Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-24
TREATMENT EoR suNsuRN.
All About tho "veal Cure'-several 9th
SuCppssTul Remedies.

All About tho "veai Curo'--sovernl Other
Successful Remedies.
We none Of us, even the most fastidi-
Gus, mind a slight tinge of olive of q
becoming shade to our cheeks, but when
this color deepens into mahogany, why,
we feel we must take active measures to
rid ourselves of this unwelcome visitant.
One Of the most successful things to
try is the veal cure. When we come in
from a long drive or journey in the heat
and sun, when our faces smart with sun
burn, if we at once apply this cure soon
all the discomfort will cease. You must
provide yourself with one or two veal
outlets and then have these cut into thin
slices. These raw slices must then be
carefully laid all over the face and
lightly kept in place. You must retire
into perfectly darkened room and lie
on sofa or bed on your back for half
an hour or longer. When the veal seems
hot, it should be turned on to the other
side and applied again. When the face
has ceased to burn, the veal may be re-
moved and the face gently washed with
elder flower water, and it must not be
exposed to the sun again that day. Be
careful to use no soap on it for day or
two. This is, however, cure that can
not always be ready at hand. In this
case you must try the magnesia cure,
which is very easy and very successful.
II is specially handy after yachting and
boating.
Take very finely pounded calcined
magnesia and mix it with milk to a
moist paste; then paint it over the face
with q camel's hair brush, or apply
with sponge. Let it dry on and re-
main for five minutes or so. Then very
gently brush off the powder with soft
flannel and wash the face i'll warm
milk and water till it is quite clean.
At night rub little cocoa oil into the
skin, or smear it with very thin cold
cream, and wipe off with soft towel.
Besides these cures, however, there are
many most useful and valuable washes
that will be found of use. Some skins
will not be affected by remedies that
cure others, and in this case we must
try first one thing and then the other
till we finally hit ON the one that suits
our own particular case.
Fresh cucumbers may be cut up into
the very smallest slices and soaked i'll
milk for many hours; this must then be
applied as water would be to the face.
Buttermilk is often useful when the
sunburn is very slight, but If tansy
roots are boiled with it, it will be found
to be of very much more value.
Women who live in grape bearing
countries have an infallibe remedy for
sunburn. They gather the grapes when
green, and after first sprinkling with a
little alum, they cook them in an open
dish in the oven. When tender, they
squeeze the juice out by straining the
grapes through a coarse piece Of muslin.
Then four times a day the face is washed
with this.
Another remedy is to beat up the
white Of an egg and apply; let it dry on
the face and remain for o quarter of an
hour, and then wash of and powder
we'll with fine rice powder and let this
remain on for few minutes longer.
Water in which parsley has been boiled
will also be found of use. Plain lemon
Juice and rosewater will also suit some
skins very we'll indeed. 1t should be
borne in mind that if any of these rem
edies are applied at once after the face
has been caught by the sun, there is
more chance of successful remedy than
If the sunburn is left severely alone for
some days.