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The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Several Queries Answered.


am coming 10 you for some advice
for my particular needs, as / have great
faith in you and your remedies, which
] have on more than one occasion heard
praised. but have never tried any Of
same myself. FOR the reason that be-
lieve what helps one does not another.
!. Can you give me q reliable recipe
for the cure Of fTeckles: that is. one
that viii not cause hair to grow on
the face in consequence. etc? These
f'eekles are light. but seem to be i'm
bedded in the skin. Also state in recipe
how often lotion is 20 be used.
.. Ny skin IS very oily. Would you rec
ommend your Orange Flower Cream for
such? VIII you kindly repeat it?
3. A good hair tonic. Ny hair is rather
thin. / would like something TO make
II grow thicker as well as a wash for
the hair
Now. Mrs SyTfias, I have endesvU cd
70 make my needs clear to you, and
shall appreciate a prompt reply. as this
IS my first, and trust my last. request
20 you. NJ. l. p.
Oily skin is due 10 weakness of ting
ssbaceous glands. and massaging It
gently with the orange flower cream
every night before retiring viii tend
70 make the skin healthily active
am also giving you formula for 3 lotion
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

remembrance Of her awIzwardness than
Of her beauty.
/ next called on a woman who could
not actually lay claim to good looks
in fact. her face was almost plain but I
was soon convinced that she had the
art Of making the best of herself down
10 a fine point. 1t was just time for
afternoon tea. She had realized that
an effective background counts for
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

troubled with acne Try the following
remedy, which has proved very success
ful in such cases;
CURE FOR CONFLUENT ACNE (MONfN's s.
Apply the following mixture 20 the al
flicted parts morning and night
Glycerine, 40 grams; oxide OF zinc, D
grams; soap tfncture, 10 grams pOtasSa
alum. grams. Mix.
For internal treatment in connection
with the above, the patient should take
each morning before breakfast one table
spoonful of a mixture composed of equal
parts of pure glycerene and castor oil.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Wants Darker Evebrows.

VIII you kindly tell me if the walnut
stain and Chinese stain are perfectly
harmless to the brows and lashesi and
il so, how TO make the walnut stain?
How often would they have to be used,
and can they be made slightly dark in
stead of black? My hair is dark red
brown and brOws and lashes almost
white. And will you give me your can
did opinion, do you think II foolish and
vain TO want to change them2 L. H
I do not think YOU are foolish TO wish
to darken your eyebrows If YOU think
they are a Disagreement in their pres
ent state The walnut and Chinese stains
are both harmless. To make the walnut
stain let the shells of the black walnut
stand in clear alcohol for day or two;
then strain and apply. taking care not
to allow the tiniest portion TO get into
the eye This viii make brown stain.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Offensive Perspiration.

VIII you kindly tell me as soon as pos
si0le what to do for offensive perspira-
tiOn2 II is extremely annoying. and soap
and water VIII not help il. +. d. NJ.
If the perspiration is under your arms.
wash night and morning with hot water
and common brown kitchen soap Dry.
and apply a solution made by dissOlving
teaspoonfUl of alum in a pint Of
water Dust over afterward with borie
acid poMder.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

A WOMAN who has no discover
~ able organic trouble. yet is
weak bodily. nervous, troubled
with insomnia. and sits quietly
IN the house the greater part of the day.
need not wonder at her condition. I'm
perfect room ventilation. sluggish cir
culation OF the blood. the result of in
action. and the ensuing nervous depres-
sion are calculated to produce the state
you are in You must make a radical
change in your mode of living. as rapid
~ as your health will permit While
a correct diet and nine hours Of refresh
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

intended to soften the skin, just before
retiring is the best time to apply It.
posure TO extreme heat or cold. rub a
little OF the cream we'll into the skin
wipe of with a soft linen cloth. and
then dust the face lightly with a good
toilet uOwder
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Complexion a Worry.

