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pomades which can be used for the hair or 

 skin, and it is astonishing that there should 

 be preferred to it so many equivocal com- 

 pounds whose exorbitant price is justified 

 by not one of the properties claimed for 

 them by the puffs of perfumers." 



"This concentrated oil," says M. Del- 

 cher, " is the best and most natural of all 

 the pomades which ladies, who possess a 

 too dry skin can use to make it smooth, 

 soft, and polished, without any greasy or 

 shining appearance, which is produced by 

 most of the pomades advertised for the 

 purpose. 



" I agree," continues the same author, 

 " with the opinion of M. Plisson, who ad- 

 vises the use of cocoa-butter pomade for 

 women who suffer from acrid emptions, 

 cracked lips, breast, etc. The Spaniards 

 of Mexico understand the value of these 

 preparations ; but, as in France, this con- 

 centrated oil hardens too much, it is neces- 

 sary to mix it with the oil of the ben-nut, 



