The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23


tonic shampoo once a week. The. only
real cure l know of for blackheads is the
use of the complexion brush, warm water
every night. Immerse the brush in warm
water, rub the soap on until you get a
good lather,. give the face good hard
warm water; dry and apply pure cold
cream or skin food This should be done
at night, just before going to bed. IfSou
have the correct brush it will make the
face bit tender for day or two, but
not longer. As there are also pimples, it
would be wise to get rid of these before
very careful as to your diet and battle
the eruption frequently with listerine di-
luted in three times as much boiled wa
ter. Am sorry, but cannot suggest any
remedy for the last trouble you men
ton.
w. D:-Legal questions are not an.
your letter over to the man who edits the
regular answers to correspondents col
umn in the local.
MILDRED M.-Formula for orange
flower skin food was given in last Sun
days Call. AS far as the hair producing
property of cold cream is concerned. you
can feel absolutely secure in using
cream that contains neither lanoline nor
cocoanut oil. These oils in their pure state
are both excellent hair growers, although
when combined with other ingredients, As
In the skin food. are comparatively safe.
Do write to me again and ask me all
those other questions that are worrying
you.
A. N. MIN massaging the lines about
the mouth smear the skin first with some
good emollient cream and then knead
ana smooth the little lines, rubbing al
ways across the wrinkles. If you will
send me stamped addressed envelope ]
will send YOU the address you desire
uNHAPPY-I am afraid l can give you
put little comfort concerning the super
mention and others of a like nature
merely Danish the hairs for the tine be-
Ing by burning them off to the surface of
the skin. Ammonia slightly diluted Will
have the same effect. But the hairs viii
return and possibly coarser than before
There is positively nothing but the cleo
manently. Peroxide of hydrogen will
bleach them white.
PANSY-As long as you continue to
wear nigh collars YOU will no doubt be
distressed by that discooration about the
neck. 1t can be bleached out by applying
pure lemon juice each night After it has
dried on the skin rub thoroughly with cold
witch hazel will often do away with the
dark circles under them. For the profuse
Persplraton use little of the lavender
lotion suggested to L. NJ. r. in the water
in which you battle the armpits and after
thoroughly drying dust with a powder
made of one part boTacic acid two parts
precipitated chalk and seven parts Of
powdered talcum. This will surely help
YOU. There certainly is no imDroDrI~ty
IN asking your married friend fo~ a pho
tograph. She should regard the request
as a compliment if made in a dalcate way
DAISY d. HI have never heard of
the cream YOU mention, so cannot advise
you about it. The best rouge is made by
Incorporating small quantity of pow
9ered GH carmine in a little cold cream.
Keep the, ends of your hair we'll trimmed
ana Apply the following tonic for the
oanGruH Forty-eight grains resorcin
one-half ounce glycerine- and alcohol
enough to fill a two-ounce bottle AnnIv
every night rubbing it well into the
scalp. SEND me stamped addressed en-
velope and l will tell you where you can
procure the complexion brush
-. A E-As you are afraid to use any
thlng containing oil on your skin. why
nQt Try thlck: pure cream. 1t is very
Wnltenlng and will also make the skin
soil s9iI and VeIyety, and if well rubbed in
VIII WI utteriy discourage wrinkles Use this
at, az night, and in the daytime apply the
IolloWlng astriEgent wash: Take a half
pint pottle and place in it three table
i,,ce fPGohIu1I Iio1 OF fresh uncooked cucumber
loWer water and then add two table
spoonfqls of eau de cologne. Shake well
ana and add very slowly half an ounce of
mixture now and then. Fill the bottie
with elder flower water Let this drV IN
me ne SKIN: Nm ADVISE NE as to the result of
tnlS treatment. Peroxide of hydrogen
with a little ammonia added, will bleach
the hairs so that they VIII he nncb ii
noticeable nc and will not injure the skin
ficaC~ of face masks i0 ei-
AN INQUIRER-The flushing in vour
case Is probably caused by an overheated
condition of the blood. Eat plenty of fr,1it
and crisp green salads and drink freely Of
mineral waters. These are cooling to the
blood. The astringent wash. formula for
think will help you also and the oranea
flower skin food will soothe and softep
the skin. 1t was the glycerine in the To-
tion that you have been using that dark
ened your skin. Stop using the powder
that has roughened your skin. 1t prob
ably contains bismuth or lead, both of
which are most injurious to the skin.
rubbing the least little bit of cold cream
on the face will cool the skin and reduce
the rednesS to some extent. If applied
before exposure to wind or sun it will
prevent the skin from burning so pain
fully.