The Washington herald., 1921-12-28
BEAUTY ANSWERS
By ANToINETrE DoNNELLY.

the contents. They do not recur
as persistently as blackheads, and
local care of the skin will prevent
further trouble. 1 have little
booklet, on care of the complexion
which I'll be happy to send to you
IL you will send me a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
Bertha NJ: 1t is hard for me to
advise what style of hairdressing Is
best for you. never having laid an
eye on you. Suppose you study the
contour of your face. Study pictures
of lovely women, magazine cover
girls, and lovely girl lads" for IDEAS
on hairdressing, and wheuyou find
way you think right, practice that
style until you perfect it. But re-
member always the basis of a lovely
couture is clear. well brushed hair.
Miss Josephine B.: Yours is some
thing for a physician to diagnose.
would not nor could not recon-
mend anything for fits
Agnes: Don't use ammonia on
the hair. Imakes it too brittle
and dry. Nlittie borax used occa-
sionally won't do any harm. how
| ever.
Mrs. ]. X: You cannot go on an
orgy at the end of the week because
you have dieted the earlier part
That means Monday a. m. You begin
all over again, or, in other words,
you are right back to starting point,
nothing gained and nothing lost. But
since you've discovered all that for
yourself. why should / preach to
you unless il is because I'm Nying
to show me authority" Here's
hoping for the grace of firmer
abstinence for you at the end of
this week.
Chary: The exercises / sent to
you are to be practiced. not with
a view to seeing how long you can
endure them. but to be done only as
long as you are comfortable. The
suppleness will come with repeated
daily effort. Begin gradually. say
five minutes morning and night,
then in a few days make it ten
minutes, then up to fifteen and
Twenty.
Unhappy: Some people are thin
through exhaustion from overwork
some have blood poverty. or suffer
from indigestion. or do not eat
enough, or in eating enough in
quantity, give no heed to the quail
ity they should consume, A cup OF
coffee, an egg, and a roll would be
sufficient for the plump member OF
the family, but the underweiEht
one should take instead of cup
of coffee two parts milk and one
part coffee. and a great deal of but
ter on her toast. She should take
three good meals a day. with a cup
of cocoa or glass of milk between
meals, and bread plentifully spread
with butter. She should add butter
to her oatmeal, extra swabs of 1t on
her potatoes and other vegetables
Eat sweets at the end of the meal
Then, with moderate exercise, deep
breathing, sleeping eight hours In
fresh air, and, II possible. a fifteen
minute siesta during the day, she
is soon a nice, rosy little creature
with much more laughter in her
eyes than before.
Mede: Think I'll have to start
a hair bzrushing contest one of
eral use of the hairbrush and incl
dentally patch up a whole lot of diff
ferences between departing hairs
and careless sca1ps. Primarily the
health of the body is reflected in the
hair. 1t losses life and luster when
the system is run down or suffering
disease. But when the average, in
dividual with normal health suffers
hair trouble, 1t invariably may be
traced to neglect to stimulate cir
culation in the scalp. 1t is just the
same thing as allowing the body
to degenerate through lack of ex-
ercise and air. allowing the system
to become polluted with poison from
constipation The brushing is exer-
else for the scalp, and at the same
time II eleanses it of dust and CRIME
and dirt from which springs all
manner of hair troubles. The
brushing stimulates the blood ves-
sells that nourish the hair; it stimu-
lates the sebaceous glands to activ-
ity, and distributes the fat thereof.
So get out the hairbrush tonight
and apply 1t for five good round
full minutes, and again in the MORN
ing, and keep that up for one solid
month. and I'll wager you will have
a better looking head of hair than
| you have had in years.
Editha: Lime water is a good
| mouth rinse: in fact. one of
the best. 1t keeps the dirt of the
| teeth and the teeth grow stronger
and moye beautiful IL it is used
daily. Pour a little of it into a
| glass and, taking some in the
mouth, force it back and forth be-
tween the teeth with the aid of the
tongue and cheeks until II foams.
Then spit 1t out and rinse the mouth
with plain water. II the lime water
is too strong add some plain water.
but gradually learn to use it full
strength by adding less plain water
| each day.
| Pareese. For the watch test the
average size watch should be heard by
the normal ear Of young person at
forty to fifty inches. At thirty inches
the hearing Is fair. As age advances
the watch hearing distance gradually
diminishes. However, I would suggest
you 70 to an ear specialist, as ear