The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-02
CHAM0MILE COMPLEXION.
It Ensures a skin Like velvet with
Peach blossom Pink.


Peach blossom Pink.
New York. Nov. Humph, Cham
omlle! THAT what you nced-cham.
omlio tea. ana plenty OF g."
tho old doctor said. cycling thc
young woman's muddy skin. ana lack
lustcr eyes. Don snln" he went on
III / wanted to humbug YOU. ] would
prescribe Il lcane1ly as Anthems no.
bills. But have. hope got beyond hum
bugglng pe0p,c. Yes. % is an old woman's
remedy but lee me tcll YOU the only doe
tors nowadays who sheer az old women
remedies are those who know 90 little
they think they know everything
"Bfck IN the tunes OF your grand
mother. young women drank chamomile
tea as a matter OF course. Not every
night understand but three nights run
ming some times ia the month. either at
the new moon or the full Making the
tea was no haphazard process either. The
flowers for % were carefully picked. just
a. they opened ANA dried separate from
the mass of tho herb. kept Tor general
mcdicament You see. IT'S famous bitter
and stomachlc as well us tonic. To this
day % is grown mmcruiily al the pref
81 English town OF tutchlu. and cuitiva-
tors there have developed the plant So
the flowers are as dlublc AS the new
fanglcd CHINA asters. The common gapicn
sort has White r1y-uctals around yellow
center just like the single villa aatcrs
10 is every biz as good incidentally a. the
double sort. but since the double wcighs
more after drying. the chamomile far
tncrs strive TO produce o.
The flowers gathered about eleven
o'clock In the morning. were spread
thiuly upon "a sheet, and dried iu the
shade. Then they were put into their
own special bag. and kept dark ana dry
When chamomle sea-time came around.
a generous handful Of dried flowers was
put into a china bowl covered with boil
ing water. then set 20 steep la warm
place for maybe three hours. Just before
bed time the bowl was filled with water
D little below boiling An infusion under
stand o. ono thing. decocsion another
Stepping makes the infusion. The proper
ties o. Ia vary " the water IS warm or
cold Rolling makes dccaciion-nnd
brings out very different properties from
the same substance.
The Results.
what was wanted for tho chlmomlle
complexion was gentle but thorough
rousin- Of every particularly
the glands q the skin. The tea ala this
and no more II was slipped from the edge
Of the bowl as hot as II could be swat
lowed. then tho s. pper vert 20 bed ana
slept the sleep OF youth and happiness
She got up iu the morning feeling as me
as SILK. hathcd her face ana shoulders IN
fresh sprlrg water and locked al hnrrtH
approvingly In the mirror, Well she might
Size had skin like velvet, with q peach
blossom pink in the checks. ana eyes OF
A Nfn n
sine could hld defiance 90 headache, IAN
guor and mssitude. and was ready to
work an day. ard frolic all night when
ever che had the chance.
TIL. for young women IL ordinary
health. Thise whom colds or ieNers
had left weakened. sallow. ana enact
atcd needed different treatment. Where
pronounced sallowucss showed very
torpId liver. dnndelion root, boiled 70 a
strong detection. was added 70 the
chnmomile tea. After drinking the mix
ture-and e was a bitter one. YOU may
take my word-for every night for .
week. che patient was put upon bitters
compounded 81 thyme. chamomile, dnnde-
hon and spice-wood bark. All were IN
fused for twenty-four hours IN hot water
enough 20 cover them well. then tw.cc
their bulk OF good whisky was added.
The dose was a wine glass ful three
times dav. before meals In case OF sleep
lessness hops were added 10 the bitters.
and the pauens slept upon a hop pillow
4 Patriotic Plant.
mo doubt an the other things helped.
but chnmomue got the credit Of the
cures. n may interest you 20 know mat
aside from ts virtues u has little BIT
Of patriouc history tangled up In Ns
stalks IL owns the curious property or
fiourlshinr most when tramplcd. Hence,
s,ys tradHon.lts named the Rebel
r-iover derived thus One day during the
Revolution British officer. walking be-
side an American hostess through her
garden spicd q 1our.shing chnmomile
bed and asked its name. III should be
called the Rebel Flower" the lady answ-
cred why" asked the officer amazed.
ssRnc1uso." ouoth the lady 1.-THE more
II h troddcn on the more IL spreads"
THAT la q very nice story as stories
go. But before Shakespeare time the
plants unusual habit had been noted
witness the proverb. "As obstinate n
obamomfle--the more you tread ~. the
moro YOU spread g." So far as ! know
This singular property OF -four shing In
trampled earth is shared by hut two
other thlnrs-walnut and damson trees.
The wainuts habit has likewise occa-
e.onod provorb-a rhymed one. Here
50 IS:
"A woman. a dog. and q walnut cree.
Tho more they are trod on the better
they be-"
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