The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-30
Hints ON the Toilet.

So many have asked for recipe to re-
move superhuous hair and none have made
reply that have taken pity on the afflicted
ones and send in my mite, taken from the
best medical authority. Superiuous hair is
as troublesome to those that have it as bald
ness is to others. There is no way to re-
move it but by diluted acids or caustics,
patiently applied time after time as the hair
makes its appearance. The mildest depilato-
ries known are parsley water, acacia juice,
and the gum of ivy. 1t is said that nut oil
will prevent the hair from growing. The
juice of milk-thistle mixed with oil, accord
ing to medical authority, prevents the hair
from growing too low on the forehead, or
Struggling on the nape of the neck. Muri-
attic acid, very slightly reduced applied with
sable pencil, will destroy the hair; and to
prevent its growing the part may be bathed
with strong camphor or clear ammonia.
The depilatories sold in the shop are strong
caustics, and leave the skin very hard and
unpleasant. Battle the upper lip, or other
feature afflicted with superduous hair, with
ammonia or camphor as strong as can be
borne, and the hair will die out in few
weeks. Moles, with long hairs in Them
should be touched with lunar caustic, re-
peatedly Care should be taken to brush
the back hair upward from childhood, to pre-
vent the disfguring growth of weak, loose
hairs on.the neck. Fine clean wood ashes,
mixed with a little water to form a paste,
make tolerable depilatory for weak hair,
without pain. Strong pearl ash washes also
kill out poor hair. Now, sisters, some of
these many hints may be of use to you.
Pale hair shows a want of iron in the system
and this is to be supplied by free use of
beefsteak, soup, pure beef gravies and red
wines. Sandy hair, when well brushed and
Earf crlocsv with ha natural oil of tho sca1n
changes to u warm golden tinge. The eye
lashes may be improved by delicately cut
ting off their forked and gossamer points,
and amounting with salve of two drachms
of ointment of nitric oxide of mercury and
one drachm of lard. Mix the lard and ONT
ment well, and anoint the edges of the eye
lids night and morning, washing after each
time with warm milk and water. This, it is
said, will restore the lashes when lost by
disease. The effect of black lashes is to
deepen the color of gray eyes. The discol-
grafton known as mask is removed by a wash
made from 80 grains of chlorate of potash,
in eight ounces of rose-water. Wrinkles are
less apparent under a kind of varnish con-
tanning Sc grammes of turpentine in three
drachms of alcohol, allowed to dry on the
face. For pimples on the face. use this re-
| cipe: 80 grains of bicarbonate of so la, one
drachm of glycerine, one of spermaceti
ointment. Rub on the face; let it remain for
a quarter of an hour, and wipe off all but a
| slight film with a soft cloth. Frequent
baths in soft water will do as much for the
complexion as anything l know of. After a
bath always use coarse towel and rub the
body until brisk circulation ensues. Fol
profuse perspiration, use one tablespoonful
of ammonia in washbowl of water. Dc
not use much hair oil-this is an unclean
habit of the toilet-but instead use the hal,
brush vigorously and often. People VIII,
are anxious to get rid of superabundance
of flesh, must let all oily matters alone, and
eat instead acids, lemons and lines; eat spar
ingly of dry meats and crackers instead O
bread. Leave all sweetmeats alone and any
thing containing starch or sugar. Lear
ones should eat rich soups, oat meal and tn,
eatables mentioned for the fieshy ones to le
alone. Bathing oily skins with camphol
dries the oil somewhat, where the camphol
would parch nice compilations. After 4,
child is five years old, the hair should neve
be cut, save to have the ends clipped once
month. This will enable a girl to have
"dowry of hair, if she only takes proper car,
of it. Any woman can be beautiful if sh,
will only make the effort