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THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAT.' PORTLAND. SUNDAY. 'MORNING, - TUNE ' 1903
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ONCE upon a time there was m
girl who was pretty, but who
grew fat and fatur till aha
was the fattest girl in her set
weighing 170 pounds at the age of 20.
Now this state of affairs caused grief
to the girl's father, who was a roan
of csthetio taste and of sufficient sense
to know that increased avoirdupois
docs not always Insure Increased
strength and health. The girl herself
was not so troubled, for a dulled sensi
bility and Indifference are characteristic
of many fat people.
However, this girl was suddenly
aroused from her lethargy by her fath
er's offer of ti for every pound she
would lose.
6ho experimented with ways and
means the unusual activity given her
brain was helpful and Anally hit upon
a method which proved most satisfying.
She had once gloried In long walks and
had been fond of sports, so walking
and even Tunning were resumed, as was
also tennis. When engaged in these ex
ercises (and It was summer, too) she
was always arrayed in a white wool
sweater, which Induced profuse per
spiration. The only caution necessary
was to be prudent when, the exercise
Mrs. Henry SyriAes' Advice to Correspondents
OWING to the great amount of
mail received and the limited
pace given this department, It
is absolutely impossible to an
swer letters in the Sunday issue follow
ing their receipt The letters must be'
answered in turn, and this ofttlmes re
quires three or four weeks.
All correspondents who desire an im
mediate answer must inclose a self
addressed stamped envelope for a re
ply. This rule must also be compiled
with In regard to personal letters.
JVitch Hazel Cold Cream
MAT Bathe your hands three or
four times a day in warm water, using
a good brand of soap. Rinse them care
fully and dry thoroughly; then apply
the witch hasel cold cream. This treat
ment if persistently followed will make
the hands soft and white. Formula for
cream Is:
White wax, one ounce; spermaceti,
one ounce; oil of almonds, one-fourth
pint. Melt; pour into a mortar which
has been heated by being immersed
some time in boiling water. Very "grad
ually add three ounces of rosewater
and one ounce of witch hasel, and as
siduously stir the mixture until an emul
sion Is formed, and afterward until the
mixture is nearly cold.
Lotion to Whiten and Soften
the Hands
IRENE Put into a bottle two ounces
of glycerine two ounces of water four
tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice and a
few drops ef carbolic acid. Shake welt.
After washing and drying the hands,
rub a little of this mixture into them.
Spotted Nails
FLO White spots on the nails some
times indicate disturbed circulation of
the blood, but more frequently they re
sult from bruise or Injury by a mani
curing instrument No application woultf
avail. '
The lemon and glycerine formula gives
makes a simple and pleasant bleach:
Citric acid (lemon), three drama; hot
. water, eleven ounces; borax, two drams;
red rose petals, one ounce; glycerine, one
ounce. Dissolve the acid and borax in
the water; Infuse the petals for an hour;
strain through a Jelly bag after twerwy-
four hours; decant the clear portion and
add the glycerine. Apply as often as
agreeable.
Rules for the Reduction of Flesh
"FATTY" Avoid all starchy and
sweetened food, all cereals and vegeta
bles containing sugar or starch, such as
peas; beans, corn, potatoes, etc. Have
, your bread toasted; sprinkle It with salt
Instead of using butter. Milk, I regret '
to say, if It be pure and good. Is fatten
ing. - Skimmed milk may be drunk. . Hot
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over, she sought rest and cool; to
avoid draughts and Iced water. At
the end of the season she weighed
just forty pounds less, had regained
all her grace and comeliness and had
added $200 to her balance sheet
wateris an excellent substitute for other
liquids. Add a little of the Juice of limes
or lemo&s to It if you choose. Limit
your sleeping hours to seven at the out
side; no naps. You must take exercise.
To Develop the 'ust
L. M. H. The following will be found
very good for developing the bust: Lan
olin, one ounce; cocoa butter, one
ounce ; sweet almond oil, one ounce. Put
in small bowl, set in hot water until
melted. Beat together and cool. Each
night after laying hot cloths on bust
rub it in by massaging gently and thor
oughly in a circular direction for fif
teen minutes.