Having never written to you before,
and as ! have read how YOU have bene-
fitted many girls. 1 now take the pleasure
of asking you to grant me very great
favor. l am worried almost sick about
nay complexion. I have a great many
blackheads and pimples, and it seems
to me all kinds of skin disease in one.
I have a great habit of pinching these.
which makes my face very sore, and
seem to have twice as many as before.
Is there anything you can tell me that
will make me have nice, good, clear
complexion
Is there any remedy for an oily nose?
+. G.
Be careful OF your diet and try Monin's
cure for acne for the pimples and black
heads. l am giving you lotion which
will improve the oily condition of your
nose.
LOTION FOR OILY SKIN
BOracic acid, ! dram distilled witch
hazel, ounces: rOsewater, 2 ounces.
Use as wash two or three times 81
day. Bathing the face with warm water
would be beneficial. and you should not
eat spicy. stimulating, greasy foods or
sweets.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Bleach for the Neck.

VIII you kindly tell me of something
to bleach my neck? 1t seems so awfully
yellow. / don't wear high or tight col
lars and can't account Cor it.
Also tell me what TO use for the skin
under my eyes. It seems TO be turnins
da.k in spots, like E:oJ1 patches. So
called.
Do you approve of the peroxide treat
ment as a face bleach and how is IL
used? D. G.. ;.
Am giving you formula for bleach for
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Wants Fluffy Hair.

Being very much interested In your
Beauty Page" 1 would Iike TO ask
you for some advice. Would you kindly
give me a remedy for my hair? 1t is
very oily and falls out in great quanti-
ties. 1 would like to have something
that will make it grow long and De
dry and fuzzy, and not come out. Also,
give me a remedy for freckles. 1 have
a great many light freckles on my face
and arms. TOOTSE.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
To ENLARGE the Hips.

VIII YOU kindly tell me as soon as pos
sible how I can enlarge my hips2 BY
what exercise / mean. L. a. w.
Frequently practcing the following eX-
ercise will enlarge the hips Standing
alternately on either foot, swing the
free limb pendulum fashion from the
hips, each time allowing il TO go as far
forward and backward as possible.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
LEMON AND GLycERNE LOTION.
CFor light freckIes and sunburn.)

Citric acid Qemon), 8 drains; hot wa
ter. II ounces; borax, > drams; red rose
petals, l ounce; glycerine. 1 ounce.
Dissolve the acid and bOrax in the
water; infuse the petals for an hour;
strain through a jelly bag after twen-
ty-four hours, decant the clear portion
and add the glycerine. Apply as often
rs agreeable.
LOTION FOR OILY. DAMP HAIR
For greasy. moist hair the following
is an excellent dry lotion. IL used daily,
it tends to produce a crispy condition
and an auburn shade
Powdered bicarbonate of soda, bOrate
of soda (also powdered, L ounce OF
each; eau de cologne, fluid ounce; al
cohol. fluid ounces; tineture OF cochin
cal. ls fluid ounce; distilled water, Is
ounces.
Mix and agitate until solution is com-
plete for general usage.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

water; infuse the petals for an hour;
strain through a jelly bag; after TWEEN
ty-fOur hours. decdDt the clear portion
and add the glycerine. Apply as often
as agreea BILE
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
LorIoN FoR PREalATURE wRnKLEs.

Alum, 20 grains; almond milk (thic5),
~ ounces rOsewater, 8 ounces
Dissolve the alum in the roSeWater,
with constant agitation Apply with a
soft linen cloth every night before re-
firing.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
20 Develop the BUS.

VIII yOu please give me a recipe of
something with which to massage,
which is sure bust developer I am
afraid TO use an internal remedy. as it
might make me stout elsewhere.
Also. the recipe Of a good cold cream
for skin which is too dry and which
positively viii not make the hair grow
on my face NJ. NJ
Am giving you formula for good mas
sage cream for the bust. You may take
the Vaucaire remedy without fear, as
it viii develop the bust only and not
affect any other part OF the body You
VIII md the witch hazel cream excellent
for skin that IS too dry.
MASSAGE CREAM FOR THE BUST
Lanolin. 25k ounces; spermaceti. u
ounces; molten talloW freshly tried, "a
ounces; cOcoanut oil. , ounces tincture
of benzoin, y dram Melt the first I'VE
ingredients together. Take OF the fire,
and beat until cold, adding the benzoin.
little by little, during the process.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
To Soften the Skin.

