The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-17
Uoman's U)orId


| five drops of benzoin. Apply thickly
Leave on five minutes. Rub off. Wash
me face with soap and water.
Q. l.: 1 am one Of those with great
bags under my eyes. Do you think they
can be removed? And viii you tell me
! how?
Eye sacs are caused by some internal
! disturbance, usually by kidney trou-
Bile. Occasionally they can be observed
upon persons who are up late at night
or dissipated.
y, H.: My face is so bad with pim-
| pies that 1 am afraid it viii be Scared
L have tried every known pimple rem
edN Do you advise the use Of a car
| bolic wash?
Fake d basin Of warm water and add
to it about ten drops Of carbolic. Tell
your druggist how you are going to use
il and let him give you the proportions.
as the strength of carboiic differs.
Battle the face in this. Eat no fried
food. Take plenty of cooked fruit. Eat
fruit just as YOU are going to bed
cooked fruit, not raw.
II. X: I suffer from a yellow COM
pleXion,, My heart is weak. Do you
think it comes from a weak heart?
Treat your complexion from the in
side. Take a teaspoonful of phosphate
Of soda In half a cup Of warm water
before meals. Live upon a vegetarian
diet and drink no coffee for two weeks.
Try it and see how you feel.
Mrs. H.: I am stout and my eyes
are small. This gives my face a queer
expression. Do you think it could be
remedied? How can the eyes be en-
larged?
Reduce your weight, lose flesh, and
your eyes will grow larger. As your
face gets thinner your eyes will seem
TO increase in size. This is the only
way TO make the eyes bigger.
Unknown writes regarding nits in the
head.
For this distressing thing there is
only one remedy-absolute cleanliness.
y shampoo of green soap viii do much
toward relieving the condition. Be sure
to rinse the soap off with at least q
dozen waters. Shampoo the head daily
for three days and the head will then
be clean.
H. E.: What can be done for hair
that is a bright red? My hair is red
and my little sisters hair is the color
of carrots.
You might wash your hair in a de-
-coction of strong tea. Red hair, you
know is considered great beauty. 1t
can hardly be too red.
W. P: How can take blackheads
out of my face?
Steam the face gently. Apply cold
cream thick. Wipe it off and wash the
face in hot water softened with pow
dered borax and plenty of good soap.
You will remove most of the black
heads in this manner.
Mary o.: Tell me how to make the
soap jelly which you recommend for
softening the hands.
There are two kinds of soap jelly.
The jelly for the hands is made by
melting half cup of powdered soap in
a quart of hot water. Add to this a
tablespoonful Of oatmeal.
Mrs. W.: My finger nails are short
and stubby and they break. What
would you advise me to do for them?
would rub them every night with a
good nail emolient. You can make it
yourself by taking red Vaseline, heating |
it and adding half the quantity of
sweet oil. Keep and rub upon the nails |
before going to bed.
Reader: Ny hands are gray and |
gri1ny, and so is my face. Is there any |
way to take the dirt out Of them? Soap |
and water DO no good.
Take a teaspoon of vaseline and rub |
It on the hands as though it were soap. |
Then wash well with soap and water