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when a visible improvement showed itself, in the straightened and expanded chest; and in the fine hard swell of muscle upon the once deformed arms. She had fought and she had conquered. Her perseverance was abundantly rewarded. Let the person, who is ambitious for such charms, be assured that, if she has them not, they can be obtained on no lighter conditions. H. E. F. HOW TO REDUCE THE PORES OF THE SKIN. An excellent astringent wash which will make enlarged pores smaller and less unsightly is made by putting into a one-half-pint bottle one and one-half ounces of cucumber juice, half filling the bottle with elder-flower water, adding one ounce of eau de cologne, and shaking well; adding onehalf ounce of simple tincture of benzoin and filling bottle with elderflower water. Get the juice of the cucumbers by slicing, without peeling, adding a suggestion of water, boiling to a pulp, cooling, and straining through muslin. Stimulating the functions of the skin by a daily bath with a soft flesh brush and tepid salt water will make the complexion clearer. The skin all over the body is constantly undergoing a process of decay and renewing. Unless the epidermis is kept clean and free from the excretions that the pores are continually sending out, this process of renewing is very much hampered. G. M. FOR A ROUGH SKIN. You will find camphorated cream the best emollient. It is very easily made as follows: Take four ounces of olive oil, one-quarter of an ounce of white wax, one ounce of spermaceti, one ounce of lanoline, one-eighth of an ounce of camphor gum. Heat the five ingredients until the camphor is dissolved, take off the stove, beat with an egg-beater until the mass concretes, use as you would cold cream or any other unguent. C. F. TO CLEAR A SALLOW SKIN. The real cure for a sallow skin must be from within. One can, of course, use for the face a whitener which will temporarily make it look fair, or can use a face bleach, but the best plan is to try to remove the cause, which is probably a sluggish liver. One should not drink coffee or eat highly-spiced fooa and should never touch pork or greasy dishes. Plenty of ripe fruit, oranges, particularly, will assist in clearing the skin. As a medicine take one teaspoonful of phosphate of soda in a glassful of hot water every morning one hour before breakfast; repeat the dose at night one hour before retiring. Continue to take the soda for three or four weeks, or as long as reguired. OBSTINATE BLACKHEADS. For obstinate blackheads try the following: Four ounces of tincture of green soap, four and one-half ounces of distilled witch hazel; mix; apply every second day and wash off immediately with hot water. You may be obliged to press on either side of the blackhead and force it out. The most stubborn cases will usually yield to this treatment. G. A. M. WRINKLES. If you have lost any teeth that will account for the lines, otherwise you should not have wrinkles before sixty. There is no other treatment that will take the place of massage for obliterating wrinkles. H. C. CURE OF PIMPLES ON THE FACE.