The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07

half ounces: rosewater, four -fifths ounce; |
powdered borax ten grains: essence of |
cloves. three drops. In massaging your
neck do you pick the flesh up between the |
fingers and roll and pinch? That is the |
movement to use in reducing a feshy |
neck. Then in order to keep it from get !
ting flabby battle in weak solution of
alum water, piece of alum the size of |
a bean in pint of water being sufficient I
MRS. ELVIA V WESTAThe orange |
flower skin food will work wonders with |
that complexion of yours, I feel sure The |
t treatment n suggested in reply to GREENE
last Sunday will suit your case also.
DOROTHY-I cannot give addresses IN
these columns, but if you will send me a
/ stamped addressed envelope l will tell
you where YOU can procure the com
plexion brush.
IN HOPE-Tsu't this my old friend
CONFIDENCE under apother name? | am
sure 1t is. Acne. which is the medical
term for YOUR aff1icticn. is most obstinate
always. Absolute cleanliness is positively
necessary, first of all Steaming the face
until every unimpeded pore is in an active
condition and the contents of the inactive
ones are softened is an excellent method.
| The face should always be dried after
steaming and care should be taken to do
| it thoroughly enough to remove every
thing that may have exuded, however
| invisbly. from the torpid pores. You
wash Your face altogether too often. A
thorough washing at night with tepid
water and CASTLE soap and a rinsing In
clear tepfd water in the morning is all
! that is necessary. Bathing the face in
diluted witch hazel, followed by massage
with cold cream, will sometimes work
wonders in cases of acne. You can use
the tooth powder as frequently as you
choose. Profuse perspiration is enough to
drive one to the dreadful soda-water
habit. Put a little baking soda in Your
bath and. after drying the body careful
ly. dust the hands and armpts with a
powder made of one part of boracic acid.
two parts precipitated chalk and seven
parts powdered talcurn. Wear bits Of
absorbent cotton sprinkled with this in
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life will once more become jolly and ro-
seate for you Do write to me again.
ANXIOUS MAY-.Use the following
tonic upon your falling tresses. 1t is a
sure dandruff cure and will put speedy
stop to the hair shedding itself in that
unhappy way: Forty-eight grains resor-
Gin one-fourth ounce glycerin and alco-
hol sufficient TO fiji a two-ounce bottle.
Apply to the scalp every night, rubbing
it in well
TILLIE W.-Advice to Duchess is the
read what I have said to her. For the
crowsfeet and lines in neck, massage with
the orange flower skin food.
LEO 1.-THE formula that you sent me
is face bleach. Il accomplishes its pur-
pose by removing the outer cuticle, which.
to my mind. is always accompanied with
would be to use nothing stronger on your
face in the way of a bleach than lemon
juice. If you will put a little of this on
your face at night and after it has dried
on the skin apply a good cold cream, you
will find that it will whiten your skin
nicely Bichloride of mercury is a deadly
poison, and never recommend any To-
ton of which it is an ingredient.
JASMINE-The moth patches cannot be
removed as long as the disordered con-
dtion of the liver, which causes them.
remains. Get your physician to give you
good liver medicine, and when that or
gan is in good condition. if the patches
still remain, bleach them out with fire.
quent applications of lemon juice or per-
oxide of hydrogen, The. skin food IS fine
| for At~Tr -lfY I, t.
The cost of the ingredients would be
about 40 cents. | fancy. Inquiry at a
drug store would inform you better on
this point. Cocoanut oil rubbed into the
| eyebrows will increase their growth
A BEAUTY SEEKER-I have said so
much lately about the hair growing and
| and skin foods that ! will take it for
! granted that you have read and so been
Informed. Once day, just before retir-
ing. is often enough to use the skin food.
MISS ANXIOUS-If you read my re-
plies to E. A. E and An Inquirer in last
Sundays Call you found your questions
what l said to them The astringent wash
will be particularly excellent in your case
| am certain Here $ the formula for
splendid hair curling iluid: Mix one and a
half drains of gum trlgacanth with three
| ounces of proof spirits and seven ounces
of water Perfume with a drop or two
of altar of rose. If too thick add little
MISS ANXIOUs-As You are afraid to
use oily preparations on your skin. you
| might try thick sweet cream 1t some
! times has wonderfully whitening and
| softening effect upon the skin: Do not
use hot water on your face. Use tepid
water, a complexion brush and CASTLE
soap After a thorough rinsing in clear
water rub in the cream. Are you sure the
condition of your skin is not caused by
an inactive liver? l am inclined to think
| it is. In that case you should see ply
stefan and have him prescribe a good
| liver tonic. That will put your skin in
| better condition than all the beauty To-
| tions that were ever invented. l think
| the astrlngent wash formula for which
has been given many times in this
| department, will also aid in clearing and
! is the formula for splendid hair-curline
| fluid: Mix one and a half drams of gum
| tragacanth with three ounces of proof
| spirits and seven ounces of water Per-
| fume with a drop or two of altar of rose
| If too thick add Il little rosewater
! r. G. H.-The dye can be beaChed off
| hydrogen, tut | should not advise YOU to
experiment with II Yourself. The wisest
method in such cases is to cut on the hair
and let i gGbw in The natural ,5; shade. .
it is of the right kind. which is picking up
of the flesh between your fingers and
rolling it firmly This treatment dlssolves
the fatty Innings and will surely reduce
! that double chin ] should not bother
about the stoutness of the face, If I were
you OF course. before the chin Is
/ nipulated II must De ShFaTSu Wlln cOlu
! cream and if a fabbiness Of the skin re-
| suits it can be remedied by applications
| of weak alum water used hot.
| A SUBSCRIBER-Ques No. /. The
shampoo. containing yolk of egg and rose
mary spirits. given in to-day.s Beauty
| Talk is fine for removing daEdruff, and
| will leave the hair soft and silky No. q
| good recipe for tooth powder is made OF
one-fourth pound of preciipita9tedd chalk
| SOAP, one ounce of powdered orrIs root
one ounce of pulverized sugar and one-half
dram of oil of sassafras; A few drops Of
| tincture of myrrh in glass Of water Will
| harden the gums No s. In introducing a
| lady and gentleman TO any one the lady
should be introduced first. In the matter
of an introduction between two men. If
! there is much difference in their ages the
| younger man should be presented to the
| elder always.
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