unrebuked, and give yon. a flower from fyose she is wearing, though it spoils the efl'«ct of her costume? Then, indeed,; • she like*, you. ! '. ' . ARE J? AIR WOMEN FICKLE? A profes\or—who is a gray-haired old I bachelor, In the declares that fair women may We their husbands as dearly as dark ones, \>ut that in a time of trouble ■ they are not Mo to prove such a comfort ' to them. \ Very fair woben may dote on husband! ' and children, bn, are not 'so constituted as to rendei then very great aid in. «■ season of danger, though their efforts so to do may be unlimited. A fair woman, when of a cruel ri\ture, is spiteful ami cunning; a. dark wotun similarly inclined is vicious and tyrannical. Exceedingly light-couVlexioned women of unusual brunette type ay? not so commendable as light and fair oiks of a more ordinary nature. Their tond\ncics are either very high or exceptionally low. and rarely do they strike the happy Medium.

WHY YOU BLUSH. "Unsteadiness of purpose aifj instability of mind are regarded as gencr* characteristics of blushers.". says the Pails exports who have been investigating th& blushing habit. " Habitual blushers are ilso subject to changes in temperature. 'Our observation shows that they blush -jftener and more violently in damp and 9,o):ray weather than on cold winter days 01 dying the heat of summer. At all times, however, it is the condition of the mind that produces the disease. \ " An uncertain stir- to thoii feeliugs .may bo productive of blushing in those hereditarily inclined to it ; others are mada to \ blush by any painful shock, occasioned by shame, remorse, grief, or by the reproaches of superiors or friends."

TIRED HAIR. It has been suggested that one reason why women lose their hair is that they wear it done up in the same fashion for years. Hair,, as well as any other thing, gets tired, and needs change and rest. If there is only one becoming way for a woman to dresis her hair, she will, of course, have to wear it that way most of the time; but she can f.uve it a rest when alone by letting it hang or coiling it loosely in a. different way. One woman who takes great care- of, her hair dresses it in three different ways during the 24 hours. In the morning she does it in a coil at the back of her head., and when she goes out wears a hat which fits snugly with this kind of coiffure. In the evening she wears it high on top of her head, and when she goes to bed she parts it from brow to neck, and does it in two plaits. This gives her hair a complet. change.

SOME USEHTTL HINTS. A Way to Wash the Hair: The following is a "good method :iFirst rub tincture of green soap thoroughly into the scalp with the finger-tip!?, being careful not to scratch with the nails. Add a little hot water to make a good lather. White Castile is a good soap to use, and should be rubbed on after the green soap. If your hair is oily you may use a few drops of ammonia. 'More is apt to dry and crack the hair. Instead of this you may use a teaspoonful of soda to the first basin, of water. The rinsing should be careful and. thorough. Use several waters till the last one is perfectly clear. Dry thoroughly with warm towels.

A Good Hah Tonic: llesorcin, one-sixth of a dram; castor oil, 12 drams; spirits of wine, five ounces ; balsam of Peru, eight grains. This is to be shaken and applied to the scalp every other day. Most girls do not drink enough water. Believing that it is harmful to drink a great deal of Huid with the meals they forget the necessity for it between meals. Thus enough is not taken to dissolve and eliminate the waste matters in the body.

The thin girl must sleep as many hours as possible. She must not worry. And. she must live in the open air and su:iishin» just as much as she cau every day. Study your own physical make-up, and then develop the weak parts, while at tbe same rime you keep up the exercises for the whole body in general. Be careful not to let any physical fault get a start. Prevention is so much more valuable than: cure. And if you cultivate a keen eye for your own. imperfections it will not hi difficult to overcome them at the start.

Do not be afraid of keeping your skin too clean. When it is covered and clogged with its own waste mattei the body is put into just the condition for contracting diseases and absorbing any injurious vapours that may be hovering about in the air. Thus the body when unclean is roofed of one of its methods of defence.

When the muscles are exerted the body demands an increa.se of both solid and fluid food, but the solid is more necessary than the fluid if the exertion be kept up for some time.

The principal factor in producing obesity is lack of exercise. Activity must replace sedentary habits in the girl who is growing too stout.

Do not neglect to carry yourself well. Do not bend over at the waist. Hold your head straight and erect. It will increase both your own self-respect and produce a better impression on all about you. Your voice may be cultivated till it will of itself attract friends to you. Train yourself to notice pleasant * voices, and then modulate your own and see that it always gives out its best tones. Control of the voice will have great influence over your disposition. Be careful that your voice is never harsh nor whining.