The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03
COSBY Corner.

!. Is& COSBY Corner.
"a b "a good wash 10 prevent the hair
- from falling out is made With one
= ounce Of powdered borax, half al
4 ounce OF powdered carnphor and ono
: quart or boiling water. When cool
/, pour into a bottle for use land clean
the head with it once a week,
Persian ladies, who are said e
) haye compilations whose bosom and
velyety softness are simply wonder,
iful~use no sort of#cream or ointm
4 FOR their faces Instead they apply
half an hour before their dail batn a
]. coating of white Or egg. When this IS
), completely dried 4: 3 sponged of with
= tepid water. TO Which Is added q lit
4 lstle tincture OF bqnzotn. and then the
. skin Is sponged over with cold milk.
!, The white of esq c1eanses2 the skin
4 and4the treatment described removes
4 all Impurities from the complexion,
4 leaving il smooth and soft as that of:
a child.
IF you would keep Young. said al
wellknown actress. you must work
The great actress thinks that II size
/ had done as her admirers wished and
had settled down to a quietlife I'LL sler
charms would very soon have faded
away. Interesting work Is undoubted.
ly helpful In preserving the elasticity
| of youth. but little spiritual gym
in the glass, says another mentor,
and. if the corners of your m outh. are
| dropping and you look unhappy ter
your expression at once. Think Of the
| pleasantest thing that has ever hap
pened to you; the lSindest thing eyer
done for you: the merriest time you
ever had in your life. Then send out
the most generous, sweetest and m ost |
helpful thought you can think to your
friends. :,
Apples. in addition to being a deli-s
cious fruit, make a}pleasant and vaIu-
able medicine A raw apple is digest-l
ible in an hour and a half, while boil
ed cabbage requires five hours says
an exchange. The most healthy des-
sert that can be placed on a5tablesfs a
baked apple. If eaten frequently at5
breakfast, with bread and butter,
without meat of any kind. it has an Z
admirable effect on the general SYST
tenn. often removing constipation $cor-i
recting acidities and cooling off feb
rile conditions more effectually than
the most approved medicines. Ififan4t
lies could be induced to substitute
apples, ripe and sound, for: pies. cakes
and sweetmeats with which. their chill F.
dren are frequently stuffed, there
would be a diminution In the tota: II
sum of doctors bills in single year
sufficient to lay in a stock of this 6
delicious fruit for the whole season.
use. 81
perfume is mentioned, and one even
says: :
Does any one use perfume? ?" while )
he fact is that we are perfume mad q
We may not use quarts OF it on our :
landkerchiefs. or spot our best frocl1s
With It, but of making up fsachets there a
$ no end, says an exchange. Il
You get a lamp-shade paper of the q
olor You like best cut a large circle
f it. put over a thin layer Of cotton.
ough side. on the powder, stllen@draw 81
ogethcr about two inches from the p
dge and tie with ribbon or cord, If
on have paper flower, fasten it +at
he gathering: Pull out the raw edge S5
the paper into rufffe and hang sS
p by ribbon or cord. ar
The scent easily escapes from the ST
aper bag. yet not too swiftly. and 70
le pretty color is as charming ssthe pI
erfume is delightful in closet or cor tn
er of room: You can make a group of
wisaria bags or cherry blossom la
ags or rose or orchids. CarryEout In
lie color scheme of.some one flower
nd decorate with the blossom, also ad
sing the especial scent Of the flower Sc
the powder: Fl
VVistaria bags are. very fashionable tn
itII all hefolko of Japan, as are chrys- of
lthemun bags and cherry blossom I'M
Nor schemes, wa
Paper sachets are not used for Ca
a1sts or nuffs or hats or gloves, as w
ey are too easily destroyed With giy
lat or m DISTURB. But for closets, bu-l ma
aus or trunks: they are just the "a
ing. Ca