The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-05

rendering It soft and the flesh beneath
firm, her wrinkles we're few. In fact, there
were hardly any. Pine lines there were.
caused by age and the relaxing OF IN
muscles. but they, only see me Sd 70 70 s ons
would have wished her without them.
sDurina spring and summer she bathed
her face In fresh buttermilk once every
day. This Is especially cooling and whten-
ing for the skin and ersdncS Mind all GnS sSs
always insisted on having rain water 70
battle In. On her vista TO the cty-for a.
you may imagine. she lived In the country
this was mater Of difficulty. but abe gensr-
ally procured IL from somewhere. y ene
happened to be where IL was impossible 70
get II took her many days after her arrival
home to eradicate the havoc che believed
TO have been made in her complexion oy
Zone way slte had Of lcssening the evil
OF the hard wfuer was to have her maid
pour soalding wpter on oatmeal over night
and let IL stand till morning.: The water
from this was tien poured OF and ADDED
.Dsfigurins blof ches were never seen on
this old lady's SKIN, probably because she
was especially cal eful to keep the interior
mechanism OF he! body IN good order
/ believe that In this lay the secret Of AZ
her rood looks. cleesr complexion and bright
ewes She would take half . wine glass OF
.enna tea In the mo vning about three times
a week, with a piece OF orange or app'e
afterward to take away tne ta"e. Ine
lasees was also a great remedy OF hers Tor
the spring> She alw avs doled 1t out 70 her
children and ended with teaspoonfu Tor
herself
witch was rich in color, soft. wavy ana
luxuriant. Her favolyite hair wash was
borax and camphor-tSo ounces OF crushed
camphor and one ounce OF powdered boraf.
D<xA m~te
put in Quart bottle snd n n, w WIN ,or 2
month, after which il was ready for use.
II was applied AT night TO the roots oi hef
hair with a brush to stimulate and invigo-
rate the roots. She Used to say that " vac
certain preventive and cure for premature
eraynees For q hair tonic abe would take
; a large bunch OF rosemary from the garden.
which she also made into tea. very strong:
ard to guar :hs y.d 9ad 81 ounce an I'd
recipe recipe for causing the hair to grow; And
abe would brush her eyebrows briskly with
The same brush. Probably that accounted
, for her beautiful. thick, dark eyebrows.
"She kept an erect ana g reoeiu. cc on re
/ head for fifteen minutes each mornins
| and the same period ct night. She ueeo
a fairly large. lightweight basket with some
cloth sewed over the bottom to prevent the
| this YOU will And how erect and steadily
| you must walk to prevent the basket IRON
! falling.
but buttermilk wes not her only en,ol-
! lient for sunhurn. Maydew was another
OF the old-World remedies she used for
freckles. Try II, some OF you. Any one
who will rise early and 20 to the garden
regularly and sweep her hand through the
wet grass and battle her face, letting the
dew dry on, each morning throughout the
month Of May. may reet assured. 40 the old
lady said, OF a skin without q freckle TO
mar it's beauty for the rest Of the year.
you might try some Of theee thinss.
Country girls In England still practise
them, and any one there can zee the result.
I'm afraid we can't. my dear said the
woman who had wanted to know. Wen
have to get along With the beauty psTiors.
This "a New York