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VARIETIES. 
prior  to  applying  the  dye,  which  is  best  laid  on  with  an  old  tooth-brush. 
This  dye  does  not  "strike"  for  several  hours.  It  needs  scarcely  be  ob- 
served that  its  effects  are  more  rapidly  produced  by  exposing  the  hair  to 
sunshine  and  air. 
Hair  Dye,  with  Mordant. 
Brown. 
Nitrate  of  silver         .        .         .  1  oz.,  bluebottles. 
Rose  water      ....         8  oz., 
The  Mordant. — Sulphured  of  potassium    1  oz.,  white  bottles. 
Water  .        .        8  oz. 
Black. 
Nitrate  of  silver         ...  1  oz.,  blue  bottles. 
Water      ;         .         .         .         .  6  oz. 
The  Mordant. — Sulphuret  of  potassium    1  oz.,  white  bottles. 
"  Water  .        .         6  oz. 
The  mordant  is  to  be  applied  to  the  hair  finafc ;  vrhen  dry,  the  silver  solu- 
tion. 
Great  care  must  be  taken  that  the  sulphuret  is  fresh  made,  or,  at  least, 
well  preserved  in  closed  bottles,  otherwise,  instead  of  the  mordant  acting 
to  make  the  hair  black,  will  tend  to  impart  a  yellow  hue.  When  the  mor- 
dant is  good,  it  has  a  very  disagreeable  odor,  and  although  this  is  the  quick- 
est and  best  dye,  its  unpleasant  smell  has  given  rise  to  the 
Inodorous  Dye. 
Blue  Bottles. — .Dissolve  the  nitrate  of  silver  in  the  water  as  in  the  above, 
then  add  liquid  ammonia  by  degrees  until  the  mixture  becomes  cloudy  from 
the  precipitate  of  the  oxide  of  silver,  continue  to  add  ammonia  in  small 
portions  until  the  fluid  again  becomes  bright  from  the  oxide  of  silver  being 
redissolved. 
White  Bottles. —Pour  half  a  pint  of  boiling  rose-water  upon  three  ounces 
of  powdered  gall-nuts  ;  when  cold,  strain  and  bottle.  This  forms  the  mor- 
dant, and  is  now  in  the  same  way  as  the  first-named  dye,  like  the  sulphuret 
mordant.    It  is  not  so  good  a  dye  as  the  previous  one. 
French  Brown  Dye. 
Blue  Bottles. — Saturated  solution  of  sulphate  of  copper  ;  to  this  add  am- 
monia enough  to  precipitate  the  oxide  of  copper  and  redissolve  it  (as  with 
the  silver  in  the  above),  producing  the  azure  liquid. 
White  Bottles. — Mordant — Saturated  solution  of  prussiate  of  potass. 
Artificial  hair,  for  the  manufacture  of  perukes,  is  dyed  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  wool. 
There  are  in  the  market  several  other  hair  dyes,  but  all  of  them  are  but 
modifications  of  the  above,  possessing  no  marked  advantage. 
Quick  Depilatory  or  Rusma. 
For  removing  hair. 
As  the  ladies  of  this  country  consider  that  the  growth  of  hair  upon  the 
