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1917

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Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
She may, however, wear golden browns and plenty of them. These will bring out the ruddy gold tints of her hair. She may also wear light and dark shades of blue and green, dark purple, gray, white and lavender with a blue cast. And when properly dressed, the red-haired girl is a real beauty. O. G. TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW. The following remedy is excellent, as everyone who has tried it can testify. Have it put up at the drug-store. Seventy-five grains of beta napthol, seventy-five grains of hydrarg ammon, two ounces of lano- line and ungt. aqua Rosal in equal parts. Mix and apply to scalp after each shampoo. Dr. M. Bush. 543 TOILET SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES. TO REMOVE FRECKLES. These are caused by an over-production of pigment in the skin, which seems to be brought out in spots by the action of the sun's rays. They can be made to disappear by the use of acid lacti, glycerina, of each one fluid drachm. Apply night and morning with a sponge. Another remedy is powdered niter moistened with water and applied to the face night and morning. W. S, CURE FOR A BROWN THROAT. When the neck and throat have taken on a brown tinge from exposure to the sun or from wearing the high stock collars so fashionable, it can be remedied by using the following paste: Beat up an Qgg, add one ounce of honey, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, six drops of oil of bitter almonds and enough fine oatmeal to make it into a paste. Use morning and night. D. J. A. TO MAKE A HANDSOME THROAT. To have a rounded throat, sing, whether you have a "voice" or not, deeming the exercise valuable. At night wrap the throat in a linen cloth, wet with scented oil. This will nourish the skin and soften its outlines. Exercise the throat every day by turning the head from side to side slowly but never fast. Try this ten minutes every night and morning. Friction is too rough treatment for ordinary skins. If used to prevent wrinkles it should be gentle and with a little massage cream on the fingers. Sadie O. FRECKLE LOTION. Four grains of corrosive sublimate, twenty-four drops of muriatic acid, three-quarters of an ounce of lump sugar, two ounces of alcohol, enough rose water to make one-half pintFreckle Lotion; mix until dissolved and apply night and morning. R. T. ALMOND MEAL. Six drachms of finely-prepared almonds, cne and one-half ounces of orris root, three ounces of French chalk, one and one-half drachms of car- bonate of soda, one drachm of borax, ten drops of oil of bergamot, six drops of oil of lemon, three drops of oil of orange flower, two drops of tincture of muskAlmond Meal; mix well. Mrs. M. Thomas. TOILET POWDER. One-half pound of corn or rice-starch, one ounce each of orris root and French chalk. Fifteen drops each of oil of lemon and oil of bergamot, ten drops of oil of neroli, two drops each of oil of bitter almonds and oil of verbenaToilet Powder. Mix well in a mortar and pass through a very fine sieve. TOILET SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES. 543 PERSPIRATION POWDER. One ounce of boracic acid, one drachm of burnt alum, one-half ounce of French chalk, six and one-half ounces of starch. Perfume with fifteen drops each of oil of lemon and oil of bergamotPerspiration Powder. Mix well and pass through a fine sieve.. For excessive perspiration of hands and feet, sprinkle inside of gloves or stockings, or apply under the arms with a powder puff. I. R. HAIR TONIC.