The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-31
CREAMS AND LOTIONS
NONE BETTER THAN ONES USED
BY OUR GRANDMOTHER.
Composed Of Simple, inexpensive In
gradients, They Worked Wonders
In the Way Of Beautifyino-
Recipes Handed Down.

DO you remember the book Of re-
cipes that you grandmother or great.
grandmother used to keep on the
kitchen shelf? Among the many writ.
ten in the book. in the small even
har dwrtng so common In those days.
We're recipes for creams and lotions
and ointments that we never hear
anything about today
Some Of the best creams ever CON-
pounded were those our grandmothers
made out of simple. homely things that
really did wonders in the way Of beau
tifying OF course, our grandmothers
did not know everything. and we mod
ems have some improvements on the
oldtime remedies, but others have
never been improved upon.
One of the simplest of their toilet
preparations was the clover cream"
Of early colonial days. This recipe
called for one ounce Of pure mutton
tallow, which was to be put In bowl
set In pan of boiling water. A sprig
Of sweet clover, lightly bruised and
simmered In the tallow 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, un.
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 q half
ounce Of strained honey. melted with
. half ounce Of white wax and with
q rose geranium leaf simmered with
the other ingredients. A generous
pinch Of baking soda and q half ounce
Of rosewater were added after remov.
Ing from the fire. and all stirred stead.
lily until cool.
An excellent bleach, which was In
common use century ago, was made
from an old French formula. A quart
Of unskimmed milk was allowed to
stand In a warm place until It thick.
ened and was then set over the fire
and brought to the boiling point. Att.
Or being carefully strained Q large
green cucumber was sliced into the II.
quid and the whole was again boiled
until . soft, pulpy mass resulted. This
was again strained and left for an
hour to cool, when II was poured care.
fully into . bottle and the settlings
thrown away. A tablespoonful Of alco.
hol was added and 20 drops Of the
tincture OF benzoin, with any perfume
desired. The lotion was applied at
night, after washing the face, and al.
lowed to dry into the skin, when 1t
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 the
young leaves Of white tansy laid to
soak In 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 q 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 &C.
cumulated.
Copyright 1913. by Universal Prsss Syn.
dicate.)