The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
LETTERS AND ANSWERS.

LETTERS AND ANS w EhS.
I Miss T.: What is good for eyelashes
that are rapidly falling out?
For weak eyes and poor eyelashes
take q pint of soft water and boil it.
Strain or filter it Add borax powder
of the best quality until no more will
dissolve in the water. Apply with
warm cloths to the eyes. In buying the
borax tell your druggist how you are
going to use it.
Miss T.: Is there any reason why I
should have bags under my eyes-big,
brown, fat, heavy bags?
None whatever. They are due to
some internal trouble. The victims o.
! Bright's disease usually have eye sacs.
A constant reader writes: ] am in
/ poor health, and l would love to en-
nice toilet water. 1 would like to make
/ it myself. Can you give me Il good
i'recipe?
Take of spirits of cologne one quart
Add to it one grain of musk. To this
add half an once Of the oil of rose
| geranium. Set away for two weeks.
! Now pour one pint of this into a bottle
and fill UP with spirits of cologne. This
will give you nice Strengthening tot
let water.
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Mrs. G. says: Is there anything that
will make me plump and give me
strength? l am skin and bones.
Do not wash in hot water. but rub
yourself every night with an ounce OF
olive oil, massaging in into every pore
of your body.
Miss NJ H. c. writes: I used some
cold cream which bought, and it made
my face sore. 1 am afraid of cold
cream. What shall do?
The cold cream which you bought
was probably made with glycerine, and
there are skins that cannot endure the
use of glycerine. Take two ounces of
pure oil of mutton, made by frying out
the fat in a saucepan, and add it to one
ounce each of lanolin and oil of sweet
almonds. Heat all together. Take off,
beat with an egg beaten while it is
cooling, and if you can afford it add
three drops of altar of roses. Perhaps
oil of geranium would be cheaper and
do as well.
Shop Girl says: 1 would like some
thing for my feet, which hurt me so L
can scarcely stand on them. They burn
and have callouses and corns. Do you
think they can be cured to stay cured?
1 spend great deal on the chiropod-
list.
Yes, indeed. But the feet require
constant care to keep them comfor-
table. A nightly foot bath is absolutely
essential. Soak them ten full minutes,
Rub them well with -vaseline while
they are warm. Rub the vaseline into
the skin. Wear clean stockings every
day and do not wear the same shoes
two days in succession. Have two
pairs which can be alternated. When
standing loosen the shoes at the instep,
which is where the foot requires the
most freedom.
MissL.: What is good for removing |
down from the arms?
Try powdered pumice.
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Miss D.: 1 tried your superfluous
hair remedy with partial success. It |
took the hair off my chin and cheeks, |
but did not remove it from nv lip, |
which is covered with a coarse, brist- |
ling growth. Now what shall I do?"
Your lip Will yield after time. But |
you must have patience. Pull out the |
hairs. Rub the place with diluted anu
onia and see if they do not come back
in less profusion than before.
"A young girl writes. nave rough
arms, so rough that I cannot wear a
short sleeved dress. I wash them, but !
it does no good.
For your rough arms use soap suds
and a bath mitten. ADDly as roughly
as possible every day until they feel
smooth, which will not be long.
A stout woman writes: 'T am so
heavy 1 can hardly walk. I cannot
take exercise. What can such a stout
woman do?"
Begin by eating toast and drinking
almost nothing. You probably crave
either food or drink all the time. Shut
off your supply two thirds. The most
important thing is massage. Knead
your stomach two or three times day.
Another heavy woman asks for gym
Eastics for the reducing of the weight.
Try body bending. reaching upward
with the arms. and similar exercises.
Try also deep breathing.