The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-12-03

the DAlI El0M EHithEt 4hg ldiE II lillll
all over my head and especially on the
temples.
Apply olive oil 10 the roots with
medicine dropper. Massage gently with
the fingers the entire scalp.
Mrs. j.: / was told to battle my face
daily i'm water and carbolic acid. 10
You advise anything Of this kind?
ID is said a few drops Of carboic in
a large basin of hot water will make
a wash that is good for the skin. 1t
acts as an antisepuc. But let your
druggist tell you just how much it l.
safe to use. nave never advised more
than three drops 20 a quart of water
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VI. O.: Please tell me how to cure
the nails of white spots.
White spots are scars caused by
pressing on the base of the nail with a
sharp instrument The matriX of The
nail is injured and the result is al un-
slightly white mark.
No Name: would ike to r24uc1 my
weight 4 : I wrote you.
If YOU really want TO reduce your
weight yJu viii have to diet and eNer-
else. There is no other way. can
give You exact directions Il you desire
them.
Minnie T: You and another reader
wrote ON the same subject Here are
the answers to both your questions. For
freckles use cream of cucumbers. You
can make il yourself For other blem-
ishcs steam the face twice a week ana
wash il in a thin solution of cold cream.
For heavy hips diet upon vegetables
and the white meat of fowl. Drink
nothing with your meals.
Holl0ws: To fatten your figure a lii
tie YOU can drink cocoa and milk. a4d
you can eat cream sauces and urln'l
fluids with your meals, Massage your
neck with cocoa butter, which IS one of
the best fattening agencies knoNn.
Mrs X: l know you have often CIV
eli directions for cream of cucumpers.
But viii YOU tell me once more how 10
make this facial preparation?
Take a cucumber and cut il Up IN
pint Of water. Let simmer half an
hour Strain, bottle, ana shals INTO
it ten drops OF tincture of benzon.
Mrs. T.: ] am subject TO nerNo':s
headaches and rnyeeyes-luTt me. Give
me an eye remedy
Apply layers Of cheese cloth or clean
linen wrung out of hot antisepJic
fluid made by dissOlving Cne-hale ounce
If boric acid in one pint OF water. Toll
your druggist how YOU are goi4S to use
the boraX.
Housewife: What is good for burns"
For fresh burns apply this solution.
Eight ounces Of limcWater ciGht ounces
OF raw linseed oil. seventy-liva grains
Of thym3l. Dissolve ne thym3l ia the
oil. add the water and agisate her
oughly.
Miss T.: Give me an oil of pepper
mint cure for cold in the head.
I have heard this recommended: one
half ounce Of pulverized sugar, one
fourth ounce of borax, one-fourth ourcf
of common salt four DROPS Of oil pf
peppermint Use as snuff.
Mrs. r.: Instead of cleansing the
skin with soap and water usa a lotion
made by diss5lving two tablesp0OnfuIs
of boric acid i'm d quart of water asa
adding a teaspoonful of starch. rCti-
ing all together and using when CGCL
This wash is also eXcellenc for hives.
Mrs A: One teaspoonful of Pow
dered boric acid, fifteen drops of spirits
nj camDhor. a bowl Of boiling water
llA GNi all III DuS iauStlll- anu ~
needed Excellent for ;ired, intlamed.
or weak eyes. and absolutely harmless.
Mrs. Brown: Take salyciiic ACID, lC5
grains; boric acid i'm fine powder $50
grains. powdered talcum. seven ounces.
Mix by sitting. Dust over the feet in
the morning. Rinse hosiery in suroDg
boraX water, dry and wear without
ironing.
Mrs y: For a sore throat gargla
with pint of water to which have 1'een
added d tablespoonful of salt nj
tablespoonful of horaN. Apply eXternal-
Is mixture Of one part turpentiaa and
two parts of camphorated oil. covering
with lambs wool and a bit OF linen.
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Miss r. DO YOU consider lard TOO
greasy for the face? 1t is cheap and
want TO use something to make my face
soft. cannot afford the expensive
creams for the skin.
am afraid lard would te to1 greasy.
have heard of its being beaten up
With olive OIL half and half, and per-
iumed with rose. But even this would
Ice expensive and not satisfac tory. ]
once knew a chorus girl who beat up
lard with White Of egg. But it smeit
greasy
IT, d.: What is the best and cheap
est way 10 make skin food for jne
face ] want something inexpensive.
Try this. Take Decent bottle Of
white Vaseline and set the bottle in hol
water. As it nelts DouI into a bowl
which is set i'm hot water. Add an equal
amount OF pure oil of almonds and a
piece of pure white wax. about the size
Of an English walnut. Beat well as it
is cooling.
T. D.: ] would like a recipe fol my
Own toilet water. Is there a cheap
recipe for making . good perfume TO be
used in tho bath?
Take pint OF the best of spirits of
cologne. Add to it half an ounce of the
OIL Of Ceranium. To this add one grain
Of musk. Let stand two weeks. Now
add another pint of the spirits Of
cologne and let stand two weeks moro.
You viii have fun quart of fine toilet
water at a moderate price.
G. j. s. How can whiten my
hands?
Use the hand bleaehes frequently
given in this column. If you have lost
them write inclosing a se1f-addressed
stamped envelope.
H. w: How would you advise me to
remove deep wrinkle from between
my eyes?