The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-06-06
Answers to Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents.
c.: Can anything be done to plump
the arms? l do so long to wear short
sleeves.
If the arms are scrawny, they can
be made fuller, but not by exercise.
Exercise if the arms are excessively
thin, will develop them muscularly
but will not add flesh. Take fatten-
ing foods and live upon chocolate and
cocoa preparations.
Miss M: Will you please tell me
if it is injurious to use glycerin and
lemon juice upon the hair? My hair
is almost white, and | am only p
years of age.
If your hair is white at the age of
%, you will probably not be able to
turn it back to its natural color with
out the use of dye. If it is snow
white, or a silver white, it is probably
pretty; and, if you take good care
of it, there is no doubt that it will
give you certain beauty all your
own.
Mrs. Aurora: Please advise me
what to do for freckles. 1 have pink
and white skin which would be pretty
except for the many freckles on my
face
Treat the freckles daily to a bath of
witch hazel and a few grains of boraX
thrown in. Apply at night. If this
irritates the skin, substitute soft wa
ter for the witch hazel. Do not wet
the face for at least an hour before
going out in the sun. To take off a
sudden crop of freckles, apply lemon
juice and wash off with boracic acid.
Margaret: l wish good wrinkle
cream.
An ounce each of white wax and
spermaceti. To this add six ounces
of almond oil. Take two ounces of
rose water and add to the rose water
half a teaspoonful of powdered borax.
Melt the other ingredients together
and add the rose water. In mixing,
use an egg beaten to make the cream
smooth, and add five ounces of oil of
geranium.
Girl of &c: Please tell me how 20
make my face full. 1 have no missing
teeth, yet my chops are thin-too thin
for girl of my age.
Drink three pints of water daily.
Eat as heartily as your stomach finds
agreeable. Take a light luncheon be-
fore going to bed.
Edith: Please tell me how to rid
my eyes of those tired looking lines
that appear around them. 1 sleep suf-
ficiently, but cannot get ride of the
lines.
Every night go over the creased
portions with a little warm oil, mas
saying the lines gently with the tips
of the fingers. Leave on over night.
Reader: Please tell me how to wave
my hair so that it will stay in beauti-
full waves all day.
Shampoo the hair with egg sham
poo. Before waving, moisten it with
alluded cologne water. Do not make
it wet, but only damp. Hold the tongs
steadily while you count sixty.
Mrs. ]. j.: l am only AZ, yet my
hair is coming out fast. Would you
advise the use of kerosene?
This is the time of year for the hair
to fall. But would massage the roots
with the tips of the fingers wet in
castor oil. Do not use more than a
few drops.
Mrs. Jennie: Will vaseline make
hair grow on the face? l have been
told that it will.
Any kind of cold cream or oil has
a tendency to promote the growth of
hair. Still, unless you are afflicted
with superfuous hair anyway, you
will not find that it will be apparent
to the eye. If you're inclined to have
superfluous hair upon the face you
must rid yourself of it at once. Cold
creams are so good for the skin that
one is willing to run the risk of the
hair.
Maud: l am q constant reader of
your articles, and notice that you men,
ton hand bleach. Please give it to
me.
Try this cosmetic for the hands:
Gum tragacanth, one teaspoonful;
glycerin, two ounces; water, twelve
ounces; alcohol, one ounce; borax,
one teaspoonful. Dissolve the gum
in the water. Dissolve the borax in
the glycerin. Add the alcohol last.
Mrs. ": have pimply skin which
seems to cure. am thin.
Your pimples are nervous pimples.
Live out of doors and try to fatten up
by drinking water. Abstain from pie
and candy for the present.
D. o.: What do you consider the
best cream for the skin?
For the skin / think any good cream
is beneficial. Surely you can find
good one on the market. If you pre-
fer to make your own, you can get up
an easy one by taking white vaseline
and treating it OF few drops of tine
ture of benzoin. Benzoinated vase