The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-03-21
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mar Miss Valeau: Is peroxide CT
,ls-agen good for the hands. Please
me some advice about my hands.
A. G.. salt Lake.
B,royide of hydrogen whitens the
a., INIT also dries out all the natural
me if used TOO freely. Any druggist
.u nut up "A solution the proper
..rsngth for the purpose, and it may
rnbhed in and allowed to dry on
s,sr the pleasing. The latter is per
ans the most important: where the
ends are badly stained, rough and call
used lemon juice, fresh lard, vase
ros olive oil, a toilet pumice, a good
.oH brush. a cake of fine toilet soap,
.sne oatmeal and lots of cold cream
should always be kept ready.
The lard viii soften the arime: rub
q. IN and let stay ten minutes: then
nsr warm water, soap and the brush;
@tFs CRIME still remains repeat. rinse
.ri dry and examine the hands fer
-,i7s. use the half of cut lemon,
rfi.h viii usually take these off; if
-6t solution of oXalic acid kept iii a
snail vial may be used, sbut should b.
and roughens. Then fill the hands with
white vaseline, rubbing it in well; wash
o+ with warm water, s0aD and the
b-psh: rub any callous place with The
toilet pumice: soak the nails ten min
MES i'm a spoonful of warm olive oil:
then I'm a little clean, warm Suds and
manicure the nails while soft; fill The
hands with cold cream and wash
again. using the almond meal: rub in
an the paste the skin will absorb and
nut on the gloves; you will find there
will be q decided improvement next
morning.
All this need be done only once a
week every night the hands should be
thoroughly cleansed with almond meal
and warm water used with a good
brush; rinsed and the paste rubbed in.
Never cut the nail away too closely
at the sides; if there is nothing left to
prevent. the flesh viii always grow too
thick there and hang nails form. File
round, but not too close, and use scis-
sors only when absolutely needed to
cot off small particles adhering to skin.
White spots on the nails show where
they have been bruised, and this comes
usually from severe pressure at the
base in using the stick to push back
the flesh. If the nails are softened in
warm olive oil the stick may be used
much easier: vaseline is also excellent
iU hardening the nails so they will
moi be brittle and bend or break too
easily. Use the brush to remove dirt
under the nails. never a sharp instru-
meGt
ana q constant reader of your paper |
'lr the past three years. Have been |
greatly benefited by your remedies. |
Please tell me how to treat stubby, too |
curly stubborn hair, and something to |
make II Grove. NJ. Park City.
Brushing is the very best method to 4
reduce both the stubby. stiffness and |
stubbornness of short, too curly hair. |
Use a brush with stiff. but not hard
5rStles and count the strokes, giving |
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The hair from the forehead back to the /
nape Of the neck. Use egg yolk for |
The shampoo. which will tend 10 soften /
The texture and make the hair grow. |
Noisten the whole head with sage tea /
before brushing every night To pre-
pare the tea steep a teaSpoonful of gar
den sage in q cup OF boiling water until
cola; strain and use a small sponge to
wet the hair all over; I know nothing
J1at gives the hair such lively nat
gral gloss and makes it so pliable
Write me how this succeeds: the tea
'Al induce new growth also. Al
ways be careful to rinse the egg out
thoroughly I'm many waters
::
flease send formulas and tell me the
tHeFence between cold cream and skin
-eol' Have used your dandruff lotion
WIN success.-Nellie D.. Ogden.
lolu cream sOftens and cleanses the
SAIL by filling the too coarse pores with
d clean substance in place Of the usual
oust and dirt, skin food nourishes the
inner tissues and so prevents sagging
o. me muscles and loss of outline.
DSe cold cream several times daily,
specially before going out of doors in
..Nay weather, apply freely, then wipe
any S1pcrhuity and dust with pow
lsI which almost gives the effect of an
-aaIAel TO protect the skin. Use the
pm. n.. 1000 only at night after softening
CIV washing the skin with plenty of
.ella water and good soap, and let it
,, IMAM OBJ an night. using cold water
''.'ooJ soap in the morning.
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I.saso tell me how TO use the toilet
. re.9iae and let me- say that have
ra-l me egg for shampooing for the
sas, TWO years and cannot be persuad-
''N 70 use soap on my hair.
.. WISH 10 compliment you on the
r .,l. answers given in your depart
- ~, W.. Eureka.
,tt 'oi.e. pumice is applied with a
.-.. A soft ather and should be used
Gay for satisfactory results.
s,- .e.! much obliged for such a nice
r,-. lss'on of appreciation of my de- {
4, as well as to have You tell /
IA soa like the egg shampoo, which l
every body would adopt y
Whitening the Teeth. {