Eyelash Grower
E. M. O. Apply the following lotion
to the eyelashes with a tiny camel's
halr paint brush. The brush must be
free from any drop and passed lightly
along the edge of the eyelids, exercis
ing extreme care that not the minutest
fiortion of the lotion touches the eye
tself: Cologne, two and one-half ounces:
glycerine, one and one-half ounces; fluid
extract of Jaborandi. two drams.
Consuh a Physician
ANXIOUS MOTHER As the trouble
is undoubtedly due to cold, it would
b wiser to consult your doctor about
?our daughter. I would advise you' not
o use any special treatment for devel
oping the bust
Lack of circulation Is the cause of
cold feet. Bathing the feet with al
cohol or rubbing them briskly with salt
stimulates the blood to flow more rap
idly, thus making the feet warm. Ex
ercise, too, is often a very good rem
edy for cold feet Rise on the toes,
count five; lower the body until the
heels almost touch the floor: repeat eight
times, touching the floor with the heels
Only on the eighth count - Repeat the
same exercise, rising on the heels.
. . Sage Tea
A. M. A. Sometimes the turning of
the color of the hair is caused by ex
cessive dryness of its roots. J. think this
must be your trouble, for you are too
young for your hair to, turn gray yet
ine recipe i am giving you will prove
an efficacious tonic, and will give new
life to your hair: Three drams of re
sorcin. one ounce of tincture of canthar
ldes, four drams of oil recini. ten drops
of oil rosemary. Add sufficient bay rum
to make eight ounces. ...
, To EraTelVrinkles 1 ,
L. L. L. Wrinkles- that are caused by
much laughing are not at all objection
able, but if you wjsh to drive them
away, massage with the following
cream:
Lanolin two and a half ounce; sper
maceti, six, drams; white vaseline, two
and a half ounces; coooanut oil, two
ounces; sweet almond oil, twocunoesj
This little story goes merely to show
that with proper Incentive and syste
matic perseverance, proportionate and
tincture of benioln, half a dram.
Melt the first five ingredients together,
beat until the mass concretes, adding
the benioln, drop by drop, during this
process.
Extract of violet or any perfume may
be added If agreeable.
To help to reduce a double chin prac
tice the following exercise: L Stand
erect in military position. Place the
hands lightly on the hips, fingers for
ward. Drop the chin slowly on the
collarbone; then throw the head back
with a quick, even movement that Is
not a jerk, but yet puts all the muscles
into quick play. Repeat ten time. 1
. Turn the head quickly to the right till
the chin Is Just over the right shoulder;
then back again. Repeat ten times;
then turn the head to the left in the same
way. Repeat ten times. Do not tire the
muscles of the neck, but gradually in
crease the number of exercises dally,
until you can practice each one about
fifty times without after discomfort
Ingrown Toe Nail
CONSTANT READER Loosen the
flesh, cut the nail, moisten the affected
part with a camel's-halr brush soaked
in perchlorate of iron. The flesh Is thus
made insensible and hard. This remedy
is infallible.
Milk of White Roses
CONSTANT READER This is an ex
cellent cure for wrinkles; One-half pint
rosewater, one-quarter ounce simple
tincture of benzoin, three drops of attar '
of roses. Put the rosewater In a basin.
Add the tincture of bensoin a drop at a
time. Add attar of roses, and bottle.
Here is a recipe for a good hair tonlo:
Cologne, eight ounces; tincture of can
tharldes, one ounce; oil of English lav
ender, one-half dram; oil of rosemary,
one-half dram. Apply to the roots of
' the hair once or twice a day. It is
positively necessary that the scalp
should be kept clean. Shampoo at least
once week.
Lotion for Dry Scalp
ANXIOTJS-fApply this lotion to the
scalp every night; Glycerine, one ounce;
eau de cologne, one-quarter pint; liquid
1 ammonia, one dram; oil of origanum,
one-half dram; oil of rosemary, one-half
dram; tincture of cantharldes, one
ounce. Briskly agitate for ten min
utes, then add camphor Julep, one-half
pint nd again mix well and stir. A.
few drops of essence of musk or other
perfume can be added.- .
This cream for pimples has been help
ful to many: Salicylic acid, ten grains;
calomel, one dram; lard, one oynce.
