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Show MARION MARTINEAU'S ANSWERS. (Chicago Tribune.) Mrs. J.: I see hat you say you can cure indigestion. indi-gestion. I have been a sufferer for years. What can I take to get well I Take simple and easily digested foods. Live on spinach, on baked potatoes, on stewed apples, and stewed prune. Drink a great dtal'of water and, for your dinner, if it is not against your principles, take a little light wine. Miss G. B.: For many years .1 have suffered with a poor appetite. At times I can eat. But generally gen-erally nothing tastes good to me. What is tho best known appetizer . ' - This is a difficult question to answer. Upon some people a brisk walk in the open air acts as a stomacher. Upon others a little nap has the same effect. There arc people who can eat no dinner until un-til they have swallowed a cocktail.. But this, last method of stimulating the appetite is to be deplored. ' Mrs. T.: Is it possible to use the electric needle for yourself I And how would you do it i The electric needle is used in this manner:: The needle is pricked into the'' skin until it touches the root of the hair, which lies just below the surface. sur-face. The electric current is then turned on. The needle is withdrawn aiid the hair comes with it. Mrs. O. U.: Would you advise me to buy a galvanic gal-vanic battery and electric needle and get rid of the hairs on my upper lip ? It would be no harm to do so. You could probably prob-ably use it all right. Many persons have succeeded. When you have finished with" the needle you could probablv fell it. It is not a costly affair to buv. Miss X.: What is good for nettle rash? I should say that, as a rule, nettle rash, could be cured by diet. Perhaps I am not correctly informed upon this subject. Often a rash is produced by the eating of shell fish. Others cannot eat lobster. ...Still others cannot eat eggs. A few cannot eat celery. IT. Ii.: How can I get rid of ttandruff, which is of a most annoying nature? It falls upon my dress and I am sometimes white with it. , This is all wrong. Shampoo your head onceti ith pure soap and water and wash off the soap. ' Xow take and rub a little sweet oil into the roots of the hair. About -twelve drops will do for the whole head. -This heals the scalp. Apply this treatment once a' week for the present. Alice: I am a young, girl in society, but am greatly annoyed by- my figure,1 1 My shoulders, arc round" and I stoop. .yet-1 cannot help it. A well fitting corset will assist you greatly It .will often act like magic upon the figure, apparently appar-ently Mraightening it. Meanwhile fake the deep breathing exercises and try to carrv vour shoulders back. o Xanie: There are white spots on my nails, i Hov can I take' them off cannot remove tho, that are already there. -But you can prevent m.jre from coming. Those, j you now have must grew off the nails slowly and ! finally come off as the nail is cue. j 4- i B. C: What makes white spots on the nails.' ' I am so troubled with them. i Miite spots come from using the orange wood stick too vigorously. The stick is. pressed into the ' ; cuticle nnd the result is :i white scar. Use the stick carefully. ' It is far better o press back the flesh with a towel while the ha mis are moist and soft Jroiu much soukimr. - '" . . 4 - - . Debutante: I would like yeitr recipe for soap jelly for washing my face. ! " Take a cake of pure oap. Shaving soap is re- liable. Let it dissolve in hot water, add a teaspoon of borax. Set aside to coj. Use as a-soapy lather for the face. Wash off witii a dozen hot waters. ; . ' 4 J Annette: I am told there is a soap jelly which j cures a sorevskin. Can I g-( directions for making I it of you ? Take bits of pure so;)p and powqer them by pounding them in a cloth. Put into a double boiler and cover with sweet oil. Let all dissolve together. j Set away to stiffen. There are certain kinds of soup that lend themselves well in this treatment. j Miss H. L.: I once had a jelly preparation j which removed blackheads' from the face. Can you tell me what it was? 1 have often t.'ied to get it j but could obtain it nowhere. There is a soap jelly which is good for this pur- I pose. It is made by, powdering a coffee cup of soap. J Use Castile or some good toilet soap. There are many kinds that are advertised and which areiise-ful. areiise-ful. To the soap add a teaspoonful of sweet oil. Let it melt in a double boiler. Cool and use for the face. Remove with hot water. j j Miss T.: How shall .1 u-;o the skin food to keep j my skin nice ? j Massage it, gently into the face before going j out. Dust powder lightly over it. ; Miss II. J.: How can I take hairs out of a hair mole '. , ' j Pull tliem out. Then apply an acid to keep thm j from returning. Lemon juice will do in some cases. I In others it requires weak ammonia. j i -Grandma: I took my wrinkles out with your wrinkle cream. Xow let me send you my hair tonic, for gray hair. Take of. sirong black tea six ounces. Add to it an ounce each of bay rum, spirits of cologne and alcohol. This will darken red hair and stimulate black hair. ' j Mrs. G. : I want a good shampoo. Please, tell me something that you. will warrant not injurious. Take a cake of fine soap. Melt it in hot water. Let cool and use as a shampoo mixture. . Rinse the hair in a half dozen waters, hi the 'last water put a littlo borax powder. ' |