Kindly inform me when and how often
10 use the orange flower cream? Is it ad-
visable to use it before exposure 10 ex-
treme heat or cold? What is your rem
ady for reducing large busts without in
jury to health? HENRIETTA.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

your neck IF the spots under your
eyes ere moth patches, try the paste,
formula for which is so frequently given
in this department. for their removal
Peroxide OF hydrogen is an excellent
bleach for the face. Pour a little in q
saucer and apply with a soft cloth sew
eral times a week
BLEACH FOR THE NECK.
Take fresh strained cucumber juice,
boil il for five minutes, and for every
five ounces of juice add: Pulverized
bo-aX, 1I5 grains; acetate Of soda, 90
grainsS tinctare of quillaja. 21z ounces;
tineture Of benzoin, / drains; rosewater,
! o.nt.
Mix thoroughly and apply two OK three
times a day until the stain is removed.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05
Wants Plump Face.

Though / am a constant reader of your
valuable column, 1 never wrote TO you
before / am a bit worried. My hips
seem to be growing extra large and my
face seems thinner. Could you recon-
mend any thing that would make or
keep my face fat2 Also will you please
give me a remedy or a preventive for
wrinkles-sOmething that viii not injure
the skin, as I have a very fine and SEN
sitiVe pale skin PANSY.
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

The orange flower cream may be ap-
piled whenever agreeable. When it is
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

Since receipt of your letter directions
for the reduction OF the hips have been
published. To make your face fatter,
every night before retiring battle it in
warm water for about five minutes 10
open the pores; then rub in a good skin
food. This will also keep the skin free
from wrinkles
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

Am giving you formula for bleach for
The Washington times., 1905-11-05

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
BUSY RUSSIANS.

A remarkable story comes from St. Petersburg concerning the operations of the Russian government on the In- dian frontier. It is stated "on the au- thority of traveller of unimpeachable veracity" that Russia has for months been accommodating artillery and mili- tary stores at Tashkend, and that Rus sian troops have already seized the passes of the Pamirs and garrisoned Kashgar. It is further stated that British citizens are not allowed to travel in Russian Turkestan, and that every possible precaution is being talk en to disguise the preparations for in- vasion that are being made. "A Rus sian officer of high position is quoted as saying that Russia is determined to counteract the efforts that have been made to extend and strengthen British influence in Tibet, Afghanistan and Persia.
 Russian officers of still higher posi- tion than the one above mentioned are too busy just now to be doing much against British influence Perhaps if Kuropatkin escapes he can be sent to Tashkend. He will want to get away for awhile. .s'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13

 always happy to get away from Wash ington and to return to the plain, pa- tient people I know so well. Loud cheers and applause.) It does my heart good to look into your honest, open faces and know that you will line up for me with the old, unreasoning party loyalty the next time it is neces-- sary for the railroad companies and trusts by which am employed to let you go through the motions of return ing me to my seat back there as a member of the most august delibera- tive body on earth. CIVild cheers and shouts of Whats the matter with snugley?" He's all right!'') Gentlemen and friends, I thank you for this touching exhibition of blind partisan ship, and trust that it may be my privilege to serve you long and faith fully, as served your fathers before you. They didn't think for themselves either" Prolonged cheers and music by the shagtown silver cornet band.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
MIR. BURBAsK,s xeW WONDER.

