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Show Help for Homely Women. My young friend wishes to be graceful and beautiful in face and figure. Now she is awkward, angular, and apparently all hands and feet. Her complexion, through want of proper food, exercise, etc., ia thick and muddy. This she may remedy by eating coarse blead, fruits, cereals, beef and mutton, and eschewing pastry and sweetmeats of all description. She must take a hot bath once a week, with a cold sponge bath upon rising every morning, followed by a brisk rubbing with a flesh brush or coarse towel. She must walk, ride, row, and indulge in all kinds of athletic sports. If she be among the masses who must labor to live, so much the better for her. Let her sweep, dust, bake and brew, sing and dance, and she will develop her muscles without being obliged to resort to "exercises" for that purpose. Should she be so situated that household labor is not deemed advisable, ad-visable, let her try Dr. Charles Gifford's health apparatus, the use of which will in three months straighten her shoulders, and strengthen every muscle in her body, and give her a new lease of life as well as a permanent foundation upon which to build. When this is done a great deal is accomplished, ac-complished, but not all. To secure an erect and graceful poise of the head and shoulders, let her walk fifteen minutes twice a day with a flat book or a bag of salt or sawdust upon her head. She must- remember, especially in walking, to inhale and exhale very slowly, but with force sufficient to drive the air into every airrcell of the lungs. This will bring the color to her cheeks and brightness bright-ness to her eyes. Now, in spite of this, her skin may be red and rough, or profusely spotted with freckles. - If the former, let her use oatmeal oat-meal water the last thing at night, and frequently during the "day. Before exposure ex-posure to the wind "or sun, wash the face with a solution of borax and glycerine, using but one-third of the latter. A solution so-lution of a few drops of olive tar in water will sometimes work wonders in clearing and smoothing a complexion. A thin paste of honey and borax water is pleasanter pleas-anter and more congenial to some, and in man' cases quite as efficacious. If she be. possessed of a superabundance superabun-dance of freckles unless there are too many she need not mind, as at present these common adornments of the face are rather fashionable, and in their absence ab-sence some fashionable beauties have them applied by a skillful hand at the rate of fifty cents apiece. Should she, however, have more than is desirable, she may make use of the following hint for their removal : Grate horseradish fine, let it stand a few hours in buttermilk, then strain and use the wash night and morning. Dorcas Dor-cas Magazine. |