. Two Hair Stains
' KATIE Either one of the following
recipes will darken the hair: Green wal
nut shells, two ounces; alum, one-quar-U-
ou&ce-.ur oil. four ounces. Beat to
youthful figures may be retained.
The fat girl should guard against be
coming Indulgent in her habits. Seven
hours is quite long enough for sleep,
and the luxurious little day hap should
be dropped from her program.
She should acquire active interests;
her brain as well as her body needs
stimulation.
Let her pursuits be varied, In order to
gether In a water bath until the water
has been completely evaporated. Then
express, filter and perfume.
Sage tea may be used to darken the
hair. Make a strong brew of dried
THERE Js at the present moment a
French marquis who lives In ter
ror of a draught His house, in
the environs of Paris, is furnished
throughout with double windows and
doors bound in baize to exclude every
"courant d'alr," while even his veranda
la Inclosed In glass. This for a while
satisfied him, but soon he found that
even when he drove around the country
In his phaeton he was exposed to the
most annoying breezes. As he passed
a meadow there would be no wall to
prevent the wind.' "yes. without doubt,
the wind itself," from blowing upon his
noble brow, so he had to give up driv
ing entirely and remain la hip hermet
Icslly sealed domicile. .
This attitude lasted for ev time, till at
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Kerala allh muscles, and -to tool ta in
terest s" '
Long walks no matter what the
weather are of ' benefit. All outdoor
ports which will quicken the perception
; and indue 'quicker movement should be
practiced. 'Jumping rope, if not over
done, and the heart IS good and sound, is
good exercise, and it is fun. too.
Two zeroises pictured mre simple, and
may be performed each morning upon
rising. One tends to reduoe the abdo
men and lengthen the waist: Raise
the hands above the head; with knees
and elbows stiff, bend forward from
the waist and try to touch the floor
with the fingertips. Inhale a deep
breath as you stand erect with raised
arms; expel it as you bend toward the
floor.
The other exereise reduces the hips:
Stand with hands on hips and enco
ders level; raise the leg. with the knee
flexed, and make a quick side kick as
high as may be; then bring the foot
back to the floor and perform the ac
tion with the other leg.
Seep breathing Is an exercise tor the
fat girl, because many stout girls have
little chest development.
In the matter of diet she should be
very careful and abstain from many
goodies that girls' dearly love Ice cream
sodas and candles, and, in fact, all
sweets; soups and milk and starch
foods.
The fat girl is not so likely to over
eat as she is to be injudicious in her
selection of food. The fat girl Is in
clined to be Indulgent, and it is hard
to Impress on her so many "don'ts"
but we do it all in love.
Avoid that delicious little habit of
between-meal eating.
leaves, strain the liquid carefully
through muslin, and to each pint add
two teaspoonfula of alcohol. This
should be rubbed on the hair every
night before retiring.
To Remove IF arts
M. A. G. I think you will find this
recipe better than the one you men
tioned: Mix one grain of paraform with nine
parts of flexible collodion, and apply to
wart three times a" day. After two or
three days the epidermis peels off and
the wart will come with it.
Lemon Juice, too, will cause some
warts to disappear. Touch them two or
three times daily with a camel's-halr
brush soaked in the juice.
To Reduce Fat
NELLIE F. Instead of trying the
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last madame, his wife, tired of seeing
nothing but the four walls of the house,
protested, and Monsieur le Marquis bit
upon a plan. It was exalted H was
sublime; he was an Inventor) He bad
made - a -carriage inclosed entirely in :
stiff leather wiy glass windows, some- '
thing on the plan of what Americans '
call a carryall or German town.- In the
front there was a window of plate glass,
with two rectangular . holes through '
which to pass the reins, and even these
were covered by flaps of leather. ' So'
he -went forth in, his airproof carnage,
absolutely sure that he was) secure from
, any vagrant breeze and positive that he
- 'would "live forever or, at least, until j
Trance became again a monarchy. -The
martinis of the glass carriage waa
- most jlesddedly peculiar: -from the
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method you describe use the following
pomade: Iodide of potassium, forty-six
grains; vaseline, one and three-fourth
ounces; lanolin, one and three-fourth
ounces; tincture of benzoin, twenty
drops.