Luther Burbank's latest wonder is new kind of cactus. The new cactus is "a development from the nopal, purely American genus. but now found widely dispersed over the world. particularly in hot and arid regions, like Spa1n' Palestine and India. The flower IS or extraordinary beauty, Illuminating the desert in it's season with hame-like blossoms that range in exquisite shades from crimson to pale gold. The fruit-called tuna in Mexico, else where the prickly pear or Indian fig has palatable and refreshing qualities. The nopal protects itself with formida- ble thorns; otherwise it would be exter- minated by cattle, sheep and other browsing animals that would feed upon it's succulent substance.
 The new cactus perfected by MT. Bur bank combines various extraordinarily good qualities. The original nopal not only bristles with thorns, but its leaves are filled with "spicules," fibrous. woody substance, deadly to animals that eat them. In the regenerated mo- pal the spicules are eliminated, also the thorns. In this shape the cactus fur nishes a pleasant and nutritious food for both man and beast. The tender young leaves can be used as vegetables cooked, for instance, like the egg plant. The leaves can also be put up and preserved, like ginger or melon rinds. Moreover, the abundant fruit is far superior to the original tuna" good as that is. One variety has a crimson pulp, full of seeds much as a fig is; another is similarly filled with golden pulp. Each sort is said to be exquisitely delicate in flavor, one quite unlike the other. Like its progenitor, it will flourish in the desert. so, when once established there, it should con- vert vast regions now worthless into valuable lands, where cattle by the thousand can feed upon it's rich and succulent meat-for in each plant, which when grown attains. like the banana, the dimensions of a fair-sized tree, are stored hundreds of pounds of food. Thus the desert may be re- claimed
 MT. Burbank estimates that, consid- ering the waste spaces where it will thrive, this cactus can produce food for twice the number of people now living in the world. Cheering enough. When everybody gets cleaned out in Wall street everybody can go to growing and eating cactuses. ..,:s ;. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
Don't Take ,En, on.

A word, oh fellow citizen, .,...,, Don't take. 'em off The storm king may return again Don't take 'em off! +t -.T~ss ...F. The morning may be, glad, and bright, And, though it seems that springs ir -- sight, You can't tell what may come CT,
 night-- ass < lEE Don't take 'em off!
 Perhaps they scratch and stick ado Y. burn ##s.~ Ee%, - Don't take 'em of! .A 4.,. Too late is not the time to learu-- a' Don't take 'em off! %.tst G,M5 ..: The buds will soon begin to sprout, The lambs ere long will frisk about, But don't you care--you, just look out Don't take 'em off! The hearse is not lovely thing
 Don't take 'em off! It's sad to have to die in spring
 Don't take em off! What if the crocus wants to poke Itself up through the sod and croke? A word to you, and it's no joke
 Don't take 'em off! ..,.,,.-
 Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
EXPECTED TO SEE A MAN"

Representative Curtis, of Kansas, used to be prosecuting attorney for his county. In that role he was a pioneer in the vigorous enforcement of the Kansas prohibition law. He was also the hero of many a lively scrimmages the fame of which spread all over the state Somehow people became i'm bued with the idea that he was a big man physically as well as mentally.
 Some years ago, when there had been a redistricting, so that he was forced to make a canvass for reelection in practically a new district, Mir. Curtis was sojourning temporarily at a eoun- ty seat. An enormous man, ever six feet tall, sought him out.
 Are you Charlie Curtis?" he in quired, looking down, upon the black eyed congressman of medium height before him. "a. ;. ," ~ ..s >e
 Yes" r
 "of Topeka?" 5.@% ''- -.2.-' '
 tsYes."
 Used to enforce the prohibitory law?" .~i, 'Yes." ....:.,-e
 "Well, dod blast 1t all, I expected to see a man."-Washington Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13

 replied Mrs. MaIaprop. Its what lady gets when she's divorced from her husband."-Philadelphia Ledger.
 Mosely Wraggs (waiting outsidel- wot did de woman say when ye asked her fnr handout.
 Wareham Long-She said she was jist out os soap. but if would wait 6 second she'd give me some bilin' hot water. You can tackle the next one, blame ye!-chicago Tribune.
 q guess Tillman's finish is in sight" Why? How's that?'
 His doctor told him that if he wish es to regain his health he must go. to some quiet place and rest up."
 That seems simple"
 Seems so till one stops to think that there is no quiet place where Till man is. Houston Post.
 T borrowed five of you the other day. Window. Here it is.'
 What! The same f1ve?"
 "Yes. You see I only ask you for it in order to test your friendship. And now, let me have twenty for a day or two, will you?'' ,.. -...-,.- = Not, to-day. The first test is all I care to risk. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
| SArISEYING ExPLANATTON.

