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Show Health' and Beauty Answers I BY MBS. MAE MARTIN. H Spanish Girl: Yes, short sleeves, and low necks will be worn this summer-probably summer-probably to a greater extent than ever beforo. But don't worry about your red hands and dark neck neither pin your hopes to face or talcum powders. Try this recipe now and nee what It. does for you: Get from your druggist four ounces of. spurmax, dissolve It In half pint hot water and add two teaspoonfuls of glycerine. gly-cerine. Apply thlB Inexpensive lotion to your face, neck and forearms, rubbing gently. You will find It does not rub off or show and that It whitens your skin, giving It a clear, smooth and youthful appearance. ap-pearance. Sprumax is the greatest complexion com-plexion beautlflor I know. A. G.: Your hairdresser did not overcharge over-charge you when she asked 75 cents for a canthrox shampoo. Remember that rent and many other Item? pile up expenses for a beauty parlor. You can take a canthrox can-throx shampoo at home at a cost of two or three cents. All you need do is put a tcaspoonful of canthrox In a tacupful of hot watp.r and stir until dissolved. ' I agree with you when you say there is nothing else that mokes such a fine lather and cleans the scalp so thoroughly. It certainly removes dandruff and relieves Irritation of tho scalp. I like It because It dries so quickly and makes the hair soft and fiuffy. besides doing awny completely with the "streaklnoss" that follows a soap shampoo. J. B.: If you feel handicapped In society so-ciety becnuse your face is covered with pimples and blotches you should try to get rid of them Instead of foolishly endeavoring en-deavoring to cover them up with cosmetics. cos-metics. I will give you a recipe that you can depend upon to purify your blood. Get from your druggist one ounce of kardene and half pint of alcohol, Disssolve the kardene and half teacupful of sugar in the alcohol and add enough boiling water to make a full quart of tonic. Take a tablpspoonful before each meal and hefore retiring. This old-fashioned remedy cleanses the blood, arouses a torpid liver and aids digestion, When your blood is In good condition you will be free from pimples, blotches and skin eruptions and Instead of a sickly, sallow complexion you will have the rosy glow of health In your cheeks. When you are stronger vour dull and "tired out" feeling will disappear. N. IC: Your shortness of breath Is the result of too much flesh. The correct weight for a girl 5 ft 7 In. tall Is about H8 pounds. Get from your druggist four ounces of pamotls and dissolve It In a pint of hot water. Take a tablespoonful beforo be-foro each meal. This treatment should reduce your weight ten pounds In two weeks. Newly Wed: You will not find tha latest styles In halrdresslng so trying as you fear If you give your hair proper treatment. Shampoo with canthrox once In two or three weeks and use a good quinine hair tonic three times a week, rubbing It Into tho scalp and roots of the hair gently. You can make the tonic at home If you gel from your druggist one ounce of qulnzoln and dissolve It in half plpt of alcohol and then add half pint of cold water. This tonic .nourishes the scalp and roots of the hair, removes dandruff dan-druff and irritation of tho scalp, and stops falling hair. - It will make your hair fine In texture, glossy and abundant. Mrs. B. L. I.; A woman 35 years old should be In the very prime of life, with clear complexion and skin smooth, moist and pliable. I will give you a recipe for making a cream jelly that you can use for massaging, and if you usi it faithfully faith-fully It will preserve the youthful contour of your .face as well as restore and preserve your complexion. Get from your druggist ono ounce of almozoln. put it in half pint of cold water, and add two tea-spoonfuls tea-spoonfuls of glycerine: then stir briskly and let stand overnight. Massage with this cream jelly and you will get rid of those blackheads and make the large pores smaller, so that they will not return. re-turn. Please note that this cream contains con-tains no oils or fats thai will promote a growth of hair, on the face or make tha skin dark and oily. Ohio Girl: Many.pcrsons wear glasses simply because they met good salesmen with glasses to sell. You say yours detract de-tract from your appearance. Why don't you try going without them? Use an eye tonic made by dissolving an ounce of crystos in a pint of water. Drop one or two drops in each eye. It will not smart or burn. This tonic Is good for tired, week or inflamed eyes, and for Rraiiulnted eyelids. II Improves sight and mak?s your eyes bright, sparkling and lustrous. |