Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

a bath room, is almost sure to make room
for a medicine closet. 1t is high enough to
be out of reach Of childish hands, but low
enough to be accessible to the busy house
wife
In these days of telephones the medicine
closet may seem a superfuity. but expert
ence teaches every mother that judiciOus
use of its contents may obviate 100 fire.
quent calls for the doctor, and furnish the
ounce of prevention which is worth a pound
of cure
IF there are children in the house do
not, on any account, fail to have on hand a
bottle of sirup wine of ipecac. When
symptoms of Group are apparent, give the
child teaspoonful or Tablespoonful doses
of ipecac, according to its age, until vomit-
ing is induced and breathing is longer
difficult.
A bottle of camphor. well corked, will be
found useful for many purposes. A head
ache is relieved by bathing the forehead
with camphor. Toothache will yield to a
bit of cotton saturated with it, and pimples
and blackheads Will disappear if the affect
ed parts are frequently bathed with this
remedy
Alcohol is useful for bathing parts affect.
ed by neuralgia or rheumatis and arnica
is comforting for bruises, SpranS and Jumps
of all sorts -
Pure turpentine should be kept on hand
for cuts and scratches. and all sOrts'o in
juries when the flesh is torn. Before doing
up the wound in gauZe pour On a little tur-
pentine and it will heal much more rapidly.
saleratus Uses.
A package of ordinary cooking soda (saI-
eratus), should find place in the medicine
closet, for many are the uses to which it
can be put A handful placed in the hot
water in which the feet are ba thed, will do
m ia
ing feet. A teaSpOonful in half a glass of
cold water Will relieve sick stomach and
a little Of the soda, used instead of tooth
powder will keep the teeth free from tar
tar and beautifully white Every trace Of
the soda should be well rtnsed off the teeth
each time it is used A generous handful
of soda in the bathtub will remove the odor
OF perSpira ton, besides strengthening and
toning the system. 1t will also remove
blackheads, if the parts affected are first
moistened. and then covered with as much
of the soda as will stick. Leave it on The
face until the skin begins to smart and
then remove by gently bathing the face
with warm water and drying it with a bit
of soft old linen.
pinch of soda will often relieve tooth
ache, and when applied to the sting bite
of an insect will allay the pain or itching
and heal the slight wound
When giycerine is used for chapped hands
and lips be sure to dilute it before apply
ing, especially for the tender skin OF a
child. Clear glycerine is much too harsh fos.
most skins and proves injurious rather than
healing. If there is no rose water at hand,
ordinary soft water will answer the pur-
pose, and equal quantities of glycerine and
water should be used
Toilet Hints.
| During cold wea ther and indeed at any
season. one should never wash the face
| with soap and water just before going out
| If the face is really so,led. rub it all over
| thoroughly with cold cream, and then re-
| move the cream with soft cloth. Keep
1 jar of the best cold cream at hand all the
| year around. At the first appearance of a
] cold sore apply cold cream, renewing the
| application from time to time, till the cold
| sore disappears.
| A bottle of crude vaseline-that is. the
| plain, unscented knd-wll be found effica-
| cious when the children have a severe cold.
| Internal doses of the vaseline, taken with
sugar will often prevent the development
| OF a case of Group. and both vaseline and
| glycerine, in teasDoonful doses, will heal
| a sore throat
| Camphorated oil is useful for rubbing the
| chest and neck in case of severe cold. A
| square of flannel spread with OIL should
| be worn over the chest when the patient is
| recovering from severe sore throat
While ordinary sweet oil mixed with tur-
| pentine is excellent for burns it is well to
| keep bottle of collodion at hand. This
| seems to relieve the small burns, which
| make a child and even an adult so very
| nervous. more quickly than anything else.
| Relle1 IS the important thing for these
| small burns, and the coilodion forms a coat
| ing the skin which effectually shuts
| out all air. Keep the collodion in dark
| blue bottle away from the light, and well
| corked with a rubber stopper.
| Gauze and Cotton
| No medicine closet should be without its
| jar of carbolated gauze for next to
! wounds, and its roll of absorbent cotton
| which has uses too numerous to mention
| After applying soothing oils to severe
| burn. cover with cotton to shut out the air
A bit of absorbent cotton is used instead
| of a powder puff for baby, since 1t can be
| discarded after using once, and a fresh
| bunch used each time. Wrap a small piece
| around the point of an orange wood stick
| and dip IT into the bleach when manicuring
| the nails. 1t Is easier to reach under the
| cuticle with the cotton, and is not so apt
| to bruise the nail, causing the white spots
| to appear that disfigure the nail.
! When the eyes are tired. saturate bits of
| absorbent cotton with witch hazel and lay
| them over the closed lids. Lie down for
| half an hour, and the eyes will be rested
and strengthened and noticeably brighter.
II any poisons are kept on hand, they
should be turned into dark blue bottles and
labeled plainly. with Poison written In
| large letters at the top. Keep all poisons al
one end of the closet. on the topmost shelf
and then keep the closet locked. so that nc
| member Of the family can use any of the
| wifi ha