The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-13


ly until all are mixed Remove from the
fire and add one ounce of alcohol. in which
have been stepped. This must be beaten
until cold. 1t is absolutely harmless.
MRS. 8. Y. C.-The alum wash is made
size of a bean in a pint of cold. water.
This is only to be used In case of fabbi-
ness, and should be applied directly after
maSSaglng with some cream.
MONA-Apply the peroxide of hydrogen
to the superfuous hairs with a soft
sponge every other night for. awhile and
the skin. 1t is an antiseptic and is fire.
quaennt III taken EN- internally 1. -,
use this bandoline before doing it up:
It,. ounces; altar of rose, drops dis
NINE. OAKLAND-You will find your
question answered in foregoing reply to
MARGARET F-Lemon juice, with a
little borax added, will whiten the SKIN
nicely. Cold cream should always be used
after the lemon juice.
TABLET-The cornfiower is the small
blue flower sold by florists. Some people
call them bachelor buttons and some blu
cts. Steep thirty grammes of the fresh
blossoms (bruised) in one pint of water
for twelve hours Strain and distill. The
liquid thus obtained can be used without
equal to one ounce, and one ounce is
equal to two tablespoonful. do not
tnlnk LndL Chipping the laS1eS Will make
them any thicker or curly.
ANXIOUS MOTHER-A very good
freckle lotion is made by mixing. three
water and five drains of orange flower
water But really my advice to you would
be not to put anything on the little ones
face. A child'S skin is so very tender,
and whatever you put on 1t will increase
the tendency to freckle. Prevention is
better than cure in cases of this sort. If
the child were mine l should let its skin
alone and put a good big sunbonnet on
whenever it went out. think as the
child grows older the freckles will grad
Mrs. ANXIOUS-That pufflness about
the eyes is pretty sure to be sign of
ill-health. usually of bladder or kidney
also bring that appearance. Try to go to
bed with the chickens and get up with the
cable-cars. Do not read in bed or other
in the open air, have your bedroom per-
fectly ventilated and apply witch hazel
frequently to the puffed-out places. If
all this does not do away with, the swol--
len appearance l think 1t would be well
to consult a physician.
INQUIRER-The electric needle will
certainly remove the superfiuous hairs.
The reason why the operation has some
times to be repeated is because the needle
does not always succeed in reaching the
root of the hair. When this is the case
the hair invariably sprouts again. can
not give dermatologists' names or their
prices in these columns. think you can
annihilate the hairs yourself by rubbing
prepared chalk on them and then on your
fingers and plucking them out.
l. H-Your first letter was answered in
The Sunday Call OF october 80 Hope you
saw 1t.
the little red veins Very often they will
scatter and disappear of themselves
Sometimes frequent applications of witch
hazel will help to dispense them l am
sorry I cannot suggest anything more en-
couraging. Devoted friends are few and
far between in this world, and 1T is pity
to miss an opportunity OF. gaining one,
but alas What you ask is beyond my
fund of information.
NAOMT.-For the eyebrows that meet
over the nose, would advise you to rub
on some prepared chalk, and also to
chalk your fingers, and then pluck the
hairs out. This is a much less painful
proceeding than pulling them out with
trio needle. Salt water baths are very
excellent In some forms of skin eruptions,
and 1t is well to use the water on the face.
Sometimes when the skin is in a particu-
larly irritable condition salt water seems
to increase the irritation. AT such times
I would not advise its being used Yes, it
is a good plan to let the cold salt water
in after the bath. But never let it get so
cold that it chills you.
DOROTHY.-Yes, by using the proper
exercises one can develop almost any por-
ton of the body. II you will let me know
where you wish development I will tell
you which exercises to use.
MYRTLE MAY.-To make the eyebrows
grow get one ounce of alcohol and in il
dissolve 1--WE grains OF quinine. Apply this
every other night, and on the nights in
between times massage very gently with
the fingers dipped In pure olive oil slight
iy warmed. Your eyebrows cannot help
growing then. You might try borax and
lemon Juice, fifteen grains to the ounce,
on the brown spots, but, If they are really
moth patches nothing in the world will
remove them until their cause-a diseased
liver-is remedied.
M p. Nifty the following wash for
the scars Boracic acid, dram; diluted
witch hazel, ounces rosewater, 2
ounces Mix and rub on the face night
MOON DREAMS am very sorry that
cannot help you solve the mystery, but
II would be utterly impossible for any
one to tell positively the ingredients of a
thing from a description of its effects.
The only way to find out the exact in
predients is to obtain portion of the
wash or cream, take it to chemist and
have 1t analysed.
VALENTINE-Ge camels hair face
scrubbing brush and scrub the face every
night with pure CASTLE soap and tepid
water Then rub a good cold cream
Thoroughly into the skin. If continued
this treatment will certainly Danish the
blackheads. A little powdered borax on
a bit of linen rubbed lightly over them
will also help. When one starts out to
develop the figure particularly the bust,
the first thing to do is to discard all pads
and to have the undergarments very
loose. Then massage every night with
equal parts of cocoa butter, lanOline and
cocoanut oil melted together. One ounce