The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

they do not grow deep as though they Wero
left in to form burrows.
The treatment after the plaster comes
off is important. for, unless the skin De
properly treated now, II Will De very rough
and red.
Go over the surface with a sponge or
soft cloth dipped in hot water, and then
quickly and lightly massage a little old
cream into the skin.
Let the cream be not very heavy. and
put on very little of 1t. for 1t is there to
stay.
Ii is not to be washed of. but must re-
main as a permanent healing agency for
the skin.
Now. when the cold cream has been
rubbed in. comes the last touch in the
makeup.
With some powder go over the burrows
and be sure that they are busted COM
pletely.
The skin, having been treated and mas
/ saged with cream. is in good condition, ana
the powder acts as a preservative from the
dust of the house and the dust of the
street.
The application of the cream and the
touch CT the face powder might with pro-
priety form part Of the toilet every day.
Face powder, used in this way, is very
beneficial to the skin and is sure to be in
the best of taste, for it is not used in suf.i-
cient abundance to be apparent to the eye.
and thus it becomes a skin food.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A New Reader-Your question has been
answered in n general beauty talk. as you
have. no doubt. noticed.
l. C.-Can anything be done to plump the
arms? 1 do so long to wear short sleeves.
If the arms are scrawny. they can. be
made fuller. but not by exercise.
Exercise, IL the arms are excessively
thin. will develop them muscularly, but
will not add flesh.
Take fattening foods and live upon choco-
| late and cocoa preparations.
Miss M.-WilI you please tell me II 1t ia
Injurious to use glycerin and lemon juice
upon the hair?
My hair is almost white. and I am only
% years of age. Is there anything that Is
| good. yet not injurious?
If your hair is white at the age Of %. you
will probably not be able to turn 1t back
to its natural color without the use of dye.
II it is a snow whi.e. or a silver white.
it Is probably very pretty, and. IL you take
good care of II. there Is no doubt but that
it will give you a certain beauty all your
own.
Mrs. Aurora: Please advise me what to
do for freckles.
I have a pink ard 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 powdered
borax thrown in.
Apply at night. If this ~irritates the skin.
substitute soft water for the witch hazel
Do not wet the face for at leas. an hour
before going out in the sun. \
To take off a sudden crop of freckles APP
ply lemon Juice and wash off with boracic
acid. r
Margaret: I wish a good wrinkle cream.
An ounce each of white wax and sper-
maceti. 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-beater to make tho
cream smooth, ard add five drops of oil Of
geranium. s,-
Girl of Twenty-six: Please tell me how
to make my face full.
I have no missing teeth. vet nv chops
are very thin-too thin for a girl of my age.
Drink three piEts Of water per day. Eat
as heartily as your stomach finds agree
able. =
a q Light luncheon before going TO
bed.
Edith: Please tell me through the columns
Of the paper how to rid my eyes of thosa
tired looking lines that appear around them.
I sleep sufficiently. but can not get rid
of the lines.
Every night go over the creased portions
with q little warm oil. massaging the lines
very gently with the tips of the fingers.
Leave on over night.
To Mrs. ]. ]. Jam glad you dropped OF
80 much flesh. Keep on.
You can reduca stu more Is long g zoo
] feel well. -