Show Oat Meal Bags An authority tells us how to make the oatmeal bags which used in the bath give a velvety softness and whiteness white-ness to the skin Take five pounds of oat meal ground fine a half pound of pure Castile soap reduced to powder and a pound of powdered Italian orrisroot orris-root Cut a yard of thin cheese cloth into bags about four inches square sewing them on the machine and taking tak-ing care not to leave any untied threads where a break may let the contents ooze out Mix the soap oatmeal oat-meal and orris root thoroughly and fill the bags loosely Sew up the opening in each and lay them to use as required re-quired They are used as a sponge dipped in warm water making a thick velvety lather and wonderfully softening soften-ing the skin while the orris Imparts a lasting fragrance St Louis Republic I Repub-lic |