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Show j SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. ) Q I' wish you would repeat the forr mula for reducing the hips; also for taking superfluous hair off the arms. AN ANXIOUS READER. " A. To reduce the hips try exercise. exer-cise. To take superfluous hair off the arms the electric needle is best, but probably too slow and too expensive. Have you tried a resin stick? Meanwhile, if you have nothing noth-ing else available, get 5 cents worth of powdered pumice stone and rub the arms vigorously with it. Take off the hair in this . way twice . a week, . using cold cream after each application. Q. Does cold cream make the hair grow on the face? MARY J. A. No, not necessarily. Hair grws where it is inclined to ; grow. Heat nourishes it, so also does moisture; so does any crentle treatment of any sfX. But brushing, rough usage, andi pumice pum-ice or bristle brushes will kill hair, slowly but steadily ' ' .. q will you please have appear in your column the recipe fo cucumher cream? MRS. LONG. A. For cucumber cream take of cold cream one ounce and place it in .a double boiler; add to it when melted the whole of a sliced cucumber and an ounce of the oil of sweet almonds. Let come to a simmer and allow it to simmer sim-mer half an hour, not boil. Filter and pour into a stone jar. Q. Will you please give me the lotion lo-tion which "Mrs. A." used in treating blackheads? MRS. WOOD. A. After steaming her face, according accord-ing to the directions given, "Mrs. A." bathed her face in a pint of water mad.e milky with benzoin. Before going go-ing out she rubbed a little cold cream into her face and dusted it with pure powder. Q. What would you advise for a cold hand? I have one hand that has a poor circulation.. MRS. MINNIE G. A. This may be an idiosyncrasy and may be no harm. There are people who 1iave cold knees, people who have hot hands, people who have a. cold nose, and so through the category of peculiarities. peculi-arities. There are people whose natural temperature is above normal, and people peo-ple who naturally breathe short, quick breaths. Aside from this you might wear loose sleeves, easy shoes, r slack corset strings,, and you might try exercises exer-cises with your arms. Have you any other peculiarities along with one cold hand that might be a guide to .your condition? Q. Will you kindly give a treatment for a deep wrinkle between the eyes? FAITHFUL READER. A. The wrinkle must be steamed, and for this follow directions so as not to take the skin off; then massage with cold cream. Next day massage again and dust With powder. It will Boon disappear. Remember that wrinkles wrin-kles are only skin deep, and what is on the skin can always be cured and controlled. . Q. I used a cold cream and it made my face all pimply. What would you advise me to do? MRS. KELSEY. A. You have undoubtedly used, a cold cream which contains glycerine, and there are many people who cannot can-not endure glycerine upon the skin. It makes the hands red and smarting and it makes the face break out. Upon others it acts in an agreeable way. Study your skin a little and you will not have this trouble. To take away the pimples temporarily take phosphate phos-phate of soda in hot water daily for a week and rub your face nightly with pimple cream. Q. Please give me a recipe for pimple pim-ple cream. I want something that will take a rash off my face. ANITA. A. Massage the face with hot water, then cream it with cucumber cream ' until' the rash has disappeared. To Mrs. L. There is no way of making mak-ing yourself three inches taller. Possibly Pos-sibly you might increase your height one inch. But why do you not try re ducing your weight, which will make you look tall. Q. Is there anything that will keep the hair in curl? . BLACK LOCKS. A. Yes, glycerine and water will do it, but it will stiffen the hair. Wet the hair in diluted cologne, roll into kid rollers and let remain over night. Or moisten the hair with boracic acid and water and hold in the tongs while you count sixty. '$ Q . How can I take pimples off my nose? ESTHER. A. Pimples can be removed from the nose more easily than from any other part of the face. Loosen your clothing, eat carefully, choosing no sweets nor fried food and little meat. Twice a day rub the nose with the bleaching cream. Maria Martineau in Chicago Tribune. |
