The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
Beauty Chats
 By EDNA KENT FORBES
ANSWERED A LETTERS.

Mtlriel; Brown Eyes; Low; Blanche; J. D. H.; Brownie; Louise; c. B.; Dis couraged-Skin troubles that cannot be cured by external treatment are: Pimples, bIaclkheads, whiteheads and a number of eruptions not so preva- lent as these. The most common trouble is pimpIes-and blackheads follow inevitably.
 the blood which, not being shrown off in normal fashion, must be gotten rid of through the pores of the skin. The poisons are formed because food fer ments in the stomach or because the elimination of the body is tnsufffcienE, so the blood which goes all over the body comes in contact with and ao- corbs poisonous matter. Cure the df- and pimp1es will disappear. There are various ways of bringing this to pass.
 You can eat less, or you can eat foods which do not tax the system. Avoid starches which cause fermenta-- ton and everything rich, sweet and heavy. Eat planty of fruit and fresh vegetables. Or you can take agar flake form. Take a teaspoonful a day mixed win your food drink with water. It does not digest but forms a soft mass inside of the stomach which passes on through the intes- tines, pushing ahead of it all waste and poisonous matter. You can take | a tablespoonful of mineral oil instead | of this or you can take from one to also are laxative and purify dhe blood. Externally, you may dry up ptm- ples, by covering them with small bits of cotton saturated with a mixture of equal parts of alcohol and ether, with two tablespoonsful of powdered sul- phur to every half pint. This must l be shaken well before being used. Boractc acid dusted over these erup- tions will often heal them also. After you have cleared the syssem | of its poisonous waste, blackheads and the following powder may be used in place of a soap. This is made by mixing together two ounces of corn starch, one ounce of powdered | borax and one punch of almond meal | Hold hos, wet cloths over face, then take a little powder on the fingers and rub thoroughly into the wet skin; repeat until you have used quite bit of the powder. which the skin readily absorbs. Wash out with hot water and massage in a little cold cream. | Miss Edna S.-BIeach the skin of your forehead by rubbing into it each night the juice from cucunlbers. l Anxious-A girl of Is years, height
 four feet II inches. should weigh abOut 1o5 pounds.
 c. R.-Egyp:ian henna is not dye | shade to the hair, It is a tonic for the hair and this tendency 1t has of | coloring, serves a double purpose
 when 1t is possible to have that shade 1 of hair however. this very fact must limit it's use as there are only certain | types that can combine this shade with their compilations. 1t wall not | iniure the hair In any way and if you stop using it, you will find the grey l hair will be Just as attractive as it
 had been before using the henna-. To
 make then air black would require a dye.
 All inquiries addressed to Miss l Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats 1 ldepartmenS will be answered in these columns in their turn, This requires considerable time. however, ewing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply is desired, a stamped and addressed envelope
 must be enclosed with the question: The Editor.
 Umbrellas numbering 10000 were left n the Paris Underground Railway last year.
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