The household (of the Detroit free press)

When the effect of sour fruit on the teeth subsides, they feel as well as ever, but they are not as well ; and the oftener it is repeated the sooner the disastrous consequences are manifested. Sweets are almost as injurious to the teeth as the acids, especially candy. A raisin skin left on the teeth is said to destroy the enamel within a very short time. Very cold or hot water also leaves its effect ; tepid water is better than either. If the teeth are crusted with tartar, it can be removed by rubbing them with a little pulverized pumice stone (which can be purchased at the drug store), either with a brush or soft pine stick. This leaves them beautifully white and clean, but must not be used oftener than once a month, or it will destroy the enamel. After using the toothbrush, if a small piece of licorice is dissolved in the mouth, it will secure a sweet breath. This will even counteract the effects of indigestion, has no smell, and sweetens the mouth and stomach. The tincture of krameria, mixed with an equal quantity of good eau de cologne and diluted with water, makes an elegant and delightful astringent mouth-wash; tincture of myrrh, so often prescribed, is of questionable value as a mouth-wash. A tablespoonful of the tincture of calendula to a goblet of water, makes a pleasant and efficient mouthwash, for use after the removal of deposits above the teeth or after extraction of the teeth. It is useful also to chew a bit of orris root, or to wash the mouth with tincture of myrrh, or to dissolve a bit of burned alum in the mouth. To clean the teeth, rub them with the ashes of burned bread. It must be thoroughly burned, not charred. CARE OF THE HAIR. It is strange that women have been willing to tamper with this crown of woman's glory, washing it with all sorts of poisons, taking the life out of it with withering- applications, torturing it with pins, hot irons, and strings ; indeed, some have gone so far as to use liquor to make the hair curl, which contained both quicksilver and aquafortis, and which did make it curl simply by shrinking it up as would the flame of a candle, producing total loss of hair, paralysis, and sometimes even idiocy, thus failing in its purpose — that of enhancing personal beauty ! There are other and more rational methods of improving the hair that if used will repay you tenfold in abundance, length and glossiness for all the care you ever bestow upon it. Above all things keep the head clean, not by washing alone, for a too copious use of water is as deleterious to the beauty of the hair as its entire neglect. Once a month in summer is quite often enough to resort to the shampooing process. Ladies who spend the summer at the seaside and take the bath on the head as well as on other parts of the body, will discover the invigorating effects of the salt water in the growth and thickness of the hair. Those who have not, may, with safety and profit, make use of the sea salt to be obtained at the druggist's, dissolved in tepid water. After the bath, however, great care should be taken that all the salt is removed from the hair by scrubbing vigorously with dry towels, or thoroughly brushing with a stiff brush.