The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-15
CREAMS AND LOTIONS
NONE BETTER THAN ONES USED
BY OUR GRANOMOTHERS.
Composed CT Simple, inexpensive In
credients. Trey Wcr.led Wonders
In the Way of Eoautifyine-
Recipes Hanaed Down.

DO YOU remember the book OF re-
cipes that you grandmother or great
grandmother used 10 ..eep on the
kitchen shelf? Among the many writ
ten in the book, in the small even
handwriting so common III those days,
we're recipes for creams and j., ions
and ointments that We never hear
anything about today.
Some of the bs st creams ever CON-
pounded were those our grandnothers
made out of simple hoinely things that
really did wonders i'll the way Of beau
tifying OF course, our grandmothers
did not know everything and we mod
erns have some improvements On the
old-time remedies, but others have
never been improved upon.
One Of the simplest OF their toilet
preparations WIS the clover cream"
of early colonial days. This recipe
called for one ounce OF pure mutton
tallow, which WAS to be put in q bowl
set in 4 pan Of boiling water A sprig
of sweet clover. lightly bruised and
simmered In the tallcw for Is minutes,
gave the mixture the special quality
which made the charm After remov-
ing It from the fire. teaspoonful Of
rosewater was added and one drop
Of Altar Of Roses. The whole was
stirred gently with a silver fork. IN
til perfectly cold. when It was pour
ed into empty eggshells, to complete
the dainty toilet requisite.
Another recipe which has come
down from early times, calls for two
ounces OF mutton tallow and a half
ounce Of strained honey, melted with
Z half ounce OF white wax and with
rose gcranium leaf simmered with
the other ingredients A generous
pinch of baking soda and half ounce
of rosewa,er were added after remov-
Ing from the fire. and all stirred stead
lily until cool.
An excellent bleach, which was In
common use a century ago, was made
from an old French formula. A quart
OF unskimmed milk was allowed to
stand In a warln place until it thick
ened and was then set over the fire
and brought to the boiling point. Aft
er being carefully strained q large
green cucumber was sliced into the H.
quid and the whole was again boiled
until soft, pulpy mass resulted. This
was again strained and left for an
hour to cool when it was poured care
fully into bottle and the settings
thrown away A Tablespoonful of alc0-
hol was added and 20 drops of the
tincture of benzoin. with any perfume
desired. The lotion Was applied at
night, after washing tho face, and al
lowed to dry into the skin, when It
was followed by careful amounting
with the clover cream.
Two Of the most widely used bleach
Ing preparations of the Olden time
were the following: Six sprigs Of tho
young leaves Of white tansy laid to
soak In a pint Of buttermilk for nine
days added greatly to the bleaching
properties of the buttermilk. which
was used to remove tan; the second
recipe required freshly dug and grated
horseradish roots to be- mixed with
buttermilk in the proportion OF ia.
blespoOnful TO cup of the milk. and
was allowed to stand for "a hours.
This remedy was said to bleach of the
most obstinate tan that could be ac-
cumulated
Copyright. 1913. 10y Universal Press Syn
dicatc.)