Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
This is used also mouth wash, or to
perfume the breath.
A Few Don'ts

A Few Don'ts.
Don't crack nuts or bite thread with your
teeth
Don't swallow food without mastication;
modern cookery by making mastication al
most unnecessary, is responsible for much
decay of the teeth.
Don't fail to rinse the teeth thoroughly
with an alkaline wash dime water is good
after taking acids. such as lemon juice, vim
egar or strong medicines.
Don't use tooth powder winch contains
gritty, acid or irritating substances. as the
first act injuriously on the teeth and the
last on the gums.
Don't go to bed without brushing the
teeth.
Don't sleep with the mouth open: dust
and gritty particles floating in the atmos-
phere entering the trap thus set for them,
injure the enamel of the teeth by irritation.
Don't let tartar accumulate on the teeth.
for 1t brings whole train of evils in its
wake. Have 1t removed by a dentist at
least twice year.
Don't use one side of the mouth only
when eating, for then the teeth have not
all the same amount of exercise, and decay
sets in more rapidly on one side than the
other.
Don't fail to ponder occasionally on these
facts: That without good teeth there can
not be thorough mastioation
Without thorough mastication, there cam
not be perfect digestion.
without perfect UlSeSllOn lNerp cannot De
proper aSsimila tion.
Without proper assimilation there cannot
be nutrition.
Without nutrition there cannot be health
Without health, what is life worth?
Hence the paramount Importance of good
teeth.
Useful Hints.
To straighten curly hair you will have to
possess or acquire great patience, because
1t Is only by much brushing and oiling that
kinks can be reduced to submission. Mix
sweet oil. one-half ounce; bay rum 4
ounces; mosten the hair with this daily and
brush and brush again and keep on brush
ing For a bad skin. think you had bet
ter make business of spending two hours
daily out of doors. walking, running or
playing some game. Eat no sweets or pas
tries, drink no tea, coffee or chocolate but
take plenty of fruit. If you want a face
lotion the following may do good: Slice in
small pieces one ounce of horse radish, pour
over 1t pint of boiling water. Let it
stand for an hour. When cold strain and
add four drains Of any good cologne. Keep
bottled and when wanted pour little into
a DISH add one-third the quantity of milk
and apply to the face with a linen pad
think, however, outdoor exercise Is what
you want If you could spend at least three
hours daily in the air you would not need a
face tint or skin whitener tonic or an
opia tie, doctor or an appetite.
Yes, / would try - for catarrh. You
must understand that l cannot even men
ton patent medicine in these columns)
For help in catarrh. take a clean cloth.
folded; pour on it about l ounce spirits of
camphor. After the alcohol has partly
evaporated press the cloth ever nose and
mouth and breathe through 1t for about
fifteen minutes. Repeat this daily for a
week Make lotion by mixing drains of
alcohol, l dram of glycerine and 3 ounces of
peppermint water. Snuff some of this up
the nose every day for a week or ten days.
For perfume mix well together two
ounces of powdered orrs root, eight ounces
each of essential oil of bitter almonds and
altar of rose, and one ounce spirits of wine
To remove wrinkles. use the almond meal
To fill out the hollowS. exercise the neck
daily by bending the head over until the
chin rests upon the chest; then back as far
as possible After several repetitions of
these movements turn the head far a
possible to the right and then to the left.
and cravats and all the air and light posi-
BILE.
For warts mix well together one dram
calomel. one-half dram boric acid and ten
grains salicylic acid. Apply carefully with
a small brush once daily.
Never battle the face when 1t is flushed or
when very cold. Use tepid water for bath
ing and a soft flannel to wipe the face, and
occasionally wipe it with diluted alcohol
Gum boils are usually caused by disor-
dered stoma CHI. They should be broken by
gentle pressure with the fingers, or opened
with a lancet.
The remedy for warts Is: One dram Gallo
met. " dram boric acid, 10 grains salicylic
acid. Mix well and apply once day, using
a tiny brush for the purpose. Always wash
the brush after using.