The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-26

! TO make 1t less greasy
/ Take one dram of blsulphate of qui-
! nine and add. to it one half ounce of
salt half an ounce OF borax. and pint
of water Rub on the scalp night and
morning, using the finger tips as a
massage.
Another reader complains of hair that
Is dry and brittle and which seems to
lack the natural oils.
For this take tincture of cantharides,
one ounce: olive oil, one ounce: and six
ounces of bay rum. Apply to the scalp
either with the tips of the fingers or
with medicine dropper.
Another reader writes to inquire
what will take away liver spots in the
shape of large brown splashes upon the
face
For these liver spots there is an ex-
cellent remedy. At night, just before
you go to bed, eat a great deal of fruit.
Take apple sauce, or stewed prunes, or
berries. or whatever fresh fruit you can
find, You will soon discover that it
acts like magic on the complexion. of
course you must be careful of your diet
at the same time.
Mrs. X. says: l am troubled with
poor complexion. Is there anything
that will make my skin light? 1 am
the color of saffron.
The saffron skin should be bleached
until it is a clear pretty olive, with red
showing through the cheeks. You will
probably never have a dead white skin,
but this you should not regret, as the
olive is much prettier. Try a teaspoon
full of phosphate of soda in half a glass
of hot water before breakfast and be-
fore supper.
Anxious: Please give me a recipe for
a good cold cream.
Here is one which I have heard high
ly recommended. One ounce of sper-
maceti, one ounce of white wax, five
ounces of best imported oil of sweet
Almonds one and one-half ounces of
rosewater twenty grains of powdered
borax. Dissolve the borax in the rose
water, and, if the weather is cold, set
the bottle in a pan of moderately warm
water Melt wax and spermaceti, add
almond oil, and heat slightly; remove
from fire and pour in rosewater quick
ly. Beat to a foam with an egg beaten.
When partially solid add two drops of
oil of rose. Cease beating before the
mass is firm. Pour into little porcelain
jars and keep in cool place.
Young Girl. Try this for your
freckles: At night sponge with lotion
made of boraX, one DRAM diluted
acetic acid, one fluid ounce: rosewater,
one fluid ounce. Apply cold cream aft
erwards. In purchasing the ingredi-
ents consult your druggist, to be sure
that there is no mistake.
A western woman writes: My skin
is oily and cold cream only makes it
more so. What would you advise me
to use?
Several readers have asked this same
question. Try a glycerin jelly made as
follows Powdered gum tragacanth,
twenty-five grains; water, six and one
half ounces: glycerin, one ounce; alco-
hol. one-half ounce; borax, forty
grains. Dissolve the tragacanth in the
water until perfectly soft Strain
through muslin, dissolve the borax in
the glyeerin by the aid of heat, add the
gum, then add the alcohol; perfume
with violet and add enough water to
make eight ounces.
A society girl writes to ask if there
is any way of making the eyes bright
en- Also if there is any way of tan-
larging them.
The eyes can be enlarged only by re-
ducing the fat upon the cheeks. This
viii make them larger in size But do
not reduce the face too much. or they
will be hollow. The eyes can be bright
ened by bathing them in warm water,
one pint. to which has been added half
a teaspqonful Of boracic acid Tell
your druggist how you are going to
use it. Battle the eyes frequently, but
do not go directly out in the sun
School Girl writes about her freckles
F'reckles have been the cause of an
nOyance to many of the readers of this
beauty column. AS a matter of fact
freckles are pretty unless large and
yellow. Small, light freckles can be
removed by bathing them with cucum-
Der juice. But they will come back If
the victim goes out into the sun and the
air within an hour after bathing the
face.
Mrs. Blank: Can you recommend a
tooth powder?
There are many good ones advertised. /
Here is a home made powder: Pre-
pared chalk. six ounces; powdered orris
root. one ounce; white CASTLE soap,
powdered. One-half ounce: pulveriZed
sugar, one-half ounce; boric acid, one
half ounce; oil of wintergreen, a quar-
ter of fluid dram. Grind to fine pow
der and sift, add oil. and sift again. |
This is easily prepared.
A correspondent asks for the recipe |
for cucumber lotion.
Take of oil Of sweet almonds two |
ounces; powdered white CASTLE soap, |
one fourth ounce; essence of cucum- |
bers three ounces; tincture of benzoin, |
twenty drops; borax, fifteen grains. !
Slice two large green cucumbers. leav-
ing the skin on. Boil in a porcelain |
kettle with scant half cup of water |
until the cucumbers are soft. Cool ana |
strain through muslin. Measure off |
one and one-half ounces. and add to it |
an equal amount Of alcohol. Let stand !
overnight. Next day add the powdered (
soap. then eight ounces of cucumber |
Juice, oil slowly. then, lastly. the ben |
zoin. After shaking well for fifteen |
pour in the boric acid and |
shake for fifteen minutes more. Shake |
before rziD~.
Society Manners.