The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
ANSWERS TO BEAUTY
QUEST CORRESPONDENTS.

first should be nothing moro than . dip. It
is a good thing to jump up and down SO As
10 restore the circulation.
Lllian-My nose IL red and has black
heads on It.
It. but think 1t is because I have been
using a soap that Is too harsh. Can you
help NE?
using four or FIVE waters. Then rub q very
thin skin food into your face to nllay the
smart. This will also help the nose
Margaret-Will you please state in your
beauty column what I can do to prevent
frequent hot fushes to my head?
I suffer great deal from headaches. and
think perhaps this is the cause.
Your hot Pushes come from poor health.
Attention TO the laws OF hygiene and a
regular diet should cure them.
1t IS too bad that you should suffer IN
this way. Have you consulted a physician?
"A B. C.''-None OF the remedies for
superhuous hair have cured me.
One Of them blistered my face. but did
not kill the roots Of the hair.
Why do you not try my remedies? OF
course. It IS understood that you must not
use ammonia or anything else strong
enough to blister the skin, nor can you ex-
pect any remedy to cure with one acplica-
ton.
nounced, that you will have to keep on try
ing for some time. / would certainly not
stop trying for the blem!sh Is a vero dis
agreeable one.
Alice B.-Can you tell me something to
make my eyebrows ard lashes darker? l
do not want n dye. but something that Will
gradually deepen their color.
1t IS very difficult thing to dye the eye
lashes without injuring the eyes.
There are good Chinese dyes. but hesl-
tate to recommend them. To deepen the
eyebrows you might touch them every
night with camers-hair brush dipped In
warm oil.
This encourages their growth and deepens
them. Strong tea Is a harmless dye
Miss S. 81 delight very much In read
ing your beauty column. am in the very
best OF health. but too fat. My hips are
very large.
eat cake and sweets. but I would be
willing to give them up and exercise II 1
knew what to DO.
Give them up at once. II you are a can
didate for slimness take your breakfast at
in the morning.
Rest half an hour after breakfast. and
then cover two miles between and in
the morning.
Nettie-Your question IS answered IN an
other part OF this column.
Hazel SIS there anything that could
do to make my bust lower. as am very
high busted?
No. there Is nothing that can be done
without injury to the bust. II you do not
let your bust get too fat you will find
that this is a mark OF beauty rather than
a blernish.
Marian-My hands are thin and my wrist
bones show terribly.
l want TO ask you II you can tell me OF
some quick way TO improve my defects
Here is a quick, though troublesome.
way:
Soak your hands every night for fifteen
minutes in warm almond oil. Sleep in gloves
lined with an oil paste.
Oil paste for thin hands-Take Of olive
oil one ounce; add tablespoonful Of pow
dered Indian meal: steep gently for one
hour. Stir with bran until you have a thick
poultice. Spread upon your hands and put
on loose old gloves
Gray Hatr-I am very sorry for the cor
respondent who writes about her hair.
which is turning gray SO rapidly.
The latest advice for those whose hair
Is growing gray Is that they touch the roots
twice week with the tips of the fingers.
Mo!sten the finger tips with sweet oil