Make into a pomade and rub over the
fatty parts twice a day. You should ab
stain from food that is especially fat
forming cereals, potatoes, corn, beans,
etc. You should avoid sweets of all
kinds.
Sage tea is the most harmless of rem
edies for darkening the hair. Make a
strong brew of dried leaves, strain the
liquid carefully through muslin, and to
each pint add two teaspoonfula of' alco
hol. This should be rubbed on the hair
every night before retiring.
For Rough Skin
MRS. C The best thing to do for
rough skin on the arms is to bathe the
arms every night in alcohol. Rub them
briskly, as this will Improve the circu
lation of the blood.
This recipe will harden the bust and
make It more firm.
This pomade should not be used as a
massage cream, but should be applied
after massage to restore shrunken or
flabby skin: Oil of sweet almonds, six
ounces; white wax. three ounces; tinc
ture benzoin, one and one-half ounces;
rosewater, one and one-half ounces;
pulverised tannin, six drams.
Wash for the Skin
BLANCHE Cucumber wash is moat
excellent for the skin at all seasons
of the year. To make It take one or
two cucumbers, cut them into rather
small chunks without peeling. Put
these Into a mortar and pound with
AQID pSUMMJERGQIDS
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American viewpoint crazy; but perhaps
there was some reason in his fear of a
draught Americans, as a rule, are a
little too indifferent to the possibilities
of catching a coldv and, as a result, they
are usually afflicted with one; indeed,
throat affections are very common
among us. - v -,.
A people take cold not when Inhaling
food, fresh air, but When sitting in a
draught even when not overheated,. or
when sitting In the direct line with all
electric fan. Others will rush Into the
house after playing tennis or otherwise
exercising, drink several glasses of Iced .
water and then rest on the cold stone
steps until they are thoroughly chilled. ..
Later, she who has been reading in a
draught and she who has been catch
Ins a cold by the aid of stones and iced :
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a pestle (or use a heavy wooden po
tato masher and a heavy earthen
ware bowl) until the mass is pulp
like in consistency. Now filter this
through a piece of cheesecloth or
very coarse muslin, squeezing out as
much of the Juice as you can from
the rcuse. Now put the refuse and
filtered Juice into a clean enameled
saucepan and simmer (don't boil) for
ten minutes.
Then strain and when cold add at
cohol to the proportion of one table
spoonful to half a pint of the strained
liquid. Bottle and use to sponge your;
face Instead of washing it during
the day. The alcohol should preserve the
juice. ; -.'
To Develop the Bust ;
IVA The following may be tried ta
Increase the else of the bust: Lanolin,
one ounce; cocoa butter, one ounces
sweet almond oil, one ounce. Put la
mall bowl, set In hot water until
melted. Beat together and cooL Each,
night after laying hot cloths on bust,
rub it in by massaging gently and
thoroughly in a circular direction fofi
fifteen minutes. V : ' -.'':'
I can give you a formula which will
fade the brown spots somewhat, but
they are almost invariably evidenced
of liver trouble. If you do not get bet
ter of them shortly after using the)
recipe, I should advise you to conautt
your own physician In regard to the
trouble. - - , , . im. -
Bichloride of mercury in ; coarnsj
rowder, eight grains; witch hazel,
wo ounces; rosewater, two ounces.
Agitate until a solution is obtained.
Mop over the affected parts. , Keep
the lotion out of the way of Ignorant -persons
and children, , (; j
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drinks will meet and complain- shout
the "sudden change in the wwuiti-r."
snd thereafter foe a week or two Hi-
will inflict their friends Willi thHr s"" -ing
and couching, for summer cui.;
; iast a long time. Those who J not n-t
- the usual coryza frequently wind vj
with neuralgia, whii-h is far rnma jiiiu
ful and even more dUiiuit to cure.
During the summer lie careful. ) -.
cause you are very warm, 1i iit i -mediately
try t trmw to dwiin;'i.--.
cause you are thlrm v, do ir,t ti 'i.
gallons tif k-eil watt-r, ') h t ( .
nutrquis,- - like iiher :urnn i!, . , i
faint at even thi ihouKht ut Ihl luf-t-r
AmeriosiiUn), anrl itiil tb.,i l t n
diculouit, Juxt ths mmp It J una !
drink it all the Um aiid unUur s.l .' -dltlons.
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