St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-16
FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE.
What Shirley Dare Advises for
Beauty

Shirley Dare. than whom there is no
better authority in patters of health
and beauty, answers questions of more
than local interest in the Chicago News
Record. Pearl .asks: "My lower lashes
lie fiat against the skin as if they were
trained SO. and 10 amount of rubbing
inward will help them. What is to be
done?''
Ans. l fear this is one of the cases
for which there is no relief, unless by
Increased vigOr of the system. Let the
lashes alone. Rubbing will inflame the
eye and not help the trouble in the
least. Get up good circulation of the
blood and steep more Most of the
minor defects girls complain of are due
to deficent1lYrteryati from late hours,
unsuitable flood, etc.
A. Il. desires to retard the gray
ness in her golden hair and put the
scalp in a healthy condition. Also
wants something to strengthen the
gums and keep them from shrinking the
teeth and something to sweeten the
breath.
Ans. The. early grayness proceeds
from the same cause which looSens the
q gums and corrodes the digestive organs
impaired nutrition. Keeping the hair
or the fine comb, according to the case,
and brushing it good deal gently will
stimulate the scalp. But something is
wrong, and very wrong, with diges-
ton. Small doses of epson salts,
saltspoonful half an hour be-
fore each meal, is an effective
sweetener of the breath, IS appears by
its chemical name. sulphate of mag
nesia. After meals brush the gums
with warm water and half teaSpOOnful
tlncture of myrrh, having a quarter
ounce of borax dissolved in four ounces
of tincture. After rinsing the mouth
well with this, pour few drops of
fresh water and drink il. Myrril alone
is purifier of disordeIed stomach. Bnt
the trouble with the breath in most of
these cases is defective nutrition.
Americans are celebrated for having
the worst breath liz titesworld. Hence
gray hair. unpleasant breath, Ioosened
teeth and other unlovely conditions.
+. j. E. is pleased to note that her
eyelashes are growing nice and long by
using olive oil remedy advised in these
anSW erS. and she wants something 10
thicken her eyebrOws-which is vase
line rubbed in with a stiff toothbrush.
Also cure for blackheads is called for,
which, it not too bad. are helped by
paste of melted CASTLE soap of strong
alkaline quality left to dry on the skin
over night. Further, she should battle
with hot water and soap three times a
week, and change underwear often, and,
as Shakespeare says, purge and live
cleanly," at the same. time taking the
most nouriShing food she can get.
Becky would like something to turn
her gray hair dark brown. its natural
color 1t is also very oily, something
rather unusual with gray hair.
Ans. There is no possibility of re-
storing gray hair to its original color
unless by dyeing it. The henna dyes
for brown or black are the safest known.
You must not. however, take the asser-
ton of a recent manual for the dressing
room that applying the hemna paste and
washing off two hours after with indigo
water will "cause bright reddish color
lasting several days. 1t these direc-
tons were followed you would
find more of raven tinge, which
could not be lost under months
of modification. Henna is one of
the safest and most lasting hair dyes.
According to Polak, the best authority
on the point. paste of one third henna
and two thirds indigo applied for an
hour to an hour and a half will dye the
hair from light to dark brown. The
QedQ cannot D6 100 thoroughly WaSncQ
with pure warm water after this pro-
cess. 1t is months before the hair re-
quires redyeing with this method.
AS all the researches of modern sci
ence have not yet discovered any way
of restoring the color of the hair with
out dS ing it. trust my readers will
pardon me for preferring not to delude
them on the subject.
For oily hair nothing is more con-
venicnt than this wash: Dissolve a
tablespoonful Qhalf an ounce of pow
dered camphor in as little alcohol as
will reduce il. add spoonful of glycer-
Inc and one spoonful of powdered borax
and pour OIL quart of soft boiling
water. Let all simmer moment, cool
and bottle as soon as possible Dampen
the hair with this daily before dressing
It, parting the hair many times and
wetting the scalp with the lotion on a
soft sponge. This cIeanses and strength
ems the hair, and is said to prevent loss
of color. Como the locks we'll with a
large comb and wipe the hair daily with
flannel to remove dust and oiliness.