The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-18
some HEALTH HINTS
Suggestions That May Enable Many Tribune
Readers TO Feel Better.
WISDOM FOR The HOUSEHOLD
These Hints Don't Cost Much, Are
Not Copyrighted and if They Don't
Do You Any Good You Can Have
the Satisfaction of Knowing That
They Will Not Do You Any Harm.
For the at,wday Tribune.

In the comparison or the human
eystem with q merchants bank ac-
count. The prudent business man,
when he has large payments to make,
invariably collects in enough reserve
money to meet these extra demands
without crippling his business. SINH |
larly, healthy man takescare to have |
his vital energies in such welI-nour- |
ished perfection that even when he IS
seized by an illness which cuts of ms
bodily income for time lie will have
reserve fund of strength sufficient
TO tide him over the emergency. DR..
Starr, writing along this line, hos
truly pointed out how essential 1T is,
if stable health is to be expected, that
provisions should be made for emer-
gencies that are Rure 10 arise IN the
corporal as In the commercial system,
and that simply to meet the require
ments Of the day is not sufficient As
in business atfairs disasters surely fol-
low large responsibilities and greater
risks, which are constantly makingin
roaos upon the capital involved, so
vital bankruptcy Is imminent when
larger drafts are made upon the nerv-
Gus force than is consistent with its
daily gain. In such cases nature in
variably foretells the coming danger,
and as clearly points out the course to
avoid it.
Did 1t ever occur to you, esteemed
reader, that the human mouth was
never intended to take the place of the
grab bag or the carry all? Yet how
often do we see, not children alone, but
grown and presumably sane adults
utilizing their mouths as pin cushions,
penholders, tacd baskets, hairpln re
ceivers and general Repositories?
Many times, too, person In maEiug
change slips pennies or dimes into the
convenient gap In his face which in
the scheme Of creation was certainly
never meant to assume the functions
of y dime bank. Now, who ever
stopped to think how many other
mouths those same disease-laden pen
MES or dimes had rested In before or
how many unclean fingers had left i'm
prints upon them which, by the mouth
banking system, are liable to be re-
ceived into ones stomach, perchance
to work sickness and implant disease?
The sleepy-headed grandson of his
graDdfath may not regard this sub
ject as worth mentioning; but modern
science proves to the contrary, and
such carelessness must be fought down
if the general health Of our people is to
be an improving quantity.
Radiant and lovely, the summer
girl IL returning to her Scranton home
wearing what Shakespeare daintily
called the "shadowed livery Of the bur-
nished sum-" For time freckles and
tan, like russell shoes, will be quite the
proper thing. But the fad will soon
expire and then will come the question
of how to get rid of these plebian traces
of the summer outing by lake or sea.
As one answer to this, and sure one,
take the white of an egg, beat 1t till it
is but foam, wash the affected parts
well with it, let 1t dry in for a quarter
Of an hour, then rinse with clear water.
Repeat three our four nights in sue
cession, and always at night only.
This last recommendation, and the
one to dry your face after with o soft
linen cloth are essential. Another
simple way of removing tan and sun
burn Is to make q mixture Of equal
parts of lemon and glycerine. If gly
cerine does not agree with the skin las
some skins redden and get brittle by
its use) this can be replaced by an
equal amount Of rosewater. An effec-
tive mask to remove tan and sunburn
can be made as follows, and applied at
night but should be removed with GER
vii water In the morning: Sifted bar
ley flour, 3 ounces; honey, l ounce;
white of an egg, scruple. Mix as q
paste. Another: Powdered starch, 2
scruples; sweet almond oil, 2 ounces;
white wax, | ounce; goats grease,
ounce. Make an ointment and apply
to the face at night A good remedy
for fine, delicate complexion, which
cannot bear greasy pomades, IL the fol-
lowing preparation: MIX of almonds,
s ounces; ammonia chlorhydrate, 2
grains; bichloride hydrargyri, 2 grains.
Another excellent remedy is the Creme
de PEuclos, made with: Milk A ounces !;
lemon juice, ! ounce; spirits OF wine,
2 drachms. Simmer the mixture over
slow fire until 1t begins to boil skim
off the same, and when cold 1t is ready
for use.
For sunburn one writer says: Just
rs soon as you can procure 1t apply to
the burned parts thick coating of
white vaseline, which let remain for
ten minutes or more; then rub it of
by applying a soft dry cloth gently;
have bowl Of very hot water brought
TO you and big linen towel. Dip
the towel In the water, which must be
hot enough to steam, and almost bury
your face in it, but DO not touch the
skin with II for some time; you should
steam your face this way for fifteen
minutes, and by that time every drop
Of blood in your body will seem to be
in your face. Then call for more hot
water and apply It in soft, gentle FASH
ion to the skin for fifteen minutes.
Then put on coating Of vaseline and
lie down for half an hour; when YOU
get up you will he as fresh as daisy
dhN y Jul iuCo wiz IlOI JlOuDlt YOU Ill
the least OF course, the length OF
time for treatment will depend upon
how badly you are burned. But on
hour ought to fix you up all right. Ap.
ply vaseline again on retiring.
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HEALTH FOR THE MILLION:
For dizziness take ten drops of the
tincture of nux vomica in wine glass
full Of water after meals for month
or two
Bind on corns q soft rag saturated
with linseed oil. Continue this every
night and morning until the corn can
be removed easily and without pain.
Facial wrinkles are less apparent
under kind of varnish containing
thirty-six grams Of turpentine and
three drachms Of alcohol, allowed tt
dry on the face.
To remove the offensive odor from
the armplts bathe the parts frequently
with cold water and ammonia--on,
teaspoonful of ammonia to one quar-