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box, the size of a cake of soap, will answer the purpose — and allowed to dry 

 before it is tised. 



(3) Half an ounce of white wax, half an ounce of spermaceti, quarter of 

 an ounce of powdered camphor. Mix them with as much ohve oil as will 

 form them into a very stiff paste, and use as often as you wash your 

 hands. 



(4) Mixtures of two parts of glycerine, one part ammonia, and a little 

 rose water whiten and soften the hands. 



Pimples. — (I) It requires self-denial to get rid of pimples, for persons 

 troubled with them will persist in eating fat meats and other articles of food 

 calculated to produce them. Avoid the use of rich gravies, or pastry, or 

 anything of the kind in excess. Take all the out-door exercise you can and 

 never indulge in a late supper. Retire at a reasonable hour, and rise early 

 in the morning. Sulphur to purify the blood may be taken three times a 

 week — a thimbleful in a glass of milk before breakfast. It takes some time 

 for the sulphur to do its work, therefore persevere in its use till the hu- 

 mors, or pimples, or blotches, disappear. Avoid getting wet while taking 

 the sulphur. 



(2) Try this recipe: Wash the face twice a day in warm water, and rub 

 dry with a coarse towel. Then with a soft towel rub in a lotion made of two 

 ounces of white brandy, one ounce of cologne, and one half ounce of liquor 

 potassa. Persons subject to skin eruptions should avoid very salt or fat 

 food. A dose of Epsom salts occasionally might prove beneficial. 



(3) Wash the face in a dilution of carbolic acid, allowing one teaspoonful 

 to a pint of water. This is an excellent and piirifytng lotion, and may be 

 used on the most deUcate skins. Be careful about letting this wash get into 

 the eyes. 



(4) Oil of sweet almonds, one ounce; iluid potash, one drachm. Shako 

 well together, and then add rose water, one ounce; pure water, six ounces. 

 Mix. Kub the pimples or blotches for some minutes with a rough towel, 

 and then dab them with the lotion. 



(5) Dissolve one ounce of borax, and sponge the face with it every night. 

 When there are insects, rub on flour of sulphur, dry, after washing, rub well 

 and wipe dry; use plenty of castile soap. 



(6) Dilute corrosive sublimate with oil of almonds. A few days' apphca- 

 tion will remove them. 



Cosmetics. — (1) Oatmeal may be used for beautifying the complexion in 

 this way: Take a small quantity of meal and pour sufficient cold water over 

 it to make a thin paste; then strain through a fine sieve and bathe the face 

 with the liquid, leaving it to dry upon the skin. This preparation rcndors 

 the complexion very soft and white. 



(2) Take an ordinary milk pan, and fill it with the white flowers of the 

 elderberry bush. The flowers should bo covered with boiling water, placed 

 out-of-doors in the sun for about three days, strained off, and bottled. The 

 liquid should be of a dark mahogany color. It is an excellent lotion to re- 

 move sunburn and freckles. 



(3) Squeeze a little lemon juice on a soft, wet rag, and pass the rag over 

 the face a number of times before retiring at night. Repeat the operation as 

 often during the following day as you find it convenient, allowing the juice 

 of the lemon to dry on the face. Iii a week or so you will experience great 

 benefit. 



(4) Glycerine and lemon juice make a very good toilet article for improv- 



