The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03
TOILET RECIPES.

fast provided you stir in considerable
and mix it thoroughly with the spoon.
TOILET RECIPES.
To REMOVE PIMPLEs.-Two ounces
of bicarbonate of soda, one drachm Of
glycerinc, one ounce OF spcrmaccti ONT
ment.
To REMOVE WRINKLEs.-Put pieces
of court plaster on the face where the
wrinkles are inclined TO come, just be-
fore going 10 bed and remove in the
morning. The plaster contracts the
skin and prevents its sinking into creas-
es and lines. II also protects and soft
ems the skin. Warm water should al
ways be used to wash the face in as it
keeps Of wrinkles.
CARE OF THE NAIIS.-Brush them
carefully at least once day, according
TO ones work pushing back the flesh
from the nail, thus avoiding hangnails.
Under nc circumstances bite them. but
trim with either scissors or penknifc.
Do not cut the nails shorter than the
fingers, or both will soon have stubby
appearance. and clean them with n
blunt, not sharp point.
HARMLESS FACE PowDER.-lticcp pow
der though expensive, is warranted per-
fcctly harmless. Refined chalk is the
safest thing to use, and costs far less
than if put up under some other name
and sold in boxes. Cascarilla powder
is much used by Cuban ladies, and is
considered harmless. Wash the face
with thick suds from glycerinc soap,
and when dry, dust on the powder
with puff or piece of chamois skin.
PURIFYING TIE BREATH. Foul breath
is usually caused by an unhealthy state
of the stomach or poor teeth. Ii caus-
cd by the first, the physician should be
called, upon if the latter, apply to the
dentist. If from neither take chlorate
of lime, seven drachms ; gum arabic
five drachms to be mixed with water
TO stiff paste rolled and cut into loz-
engcrs. These will arrest decay in the
teeth and ncutralizc acidity of the
stomach and will remove all trace Of to-
baco from the breath.
CARE OF THE TEETH.-Thcy should
be brushed carefully after each meal
and particularly after supper just be-
going 10 bed as what particles may be
left on the teeth after eating very soon
destroys them. Brush the teeth once
day with pure CASTLE soap and they
will stay clean and white. Ifyou can
not remove the tartar that may accunu-
late bv the use of a brush, take powder
ed pumice stone. Once month will
do for this, because, if practiced to Oft
en-, il is apt to DESTROY the enamel.
RESTORING THE Color OF TIE HAIR.
When the hair loses color, it may be
restored by bathing the head in weak
solution Of ammonia an even teaspoon
full of carbonate of ammonia to "a quart |
of washing the head with a
crash mitten, and brushing the hair
thoroughly while wet. Bathing the
head in strong solution Of rock salt is |
said TO restore gray hair in some cases.
Pour boiling water on rock salt in the
proportion of two hcaping tablespoon
fuls to quart of water and let il stand
before using. Ammonia if used too Of
ten makes the hair lighter and if in a
strong solution burns and splits the
hair.
To STRENGTHEN THE HAIR A So
luton of bur dock tea will strengthen
the hair, as will also sage tea. The fo!-
lowing is also highly recommended; one
pound Of yellow dock root, boiled in
five pints of water till reduced to one
strain aud add an ounce of pulverizcd
borax, half an ounce Of sweet oil, and a
pint Of New England rum a quarter of
an ounce of oil Of lavender and ten
grains of ambcrgris will perfume this
nicely. Use the burdock tea two or
three times a day at first: after while
once day will be sufficient Shampoo
ing the head once dsywith cold water
will also have beneficial effect f,
FACE WASHES. Structure Of bcnzoin
ten cents wort h) dissolved in a pint of
wine, imparts smooihness to the skin
and does not harm il as SO many face I
washes do. This should be put on at !
night before going 10 bed the face first ]
washed with pure and fine soap and 4
then rinscd of in clear cold water. The G
benzoin can be dissolved in water as 4
well as wine, though the latter is pref a
cradle. For rough or sunburned skin. Z
use two ounces Of distilled water, one L
Of glyccrine one of alcohol and half an n
ounce Of benzoin. Without the water n
md with the addition Of two ounces 4
If prepared chalk free from bismuth' il Il
makes fine cosmetic for whitening the |
ace, and is not Injurious like the cx-
,ensiyc "Balms'' or "BIooms" SO highly
The above is for those Il
Who will use face washes therefore s,
rive them the best but anything that O
lives one an artificial bloom or white Al
css of the face is very Objectionable to Il
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