The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28

hot bath twice a week with lots of cas-
tile soap and good firm flesh brush.
MRS. I. B.-Anoint the child's scalp
with olive oil for three successive days.
On the fourth day wash the head thor
oughly with CASTLE soap and a little bo-
raX Then apply nightly 10 the scalp the
following lotion: Forty-eight grains res
orcfn; one-fourth ounce glyeerin. and al
cohOl sufficient to fill a two-ounce bottle.
Continue this treatment for a fortnight
and then again anOint with the olive oil
and proceed in the same manner. In about
six weeks the scalp should be clean and
healthy
MAGNET-Your first question has been
answered several times in these columns
since your letter was written. ] hope you
saw and were informed. No, witch hazel
will not cause hair to grow. A few appli-
cations of the peroxide of hydrogen VIII
Tighten the hairs so as to make them
scarcely noticeable. The constant ap-
plications of the ammonia will finally
deaden the little pests. / cannot say just
how long it's use must be continued.
Trousseau, a celebrated French physi-
clan, claimed that two grammes of bicar-
reduce flesh. 1t will not injure the com
pleXion. / prefer the white rose leaves
for the toilet vinegar. An excellent To-
ton for clearing the skin and refining
coarse pores is made with: Five and
half ounces elderf1ower water; one ounce
eau de cologne; one ounce fresh, un.
cooked cucumber juice, and one-half
ounce simple tincture of benzoin. MIX
the elderfiower water and benZoin and let
them stand a few hours, then strain
through muslin. Mix the eau de cologne
and cucumber juice, and then add the
other ingredients. Apply several times
a day, letting 1t dry on the skin. AS long
as the skin is kept in state, of perfect
cleanliness 1t doesn't really matter
whether the bath is taken warm or cold,
as far as beauty is concerned. If you
are sufficiently robust to stand a cold
bath you will find it inyigorating and
helpful. If not, then / should advise a
tepid bath. You will find the hot bath,
or vapor bath, most efficacious in reduc-
ing flesh. The. orange flower skin food
will fill out the hollows in the face.
1 doubt If cutting the eyelashes will have
much effect upon the growth, save in the
case of very young children. girl of
IS is usually considered young lady, ami
wears her dresses whatever length hap
pens to be the prevailing mode A drop
of carbolic acid in the water is benefi-
of the skin l do not happen to know of
any one who has used the electric roller,
so cannot vouch for its efficacy. Yes, sui
phur vapor baths are excellent for clear
GIDDY-The last recipe that you saw
for making the cucumber milk is the bet
ter one. l find that in using but two
ounces of the almond oil the milk is less
likely to separate. 1t probably will take
four or five good sized cucumbers to make
the quantity called for. Apply it with
/ do not know. of anything that will
whiten the hands any more quickly than
lemon juice. Instead of using glycerin
after the juice has dried on the skin rub
in cold cream The cucumber milk will
whiten your skin nicely. You are a wise
little girl to have decided against the
DoRRIS A. Use the following tonic
on YOUR too oily hair: One-half pint al
oohol. one-half pint water, thirty grains
of quinine. Apply every other night, rub
MARIETTA A-Don't use vaselne on
the hair is very likely to dsThen nod fn IL
the hair II is the oil that you are using
no no doubt, that makes the little ones hair
hang in strings" and is DESTROYING the
natural curl Try shampooing it with the
egg and rosemary spirits suggested in
foregoing reply to Agnes. Let me know
if this does not improve the condition of
their hair.
A FRIEND-I could not conscientiously
recommend to my readers any remedy the
ingredients of which ] do not know. Be
sides / am particularly skeptical on the
subject of so-called superf1uous hair de-
stroyers. Why, the man or woman who
discovers permanent remedy for su-