The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

/ Take red taseline and rub it in under tho
cuticie every night.
First soak the fingers five minutes in
very hot water.
If the nails show age. as they will after
10. a good nail tonic is sweet oil. Soak the
finger tips at least ten minutes q day in
the oil. Add Il little scent r the odor Is
Objectionable.
\ reader writes a very interesting letter
| describing herself as overweight For this
trouble exercise all YOU can.
This does not mean athletics necessarily.
but motion in the open air. I once heard
of a woman who was advised to walk
across the continent.
She started and walked 800 miles. 1t took
her thirty days and took Off twenty
pounds of flesh. She walked ten miles O
day.
A subscriber requests a remedy for her
blackheais.
Heat the face with cloths.
Spread it with soap jelly or with a lather
made out of shaving soap.
Leave on Il minute. Then wash Off in at
least six hot waters.
Do not go out for two hours.
Mrs. E.: Give me a permanent cure for
my complexion The blackheads all dis
appear under Your treatment, but they
come back again.
There is no permanent cure.
You must treat your face at least twice
a week if YOU want them to go away and
stay away.
There is no other cure but persistent
watching.
A Woman: My health is not very good
and my hair and complexion are both
rough.
Try a hot bath once a day. with a little
bath vinegar in the water. Sleep with the
feet very warm
Eat warm. though not hot. food and
take no vbrk nor veal and no butter for
awhile.
The trouble is with your digestion. Indi-
gestion will make the hair rough and out
of condition.
C. b. NJ: What will develop the bust
quickest?
The Vaucaire remedy is advised by
many.
You might try eating chocolate, ths
cereals. corn mullins, good digestible cake
and maple sugar. Boiled rice and maple
sugar might be eaten in the evening.
Mrs. L.: You are mistaken in thinking
that your name will get into the paper.
Sign your initials. or any name you pre-
fer. Your own name will not appear.
Miss g.: What will make my hair
grow?
: 1t stays just about such a length. L
have always desired long hair, but mine
Is OF tne StuDDy kliu-
1t may he constitutional with you 10
have your hair grow slowly.
You can stimulate it by rubbing into the
roots "a little quinine and bay rum. which
the druggist will put up for you.
In buying drugs remember that tho
druggist should always beconsulted TO
avoid mistakes.
II. B.: My hair is growing gray. and I
have heard that you have q castor oil
tonic for gray hair.
May ! ask you to give it to me:
Take. two ounces each of bay rum and
castor oil, and TO this add an eighth of an
ounce of tincture of cantharides.
To many persons the odor Of castor oil
is unbcarable: but this tonic Is Il good
one If you can use it.
G.. r.: Give me a formula for CURING
the hair. and keeping it In curl
This is a difficult thing to do if the hair
is naturally straight. You might try wei
ting it with a vcry-much diluted cologne.
Hold it in the tongs sixty seconds. or I'M
til all the dampness is dried out.
There are c~urlines which make the hair
sitter.
One of the best of these is the old-fash-
toned quince-seed preparat,on-
Glyceriue also makes a good curling sub
if mixed with rosewater. But the
hair must be well curled
H G.. do not seem to set thin, though
l have dieted.
am Obliged to remain seated In the
house all day. Give me- some good advice.
The woman who is Obliged to remain
seated all day IS in bad position to get
The trouble with her is, Iack%of exercise.
No matter how llittle she eats b WIZ
still be fat