The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1906-10-13

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IuIly. Write only on one side OF the
paper. Address letters to Miss Helene
Valeau, Intermountain Catholic.
Dear Miss Valeau
What is good for failing hair?
]. NJ, Salt Lake.
Half an ounce of camphor with one
ounce of boraX, dissolved in a quart of
water makes a very efficacious wash
Tor falling hair. Heat the water before
adding the camphor and borax, as this
will facilitate the dissolving of the in
gradients. Apply freely to the scalp
two or three times a week.
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Dear Miss Valeau
Please give me tonic that will help
scanty eyebrows.
SCHOOL GIRL.
tonic that is said to be excellent
for increasing the growth of the eye
brows is made of five grams of tincture
of rosemary, one gram of tincture of
cantharides. fifty grams of spirit of
camphor and fifty grams of plain CO.
logne. Mix and apply at night and
morning to the brows with a piece of
cotton. Be careful not to let any into
the eyes.
Dear Madame:
Please tell me what will prevent my
hair from turning gray.
MRS. S. Mex, Salt Lake.
If premature gray hair is hereditary
in your family it will be difficult, if not
impossible, to cure it, but you can try
rubbing a little lanoline and sulphur
into the roots of the hair. First mix
just enough powdered sulphur in the
lanoline to make it a stiff paste.
Dear Miss Valeau
Please give me some good recipe for
my hair MISS r., Salt Lake.
Alcohol invigorates the hair, but when
used by itself it is said to have a ten
dency to turn it gray. The following
excellent hair tonic is made of four
ounces of alcohol, one-half ounce of
tncture of cantharides, one-quarter of
dram of oil of lavender and one-quar-
Ter of a d. of oil of rosemary. Mix
the oils : , I'd the two other ingre-
dients. apply - the scalp at night,
with the lin II Ups, massaging vigor-
ously for ten minutes.
Dear Miss Vdleau:
How often would you advise a wo-
man who has freckles to use a cut LEM
on on her face? l use it daily, and my
skin is rough and red. I cannot put
on powder because it shows so plainly.
j. NJ. S, Ogden.
lltIlOll 10 d Asl W Gllcp NllC ofAlii IL hECO
clear: use it half and half. Wash it
off with clear, hot water, then rub
flesh food into your face. In few
days your skin will be smooth, SO that
you can use powder upon it.
Dear Miss Valeau:
What can / throw into the water so |
as to whiten and soften the hands |
Please do not tell me to use anything |
expensive, as 1 am working girl with
little money to spend on hand whiten-
ers. SARAH S. p, Bingham.
Take a handful of common oatmeal
finely ground, the kind you use on the
table. Throw it in a pint of hot water
at night. Next morning pour off the
water and use it on the hands. 1t VIII
tend to bleach and soften them. You
can be- regulated after one trial as to
the quantity of oatmeal required. A
cut lemon is good for blemishes of the
hands. But you probably will have to
use skin food afterwards.
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Dear Miss Valeau:
Is powder injurious to the skin?
have tried to use it, but it always
shows so that it can be seen across the
room. I would like to use it if l only
knew how. | have deep wrinkles in my
forehead and the powder looks terrible
when ii gets into them.
c. Nc, Denver
Massage your face first with hot wa
ter and then with wrinkle cream. will
mail you the formula for a good wrin-
kle cream which costs little indeed. You
can use it for your entire face. After
q few days your skin viii be so smooth
that the powder will not be visible. In
buying face powder be sure to get some
that is the color of your skin. If you
are dark do not try to use a blond
face powder.