Oxford Democrat., 1904-08-16
Pretty Hands and Pretty Feet
THE HANDS.

THE HANDS.
SALvE FOR CHAPPED HANDs.-Two
ounces white wax, one ounce spermaceti,
four ounces oil of almonds, two ounces
honey and quarter of an ounce of ss-
sence of burgamot or any other scent.
Melt the wax and spermaceti and then
add The honey and melt together, and
when boiled add the oil of almonds by
degrees, and stir until cold.
For WEAK OR LOOSE NAILS, the fol-
lowing will be found useful: Half an
ounce of oil of lentise, half an ounce OF
ordinary kitchen salt, one scruple resin,
one scruple alum, one scruple wax. Melt
the wax and mix in all the other In.
gradients, and perfume with little of q
mixture made by mixing three ounces OF
oil of bitter almonds, two ounces of oil
of tartar and six ounces of essence OF
lemon.
A POWDER FOR CLEANING AND WHIT,
ENING THE HANDS is prepared by siev.
ing the powder of sixteen ounces OF
almonds, five ounces cuttlefsh, two and
half ounces of curd soap (air dried)
and one and half ounces of orris root
WASHING POWDER TO KEEP THE
HANDS WHITE.-Mix together by sitting
several times five hundred parts of fine
wheat flour, ono hundred and twenty.
five parts of ordinary toilet soap, thirty.
three parts of powdered orris root and
two and half parts of oil of bergamot
To use, make a paste with little
water and few spoonfuls of the powder
and rub the hands with the paste fol
some time and wash them in clear
water and dry them thoroughly.
THE FEET.
The feet should be washed every morn
ing. We have made this observation
before, but it can never be made toe
often. If it were made daily custom
the beauty of the feet would he better
preserved, and there would be fewer
corns, blisters and bunions. Should the
feet be prone to dampness, the stockings
should be changed every day and the
soleS of the clean stockings should bt
sprinkled with some fine, perfumee
powder.
/, An ancient cure for bunions was to ap
ply a bandage of fresh rose leaves to thu
painful part before retiring for the
night. 1t was said to be most effectual
Tender feet are much relieved by fire.
quent bathing with brandy and water O.
vinegar.
Cold feet are comforted for hours by {
bath of mustard and water before goint
out.
Patent leather has a bad effect OF
many feet, and, therefore, patent shoe
should be avoided. There is a goOt
patent kid to be obtained now, which
looks quite smart and does far less harm
Salt and warm water is very strengthen
ing, so is solution of ammonia.
Women who suffer with tender fee
should have several pairs of boots ant
shoes, and change them frequently. 4
cool pair of boots which have been OF
the trees for some hours give great re
lief after the hot damp ones have beel
removed.
For corns, Mrs. Hubbard Aver, tn
New York specialist, gives the following
recipes: BOrate of sodium, one drachm
extract of cannabis, one scruple; colo
dion, one ounce. Paint over the corn o.
bunion every day once or twice, and afte
five or six applications the superficial
growth can be scraped off.
Salicylic acid, one drachm; cocaine
five grains; collodoin, half an ounce
Paint over the corn or bunion twice ;
day, and scrape away the superficial
growth at the end of three or four days
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