The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
HELENE vALEAU's ANSWERS.


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Dear Miss Naleau: Please tell me
how to make salad dressing-V. w. O.
l viii tell you just how ! make it. /
put the vinegar i'm pint bowl that lust
fits the top Of my teakettle, mix sugar,
salt and mustard together, and stir into
the vinegar. Cover, and let it get real
boiling hot before | stir in the milk and
egg, and then keep stirring till it thick
ems, which ought not to take over fif-
teen minutes. If il don't thicken next,
time. wet one-fourth teaspoon of corn
starch i'm very little milk and stir it
in. l sometimes do when | want ii ex-
ira thick.
w. N.-The red veins in your nose
show congestcd condition hard TO
overcome. To relieve the redness an
ply lotion containing 20 grains of tam
mic acid and one ounce of glycerine
Battle the nose with the lotion night
and morning.
A. S.-YOur scalp should have mas
sage every night. A little olive oil
rubbed into the scalp viii be beneficial.
This oil takes the place of the natural
output Of the sebaceous glands, which
are not doing their duty. If YOU wear
4 heavy rat ii viii be difficult for YOU
to get your scalp in good condition.
Rats overhead and irritate the scalp.
and they often are the cause of prema-
ture grayness.
J. s. N.-If you want a good tonic
for oily hair, containing quinine, try
this: Eight grains of sulphite of qui-
nine, one and one-half drains OF tine
ture Of rhatany, one and one-half
ounces Of spirits of lavender. one-half
ounce Of glycerine and eight ounces of
alcohol. Apply it to the scalp every
night with a tiny brush, rubbing it in
well with the finger tips.
S. G. M.-If the flesh that surrounds
the nail is not kept loose hang nails
will come. These are made by the
stripping away of tiny bits of skin
around the nail. and they frequently
become sore and painful. They should
be trimmed carefully as close to the
skin as possible Small. curved scis-
sors are best for this purpose. Hang
nails can be avoided, however if, as
YOU clean the nails, you see that the
edge Of the little pocket in which the
nail rests is kept free 1t should be
loosened and kept loose by means of
an orangeWOod stick or the blunt point
Of a nail cleaner
:. does the electric needle slim
ulate the tiny hairs on the lin which
do not show at first. so that they grow
and develop after the coarse hairs have
been removed? | fOolishly allowed a
woman to put some sort of prepara-
ton on my arms to take off the hair.
OF course / was obliged to use it again
and again, and it made the growth
coarse and longer. NV arms are sim
ply impossible now and | am so morti-
lied about them. l know l canno tget
entirely rid Of the growth. but I must
tind some preparation which will at
least help"
The electric current destroys the root
of the hair and it can grow no more
Each hair removed cannot reappear if
the hair follicle is destroyed
T. M.-Both buttermilk and lemon
juice are better for taking off tan than
the bleach, which removes the skin
while taking off freckles. Squeeze the
juice from lemon into half a glass of
water and apply with a soft cloth sew
eral times a day: always use cold cream
afterwards. Fresh buttermilk used as
II il were water takes off tan better
than anything that is known 1t should
he freely applied and allowed to dry
ON. Cucumber cold cream or the Gu
cumber juice also is good for this pur-
pose. Slice the cucumberS, peel and all.
and simmer until they can be pressed
through sieve: then add a little al
eohol and use frequently.