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make it rather thin, (about 1 oz.). Let stand open all night, then bottle for use. 

 Directions — Wet the bangs with this mixture at bed time, and twist or curl 

 the bangs upon the forehead, as desired ; then put over a bit of lace, or a gauze 

 band (French bandeau), to keep it in position till dry, or rather, till morning; 

 then remove the bandeau, and pull the crimps out with the fingers until 

 they are soft and fluffy." It does not injure the hair, nor will the bandoline of 

 quince seeds above. It will not come out, even in damp weather. If there is any 

 gum on the hair, rub it off with the fingers, and if it looks dull, touch the fin- 

 gers to a little of the glycerine and rose-water dressing above, and pass them 

 lightly over the hair to give it a shiny appearance. 



Hair Curling Liqiiid. — Salt of tartar (which is carbonate of potassa), 

 J^ oz., aqua ammonia and cologne, each, 1 dr. ; glycerine, J^ oz.; alcohol, 1 3^ 

 ozs., distilled or pure soft water, 1 pt. If you wish it to have color, add %d.T. 

 of powdered cochineal. Shake daily for a week, and filter, or strain. Direc- 

 tions — To use it, moisten the hair with it and adjust it loosely, as it dries 

 it shows its tendency to curl ; then run the fingers through it to lighten it up, 

 as you desire. 



1. COSMETICS FOR THE PACE.— For a very fine one, (see 

 face wash), Mrs. Chase's following treatment of pimpled face, etc.: Put flake 

 white, 3^ oz., in bay rum and water, each 2 ozs., and applied after shaking, 

 to the face, with a piece of soft flannel, and when dry, wiped or rubbed off 

 where too much white shows, is excellent. But I have much faith in the old 

 lady's only cosmetic, given next below: 



2. An Old Lady's Only Cosmetic. — "The only cosmetic I have 

 used," said an old lady, " is a flannel wash-cloth. For forty years I have bathed 

 my face every night and morning with clear water as hot as I can bear it, using 

 for the purpose a small square of flannel, renewed as often as it grows thick 

 and felt-like. My mother taught me to do this, as her mother had done before 

 her. No soap nor powder, nor glycerine even, has touched my face, and this 

 is what my skin is at 60," she finished, touching with pardonable pride a cheek 

 whose peachy bloom and fine soft texture gave effective emphasis to the recipe. 

 — Harper's Bazar. 



Remarks. — This bathing of the face and neck with tlie hot water every 

 night and morning, with a good rubbing with the fiannel, certainly brings the 

 blood to the surface, and what is there so nice as the beautiful carnation of a 

 lady's cheek and lips, who has never spoiled God's beautiful arrangement for 

 this beauty with pinky powders, or the swarthy liquids, in her attempt to outdo 

 nature's handiwork. The pale and sickly may be excused for trying to imitate 

 it, but the healthy and naturally beautiful, cannot be excused in their attempts 

 to beat it. It cannot be done, no matter how skillfully it may be tried. 



Hair to Bleach, or Color a Blonde.— "A. L. B." of Paragon, Ind., 

 says to the Blade: Please give a recipe for coloring the hair a blonde. I have 

 tried a good many things and have not succeeded ; to which they gave the fol- 

 lowing: Mix in 10 ozs. of distilled water (pure rain water will do; but drug- 

 gists keep distilled water, and it costs but little), acetate of iron and nitrate of 



