Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-27
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To CORRESPONDENT
Harriet wishes to keep her hair the beautiful
golden color it was when young without bleach
ing it with soda or materials which might in
jure the quality. She can pour boiling water
on chloride of lime, a gallon OF water TO hve
tablespoonfuls of lime, and hold her hair over
the fumes, taking care not to inhale them
This is best done by an open window, with face
toward it and the vessel of vapor behind one.
Hold the hair parting and shaking 1t with the
fingers over the fumes for five minutes. Then
sit in the sun, wearing a crownless straw hat,
through whose opening the locks are spread
over the brim to expose them fully. wet
cloth on the top of the head will prevent dis
comfort while bleaching the hair for an hour or
two. The bleaching can be done at window
the sun falls through. Use lemons and fruit
freely as diet to aid in preventing deposits Of
dark pigment on the hair.
"Enon" writes a very sensible letter, as fol-
lows:
TURKISH BATHS AND vAsEIISE.
Well, 1 am twenty-five years old; have pretty
good health, having been brought up to age of
twelve in sensible manner (air and sunshine
and that but at twelve was put to school, where
all my ambition was aroused and 1 studied
night and day until was graduated at the age
OF fifteen with highest honor in class, where
average age was eighteen; then kept books for
flve years in the darkest rooms of a Wholesale
house. tell you all this as probable cause
for my yellow skin, which is smooth and fine,
excepting my face; have few pimples; never
had any until l stopped using powder year
ago. thought I'd take Turkish bath once a
month for a few months, as you suggested, and
have taken one-last week-but the attendant
could not make my face perspire; there was an
ugly grease came out all over 1t and that was
all. Now had used vaseline on my face for
about SIX months every night; so / have
stopped that until hear from you. Shall go
taking on baths? Turkish of course. Shall use
yaseline? My face has not a greasy appear
ance at all; is rather inclined to be dry. Shall
take charcoal every morning. and for how
long shall take it and the tardxacum!
What shall 1 give my little daughter and
sister GAGE and 16) for pure, good blood? Our
physician says they are bloodless and recon-
mend beef and iron wine. but / am afraid OF
injuring their teeth with the iron, and thought
there may be something else.
FOR GOOD BLOOD.
Perspiring all over will improve the face. al
though it may not become moist. The ugly
grease" which came out showed healthy action
excited in the dull skin. Steam the face daily
over hot water for ten minutes to stimulate the
glands. L do not advise vaselIne in such a
case. Take charcoal whenever there is bad
taste in the mouth, but take some Alternative
with It, and use coarse food. Take taraxacum
till the face bleaches, emitting it every fourth
week. Give your girls good beefsteak clam
broth, broiled fresh fish, plenty of berries and
fruits and unfermented grape juice instead Of
medicine. This grape juice is the greatest
blood maker known for weak women and chill
dren. As said before. it is fifty cents a quart
and sold at many places in New York and Bos-
ton. L wish Enon had sent her address.
Magnolia. Beef gaul is used i'll old cos
metic recipes. The only way to safely use it is
by testing 1t, diluting teaspoonful in half a
pint of warm water and trying il on the arm or
hand. 1t Is said to whiten the skin and remove
freckles.
TO PRESERVE THE SKIN.
Mrs. A. l.. B." asks how TO preserve her
skin from fading, as much exercise is ont of
the question from lack of strength. Being out
OF doors in the sun when it is mild enough to
be borne Is the great preservative OF color and
freshness. and one may sit or drive well as
exercise. gaining strength and beauty together.
As energy returns, exercise gently. Also sleep
early, which adds greatly TO the brilliance of
the skin. Broiled beefsteak and brown bread
with grape juice will give you a color. / am
sorry that my own failure of strength forbids
some time to come. 1t is more than l can do
often to read the number of letters they
come.
IMPERFECT DIGESTION.
"Silence. What is the best treatment for
person whose digestion is imperfect and who
is continually losing fesh?" Eat only what di-
gests easily. Here is a choice: Soft boiled eggs
with dash of Worcestershire sauce; beefsteak
chopped raw and Drowned quickly; the gravy
OF meat baked in close stone jar; the juice of
fruits with toasted crackers; calves foot Jelly;
Iceland moss farine; parched wheat and corn;
the soft part of fresh clans scalded in their
broth; fresh apples or peaches with cream.
Eat only what satisfies hunger and eat very
slowly, but eat four, five or six times day.
regularly, If you seem to crave food. Drink
orange or lemon phosphate frequently, which
is capital for getting up an appetite or for
taking the place of food when delicate.
Next week, if able to hold my head up, pro-
pose to do nothing but answer correspondents
inquiries till the round table is cleared of them
SHIRLEY DARE.