The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

your arms. TO hang suspended by your
hands. to swing by your fnger-tips and to
support the body by its upper muscles as
well as by its lower ones.
A child OF a month viii hang by its
hands 10 a lead pencil
But very few full grown people can sup
port the weight for an instant by the hands.
Yet. unless one DO well developed above the
waist line. one cannot hope to have a pref
ty figure.
h best exercise Is obtained by hard
work.
Get into the hablt Of lifting your chair
for yourself. of waiting upon yourself. Of
moving your arms over your head. OF reach
ing upon shelves for articles. of exercising
your muscles upon all occasions possible.
And then take a few well-planned exer-
cises for the development OF the shoulders
So shall you come into the possession OF
the perfect figure.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Miss P.-Some time ago I saw IN your
columns a remedy for super1uous hair on
the arms. VIII you tell me exactly how TO
use II?
For supernuous hair on the arms take
peroxide of hydrogen. pure. and add a few
drops OF ammonia TO IT.
Apply TO the arms.
This will bleach the hair so that It will
not be so conspicuous. Gradually the am
monia will kill the roots.
ANONYMOUS "A EOOu AdCo suhAhpOO 10
made b. taking 4 quart OF warm water. a
teaspoonful Of powdered boraK and five
drops OF benzoin.
This makes a nice soft shampoo for the
skin without soap.
For Rough Facr-Take a quart Of warm
water with n teaspoon Of eoraX In It
Squeeze an oatmeal bag in the water.
Use plenty Of soap and a little fine IA
cial %scrubbing brush. This will greatly
help the kin.
For blackheads-Take a toothbrush. \
very soft one. II you have no face scrubbins
brush. and rub II on a cake OF soap.
First let the face be heated with towels
wrung cut in hot water. Now use the lit
tie brush upon the AFFLICTED spots. quite
brisklyS
Next let a water be prepared and have the
face well cleaned In IT,. Anoint with ben
Zoinated lard.
Reader-My skin Is hard and rough. and.
though not chapped. It looks as though It
were very sore.
Take sweet oil and lanolin. half an ounce
each.
Add to this a teaspoonful OF benzoin- Use
a massage cream every night
College Girl-Do you suppose anything can
be done by next June to plump out the
arms?
/ do, so long to wear short-sleeved dress
es next summer. but under the present con-
ditions I will be unable TO do 80 because my
arms are SO veTy thin
/ do not care so much about the upper
part OF the arm as I do shout the part from
the elbow to the hand
I would feel very grateful to you IL you
could answer my question I play basket
ball twice a week and get exercise In other
ways. but It does no good.
Massage the arms daily with milk IL you
can-get II.
Otherwise use cold cream. Rub well into
the kin and leave on over night, II pos
siblc.
A little cologne will remove the exterior
oil. You can quickly plump them. but prob
ably not by next June.
Miss D.-win you please tell me h the
treatment was for the removal OF superfiu-
Gus hair. which you gave a reader7
The case to which you refer responded
very readily 30 treatment.
The hair was pulled out with tweezers
and ammonia was applied to the roots. An
other case. very successfully treated. had
the hair taken on with powdered pumice.
after which the roots were rubbed with
ammonia
Not very soothinE. surely: but what can