Original White House Cookbook

One marrow bone, half a pint of oil, ten cents’ worth of citronella. Take the marrow out of the bone, place it in warm water, let it get almost to boiling point, then let it cool and pour the water away ; repeat this three times until the marrow is thoroughly “ fined.” Beat the marrow to a cream with a silver fork, stir the oil in, drop by drop, beating all the time; when quite cold add the citronella, pour into jars and cover down. TO INCREASE THE HAIR IN THE BROWS. Clip them and anoint with a little sweet oil. Should the hair fall out, having been full, use one of the hair invigorators. BANDOLINE. To ONE quart of rose-water add an ounce and a half of gum tragacanth; let it stand forty-eight hours, frequently straining it, then strain through a coarse linen cloth ; let it stand two days, and again strain ; add to it a drachm of oil of roses. Used by ladies dressing their hair, to make it lie in any position. COMPLEXION WASH. Put in a vial one drachm of benzoin gum in powder, one drachm nutmeg oil, six drops of orange-blossom tea, or apple blossoms put in half pint of rain-water and boiled down to one teaspoonful and strained, one pint of sherry wine. Bathe the face morning and night ; will remove all fleshworms and freckles, and give a beautiful complexion. Or, put one ounce of powdered gum of benzoin in a pint of whisky ; to use, put in water in wash-bowl till it is milky, allowing it to dry without wiping. This is perfectly harmless. Cream cures sun-burn on some complexions, lemon juice is best on others, and cold water suits still others best. BURNET’S CELEBRATED POWDER FOR THE FACE. Five cents' worth of bay rum, five cents' worth of magnesia snowflake, five cents' worth of bergamot, five cents' worth of oil of lemon ; mix in a pint bottle and Fill up with rain-water. Shake well, and apply with a soft sponge or cloth. TOILET OR FACE POWDER. Take a quarter of a pound of wheat starch pounded fine ; sift it through a fine sieve, or a piece of lace ; add to it eight drops of oil of rose, oil of lemon thirty drops, oil of bergamot fifteen drops. Rub thoroughly together. The French throw this powder into ’ alcohol, shaking it, letting it settle, then pouring off the alcohol and drying the powder. In that case, the perfume is added lastly. TO REMOVE FRECKLES. The following lotion is highly recommended: One ounce of lemon juice, a quarter of a drachm of powdered borax, and half a drachm of sugar; mix in a bottle, and allow them to stand a few days, when the liquor should be rubbed occasionally on the hands and face. Another application is : Friar’s balsam one part, rose-water twenty parts. Powdered nitre moistened with water and applied to the face night and morning, is said to remove freckles without injury to the skin. Also, a tablespoonful of freshly grated horse-radish, stirred into a cupful of sour milk ; let it stand for twelve hours, then strain and apply often. This bleaches the complexion also, and takes off tan. TO REMOVE MOTH PATCHES. Into a pint of rum put a tablespoonful of flour of sulphur. Apply this to the patches once a day, and they will disappear in two or three weeks, CURE FOR PIMPLES.