Wash your face with milk. Don’t use toothpicks in public. Serve cream and sugar with your rice.  And what if your brother doesn’t treat you right?  The “Girl Query” department of the Young Woman’s Journal has the scoop.

Oh, and avoid constipation.

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“Betty.” – Massaging with face creams and using powder will not help a bad complexion. Too much powder will injure the skin, clog the pores, impair circulation, and in a way cause blackheads. Taking the proper foods and drinks will do much more to insure a beautiful complexion. Drink milk, which is a beautifier, eat plain nourishing foods, avoiding much meat, pastry, and pickles, and eating freely of green vegetables, fresh fruits, wheat cereals, eggs, etc.

Drink much water daily, also drinks made from fruit juices. Go to bed early so as to get your “beauty sleep.” A girl of your age requires nine hours undisturbed sleep. Washing the face with milk once daily will tend to make the skin smooth and white, if the general health is good. Avoid constipation.

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Can you tell me of some unusual shower to give to one of my girl friends who is to be married: – Eloise.

A basket shower, or work basket shower is a change. the hostess should furnish the work basket, which can be lined with pink, blue or yellow with a huge bow at each end. The girls bring the gifts to put in it which ought to number 10 or 12. Or, a brush shower could be arranged which would furnish amusement as well. By advance arrangements duplication can be avoided. Have brushes hidden in different parts of the home, and the bride-to-be must hunt for them with the assistance of the girls, who lead her a long, long trail. A bottle shower is another one out of the usual.

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“Fannie.” – When a man meets a girl accidentally in a car, he need not pay her carfare, nor need he pay for her luncheon in a restaurant if he happens by mere chance to meet, or sit at the same table with her.

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“Beth.” (1) When the dance is over, a boy escorts a girl back to her seat and thanks her for the pleasure. She may answer with a word of appreciation, but she should never thank him for dancing with her.

(2) Unless you are engaged to the young man, you should not accept gifts of jewelry or wearing apparel. Gifts that are permissible are, flowers, fruit, books, magazines, anything that is not personal.

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“Persia.” – Yes, dear girl, it is just as necessary for your brother to be polite and act kindly toward you, his sister, as though you were his sweetheart. Kindly, polite speech at home has much more value than rude, disagreeable phrases often heard. Tell your brother that as he speaks and acts toward his home people, so he will act in his own home sometime, and so speak to his wife after the “honeymoon” causing her much grief and many tears. Husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, do appreciate a compliment coming from another member of the family. To be sweet and kind as to the faults of each other, and tender of their feelings on these points, is so commendable, and cements the family together in love, and remember, dear, that you must be as thoughtful and forbearing of brother as you expect him to be of you. The love of a brother for a trusting sister, living on through all earth’s changes, is very holy. To make the atmosphere of the home more beautiful, do not fail to sing occasionally: “Love at Home.”

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“Housewife.” – Rice may be served as a vegetable with the meat course, or later with cream and sugar, according to preference.

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“La Verne.” – There is only one way to remove superfluous hair permanently, and that is the electric needle. Pastes and other depilatories in general need to be used continually to keep the hair away. If you wish to use such, send stamped envelope for address of one who makes a very good paste.

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Will you explain the Monroe doctrine? – W.H.L.

The United States is not to meddle in European affairs, nor to allow European governments to meddle in the affairs of the American continent. European forms of government are not to be permitted in North America.

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What initials should I use on my linen, and what is a nice size for napkins? – Mary Jane.

A bride uses the initial of her maiden surname or all her initials on all linen. Any linen bought after her marriage should have her married surname monogrammed. Napkins may be twenty-two, twenty-four or twenty-seven inches square. Twenty-four is considered the regulation size, and the marking is just in from one corner. A tablecloth is usually marked twice. Crease the cloth diagonally from one corner to the other and place the monogram on the crease about twelve inches each side of the center, the bottom of the letter toward the corner. Napkins and tablecloths have very narrow hems. Pillow cases have hems from two and a half to three inches and the same width is used for the top hem of sheets, with a narrower hem on the bottom.

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When out at dinner is it proper to take a second helping, and if one should drop anything on the floor, what should be done? Can toothpicks be used? – Dorothy.

A second helping is perfectly permissible unless it be a very formal dinner. When anything is dropped on the floor it should be left there during the meal. If dropped on the cloth it should be removed with a corner of the napkin, never with knife or spoon. Toothpicks should never be used in public.

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“B. Mc.” – Your query reached me too late to send a return answer in the time specified.

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Can you suggest anything to keep my black hose a good color? – Iris.

If you will wash your black stockings in blue water the color will be preserved and they will keep black much longer.

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Why do I need new tops for my Mason jars every year? The old ones seem to leak. – Mrs. N.S.D.

When opening your fruit in the winter no doubt you run the edge of a knife round between the rubber and top. If so, this will spring the edge of the cover so that when next used it is not air tight. In place of using knife put the bottle, top side down, in a pan of fairly hot water for four or five minutes and it will open without difficulty. Or, place a hot flatiron on top of jar for a few minutes and the same result may be obtained. By thus opening your jars of fruit, the lids will be serviceable for several years.

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“Dorothy C.” – I failed to find the poem you asked for, so perhaps you gave the incorrect title. Try again.

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“Denria.” – After the dance you might remark that you enjoyed the dance very much. Or, as the boy thanks you remark, “The pleasure is mutual,” or “That particular number is quite a favorite of mine.”

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It is not quite the proper thing to wear rings or other jewelry belonging to another. Perhaps you might lose or break the articles, and your regrets would hardly compensate the owner. To be on the safe side, do not do it.

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“Country Girl.” – You want to know what to send your newly-wed “city” girl friend for Christmas, that will be somewhat inexpensive, but appreciated. A gift any one might be proud of receiving from the country would be: Take a large pumpkin, cut in half, remove the seeds, in one half put a fat dressed chicken, in the other red apples, potatoes, vegetables sufficient for a dinner. Sprigs of parsley or other green, and a bow of red ribbon complete the gift.

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“Mrs. J.” – There is always danger for an inexperienced person to tamper with carbide, for it can explode.