Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-09

Its unsightliness. Farther, a good face
powder cools the inflammation Of the skin,
and nothing is better than precipitated car
Donate of zinc with an equal part of French
chalk, which is really fine soapstone,
white aud adhesive. Bismuth powders are
not to be recommended, delicaIe as their
effect may be. A little good powder laid on
and spread with the tips of the fingers, wells
the redness and renders the face less oily.
Two lotions are recommended for red noses
and faces, one very weak wash Of white
vitriol dissolved il soft water, say the bulk
OF pea In pint of water. The strength
of chemicals varies so with age and expos
ure that it is only safe to judge such washes
by trying them on morsel of skin. Ii
they burn or smart unpleasantly, reduce
with water, spoonful by spoonful till only q
slight irritation is felt. The second lotion
eis 10 grains of tannic acid dissolved in five
ounces of camphor water. These washes
are to be applied with sponge or cloth to
the face and lett to dry several times day,
say from six to twelve times. When the
redness of face is due to latent erysipelas no
time should be lost in consulting a good
doctor, and entering on thorough course
of treatment by baths and outdoor living
to avert the horrors of settled disease.
CURE FOR WRINKLES.
One correspondent writes from Omaha:
'Since 1 have been in this country. my skin
is so dry and wrinkled 1 don't know what
to do with it have never used cosmetics
of any sort with the exception of almond
meal recommended by Mrs. "a we'll
known writer on cosmetics), but after three
months use wrinkles were more apparent
than before. am 20 years old, which may
account for my wrinkled skin and gray hair,
but If continue at this rate, what will 1
look like at 40? cannot explain to you
what the lost of beauty means to me, but
could do So 1 feel sure that you would
sympathize with me and help me-" r. l..
What the loss of beauty means to these
"inquiring women" is too easy to guess. It
means often the loss of husbands interest,
or the loss of lover, which women do not
seem to take in the light it is intended, a
favor in advance.
r. l.. needs to counteract dry, bilious
habit Of body, which lessons the natural
moisture Of the skin, by frequent baths; or
still better, wet packs, as hydropaths cali
them, which are as cosmetic and purifying
as vapor baths. For a pack, cover a bed
with rubber sheet and two blankets over
it, wrap the person, undressed, in a wet
cotton sheet, or wet gown wrung out of hot
water, ana let ner lie down on the blankets
and be snugly folded in them. the head wet
and warm brick at the feet. The arms may
be left out, and the shoulders wrapped in
separate small blanket, great care being taken
on the other hand, to let the head become
flushed and full by
OVERHEATING THE BLOOD.
Presently the subject begins to perspire. as
IL in vapor bath, as if the fluids of the body
were flowing through strainer, and she usu-
ally falls into the sweetest sleep. Indeed the
wet pack is a great cure for insomnia. In half
an hour, warm bath should follow, with clean
warm clothing, which last has more to do with
clear skins than most people believe. In
doors, one may secure a moist atmosphere by
keeping plentiful evaporation of water in
rooms, not from the poor little stove vases, but
from broad enameled pans, at least Is inches
across, which should vaparize two quarts day
in room 15x15xl0. This would not only pre-
vent wrinkles, but throat and lung diseases
When about housekeeping duties or out of
doors, little vasaline should be rubbed into
the face, especially in the lines next the nose
and the droop of the mouth, about the outer
corners Of the eyes and on the forehead. This
should be done when the face is washed and
dried, the first part of the toilet, left few
minutes and gently wiped off to prevent
shiny look. leaving soft moisture on the face.
Warm WaI% "sif sift % toWeIs % and and anu vasalns nah
will keep any skin soft and free from
wrinkles, if begun in young wOmanhood. For
protection from the drying winds Of the West,
one must use vaseline or cold cream before
going out and wear a very thin gauze veil, not
black lace, whose spots and meshes njure the
eyes. Some exquisite creams for the CON-
plexion are sold, which really refine 1t, but the
formulas are secret, Lastly, in dry region,
one should drink more than usual, to supply
the fluids of the system. A large goblet of
filtered water five times q day shouldbe Slpped,
much to the benefit of the health. Vapor baths
are indispensable in our dry climate. Glyeerine
is not kind to all sorts OF compilations, and
almond meal is too often mixture of -four,
CASTLE soap and the refuse from which almond
oil has been pressed, with all the astringency of
the skin of the kernels. Women should make
their own almond PASTE and always blanch the
kernels before pounding in mortar. A pure
rose water, distilled from petals of fine roses is
greatly desirable as toilet preparation, most
of the rose water known being compound of
mon water. and far from possessing the proper
ties of true rose water. These commercial imi-
tations have very little value.
SOME VALUABLE HINTS.
J.F. L-Use the loofa, BY all means, for
rheumatic ailments with poor digestion and
sleepIess nights. If it is too scratchy, try frie
tion with flannel. But the use of coarse crack
ers and acid fruit, if well borne by the diges-
tion, should be more for you with friction than
friction alone. Rubbing the body with cocoa
nut oil would help you gain strength and flesh,
using nail cup OF OIL Tor Lne enLlre form each
night and letting the skin absorb it. Rubbing
a cut lemon on the affected parts will often re-
heve rheumatism and neuralgia.
FLORIDA, Anita and Others" who ask about
toilet marks, may address me personally Tri-
bune Building, New York.
rs. H." should use the finest magnesia pow
der for shiny nose. The invisible powder
named will do no harm. She may also bathe it
in camphor spirits frequently to correct the
greasy tendency, and be careful to use none but
coarse bread. Redness and coarseness of the
nose is index to visceral Inflammation and OBJ
structions which must be removed. Drink
grape juice at each meal, if you can get it un-
fermented, or use the juice of stewed rhubarb
till grapes come again. Rub lemon juice on the
nose, and dust with powdered borax, while
moist, at night.
"W. II. Phila." will find the process for cure
of crooked shoulders described in 'Theory and
Practice of the Movement Cure" by Charles F.
Taylor, published many years SINCE but to be
found in secondhand bookstores or public
libraries.
Twelve Inquirers'' will find the taraxacum
treatment and other processes described at
length in my ugly Girl Papers," printed
dozen years since by Harpers', to which must
refer them for oft-repeated directions. "Ad-
mirer" should order pint of fluid extract
taraxacum. with one tablespoonful of man.
drake extract added, and should also leave of
greasy, indigestible food. SHIRLEY DARE.
AMERICAN MINING ENGINEERS.