Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-16
CYNTHIA GREYS
LETTERS


LETTERS
Dear Miss Grey: troubled with black
heads. Please suggest a cream which will
help. II dieting would do any good please
tell what to eat. UNHAPPY.
A.-Eat one egg day. Also green peas.
lima. white and kidney beans raw nuts, we'll
chewed. and you will not need meat. Eat
fresh fruits and vegetables freely.
Wash the face once day with CASTLE soap
Suds. Rinse with clear cold water. Do not
pinch the skin. Use the following lotion
daily: Precipitate sulphur, part; alcohol,
one part; rose water, five parts; distilled wa
ter, five parts.
Dear Miss Grey: Please give recipe for
making limewater for a four-month old baby.
SUBSCRIBER.
Alt is cheaper and easier to buy It at a
drug store. Ten cents worth will last several
days. To make It, if you prefer to do so.
and drop them into two-quart fruit Jar. Cover
with water. After allowing this to stand
over night. strain through fine muslin into bot
ties. Use this In milk other foods or dilute
with equal parts of pure water.
Dear Miss Grey: I cut out the letter from
the woman who was tempted to the street, and
the answer to her. and sent to a friend think
ing good might he done. But my friend
only laughed and said the letters were both
written by the editor to help fill up the pa
per. Is this correct? SEEKER.
A.-The letter was written by woman who
sincere in her desire for help, and sent
to the editor, unsigned, save by the words Lost
Patience"
Dear Miss Grey: % What will take fly
specks off brass chandeliers and rodsl 90
What will clean brass bird cagel (3)
Should all ferns be repotted in the fall.
ANXIOUS r.
A.-u) Clean with lemon and salt. then
relacqupr them. ~ Wipe with soft dry cloth.
Directions which usually accompany bird cages
tell never to use water on them go Not
/ necessarily
Dear Miss Grey: 1 hear that peroxide IS
bleaching. VIII it injure the face II used for
tan and sunburn? n. p.
Alt is not good for sunburn.
Dear Miss Grey Please suggest an appro-
pirate suit or coat for boat and rail trip-a
jaunty coat or suit OF good appearance, but not
100 expensive. CLARA.
q. A.-Personsly. like full-length half fit
| ting coat Of blue or black serge for travelling.
! One can always match 1t later in skirt II a
skirt Is needed.
Dear Miss Grey: am keeping company
with a man from out of town, whom like very
much His brother wishes to go with me
| while he Is away. Do You think IT wrong
/ for me 10 go with him7 VIOLET.
I
1 the other man, there might be some question,
! but even then he would indicate very self
1 ish spirit II he objected.
| Sarah j." and ''Mrs. z. c. wish to know
! of something which will make the bust more
i firm. Try daily alternate hot and cold APP
plcations to the bust Use of faradc current
OF electricity daily is good A home battery
| bandage. Massage vigorously daily, working
| tissue constantly upward.
Dear Miss Grey: a. VIII pumice stone
| take tie hair off the face and neck II l use 1T
| frequently? (2) have lot of hair on my
face. what will it cost to have it removed
| and straight. What Will make fluffy and
fine. a. What is the stone for September
X. Y. X.
A-(1l Yes, and the skin also. (2l Consult
and curly. but you can make 1t fluffy by
! ehempooing thoroughly every other Week, and
| giving II an occasional dry shampoo with tai
cum powder. a. Sapphire. Poppy is the
flower.
| Dear Miss Grey: The joints Of my big toe'
| pain and turn red and swell. but when / weal
old shoes the swelling goes down. What can
| dor MARY E. X.
/ A.-The irritation may develop into bunons
unless you are careful. Take a hot foot bath
/ three times a week-as hot as you can bear for
five minutes, then plunge feet into cold water
! times. Wear a pad between your large and
next toes 70 push large one ont: wear shoe'
| which are wide across the toes. Avoid excessive
| standing walking.
| Dear Miss Grey: Suppose man is In icv.
| with a girl with whom he has been correspond
! ing but has refraned on account Of her youth
| and the fact that she IL not through school
| to tell her tht he loved her-would It be dis
honorable to try to win her after che has
| promised another! READER.
|
swer this question, so consulted an honorable
married man and an honorable bachelor. They
! both advise you TO go ahead and win the girl
II you can. They claim tht "All's fair In love
and war" ANXIOUS.
Dear Miss Grey: a. Please tell me how to
! make penochie. ~ Is II right for girl OF
| II to have young men callers? ANXIOUS.
Al Cook three cups light brown sugar
| with one cup milk. When It has cooked enough
to make soft. firm ball when dropped into
cold water. add teaspoon butter. Remove
from fire flavor with vanilla and add cup
Of broken pecans or other nut meats. Turn
out on we'll CREASED pan and crease into squares.
| - If her mother is willing
Dear Miss Grey: ~ Is il wrong for Gen
| tile girl to 20 with a Jewish boy? t2l Is II
proper for a girl to give boy a PRESENT when
they not engagedf A. b. g.
A.-O No. (2) No.
Dear Miss Grey: How can one put mp en-
cumber pickles they viii be green and
crisp? HOCSEkEEPEh.
A-Pour over them 8 gallon OF boiling water
in which half a teaspoon alum water has been
dissolved. Let remain half an hour; then pour
off and proceed in usual way to can them.
Dear Miss Grey: What Is the most appro-
pirate time Of day to serve silver Wedding
supper. and what Is nice TO serve? MRS. B.
AT $40 p. m. Boulllon with waters.
fried chicken. creamed potatoes. escalloped
corn, hot tea biscuit, salad, silver cake and
: an ice.