Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

dry pulp will be left in the cloth Boil this
Juice in porcelain saucepan for four min
utes There will be about three tablespoon
fuls of the green liquor which Is set aside
until wanted later. Take an ounce each of
white wax and of spermaceti and four
ounces of oil of almonds and melt together
In vessel placed over the stove in another
vessel of hot water. Stir occasionally and
when 1t Is quite smooth add the lettuce
juice and mix thoroughly Pour into lit
tie porcelain jar, placing this jar in cold
water while the mixture is cooling. No
cream Is more soothing to a sunburned
complexion.
Cucumber cream. to whiten the complex
lon after removing sunburn, requires about
pint of green cucumbers chopped and the
Juice extracted with lemon saueezer. To
this add enough sweet cream to make a
paste and a few drops of rosewater. This
paste may be diluted used with sweet
milk, and is to be used on the face at night
and washed off in the morning. The juice
of watermelon may be substituted for the
cucumber juice.
For prickly heat simple remedy is a To-
ton made OF two ounces of distilled water
and two drains of sulphate of IRON This
may be applied as often as necessary. An
other soothing and cooling wash requires
half ounce OF glycerine. quarter our-'e of
finely powdered borax and one pint of am
phor water-that is, a weak solution OF cam
phor.
For excessive perspiration, which is both
disagrseable and facilitating, some of the
unpleasant effects may be allayed by wash
ing the affected place with one part boracic
acid and ten parts water. Then dust the
skin with powdered boractc acid.
The Back Beautiful.
1.-The first thing say TO a woman" says
an authority physical culture and its
attendant ethics, when she comes to me
for advice and suggestion. is turn your
back TO me- 1t is remarkable how few
women present a good-looking back.
e,4ra
line, elbows not poking hips even and no
protuberant shoulder blades In one of her
stories Mrs. Cruger makes clever fash
ionable woman, who is displaying a Worth
gown to some friends ask anxiously: Is
the back right?' and when told that IL is
the perfection of elegant fit In the back,
say, with relief: Then / shall keep It.
one has so many resources to- conceal an
uniting front; ones arms and hands, a
bow OF ribbon and the like, but the back is
hopeless, and must be above reproach or
words OF similar effect. Mrs. Cruger is
quite rignt, and she might have gone fur
Their The back is not only the crucial
test of womans gown; IL also is OF her
general appearance A good back Is rare.
Watch women on the street and you will
be surprised to see how few will own one"
The Cool Cucumber
Now fiourishes In the garden. The GOODNESS
of the cucumber has been ascertained to be
scientific fact 1t Is considerably cooler
than the surrounding atmosphere. 1t also
has long possessed some reputation
cosmetic in the old meaning of the word,
healer of the complexion. not a beau
tlfer." The cream of cucumbers is prepared
from the pulp OF peeled cucumbers, with a
mixture OF almond oil and other fngred-
tents.
Purchase from q trustworthy druggist
four ounces of almond OIL add quarter
of an ounce each of white wax and of sper-
maceti Put these ingredients in jar and
set the jar In saucepan with warm water
reaching up TO within two inches of the
brim. Let the water boil. A marmalade
jar Is the right size to use When the wax
and spermaceti are melted into the OIL add
five teaspoons of the thick Juice of large,
nearly rfpened cucumber. Obtain the juice
by pressing the pulp on fine hair sieve.
Color the cream with few drops of spin
ach green. Use enough to give delicate
tint of green. Pour 1t to harden into sew
eral small Jars. 1t is an excellent cure for
sunburn and IS healing and soothing to the
skin.
Wash the skin at night thoroughly with
warm water before applying the cream. Dry
off all the moisture. A soft damask towel
will absorb and rub the cream Of cucumbers
gently into the skin. In the morning wash
IL off with warm water and tone the skin
with bath OF cold water TO make the
tissues firm.
Here Is
torn or ripped: First. buttonhoie stitch
around the rent, not so close as In button
hole: then overcast. taking up the thread
of the buttonhole the edge, and then
draw the edges together.