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soft bmsh to the roots of the hair every night; it should be tried for a month 

 at the least, before any improvement can be expected. 



(5) Put one pound of unadulterated honey into a still, with three hand- 

 fhls of the tendrils of vine and the same quantity of rosemary tops. Distill 

 as cool and as slowly as possible. The liquor may be allowed to drop till it 

 tastes sour. 



(6) To prevent the hair from falling out apply once a week a wash made 

 of one quart of boiling water, one ounce of pulverized borax and half au 

 ounce of powdered camphor. Bub on with a sponge or a piece of flannel. 



(7) Take a piece of saltpetre the size of a hickory nut, and put in a quart 

 of water, and wet the head daily. 



To Soften the Hands. — (1) To 8oft«n the hands, fill a wash-basin half 

 full of fine, white sand and soap suds as hot as can be borne. Wash the 

 hands in this five minutes at the time, washing and rubbing them in the 

 sand. The best is the fiint sand, or the white, powdered quartz sold fur 

 filters. It may be used repeatedly by pouring the water away after each 

 washing, and adding fresh to keep it from blovring about Rinse in warm 

 lather of fine soap, and, atter drjing, rub them with dry bran or commeal. 

 Dust them, and finish with rubbing cold cream well into the skin. This 

 eflfectually removes the rougluiesa caused by housework, and should be 

 used everj- day, first removing ink or vegetable stains with acid. 



(2) Soap is an indispensable article for cleansing hands, but it often 

 leaves the skin rough; cracks on the hands come, and soap is often unpleas- 

 ant. Use honey, rub it on when the skin is dry; moisten a little, rub harder, 

 use a little more water; finally wash tlioroughly and your hands will bo as 

 clean as though the strongest soap were used, and no cracks or roughness 

 will annoy you. 



(3) Keep a dish of Indian meal on the toilet stand near the soap, and rub 

 tho meal freely on thre hands after soaping them for washing. It will sur- 

 prise you, if you have not tried it, to find how it will cleanse and soften the 

 skin, and prevent chapping. 



(4) Before retiring take a large pair of gloves and spread mutton tallow 

 inside, also all over the hands. Wear tho gloves all night, and wash the 

 hands with olive oil and white castile soap the next morning. 



(5) After cleansing the hands with soap, rub them well with oatmeal 

 while still wet. Honey is also very good, used in the same way as lemon- 

 juice, well rubbed in at night. 



To Whiten the Hands.— (1) Keep some oatmeal on the washstand, 

 and, as often as the hands are washed, rub a Uttle oatmeal over them; then 

 rinse it off, and, when dry, put on a little bit of pomade, made as follows: 

 Take aboiit five cents' worth each of white wax, spermaceti, and powdered 

 camphor, and olive oil enough to make it the thickness of soap; put it in a 

 galhpot, and let it stand in an oven to melt; mix it up, and, when cold, it 

 ^vill be found very good for the hands. Gloves, worn either in the day or 

 night, will help to keep the hands white. 



(2) A cake of brown Windsor soap scraped into thin flakes, and then 

 mixed with a tablespoonful of eau de cologne, and a tablespoonful of lemon 

 juice, is said to make a useful preparation for this purpose. There is 

 nothing injurious to the skin in the composition. YSTien the soap has been 

 thoroughly blended with the lemon juice and eau de cologne, it should 

 be pressed into a mold — one made of cardboard in the form of a aiuaU 



