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Show j& THE BEAUTY CORNER tf ATANT women's lives are a perfect j burden to them because they are I troubled with superfluous growth of hair on their faces and arms. Of course everybody has more or less hair on her fa. e, but If it is fine and fair it shows very little. Even a slight dark growth on the upper up-per lip Is not disfiguring if people would only believe and leavo well , enough alone, but unfortunately a girl ! often gets terrified at tho first sign of hair, and, thinking she is developing a regular beard and mustache, sh flics to some remedy or other. For a time the skin Is clear and then a stronger, much coarser growth of hair appears, so matters go from bad j to worse. People cannot be too strongly advised ad-vised not to do anything to supcrflu-hair supcrflu-hair unless It Is really disfiguring. Coarse, dark hairs can be removed by electricity, but it must be skillfully performed by a person who knows his business, because tho needlo must go right to tho root of the hair and kill it and if this Is not carefully done the face ls scarred and the hair grows again. in case of great disfigurement in this i way tho following depilatory, which Is prescribed by a great skin specialist, may bo used, but the relief will be temporary only: Take barium sulphide in fine powder, ninety grains, oxide of zine, 380 gralna. Mix Into a paste with water. Just before be-fore using. Apply to tho hairy parL leave on for ten minutes unless the skin begins to tingle before that, remove re-move with a bone paperknlfc and apply a little cold cream to stop the irritation. irrita-tion. It is well to try the paste on a little bit of tho arm before applying It to the face, as it has different effects on different people. Good Lip Salve. An excellent lip salvo for ordinary use is the old fashioned camphor Ice. Glycerin should not be usod In any 1 case. It has too great an affinity for th9 water and ls too drying, while the camphor Ico is cooling and healing. In aggravated cases, after applying the latter for two or threo nights, change to petroleum Jelly and afterwards, having reclaimed the lips so they assume as-sume their original smoothness and firmness, keep them in good condition bv drying them properly and by keeping keep-ing the tongue away from them. |