Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-26

! the fire and add slowly, stirring all the
| time one ounce of sweet ALMOND oil and a
half ounce Of spirits q. OF eamphor Turn into
A rose cream Is made by melting half an
| ounce of spermaceti, adding to 1t one-half
pint of rose water, one-half ounce rose per-
fume and enough sweet almonds, rubbed to
paste, to make a cream. +
To prepare almonds for use, first blanch
them then bruise in a mortar, using the
pestle vigorously A smoothI paste is thus
obtained. For an almond race cream, after
making a paste of three ounces of almonds
add slowly orange-fiower water stirring
constantly, continuing this operation until
fine creamy emulsion is the result Sub
ject this to a thorough beating with an egg
whisk, and then add, drop by drop, ten
drops of tincture of benzoin. This emulsion
whtens the skin. Another cream which
answers the same purpose Is made by melt
ing together one-half ounce each of white
wax, spermaceti and butter of cocoa, and
adding one-half ounce of almond oil, and
two drains of balsam of Peru.
Or another remedy is used with good eff
feet to Danish freckles: Add two drains
of brandy and the juice of lemon to half a
pint of milk; boil and skim carefully; when
cold, add a dram of pulverized alum.
An Fashioned Cure.
An old-fashoned cure for freckles is COM
mon horse radish grated into cup of sour
milk and strained. This may be used occa-
sionaly with good effect. An ounce of lemon
juice in a pint of rose water is another rem
edy. With the juice of a lemon and the
beaten white of egg Diana, brush in
hand may touch up her freckIes in the
seclusion of her boudoir, and no one be the
wiser, except the bosom friend to whom she
impartS some of the secrets of the toilet
To eradicate yellow stains from the face
take an ounce of dried rose leaves, add half
pint of white wine vinegar. Let them
stand for week, then draw off the vinegar
and add to it half pint of rose water
Keep this liquid bottled, and when using.
pour a tablespoonful or SO of it on a hit
of cloth and sponge the face; let it dry on
the skin. Vinegar, as is well known, pre-
vents dlScOlOratton. Battle bruise with
vinegar as soon as the accident happens If
1t can be kept in place, lay cloth soaked
in vinegar over the injury, m0iStening if as
1t dries, and there will be little, if any, dis
cooration.
To prevent that shine to the skin with
which so many are annoyed, especially in
warm weather, use little spirits of cam
phor in the water, when bathing the face
Cologne, or a little gin, may be used in the
water for washing the face
If you have been travelling any distance
on the cars, don't wash your face in cold
water the moment you reach a wash stand
IL you want to remove all the traces of dust
and smoke, rub your face well with cold
cream or vaseline and wipe off on a drv
towel. The towel, after wiping will show
you where the dust has gone. Then you
may wash your face in hot water if YOU
will. There is nothing like hot water for
the complexion. 1t keeps it not only clean,
but clear. However, its habitual use is not
advised.
Prematurely Gray.
When hair is gray, but not with years. it
looks as if the hair was neglected. 1t needs
daily attention, brushing and plenty of cold
water; shampoo once month and the
ends clipped occasionally; once week use
hair tonic made of aromatic spirits of
ammonia, y dram; oil Of rosemary ) drops:
tlncture of cantha rides, dram; bay rum
ounces For use once in ten DAYS make
an infusion of sage tea by pouring u pint of
boiling water over tablespoonfuls of dried
sage tea leaves; when cool. add half tea
spoonful of glycerine. Apply this to the
scalp.
To prepare the mouth for a nauseous med
icine, chew a piece of orange peel, or take
a really biting pinch of cayenne pepper
rms Will prepare the mouth for nearly any
thing, as you can well imagine. Under its
influence almost any horrid draught be-
comes almost tasteless particularly if swal-
lowed quickly; a single drop OF. essential oil
OF almonds will give an agreeable taste even
to fully l ounce of castor oil without in the
slightest degree affecting its medicinal ac-
ton: We are told, you know, that pure
fresh castor oil has no tad ste; it is the odor
which is so disagreeable! Perhaps this is
so; let that person, then, be the one to take
the oil He is quite welcome to it, we will
all agree.
For nose bleed a simple cure is to place
IN the nostril piece of lint which has been
dipped in solution of alum strong black
tea or even in ice water Ice placed on the
pack of the neck will sometimes stop nose
bleed, or simply elevatings the arm of the
ahected side as high above the head as
possible
The use of the flesh brush or glove is
recommended as the best substitute for an
entire bath when is not possible A
sponge bath afterward greatly increases it's
good effects. Friction with the flesh rouses
the circulation, restores tone and color to
the skin and relieves rheumatism and other
pains.
The small, hard pimples "acne." that ap-
pear on the chin, temples and forehead gen
orally yield'to stimulating lotion of equal
parts OF strong vinegar and water. Also
an occasional dose of some cooling laxative
VIII help-epsom salts, for instance. Take
a spoonful of salts in three-quarters of a
glass of water before breakfast Or a bet
ter way is to put a scant half teaspoonful
of Rochelle salts in a glass of water and at
intervals during the day take a swallow or
two. Then in this way it works. slowly
through the blood. Do not take this often
er than once week, for a month. If the
dally external application of vinegar and
water does not help, apply camphor ice,
rubbing 1t well. For scanty eyebrows APP
ply once daily a lotion made of olive oil,
one-haIf ounce; cologne. two ounces; qui-
nine, four grains. This is also good for the
hair. For an eruption on the face a foot
path is often remedy, if washing soda
is used To two gallons of hot water add
one teaspoonful of soda. Have the water
as not as can be borne Repeat this daily
for week
For ''prickly heat" which is a trouble
some summer complaint, dust the face with
rice powder or common laundry starch;
powder the starch as fine as possible by
using a rolling pin, then put into a thin
muslin bag for use.