service;" "You are very welcome;" "Take the goods the gods provide
thee"--any one of these will as appropriately welcome the stranger as
the friend.

Over the mantel of one's private room the restful motto, "Duty done is
the soul's fireside," may find appropriate place.

How to be Beautiful.

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To begin at the beginning: to insure a good complexion strict
attention must be paid to the diet. Wholesome, well-cooked food must
be eaten; regular exercise in the open air is another point, and the
body must be bathed three hundred and sixty-five times a year. It may
be considered almost supererogatory to remark that not any amount of
cerates, washes or powders will cover or obliterate blotches, pimples
and blackheads caused by unwholesome food or uncleanly habits. We may
not be able to afford elegantly-appointed bath-rooms, but we all can
indulge in a daily bath.

A quick and simple method for the busy housekeeper, which need only
occupy a few moments, is as follows: buy a yard of coarse Turkish
toweling, and make of it two mittens. Have a bowl of warm water, in
which dissolve some borax. This is soothing to tired nerves, besides
rendering the skin soft and white. When ready, slip on one of the
mittens, wet it thoroughly, rub well with soap, and quickly wash the
body all over. All the impurities of the body are now on this mitten.
Lay it to one side. Put on the other mitten, and wash the body again.
The mittens may be washed and hung to dry, ready for the next bath.
Rub the skin briskly with a rough towel until it glows.

If this treatment is followed daily, with a tub-bath weekly, you will
not complain of those tired, nervous headaches, your face will lose
its sallowness, and your walk will gain in sprightliness. Here let us
say, for the benefit of those who are obliged to live in rented
houses, or who have no facilities for a bath-room, that a folding
bathtub is now offered. It folds up somewhat after the manner of a
folding bed. When closed it looks like a cabinet, and is nicely
finished in oak. In connection with it is a tank and heating
apparatus. The water may be heated with gas, kerosene or gasoline.

Lemon juice, diluted, is a famous whitener for the skin, as are all
vegetable acids, such as tomato, cucumber and watermelon. Oftentimes
something is needed to heal as well as whiten. For this, take two
tablespoonfuls of oatmeal and cook it with enough water to form a thin
gruel, strain, and