Charlevoix county herald., 1914-08-29
Hints TO BEAUTY SEEKERS

An effectual way of relieving cal
loused' feet is to soak them every
night for at least fifteen minutes in
hot, soapy water. At the end of
that time, after drying, the hard
places are rubbed with a piece of
pumice stone, not the prepared kind,
but the stone in its rough condition.
Constant rubbing, night after night,
will greatly reduce the spots.
Through the day cushions or insoles
that are soft must be worn, and the
feet should be we'll covered with
penetrating grease to prevent .Ae
callouses hardening. Cold cream or
vaseline Is good. If this treatment
is continued daily for several weeks
the callouses will surely disappear.
1t is not possible to coax your skin
to lily whiteness by few days care.
However if you are willing to give
ten or fifteen minutes to it daily you
Will soon see a great Improvement in
it's contour and the texture and color
of the skin.
Excessive perspiration is frequent
ly caused by nervousness. When
bathing the body, dissolve small
piece Of ordinary washing soda in
the water After drying dust well
with a powder made of 105 grains
of salicylic acid, $50 grains of pow
dered boric acid. seven ounces of
powdered talcum.
Henna tea is made by sleeping an
ounce Of the dried and broken leaves
in boiling water for three-quarters
Of an hour and letting it stand
afterward over night. The next day
the tea is strained The hair must
be washed and thoroughly dried be-
fore the stain is applied. Drying
after the application is done in the
sun and the hair is again washed,
this time in clear water. Dry for
the second time in the sun.
A simple remedy for the removal
Of warts is as follows: Have your
druggist put up one dram of salicylic
acid and an ounce of collodion in
bottle which has a small brush run
through the cork. Apply this mix
ture to the warts twice a day until
they disappear Be sure that only
the warts are covered, not the sur
rounding skin.
A simple remedy for warts is to
rub the spot several times day with
table salt. This must be persistently
done for several weeks possibly lon
ger. according TO the depth Of the
wart. Moisten the warts first with
water, then sprinkle with salt, rub
bling it in, allowing it TO remain on
from five to ten minutes. Another
treatment is to apply kerosene three
or four times a day, rubbing it in
we'll; in time the warts will dry up
and drop off.
If you cannot have the moles re-
moved by a specialist, you might try
tying a strong white silk thread as
close to the root and as tightly as
possible. This stops the nourish-
ment given by the blood and the
mole gradually dries and drops OFF.
To make a simple cleansing lotion
take two tablespoonfuls Of oatmeal,
add to it a quart OF water, and boil
for fifteen minutes. Cool and strain
this and to the liquid add the juice
Of one large lemon and dessert
spoonful of pure alchol. Battle the
face in this and when you feel that
it is perfectly clean, pat it gently
with a cloth until dry.
If your feet burn and ache, wash
them every night in warm water in
to which a piece of common wash
ing soda has been dissolved, and be-
fore putting on your shoes in the
morning dust the feet with the fol
lowing powder: Twenty grams Vet
etian talcum powder, twenty grams
lycopodium powder, five grams pow
dered tannin, five grams boric acid,
ten drops essence of patchouli. Mis-
cry of the feet is self-infiicted. There
is no need for any one to have corns
when common sense and intelligence
are given a chance. The first thing
to do for corns is 70 relieve them or
all pressure. A perforated corn
plaster may be used or disk Of felt
or chamois with a hole in the cen
ter. The feet are soaked in hot wat
err and the corn picked out but no in
strument should be used which has
not been sterilized; that is by dip
ping in boiling water. A good lotion
for corns consists Of one dram OF
salicylic acid and one ounce of col
lodion.