Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19

pint. Lastly, strain through plotting paper.
Under all conditions, whether the scalp is
too dry or too oily, 1t cannot be kept too
clean. When the scalp is covered with
crusts, the hair should be shan1pooed in the
early morning and treatment to soften and
lessen the crusts be gone through with the
night before. This consists of saturating
the scadp and hair with sweet oil, then do
ing the hair up tightly and covering 1t with
a bathing cap or wrapping the hair up with
muslin so as not to soil the pillow. In the
morning the hair is washed with warm wa
ter and of the following shampoos. So
many people labor under the delusOn that
two heads of hair can be treated alike that
I want to say right here the hair is individ-
ual and almost as moody as the human be-
ing. What will suit you as tonic or sham
poo will not suit me, though l appear to
have exactly the same constitution, the
same color hair and the same condition of
scalp. Each woman has to experiment until
she finds out what agrees with her. She can
not take a hair shampoo or hair tonic
merely on recommendation any more than
she can take a friend because some one
else enthuses over her. So, by giving you
list of shampoos and tonics each reader
will be able to find something satisfactory
to herself. In judging your tonic or sham
BOO you must recollect your past expert
ence with the different ingredients, borax,
for. instance. or ammonia or egg. If these
things did not agree with your scalp try
another formula. Where the formulas give
large amounts. cut down all the ingredients
to the same ratio and have just enough
made up for one trial. Here are the sham
poos:
X
Shampoo for Ordinary Condition of the
Scalp-White CASTLE SOAP in shavings. one
ounce; water, "a ounces; potassium carbo-
nate 30 grains; borax, 120 grains; cologne
water, ounces; bay rum. 2 ounces. Dis
solve the soap in the water. add the other
ingredients Rub well into the roots. Rinse
thoroughly in several waters. Then dry
carefully.
rain water (hot). ounce Of rosemary spir-
It's Beat the mixture thoroughly up and use
It warm. rubbing 1t well into the skin Of
the head. Rinse in several waters.
Shampoo for Very Oily Hair-Ammonium
carbonate, 40 grains; potassium carbonate,
Is ounce; tincture Of cantharides, drains;
water, ounces; bay rum, ounces. Dis
solve the salts In the water ana add the
other ingredients. Rub well into the roots.
Rinse thoroughly in several waters.
About this time Of the year every woman
begins to look askance at her brown arms
and neglected hands: Desplts irequent
they ever so pink; they shine on freckled
and brown fingers and regular bleaching
process must be begun before the hands are
white enough for the winter campaign. All
bleaches strong enough to take the two
months tan off the arms contain bichlorlde
of merucry. as my readers know. Bichlo-
ride of mercury Is poison. Tne formula
for blea containing this ingredient has
been given in these columns before. and Is
as I say, to my mind the 'only satisfactory
bleach Almost any drug store Will put you
whitener and will label 1t poison" and II
you keep the bottle out of the way of chill
dren and ignorant people, there is no rea-
son why you should not make use OF 1t.
However. for those people who want some
thing miider, and to whom even the name
of poison on the bottle suggests instant
death, give a whitener for hands. 1t can
be applied at night and left on during the
day, either on hands or arms:
Sweet and bitter almonds, blanched and
pounded into a PASTE $50 grams each; lem
on juice, 60 grams; sweet milk. 10 grams:
sweet almond oil, 80 grams; brandy, $50