Kansas is a prohibition State, but laughing isn't prohibited there. Rep resentative Trigg of Anderson county was responsible for two bills of the same nature getting through the house, and the governor, in a message, calling attention to the biunder, suggested that MT. Trigg, as a penalty, should ''set 'ein up" The message came to the attention of Senator Waggener, who wondered at the familiarity of a strict ly prohibition, Sunday -school-t governor with saloon terninology. He introduced a resolution calling upon MT. Hoch to explain the meaning of the three words. He got his answer, and is satisfied. After explaining that "set 'em up'' was used ''playfully," Govern or Hoch remarks that the phrase had the unexpected effect of causing the "emaciated corpse of Kansas Demoe- racy to sit up and take notice" The incident strengthens the belief in mir acles, says the governor. If the Angel Gabriel standing with one foot on the land and one on the sea were to blow such a blast from his trumpet that the mountains should rock to their bases, the Democratic party would probably sleep on undisturbed, but if he were even to whisper the magic words, Set 'em up,' the grave of this moribund or ganization would give up its dead, and from the entire aggregation headed by the talented and handsome senator from Atchison, would come the answer in swelling chorus, We'll take the same!' D
 It is not believed that Senator Wag- gener will ask the governor any more questions this season.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13

DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN. ss. Pro-
 bate Court, March ESTATE of MARY g. MAIN, late. of Or
 ange, in said District, deceased
 Walter A. Main, of Orange, having administration of said estate may be granted, as by said application on fife in this Court more fully appears, it is
 Ordered,-That said application be, heard and determined at a Court of said district, on the 17th day Of March. 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. and that public notice of the pendencv of said application and of the time and place of the hearing thereon, be given to all parties interested in said estate by publishing this order three times in a newspaper having circulation in said district.
 By order of Court,
 GEORGE ". CRAWFORD.
 mi St Clerk
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
# Nor ALL PiE.

It isn't as easy to do business safely and profitably as it sometimes seems to the man who is getting four dollars a, week. The Iron Age shows that for making two oil pumps of certain kind the cost is $20.19 each, but the same pumps in lots of 12 cost but $6,12. Con- centration on one article pays and the use of a separate machine for each part of an article pays, if the number to be made is large. But the Age finds dan- ger in specialization. Thus if a new machine be invented which will, by in- creasing the output only 10 per cent. reduce the cost an equal amount it nays to scrap the old machine. In many in- stances improvements have been made which have reduced the cost of manu- facture over 50 per cent, and herein lies one of the dangers of specialization in manufacture. An establishment may have it's capital tied up in a complete outft or machinery designed to produce one article at the lowest cost for which there may be constant demand at a renunerative price. Then an ingenious inventor may design new machine, or devise new method of manufacture, which will perhaps produce better goods at far lower cost, and the utility of the old plant is at once destroyed. Its costly machinery may be of little or no value for any other purpose, and so hitherto profitable industry may be wiped out of existence at one fell stroke. This is not an imaginary state ment, but it can be supported by num- e.ous facts.
 These are rapid days in business, as in other things, and the man who can't make lightning changes is often beat en by the man who can.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
 TEXTS.

Husband-"So you have joined the woman's political organization. What part are you going to take in it?''
 Wife-"I'm going to run the ma .chine. Detroit Free Press. ..s
 Justice-Do you understand the na- ture of an oath, little girl?''
 Little girl-It's something you say when you hit your head against the nlantel.-Boston Transcript %
 Binks-"I never could remember the flag signals of the weather bureau. Now, what's the color of the flag that means wind?" ''-s.
 spinks-"Blew, I guess.'-- Cleveland Leader. -r .:,@. /
 f-Conscious-"Miss Bliggins is very self-conscious, is she not ?"
 "Yes When some one made a re- mark about a wolf in sheep's clothing she took it as reflection on her Per- sian lamb coat. Washington Star.
 Horace, dear. is there really such a thing as a fool-killer?''
 "Now, if that's not like a silly wo- man! How should know? I never saw one."
 "Oh, that's evident!"-Cleveland Leader.
 Application of the idea.-Gayman Gin front of the mirror)-I don't know whether to wear a white neektie of a black one this evening. What would De good form for a man over. sixty? Mrs. Chloroform. Chicago Tribune.
 Explained-"Ma," said Mrs. Mala- props little boy "what is 'antimo- ny?" .
 "Sh! that's not nice to talk about, |"