Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-06
SIMPLE BEAUTlFlERS.
Few Easy Helps That May Be Pre-
pared and Made Use Of at Home
with No Money Outlay.


with No Money Outlay.
l wonder if there are any women in
the world who long for the dainty per-
fumed creams and lotions used by MY
Lady, to assist in making her beauti-
full, and who do not crafty that long
ing because they have no money to
spend for such seemingly frivolous
purposes? If such there be, they have
only to utilize the simple things that
can be found in any household to be-
come possessed of all the toilet articles
they may desire, says contributor to
the Boston Budget
For instance, there is no better skin
food known than sweet cream. Rub
it into the skin of the face and neck
with a rolling motion of the balls Of
the fingers, after having first bathed
thoroughly with hot water and pure
soap.
Of course everybody knows that oat-
meal in the bath makes the skin soft
and velvety.
Bathing the face, neck and arms
| with hot new milk morning and even
| ing will give plumpness and bloom
surprising that induced by any prep
aration on the market.
| A delightful toilet vinegar can be
| made by pouring pint of white wine
! or other vinegar over quantity Of
| bruised fragrant herbs like bergamot,
| lavender, mint, balm, routherwood;
! any one or a combination of these
| is delightfully."- fragrant. A few drops
| of this vinegar added to a teaspoonful
| of sweet cream makes an excellent
| remedy for chapped or sunburnt face
and hands. Apply at night. In the
morning the irritation will have dis
| appeared. The beaten yolk of an egg
diluted with twice it's bulk of water,
makes the best of shampoos for the
hair. After washing with it and
rinsing thoroughly the hair will be
soft and glossy.
The marrow from the bones Of
| young beef is a good hair food. Rub
into the scalp thoroughly with the
balls of the fingers.
Buttermilk is an excellent whitener
| of the skin, and the juice of ripe
| cucumbers is another one as good or
even better. To prepare the cucumber
juice, crate the 4ucumbers, press out the
| juice and add an equal quantity of alco-
| hol to keep it from spelling, or simmer it
| with an equal quantity of spermaceti to
| form a cream. Apply buttermilk or
cucumber cream to the face at night.
| Wash off the next morning If the skin
| is naturally dry or one is to ride in the
| wind soon after, wash without soap.
Those who have faces inclined to
| roughness and redness should use hot
| water and soap at night. followed by an
| application of cold cream. Put 20 water
| or soap on the face at any other time,
| but rub thoroughly with chamois skin or
| velvet. several times during the day. If
| anyone thinks the dirt cannot be re-
moved in that way. let them use a
chamois skin thoroughly and then look
at it and be convinced of their error.
Vinegar will remove freckles and tan
| as readily as lemon juice and has the
| merit of being always in the house. A
| tablespoonful of grated horseradish
| soaked II hours in half cup of milk and
then strained and bottled for use. sup
! plies a face bleach that is among the
| best. Apply twice daily.
For dandruff and falling hair there
| is nothing better than kerosene applied
| to the scalp with the tips of the fingers
| and well rubbed in. Apply twice a
| week for two weeks then once a
month. The smell is not sometimes ex-
actly agreeable, but it soon passes
n 0ht o;,
| that is nearly odorless.
Washing the head in salt water will
| prevent the hair from falling. thor
| ough rubbing of the scalp with salt but
| ter several hours before shampooing is
| also good for the same purpose.
| Smoothing the unbound hair with the
| palms of the hands is better than
brushing it for imparting glossiness,
and, if done Systematically, will also
develop the bust and forearms
Hollow-chested people should form
| the habit of standing square upon the
feet and reaching up to the top of the
head. One mast get some air into the
lungs if one stands in that way, and
| the deeper one breathes the sooner the
unsightly hollows below the collar
bone will fill out Protuberant Shout
der, blades will become thing of the
past, and hoarse, harsh voice will be
much improved thereby. Breathe
deep. 1t is better than medicine to
make one healthy, and unless one is
healthy one cannot be beautiful
Try these simple remedies, sisters
You will be pleased with the results,
am sure.