The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-03
MARIAN MARTINEAU'S
LETTERS AND ANSWERS
Chicago Tribune.


m YOU think meat is fattening? l
have always eaten great deal of meat.
Meat in itself, is not supposed to be
faftening. But the trouble is that it
breeds thirst, and water does increase
The weight. You would stand better
,hance of getting thin if you did not
,ake so much meat.
II. g.: Is milk fattening? l am told
that it is just the contrary. What does
make fat? Can you answer two per-
rlexed sisters?
sitting still makes fat. Breathing
c1osa. hot air makes fat. Drinking wa
,er milk, tea or coffee with your meals
makes fat. Eating all you can stuff
down three times a day makes fat
There are other things, but these are
the most important.
N. o.: I am so thin that I look awk-
ward. This. added to my height, which
q nearly six feet, is unbecoming 10 me
What can do to fill out? 1 would ike
N gain fully twenty-five pounds.
Won can get fat but you must stand
,,n straight. breathe deeply, and stop
Worrying. Eat all you want before go
ing 10 bed Drink with your meals.
nat heartily of any food you like Eat
ing all YOU want of one thing Will make
YOU fat. Eat plenty of good warm
bread-not hot-and good sweet butter.
Bread and butter is excellent for the
system.
2 r., How often would you advise
me ro nut the milk of cucumber lotion
an my face? / have been using it twice
n dav and it has just about removed
an redness. 1t is nice. used your
formula for it.
You can use the milk of cucumber
,o,fon three times a day without the
slightest injury to the skin.
Mrs. G. J.: is the pure juice of GU
cumbers too strong for my face? 1
have tried it clear, but am afraid to
continue
Yes. it is rather strong. Why do
YOU not use what is called milk of Gu
cumbers You can easily make it your
self
Western Writer: Send me a jar of
YOUR cold cream. want 1t for wrinkle
purposes. / think you call 1t Wrinkle
cream.
not for sale. You viii have to make
j. yourself. Follow my formula and
YOU win have no trouble. 1t is mex
pansiye \ large jar costs only a few
cents.
Ii. G.. o.: Ny nose is full of open
pores They are unbecoming to me,
yet what can I do for them? l have
tried everything, but they grow larger
and larger.
Massage your nose gently every
night with benzoined cold cream The
bcuzoin will tend TO contract the skin
and close the pores.
Harriet P: My skin is full of black
heads Do you think it would do any
good to press them out? Would they
stay away?
Probably not. But why do you not
treat them in this manner: Steam
your face without injuring the skin.
Wash with soap jelly and hot soft
water Rinse many times. In the last
water add little boraX powder. Now
cover your skin with thick layer of
beGzoinated cold cream.
Pearl G.: How often would you
wash your face with soap if YOU were
III my place? / am a business woman
and 1 go out every day.
Wash your face with soap daily.
But be sure to rinse it all off. Soap
Injuries the skin when it is allowed to
remain on. Use any pure soap. Shay
ing soap is pretty sure to be good.
But there are many good brands.
Mabel H.: I golf great DEAL yet am
DESTROYS of having pretty hands. l dc
not want them so brown. What can
90 to remove the tan?
1t is difficult to do this. II You We're
q wash them in a weak solution OF
i,
from the golf links it would be OF
much help in keeping them white
Then you would have to sleep in gloves
lined with a glove paste. This might
oe effective, but why do you not lei
Your hands get bron9ed? 1t is quite
The style now.
Mrs. X: You advise bath vinegar
Please tell me how to make a good
vinegar for the daily bath.
There are many refreshing bath vine
ears One Of the best is made by pour
ing a gallon of white wine vinegar upoT
an ounce Of cloves and a handful OF
broken stick cinnamon. Add the juice
OF a cup Of ripe strawberries and you
viii have an excellent aromatic vine
Gar.
-.oise ! would give a great deal Il
know how to train my finger nails.
would like to have them almond shape
and rosy. But they crack and the nail.
are subby and discolored.
Try this. File them with strip oil
emery board obtainable of any drug
Eist. Never cut them. Every night rut
little vaseline into the finger tips
This viii remove the brittle qualities oil
Which you complain.
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G. l.: What is good for chapped
lips? My mouth is always sore.
Try camphorated vaseline. You car
easily make it yourself
Miss T.: How can 1 make my hail
lighter? It is a medium brown.
You ought to make your hair bloom
Have you tried a shampoo with littlC
ammonia in it? Wash first with .
shampoo with soda in the mixture
Then with second shampoo with few
drops of ammonia. Finally rinse with
Warm water and borsX and dry in the
bright sunshine.