Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19
before the aching brain can take the sense

before the aching brain can take the sense
of it:
Will you please tell me If pumice stone will
remove superduous hair? How is it prepared
for use? =. READER.
This letter might have been shortened
very we'll by several words. Twill pumice
stone remove superfuous hair, and how?"
But it is such relief after the involuted
apologies, etc.. which ladies cannot write
without, that would study hours to
answer questions for its writer.
PUMICE FOR THE TOILET.
Pumice was always part Of the toilet from
the days of Egyptian priests. who made it
point Of sanctity to keep the body free from
any growth Of hair that might lodge un-
cleanness. Roman and Grecian exquisites
and public men, dainty as experienced Sen
ators at Washington to-day, after the bath
were scraped by the ivory sturigil or blade
and smoothed by pumice till their athletic
bodies were smooth as marble.
Eastern nations use it at this day, shaving
the armpits as women in our own country
are known to do to prevent lodgment of per-
spiration, or else to allow of wearing yery
sleeveless dresses. Powdered pumice is sold
for the toilet to smooth the hands, and
"Reader" can experiment with shilling 3
worth to her hearts content 1t does not
kill the hair, but wears it of, and daily use
whenever the face is washed may keep down
superfuous growth. The best way is to re-
move the hair by shaving first, or a regular
depilatory, and then use the pumice con-
stantly.
USES OF AUTUMN SUNSHINE.
Mrs. Ais there any process by which
the face can be bleached without harm to
a 10 Act ho ho- h.
peated attacks Of the grip, little sallow,
with loss of flesh"
This sallowness from the grip is the sub
lect of daily complaint by correspondents.
The great remedy Is outdoor sunshine.
Every cloth weaver knows October and
November are the best months of the year
for bleaching, as the chemical rays of light
have forcee rather than heat rays Com
plexions freely exposed to light at this
period lose freckles and tan.
Biliousness must be removed BY taraxa-
cum tonic, which is admirable for removing
effects Of grip. One pint fluid extract tar
axacum-which is common dandelion, I ex-
plain for the twentieth time, mixed with one
ounce extract OF cascara sangrada, or Of
tincture of rhubarb, and two oupces tincture
wintergreen. Dose, one teaspoonfuI half
way between meals. After taking this two
weeks use tincture Peruvian bark and tinct-
urs of myrrh in separate bottles, taking one.
half teaspoonful of each in half teacup of
filtered water after each meal. Omit the
taraxacum every fourth week. All medi-
cines seem to do better for short omissions
after taking constitutionally several weeks.
- USE OF ANTIsEPTICs.
Antiseptics, properly given, greatly relieve
the most unpleasant internal effects of last
winters plague. Among these are myrrh,
and creosote water from wood creosote, not
that of coal. 1t is is we'll to tincture all the
water drank with either of these for days.
Ten drops of the creosote water in a small
glass of filtered water, or half teaspoonful
weak tincture of myrrh are not unpleasant
and they are internally healing. Fruit
juice is both anti-biIious and antisepric, es-
pecially the mucilaginous pear Juice pre-
pared BY baking pears and draining them.
Those ladies in Colorado and New Mexico
who have repeatedly written to know of
something to protect their faces from the
parching winds and dust will find this what
they have been looking for 1t is complete
protection to the skin, without greasiness or
disagreement. To use it to advantage wash
the face in warm or hot water, dry carefully
and rub bit of cerate the size of pea into
the skin, with light, brisk rubbing, till the
shiny look passes and the skin has a deli
cate but effective protecting film, under
which the skin softens and whitens by its
natural action when shielded from its
enemies-glare, wind and dust. 1t is not a
hair dressing, and should not touch the
nalr. SHIRELY DARE.