Slippery elm bark in small pieces, two ounces, pour on one quart boiling water, cover and let stand until cool. Add juice of three lemons✪ Slippery Elm Bark Tea. Sweeten for a bad cold or bowel troubles. Any of the above should be taken hot to break up a cold. Take at night and go to bed. "Beauty is but skin deep!" Goodness me! That's true enough; but think of the differ- ence in skins. There's the skin that feels like velvet and the skin that feels like a sheet of sandpaper. The skin that never causes its owner a moment's uneasiness and the skin that keeps its owner awake nights. Which have you got, and how did you get it ? The skin has got to be taken care of, and from Eve down, in every century, women have studied how to take care of it. There are many thousand recipes for taking care of the complexion — most of them good, but some better than others. Do you know the best ? Here are a few of them. Skin Lotion Place in a half-pint bottle the juice of one large cucumber, which usually yields from two to three tablespoonfuls ; half fill the bottle with elderflower water, add two tablespoons eau de Cologne; shake well and add slowly one-half ounce of tincture of benzoin; shake every little while for two or three hours, then fill the bottle up with elderflower water, and the lotion is ready for use and will keep a year. This lotion will prevent wrinkles, and will contract enlarged pores. 352 The Toronto Cook Book For Freckles and Tan Lemon juice, two parts, Jamaica rum one part✪ For Freckles and Tan, to be mixed and applied gently to the face with a soft sponge several times during the day or before retiring. For Lips — Bathe them occasionally with a little alum, dis- solved in water, and apply glycerine with a few drops of benzoin. Complexion Wash Put in a vial one drachm of benzoin gum in powder, one drachm nutmeg oil, six drops of orange blossoms tea, or apple blossoms; put in half-pint of rain water, and boil down to one teaspoon and strain; 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 whiskey. To use, put in water in wash bowl till it is milky, allow it to dry without wiping. This is perfectly harmless. Never Use Soap The face before being washed should be wiped, over with a piece of flannel cloth, then wash with the hands in tepid water, in which has been sprinkled a little powdered borax. At night the face should be washed in hot water and a good cold cream rubbed in, beginning at the chin and going upward in a circular motion, and going across the forehead, using both hands. This will insure a beautiful skin and complexion, which will defy time and worry. For a Smooth Skin A recipe to make the skin smooth, as well as white, and to free it from red spots and pimples, and which may be used with- out fear of harm, is the following: — Take oil of almonds, four ounces, oil of tartar (per deliquium) two ounces, and oil of rho- dium, six drops, shake all together until thoroughly mixed.

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Slippery elm bark in small pieces, two ounces, pour on one quart boiling water, cover and let stand until cool. Add juice of three lemons. Sweeten for a bad cold or bowel troubles. Any of the above should be taken hot to break up a cold. Take at night and go to bed. "Beauty is but skin deep!" Goodness me! That's true enough; but think of the difference in skins. There's the skin that feels like velvet and the skin that feels like a sheet of sandpaper. The skin that never causes its owner a moment's uneasiness and the skin that keeps its owner awake nights. Which have you got, and how did you get it ? The skin has got to be taken care of, and from Eve down, in every century, women have studied how to take care of it. There are many thousand recipes for taking care of the complexion — most of them good, but some better than others. Do you know the best ? Here are a few of them. Skin Lotion Place in a half-pint bottle the juice of one large cucumber, which usually yields from two to three tablespoonfuls ; half fill the bottle with elderflower water, add two tablespoons eau de Cologne; shake well and add slowly one-half ounce of tincture of benzoin; shake every little while for two or three hours, then fill the bottle up with elderflower water, and the lotion is ready for use and will keep a year. This lotion will prevent wrinkles, and will contract enlarged pores. The Toronto Cook Book For Freckles and Tan Lemon juice, two parts, Jamaica rum one part, to be mixed and applied gently to the face with a soft sponge several times during the day or before retiring. For Lips — Bathe them occasionally with a little alum, dissolved in water, and apply glycerine with a few drops of benzoin. Complexion Wash Put in a vial one drachm of benzoin gum in powder, one drachm nutmeg oil, six drops of orange blossoms tea, or apple blossoms; put in half-pint of rain water, and boil down to one teaspoon and strain; 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 whiskey. To use, put in water in wash bowl till it is milky, allow it to dry without wiping. This is perfectly harmless. Never Use Soap The face before being washed should be wiped, over with a piece of flannel cloth, then wash with the hands in tepid water, in which has been sprinkled a little powdered borax. At night the face should be washed in hot water and a good cold cream rubbed in, beginning at the chin and going upward in a circular motion, and going across the forehead, using both hands. This will insure a beautiful skin and complexion, which will defy time and worry. For a Smooth Skin A recipe to make the skin smooth, as well as white, and to free it from red spots and pimples, and which may be used without fear of harm, is the following: — Take oil of almonds, four ounces, oil of tartar (per deliquium) two ounces, and oil of rhodium, six drops, shake all together until thoroughly mixed.

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