The San Francisco call., 1899-04-16

needle, needle, which is the only method by
which the root can be killed it is bound
70 return and is more than likely to come
IN coarser than it was before If the
the electric needle, then ] know. of moth
ing better to suggest than to stand pa
tientiy before the mirror and pluck out
each halr, II 1t takes a month. Crash
the, tweezers firmly, give a straight, stiff
pull and the root of the hair will come
too. Then rub powdered pumicestone
over the place until the skin is tender
After that, give it bath of weak alum
water, and as soon as it can bear 1t a
wash Of pure lemon juice; This is rather
severe treatment and will leave the skin
irritated for time, but is really the most
eftcaciouS method [ can suggest. How
ever, the difficulty with the treatment is
that unless you happen to extract the
root of the hair 1t will break and scat
ter, and two or three hairs will come In
very likely to become coarser after using
the pumicestone, and its use has to be
continued, just as man has to contin-
ually shave himself l really think it is
much better to let Superfiuous hair alone,
unless 1t Is very dark when. by using
the peroxide of hydrogen the hair IL
made lighter and thus less perceptble.
MALHEUREUX-I have a brand new
recipe for freckles that may bring happi-
ness to you, cherie. 1t is this Soak forty
grains of whole gum tragacanth in seven
ounces of roSewater for two days. Beat
until the Jumps disappear. then add half
an ounce of glycern. one-half ounce of
alcohol. one dram of boracic acid and one
half dram pulverized alum. Dissolve
little hot water and mix with
alcohol and glycerin before adding
TO the jelly. Perfume, and. if too thick.
thin with a little warm water When
those bothersome little pimples come on
your nose treat them just as you have
been treating them: also touch them with
a little listerine diluted in three times rs
much boiling water. Now. l would like
to say all sorts of nice things to YOU, in
reply to your very fattering little letter
but, alasi there are so many waiting for
answers to their questions that ] needs
must hurry along and make each reply
as brief as possible. One thing. / must
say, though, and that is that | am sure
you are very dear little girl to know
and that we would be the best of friends.
Now, write to me again, Mignonne, and
sign yourself "Joyeuse' or something less
doleful than your present signature.
ADELINE RUSSELL-There really is
nothing that you can put on your hair to
darhen it but dye, and should not ad-
wise you to attempt to use anything of
the kind yourself. If you will send me
stamped addressed envelope | will send
you the name of some one; who does that
sort of work and who will not use any
thing your hair that can possibly in
jure 1t.
ADALINE-I think you will find the fol-
lowing cucumber milk exactly what YOU
wish in the way of a lotion. 1t is delight
full:
Oil of sweet almonds ounces.
Fresh cucumber juice (bofled), 10 ounces.
White CASTLE soap, one-quarter ounce.
dissolved in ounces of essence of Gu
cumbers and 3S drops of simple tincture
of benzOin.
The Juice is got by boiling the cucuIn-
bers in little water, the essence by mix.
ing the juice thus obtained with equal
parts of alcohol Cut the cucumbers into
thin slices. neither pecling nor removing
the seeds and pour on Just enough water
to start them to cooking. When they are
soft and mushy it is time to remove them.
Strain first through fine sieve and then
through a cloth. y large bottle-a gallon
one-comes in very handy when making
this lotion as it must be shaken a great
deal Put first in the bottle one and
half ounces of alchohol and one and half
ounces of cucumber juice, Then you have
your essence. Add to this your CASTLE
soap and let it stand for several hours,
when the soap should be entirely dis
solved. The. pure powdered soap is pre-
fera BILE. as it dissolVeS quicker. Put in
your cucumber juice, which has been
strained and which is cold Shake well,
so that all are thoroughly mixed. Then
pour it all out in a china or porcelain
vessel and add the oil of sweet almonds
and the benzoin. stirring for some time.
When you put the mixture into bottles be
will get most of the oily matter in one
bottle and the juice in the other. It will
be d creamy yellow liquid and must al
ways be well shaken before using. 1t
dries on the skin almost Immediately. 1t
is best to apply it at night, letting it dry
and rinsing away with tepld water the
following morning, although, of course,
you can apply it at any time. Be sure
that your cucumber juice. is good and
in the lotion I think l would omit it from
the cold cream. The other ingredients
that you mention are all right and follow
White wax, 4 ounce spermaceti IL
ounces; sweet almond oil, IA ounces; ell
der flower water, water, ounce; tineture ac of
plexion brush each night, followed by an
application of the cold cream or the To-
tion. should end in refining the skin.
c. NJ. RI am sorry, but l can sug
gest nothing for your trouble.
JOSEPHINE DIT is rather difficult
when doing ones own dishwashing to
keep the hands in good condition If you
can afford it, use CASTLE soap for dish
washing Use the following cold cream
for the hands: Spermaceti> one-half
ounce; white, wax. one-half ounce; oil of
sweet almonds, two and one-half ounces;
rosewater. three-fourths ounce; powdered
bora Twenty grans tns Of glover
rosewater and add the essence of clover.
Melt the first three ingredients in .por-
the heat and add the ,rosewater (all at
once). Then beat quickly with egg
beater until the mixture is cold and firm.
NJ. II, S.-Try bleaching the dscolored
knees with lemon juice or peroxide of
hydrogen. l really can suggest nothing
else.
given in the letters to-day for cold cream.
They are all good, and of course you can
make your cream as soft as you like by
adding more of the almond OIL The only
way to keep cold cream from getting ran
cid is to put UP only small quantity of
it at a time You will find the following
lotion a delightful water softener: Alco-
hol, four ounces; ammonia, one ounce;
oil of lavender one dram. Mix by shak-
ing in a six-ounce bottle Add one teas
poonful of this. not a drop more. to two
quarts of warm water when you battle
your face. Be sure and measure the
Quantity each time.
J. o. B.-The wrinkles that are distress
ing you are worry wrinkles. I am sure.
So. first of all you must stop worrying.
Never mind If the dinner is not ready just
on time. If baby overturned the ink bot
spent so much time ironing, don't you
care. These are the very things that will