Evening star., 1909-06-06

-vFRY woman wants to be beautiful,
r. but few can afford to spend much
- money for the various artifices re-
quired.
So for the economical, all those who
ere for their looks and do not mind a
little extra trouble for their preservation
| shall tell what can be done with the
simple things which lie at the door OF
home True, my recipes require some
times a little spending. but as the shep-
herd told the city child who wished to buy
the rainbow above his field, You cannot
buy rainbows for farthing piece" Still.
tie cost of the extras will be very little.
and when all the pretty charms" are la
beled and standing in row in neat
closet. think of the fun of telling an ad-
miring friend And l made them all my
self
What are the fundamental needs of
woman's secret toilet? The refreshing
and restoring bath. the fragrant toilet
water which sweetens the skin and closes
the pores against cold: the cold cream for
removing cosmetics and improving the
complexion. powder; rouge. Well, all of
these things except the bath water, OF
course, may he found In the following in
expensive materials-cucumbers, lettuce.
oatmeal. Strawberries, garden violets and
roses. in rice and potato flour So get out
the old crockery mortar which belonged
10 your grandmother. go a-huntlng the
hedge sweetness of the garden. examine
your pantry's stores and run the sewing
machine for an hour. This last to make
the hath bags.
Oatmeal bags are frequently used by
professional beautitiers in their nigh
nrired baths They whiten the skin and
give il a satin softness besides impart-
ing to il a delicious odor. Make a week
bags of cheese cloth in sizes to hold
loosely two cups of oatmeal, which is
mixed with other things in this way:
Oatmeal Bath Bags.
Oatmeal. .................-.........5 pounds
Florentine orris root tpowderedl-.1 pound
Almond meal. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pound
Old CASTLE soap scraped to
powder. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Il pound
Drop one of these bags in warm bath
moving it about till the water is milky
Take the bath in the afternoon or al
night
A fragrant water for the after rub
comes next and the punSent lavender
water which is popular is good and
most cheaply made.
For this add one fluid ounce OF oil ol
lavender to one pint of spirits OF ammo
mia: keep in tightly stoppered bottle
and before bottlinC let the mixture stand
several days, agitating the receptacle oc-
casionally.
A simple and delicious face powder may
be made in all the flower months by gath
ering any sweet biossoms-roses. violets
and iessamine are the choices-and bury
ing them in finely powdered rice or po
tato starch and orris root. in proportions
of one part of orris to three of starch
Renew the flowers every day for week
when the powder should be delightfully."-
perfumed.
The rice powder itself may also he
made at home, but as II is tedious WORK.
and the ''boughten' sort Is very cheap
consider spending a few pennies mere
The blush for my lady Is made OF
wberries-the sweet red and PM
things so excellent for the complexion as
we'll when eaten with milk and sugar. Sc
lect the reddest and ripest berries and
compose the bloom in this way:
Strawberry Blush.
Fresh, ripe straw berries. ........3 quarts
Distilled water. pm
Put these in fruit jar and place thai
in a saucepan of water over a low fire II
bubble for two hours Strain twice
through cheese cloth and when cold ado
Deodorized alcohol. II ounces
Russian iSinEiass dissolved 30 grain:
Pure carmlne. Id ~ dlI'
Oil of nerol. --...-..-.- Hfop
with absorbent cotton.
am. This can be made Of lettuce o.