The little housewife must pay constant attention to her hands if she
would keep them white and soft. If you can afford it use white castile
when washing your dishes. Or, better still, get a dish mop and keep your
hands out of the suds as much as possible.
Clipping the finger nails, instead of filing them, will cause them to
become brittle and coarse. Apply white vaseline at night to make the
cuticle about the nails soft and pliable. S. C.
TO WHITEN THE HANDS.
Put a few drops of lemon juice into the white of an ^gg. If lemons
are not at hand, a little alum water will answer. Rub some of this mix-
ture on the hands at night, letting it dry on. This lotion is equally good
for the face and neck. L. F. P.
REMEDY FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
Boil one pint of rain water. When cold add one heaping tablespoon-
full of Rochelle salts, one teaspoonful of tincture of benzoin. Perfume
if desired. Mrs. Hannah Clarke.
TO MAKE THE HANDS SOFT.
Take one drachm of cubebs, one and one-half ounces of glycerine,
one-half ounce of spirits of camphor, one drachm of extract of heliotrope✪ To Make the Hands Soft.
Rub this on the hands on retiring, and wear a loose pair of old kid gloves.
Laura Morse.
TO REMOVE SCALES FROn THE HANDS.
Indian meal moistened with a little vinegar or lemon juice is excellent
when the skin has been roughened by work or cold; it will heal and
soften them. Rub the hands thoroughly with the moistened meal and
wash them in warm water and bathe them with glycerine lotion. S.
TO REMOVE WARTS.
These unsightly excrescences can be effectually removed by steeping
or soaking a small piece of beef all night in vinegan Cut what will cover
TOILET SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES. 547
the wart and tie it on. Strips of sticking plaster will fasten it on. Take
the meat off in the daytime and put it on at night. In two weeks the wart
will die and fall off. K. P.
REMEDY FOR TAINTED BREATH.
Many people are fond of onions and yet do not wish to make thetn-
selves offensive by eating them. This simple corrective will allow any one
to indulge their appetite in this particular: Dissolve one-half teaspoonful
of soda in boiling water and drink it. Orris root is also good, and rose
pastilles sweeten the breath. Mrs. Martha Ketchum.
TO INDUCE SLEEP.
When one is overtired or worried and cannot sleep, being gently
rubbed all over with a towel wrung out of hot salt water generally has the
desired effect. Deep breathing in fresh air through the nostrils is also
excellent. T. O. C.
PERFUMERY AND SACHET POWDERS.
The use of perfumery is not only refreshing, but invigorating, espe-
cially in winter, when it reminds one of the balmy, sweet-laden atmosphere
of spring.
Perfumes should never be used to conceal any unpleasant odor.
People of true refinement and good taste will always be known by the per-
fumery they use. Scrupulous cleanliness alone goes hand in hand with a
delicate odor, and whenever the use of strong odors is detected that leave
an unpleasant scent of musk or civet, the suspicion is at once aroused that
the strong odor has been employed to conceal an offensive one. N.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The little housewife must pay constant attention to her hands if she would keep them white and soft. If you can afford it use white castile when washing your dishes. Or, better still, get a dish mop and keep your hands out of the suds as much as possible.
Clipping the finger nails, instead of filing them, will cause them to become brittle and coarse. Apply white vaseline at night to make the cuticle about the nails soft and pliable. S. C.
TO WHITEN THE HANDS.
Put a few drops of lemon juice into the white of an egg. If lemons are not at hand, a little alum water will answer. Rub some of this mixture on the hands at night, letting it dry on. This lotion is equally good
for the face and neck. L. F. P.
REMEDY FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
Boil one pint of rain water. When cold add one heaping tablespoonfull of Rochelle salts, one teaspoonful of tincture of benzoin. Perfume if desired. Mrs. Hannah Clarke.
TO MAKE THE HANDS SOFT.
Take one drachm of cubebs, one and one-half ounces of glycerine, one-half ounce of spirits of camphor, one drachm of extract of heliotrope. Rub this on the hands on retiring, and wear a loose pair of old kid gloves.
Laura Morse. TO REMOVE SCALES FROM THE HANDS.
Indian meal moistened with a little vinegar or lemon juice is excellent when the skin has been roughened by work or cold; it will heal and soften them. Rub the hands thoroughly with the moistened meal and wash them in warm water and bathe them with glycerine lotion. S.
TO REMOVE WARTS.
These unsightly excrescences can be effectually removed by steeping or soaking a small piece of beef all night in vinegan Cut what will cover
the wart and tie it on. Strips of sticking plaster will fasten it on. Take the meat off in the daytime and put it on at night. In two weeks the wart will die and fall off. K. P.
REMEDY FOR TAINTED BREATH.
Many people are fond of onions and yet do not wish to make thetnselves offensive by eating them. This simple corrective will allow any one to indulge their appetite in this particular: Dissolve one-half teaspoonful of soda in boiling water and drink it. Orris root is also good, and rose pastilles sweeten the breath. Mrs. Martha Ketchum.
TO INDUCE SLEEP.
When one is overtired or worried and cannot sleep, being gently rubbed all over with a towel wrung out of hot salt water generally has the desired effect. Deep breathing in fresh air through the nostrils is also excellent. T. O. C.
PERFUMERY AND SACHET POWDERS.
The use of perfumery is not only refreshing, but invigorating, especially in winter, when it reminds one of the balmy, sweet-laden atmosphere of spring.
Perfumes should never be used to conceal any unpleasant odor. People of true refinement and good taste will always be known by the perfumery they use. Scrupulous cleanliness alone goes hand in hand with a delicate odor, and whenever the use of strong odors is detected that leave an unpleasant scent of musk or civet, the suspicion is at once aroused that the strong odor has been employed to conceal an offensive one. N.
FLORIDA WATER— HOW TO MAKE.
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