THE FACE.
It is a mistake to believe that a good complexion depends upon the use of such and such cosmetics. It really depends upon digestion, which itself depends upon our mode of life. Persons who rise early and go to bed regularly at ten, who take plenty of air and exercise, eat with moderation at regular hours, having their meals at intervals long enough for the digestion of one to be thoroughly accomplished before they begin the next—these persons are sure to digest well, and in consequence have clear, healthy complexions, which will require no other cosmetics but plenty of soft water and good toilet soap. The hygiene of the eyes is very simple. For them, as well as for the complexion, good digestion is equally necessary; more so, for no cosmetic could remove the yellow tinge which biliousness imparts to them, and if some mysterious pencils can supply the insufficient shadow of rare eyelashes, good health alone can give them that brightness which is their principal beauty. Never read in bed or in a reclining attitude; it provokes a tension of the optic nerve very fatiguing to the eyesight. Bathe your eyes daily in salt water; not salt enough, though, to cause a smarting sensation. Nothing is more strengthening; and we have known several persons who, after using this simple tonic for a few weeks, had put aside the spectacles they had used for years, and did not resume them, continuing, of course, the oft-repeated daily use of salt water. Never force your eyesight to read or work in insufficient or too glaring light. Reading with the sun upon one's book is mortally injurious to the eyes.
E. L. Douglas, Whitby, Ontario, Canada, wishes the address of the person who sent him a box containing coral, and marked K. M. S.
J. H. C.—By Chinese stamps are meant Hong-Kong stamps issued by the British government.
C. E. C. Diffenderfer withdraws from the exchange list.
Wroton M. Kenney.—There is no better book for the reading of an intelligent lad who wants to know how his country is governed than Politics for Young Americans, by Charles Nordhoff, published by Harper & Brothers. The price is 75 cents.
Jennie and Julia.—It is difficult to assign you subjects for compositions when we do not know your grade of advancement. If you wish to excel, read good books, choose easy topics, about which you know something, and write as though you were telling a story to a child or talking to your friends.
Correct answers to puzzles have been received from "Parton," Theresa Morro, C. Burr, Alfred R. Meeker, "North Star," "Unknown," Flora A., "Dandy," "Lodestar," Annie Gail, Wroton M. Kenney, G. Volckhausen, "Venus," Abel Foster, "Jersey City," William Wolff, Jessie Newton, J. H. Jenny.
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
PYRAMID.
Across.—1. A letter. 2. Jurisprudence. 3. Surfeited. 4. That which fades from view.
Down.—1. A letter. 2. A prefix. 3. A resinous substance. 4. Tardy. 5. To harry. 6. A prefix. 7. A letter.
Aerolite.
No. 2.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.—(To North Star).
| My 2, 3, 5, 6 is a cobbler's tool. |
| My 1, 7, 8, 9 is a past participle. |
| My 6, 9, 4 is a boy's nickname. |
| My whole is an English statesman. |
Lodestar.