Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-17
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J. h. can get beef gall refined at the drug
gfsfs Tor use on face or clothing. Apply
camphor 70 the skin for large pores from four
TO dozen times daily convenient. 1t viii
hardly injure the skin, but il it shows signs Of
doing 90 leave IL OF. The cream You speak OF
IL good for fine dry skins, not coarse ones. The
great mistake in cosmetics il considering one
remedy good for all defects.
TO LOSE AND GAIN WEIGHT.
8. NJ H.-To reduce an obese waist take dose
of cream Of tarter and jalap, which the druggist
will prepare. once o week for q month, avoid
Graham crackers, fruit beef and green vege-
tables
"Forty-fve" is anxious to know how one can
battle often without losing weight, as she has
lost i've pounds in two weeks by daily bath.
Perhaps losing little flesh is the best thing
for her. 1 can't advise without knowing more
Of the case, present weight, length Of bath and
temperature, with other particulars OF health.
MOTH PATCHES
can only be removed in obstinate c,,ses by q
long course of liver treatment and dieting.
Purgatives are less effective than mild and
steady remedies. ofwhich taraxacum is FORE
most, either in the concentrated extract or in
decoction Of the plant and root. Moth patches
are the sign facial Of liver complaint, for
which the old remedy land unsurpassed) is
taraxacum. DR.. James Wilson in the Medical
Chirurgicai Review says: 1.-The more the
dandelion is used the more certain proofs it
will afford OF its greas virtues" and one will
not lind an experienced physician of any school
who does not esteem this remedy, which, by
the way, is more used in English medicine than
here. The plant may be used root and leaves,
a double handful boiled in quart of water till
reduced to pint, of which teacupful twice a
day between meals is a dose. Sick headache
and ''bilious SPELLS are the attendants Of
moth patches, induced by the same derange-
ment of the system.
SICK HEADACHE.
never had sick headache more than twice in
my INDEPENDENTLY as it were, just enough
to know what it was lke-and it appears to me
the most useless way Of spending ones time
that can be mentioned. The way some women
go through life. taking to bed every third week
with season Of sick headache, is one of the
mysteries of nature, and it makes things so
pleasant for their families. At the first languid
warning of such ''spelr' vigorous action
should be taken with warm lemonade, dose OF
salts in hot water and hot footbath to start the
skin to its duties, aided by hot bath with hot
water and soft soap. A good old regulating pill
to follow is made from extract of butternut, 80
grains; powdered jaiap, 20 grains; CASTLE soap,
10 grains. Make fifteen pills of this and take
three or four as a dose. Butternut is one of
the saiest PurgatlVes known ana was mucn
used by army physicians in the late war and
the revolution. The charcoal and pepsin
losenges taken daily will keep the digestion
good II other habits are correct Treat the
moth patches by rubbing at night with elder
flower ointment, which has 20 grains sulphate
Of zinc added to the ounce. Do not let the
ointment touch the healthy skin. In the morn
ing wash it off with CASTLE soap and warm
water and battle the spot six times day with
the juice OF large lemon in half teacup of
soft water boiled. There are lotions to prevent
the return of the discolorations which are
commended by the faculty, but it is really cruel
to delude people with such recipes as those
which friend sends from family paper.
SHIRLEY DARE.