The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-17
HELENE YALEAu,s ANSWERS.

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already familiar with her ability. Miss
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Will spare no pains in seeing that their
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Dear Miss Valeau:
VIII you please tell me in your coll
umn what 20 do for q very yellow neck
and something for my face. which has
little spots of yellow on each side? A
little hair is beginning to show on my
face and lip and my forehead is fun OF
lines. A COUNTRY Girl.
You will kind the following a SPLEEN
did recipe for face and neck bleach:
Pure oxide ond zinc, ounce; glyrerine.
J dram; rosewater, ounces: essence
" lose. Is drops
Sift the zinc, dissolve il in lust
enough of the rosewater to cover #
then add the glycerine: next. the re-
mainder of the rosewater. Shake well,
and apply with soft sponge or an
hnliSepLiC GduEe.
have dark circles around my eyes
and would like to know how to get rid
Of them, for they are annoying
Massage is good for the black circles
under the eyes, the despair of bru-
nettes. which are due oftentimes TO
lack Of proper circulation OF the blood.
though when il occurs naturally, as In
people with dark compilations. il is
caused by a certain thinness of the
skin. You may easily massage I'll.
skin around your eye yourself, With
the thumb and forefnger of each hassd
take up tiny pinches of the skin and
with considerable pressure, bit by bit
go over the whole tissue underneath
the eyes. Massage Of the eyeballs will
prove beneficial. This should be gently
done by means of the foreflnger or the
middle finger or each hand applied to
the corresponding eyeball over the
closed lid. Begin at the middle and
gently, with q circular motion, pass
the fingers outward until the whole
eye has received the gentle rubbing
Little pressure should be eKerted on
tho eye, as il tends 70 hatten it
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I come to you for help for what
seems 70 me TO be a most distressing
trouble. My eyebrows are uneven and
meet over my nose MY eyes are pref
ty- but those horrible eyebrows give
me q fierce expression which is any
thing but pretty.
Try pulling out all the offending
hairs-those out of line and over the
nose. Then apply a weak ammonia to
the roots. This treatment may have to
be repeated several times. but the am
monia ia time viii kill the roots of the
hairs. Brush your eyebrows several
times a day with an eyebrow brush.
This will shape them nicely and mako
them smooth and glossy
" y VI
Mary. Salt Lake: Dry shampoos are
apt to clog the pores of the scalp and
leave the scalp and hair unduly dry A
good shampoo lotion is made by STIR
ring teaspoonful of cologne. table,
spoonful Of tincture Of green soap. and
a thoroughly beaten egg into a pint of
water. Use rain water If possible; if
not soften" the water by a pinch of
borax. Do not soften the rinse waters
The reason home shampoos are so sell
dom effective is because the soap is not
sufficiently rinsed out of the hair, or
more, until you are sure every particle
Of soap is out Of the hair.