The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-05-02
ADVICE TO READERS.


made by taking quart of warm water,
a teaspoonful of powdered borax. and
five drops of benzoin. This makes a
nice soft shampoo for the skin without
soap.
For Rough Face-Take a quart of
warm water with a teaspoon of borax
in it. Squeeze an oatmeal bag in the
water. Use plenty of soap and little
fine facial scrubbing brush This will
greatly help the skin.
For Blackheads-Take a toothbrush,
a soft one, if you have no face scrub
bling brush, and rub it on a cake of
soap. First let the face be heated with
towels wrung out in hot water. Now use
the little brush upon the afflicted spots,
quite briskly. Next let a water be pre-
pared and have the face we'll cleaned in
it. Anoint with benZoinated lard.
Reader-My skin is hard and rough,
and though not chapped, it looks as
though it were sore.
Take sweet oil and lanolin, half an
ounce each. Add to this a teaspoonful
of benzoin. Use massage cream every
night.
College Girl-Do you suppose any,
thing can be done by next June to
plump out the arms? I do so long to
wear short sleeved dresses next sum-
mer. but under the present conditions
I will be unable to do SO, because my
arms are so thin. 1 do not care so
much about the upper part of the arm
as | do about the part from the elbow
to the hand. l play basket ball twice
week and get exercise in other ways.
but it does no good.
Massage the arms daily with milk
if you can get it. Otherwise use cold
cream. Rub we'll into the skin and
leave on over night. if possible. A lit
tie cologne will remove the exterior oil.
You can quickly plump them, but prob
ably not by next June.
Miss D.-Will you please tell me what
the treatment was for the removal Of
superHuous hair, which you gave a
reader?
The case to which you refer respond
ed readily to treatment The hair was
pulled out with tweezers and ammonia
was applied to the roots. Another case,
successfully treated. had the hair taken
off with powdered pumice. after which
the roots were rubbed with ammonia.
Not soothing, surely, but what can you
expect when you are killing hair, which
is so difficult TO kill?
To Miss D.-You ask so many ques-
tions that I do not know where to be-
gin, so / begin with the last one. You
can make the hair curl by keeping, it
well shampooed with soft water and a
good shampoo mixture. When doing up
the hair moisten it with soft water or
with cologne.
To Anxious Reader-In massaging the
wrinkles 60 round and round in ro-
tary motion, not hard but gently, and
as though you were persuading the
na cly
though you were trying to abuse the
skin.
Mrs. K.-A nice face bleach is made
by taking a tablespoonful each of melt
ed vaseline. lanolin, sweet oil and NUT
ton tallow. Stir together and add a
tablespoonful of powdered oatmeal. Let
all heat, pour into jar and let cool.
This is used after an application OF
lemon juice 1t is effective, but. it is
not as pleasant to use as some of the
other preparations.
E. ID wish to know how to make
the apple tea which you mention in the
apple cure for the complexion.
Take a quart of cut-up apples. Cover
with two quarts of water. Cover and
let simmer. Strain and drink warm as
you would drink any other tea. Add a
slice of lemon and lump of sugar, if
you desire. Take cup whenever
thirsty
Frowns-Frowns and wrinkles in the
forehead are caused by the habit of
lifting the eyebrows and by scowling.
One cannot always control this habit,
but one can keep at work upon the
frowns and subdue them. Try massag-
ing the forehead with wrinkle cream.
Thin Locks-Castor oil rubbed into
the roots of the hair will make the hair
grow.
Mrs. TroubIed-Please let me reply to
you through the paper instead of pri-
vately. as private letters accumulate so
in this office. The condition you men,
ton may be caused by defective eye
sight. Nothing else could give you such
deep creases between the eyes. Steam
these creases with hot water and apply
cold cream melted and rubbed into the
creases. This may plump them out a
little
Mrs. Black-The lines around the
mouth can be treated with strips of
plaster pasted on over the lines. The
plaster is cut in long, narrow sections,
and is applied in such a way as 70
straighten out the parentheses. They
should be put on at night and left on
until morning.
Mrs. A.-The waist can be MADE much
smaller by exercise.
Reader-To try to reduce the size oe
the bust is always dangerous expert
ment
Mrs. Stout-If you really do want to
reduce your weight drink only three
small cups of tea or coffee per day. Eat
toast and lamb chops and green salad.
Nothing else for two weeks. You will
not starve.
Mrs yweight-Walking will as
sist you in getting thin, but you must
not lie in bed more than seven hours a
night. No day maps. Rise early and
walk a mile before breakfast if you
can, eating only a raw apple before the
walk Take toast and one cup of cof-
fee for breakfast. Eat plenty of apples,
for your fat is of the fiabby sort, which
shows that the system is out of order
This creates a tendency to put on fat
too fast.
Old Maid says her skin is rough and
she cannot use powder on it. That is
because you apply the raw powder di-
rectly to the skin. You should first rub
little cold cream in your face, or a
little lanolin. Let it remain on five
minutes. Then apply powder, rubbing
it in with the tips of the fingers.
Mrs. Z.-People of tranquil temporal
ments are usually the ones that get fat.
Fat does not mean good health, but
quite the reverse.
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