The San Francisco call., 1899-04-30

mother, the Empress of Austria, one day
and said: Il find, dear mamma, that
get along very slowly with the King 5
waistcoat But I do most sincerely hope
to have it finished before many more
years have gone by" That's the way /
feel about the letters that come to this
department. | really hope before MANY
years to get them all answered So you
will forgive me for not having replied
next Sunday" won't YOU? Let me see,
what was it you wanted to know? Oh.
yes: about the skin food l hope
dred NJ Il. about bout # last last sunday.
although doubt if it will help you if the
trouble comes from a disordered liver, as
it probably does: Cocoa butter, 10
grams; castor oil. 10 grams; oxide Of
10 CentigTamS extract of rose. 10 drops.
Apply ut night and carefully wash
away with warm water the following
morning. I should not put a particle OF
faith in the advertisement YOU inclosed
The treatment You are follow ing viii do
you Just as much good if persisted in and
the breasts in cold water in the morning.
Swinging Indian clubs and dumbbells will
also help. I should be very glad to
have the prescription You mention.
MISS E. L.-Pure lemon juice with
little borax added is as good as anything
to remove freckles. / fear 7 can suggest
nothing for that "Cyrano" difficulty
NAOMI-Your powders could not have
was not properly mixed. When using
cold cream on the face at night it should
be rubbed in, left on for a few minutes
and then every bit of it rubbed off with
soft towel. In the morning wipe the face
off in tepid water. l see no reason wh-
you should not be able 10 use the skin
are irritating The difficulty with your
skin. no doubt. is that the sebaceous
glands are inactive. Have you ever tried
a m
skin food in such cases
GREENlE-Your complexion is not in
healthy condition or it would not be so
dry and liable to fluff off in tiny flakes.
/ doubt very much if you should use any
soap on your face, as it will ouly help to
remove the small quantity of oil there is
in the cuticle. The orange flower skin
food would refresh your fading skin in
short order. Take One-half ounce each of
spermaCet and white wax and cut into
shaving. Melt and add one ounce each
of lanolin, and cocoanut oil and two
ounces of oil of sweet almonds. Melt all
these, but do not let boil. Remove from
heat and stir in quickly one ounce of or
ange flower water and ten drops simple
tincture of benZoin. Then beat till fluffy
and nice. Until your skin gets into better
shape | would advise you 10 use very lit
tie water on it, but to rely on the skin
food for cleansing. The formula for
liquid powder that YOU incIosed is ali
rght--that is, the ingredients are ali per
fectly harmless-but I think you will find
It very drying and particularly con-
are already complaining of An excellent
formula for quinine hair tonic is one
half pint of water, one-half pint of alco-
hol and % cents worth of quinine I have
heard that bathing bald spots on the head
every morning with water just as hot as
the scalp will allow will start the hair to
bands pate. Advice to Duchess will he
of help to you in getting rid of the black
heads on your nose. Don't squeeze them
out That only irritates them
MISS DAISY RET
sage with the orange flower skin food viii
straighten your skin out in a iiffy. It is
this the skin food will supply.
H. 1.-The sage tea tonic for the hair
is made by. boiling a package of sage
leaves in quart of water until there is
through muslin and add one tablespoonful
of bay rum or alcohol Apply to the roots
of the hair Just before going to bed at
night Do not use this tonic on light hair.
as it has a darkening effect Please read
what 1 have said to GREENE about bald
heads.
vIoLETTE DE PARME-of course
you can get rid of the coarse pores
Scrub them every night of your life with
a complexion brush tepid water and cas-
tile soap This treatment may seem at
first to make the pores more gaping but
if persisted in will surely end in refining
the skin When the pores have become
emptied Of their secretions use the as
tringent wash suggested to Duchess.
ALWAYS advise the tepid sponge bath in
the morning, as being the most likely to
agree with every one. only the most ro-
bust being able to indulge in the icy
sponge or plunge.
IDA WI do not approve of hot water
for the face. 1t robs the skin of all soft
ness and makes it taut and stiff and liable
to chap Tepid water is better I am un-
familiar with the cold cream you name,
50 cannot VOuch for its purity or excel
lence. l do know that lanolin in its pure
state is more than likely to develop a fine
or6n Of WhiSkerS. [ wish YOU would trv
the skin food suggested to Greene. I am
sure it will help you. Use it at night, just
before going to bed, and then once or
twice during the day apply the following
astringent wash. allowing it to dry on the
skin: Take a half pint bottle and place
in it three tablespoonfus of fresh, un-
cooked cucumber juice. Half fill the bot
tie with elder flower water and then add
two tabespoonfuls of eau de cologne.
Shake well and add very slowly half an
ounce of simple tincture of benZoin, shak-
ing the mixture now and then.
CIDEDEI IJOHC LAID