The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

water and allowed to stand a few min
utes. Pour on the water and pound the
lettuce to q paste In an earthen bowl
or mortar. then strain through cheese
cloth. Melt the first ingredients in a
double boiler over very slow fire-do
not let them come TO a boil. just melt
them, then drop by drop add the lettuce
Juice, constantly beating the cream with
a fork until all the juice is added and
the cream perfectly smooth and cold.
Lavender Sachet .'owder-FiIl sachet
bags with this to scent your linen: Dried
lavender flowers (powdered). ten ounces
powdered benoin. three ounces: cypress
powder, six ounces. and oil Of Lavender.
one and one-half drachms. Cypress pow
der is made from reindeer moss. which
is carefully picked over and then re-
duced TO a powder. A delightful sachet
can be made Of the dried Lavender fiow-
ers alone, tied up in silkolene bags.
Lavender flowers dried and mixed with
a small quantity of Orris root and pow
dered cloves will keep moths away.
Liquid Strawberry Rouge.-This is a
delightful rouge to use. and entirely
harmless II should be applied with bit
Of absorbent cotton. Put three quarts of
very ripe Strawberries in fruit jar and
add to them l pint of distilled water.
Set this jar in a pan Of water over
about two hours. Then strain through d
fine sieve or cheesscIoth. Let II get cold.
then add the following ingredients: De-
odorized alcohol, L ounces; best Rus
sian isinglass (dissolved). , grains: pure
carmine, Is grains; altar OF. roses.
drops: oil of neron. drops. This should
be kept in a dark and cool place, and
always tightly cOrked.
French Face Powder.-Take six large
and very ripe yellow carrots and scrape
them into a bowl. Do likewise with
pink beetroOt. Put this in a bag and
squeeze out all the juice. Add TO this
about three ounces OF pure corn starch.
and expose it to the sun, stirring II oc-
casionaIly until the fluid has all evapo-
rated. You will find that the dry corn
starch is tinted a beautiful pink. Sift
this through fine gauZe and then add the
following ingredients: Powdered Venetian
tale. 90 grains: powdered lycopOdium.
800 grains; powdered berSamot. 10 grains.
and powdered bismuth. grains Sitt all
together once more and keep in d tiny
wooden box.
Aromatic Vinegar-Delightful 70 use in
your toilet water, also a most agreeable
disinfectant Excellent for relaxed It's
sues or coarse skin. Lavender flowers.
one ounce: fresh tops Of rosemary.
thyme. rue. sage. wOrmwOod. and mint.
three -fourths ounce OF each: Calamus.
one drachm Of each: camphOr. one
drachm: alcohol. two ounces; strong wine
vinegar. one quart The camphor gum
should be dissolved in the alcohol. then
add the herbs. the spices. and. lastly, the
vinegar Let it stand for about ten
days or two weeks strain through cheese
cloth.
Clickweed water-An old-fashioned
and harmless cure for obesity Gather
the fresh white-blossomed plant. and to
every six handfuls add one quart of
water Let it boil slowly for an hour.
In the bottom Of a stone pitcher have
several sticks Of licorice wood Ghis is
not necessary. but gives Good favor to
the drink. and pour over the hcoriCe
sticks the boiling tea. Add the sliced
peel Of a lemon. Drink three or four
glasses of the chiCkweed water. cold,
every day.
Aromatic Foot Bath-For tired. sensi-
tive feet. One ounce Of dried mint. one
ounce Of dried sage: three ounces Of
dried Angelica; One-half pound OF Juni-
per berries, and one pound Of ross mary
leaves Boil all these herbs in fve
quarts Of water for twenty minutes. Soak
the feet for about twenty minutes in
basin Of the herb water TO which a
goodly quantity Of the herb water has
been added.