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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 23. 1903 CONCLRNINC HEALTH andBEAUTY By MRS. HtNRY SYMES Tto OISONED bv DoWhbUF ivy Ul VLALV 1 rr j-mr v. & 'St 3r .y - l O many people the fear of poison ing is the curse of the ummer time. To those unfortunates the country has no charms, for be hind any treo or bush may lurk their enemy, poison Ivy-culled In the South, "oak." To add to their terror, tradition has It that, onco poisoned, the skin becomes . irritated In the sumo way, at the same Benson", fur thre-i successive years. Whither this Is a superstition or not 'tis hard to say; but certain It Is that I knew a child whom strawberry leaves poisoned, and although, once being caught, she thereafter carefully avoid ed the strawberry patch, for three years the eruption of the skin return- ' td at strawberry season. To some ihn Irritation caused by poison Ivy Is not painful; to others the suffering Is acute. All that can Advice to Correspondents OWING to the great amount of mall received and the limited, rpace given this d p:u tment; it Is absolutely impossible to answer letters In the Sunday issue fol lowing their receipt. The letters must be answered in turn, and this ofttimes requires three or four weeks. All correspondents who desire an Immediate answer must Inclose a self addressed stamped envelope for a reply. This rul'i must also be corn piled with in regard to personal let ters. An fcv Double Chin Fl'MSORIDKIt To help reduce a double chin, practice the following ex ercise: 1. Stand erect. In military posi tion. Place the hands lightly on the hips, fingers forward. Drop the chin lowly on the collarbone; then throw the head hack with a quick, even movement- that is not a jerk, but yet puts all the muscles into quick play. Repeat ten times. 2. Turn the head quickly to the light till the chin Is just over the right shoulder; then back again. Re peat ten times; then turn the head to the left In the. same way. Repeat ten times. lo not tire the muscles of the neck, but gradually increase the num ber of exercises daily until you can practice each one about fifty times with out after-discomfort. Some J 'cry Good Depilatories WORRIED Any one of these recipes will make up into a helpful depilatory; Bulphlde of soda, 100 grains; -slaked lime, eighty grains; starch, twenty grains; llmewater, four fluid drams. Barium sulphide Is also used as a paste for depilatories. The standard formula Is: 13arlum sulphide, eighty grains; powdered chalk. 4(0 grains. .Mix with water. The barium sulphide must be absolutely dry to be effective when It Is mixed with the chalk. Enough water should be afterward added ti make a thin paste. Sulphide of strontium makes also an efficient depilatory. It !s made as fol lows: Sulphide of strontium, two drams; oxide of zinc, three drams; powdered starch, three drams. Skin Food for the Hands DANDY Try this skin food for the lands: Cocoa butter, cue ounce; oil of iweet almond:-, one ounce, oxide of zinc. ne dram; borax, one dram, oil of bor jsmot, six drops. H at the cocoa but er and oil of almonds In a bain marie .nd. when thorough')' blended, add the anc and borax. si:r as it coyls and add he oil of bergamol last. Hub into the lands at niht. . - "firJ'r v.. ;s., ' fi: bows close to the body. This will nat urally keep the chin free and the chest thrown forward. To Remove Moles L"GI;Y Dt't KLlNT, -1 advise go to a specialist to have the removed. However, if they are a very groat size, I think you you to moles not of would bo wise to kt them alone, (or. un doubtedly, the operation of removing them will leave a scar, anyway. To Take .Iti ay 'Tan and Freckles C. C. -There are several simple reme dies which you may use to restore your complex!. ,n ' to its fairn. ss. Rathe your face at night with nn in fusion (cold) of fresh cucumbers sliced In milk. Huttermilk. too, is very good if applied to the face several times a day. Good results may be obtained from the use of a mixture of lemon Juice and glycerine, equal parts. If your skin will not stand glycerine, use rosowater instead. be done Is to taie the Inflammation away, and for this thero are. several remedies. The one most commonly used Is lead-water or sugar of 'ea.d, the lat ter being powder. I.ead-wnter Is ap plied hot or cold with absorbent cot ton, though it Is said that it Is best when heated. If it reddens the skin, cidd cream may be later applied. Sugar of lend may be mixed with the cold cream, thus forming a salve. This Is put on ti e poisoned skin with a' bit of absorb'-nt cotton or a paint brush, and it stays m place. Grlndella Is a remedy intended spe cially for poison. It Is the pure es sence of an lierli, nr. 1 It Is said to bring; Immediate roiief, while a com plete cu.-e is effected after three or four applications. . When applying any remedy for Ivy or other poison never touch the af fected part with the bar.. I. fh;e It will spread. Liquids may be put on with a fine camel's-halr brush or with absorbent cotton. The latter should bo burned after using. 'I h..- bru.-h must tie disinfected at once. f the. hands are poisoned, relief may be obtained by h -Idir -g th'tn in a pmill receptacle a linger bowl, for instance partially filled with either gnnielia. If procurable, or 1. ad-water. Any ether part of the bojy in, iy he fre.pi. ntly bathed In either remedy, and al night the tah-o may be applied. When pol.-oned It is wen to wear glov s at light to keep the hands fp.'n coming in contact with or further irrl tatlrr the poison. Otherwise the irre sistible impulse to scratch will retard the recovery. Some people hold that a ring of sugar of had and cold cream painted round the poisoned part prevents tho Innnm mution from uprcadlng. It is well worth trying. Any one who poisons easily. on re turning from a walk In t he eount ry-or wherever poison Ivy grow s- should nl ways wash tho face and hands In hot water. Hands first, of oonrso. This washes awiv whatever poisonous sub stances the wind may have lodged on the sensitive nlln and many a tiotible some and painful case of Ivy poison may thus be avoided. T1 ii in i' i na n, m mrmn i 4f i&i.-O e- it S st . K v, st 3 .V 1- 5 mm..- .w -.. j1 ' II :f-&&JT ' 1 1,-. if Character in "Walkinfr TirA l.K 1 NT) Is almost ns common as ' breathing, citing and sleeping, yet there are many people who do not know how to walk. Some loiter along with a half-deid. half-alive air. while others madly rush as if but a moment of time was theirs. Now. there is much character In a walk; It should embody energy, ambi tion and enterprise and at the same time grace and dignity. To walk for h'ulth certain prepara tions should be made. ,Jn cold weather the clothing shou'.d be warm but not heavy. The clothing should be loose, for a tight garment restricts circula tion. The skirt should be short and the shoes should be low-heeled, wide and t iili k holed. Deep breathing goes hand In hand with walking, and It is a good habit to breatho rhyihmlcaiy. counting the while. To he Agreeable HE girl who gets a grievance, who feels herself ill used, who is quite sure- that nobody understands her, has a mental ailment ami needs treatment. Now, 1 am going to prescribe. The best euro is action. Fill every hour of the day with Interests. Acquire a hobby (many people speak slightingly of a hubby, but a hobby is a great thing). Throw yourself with enthusiasm into .ill j oil do. Try to make evcry- u meet happy. 1 orget lhat you yo.irseil exist, ami toe lust Unrig you know you will acquire that wholesome, happy state of mind which is tile, moat beneficial of trails. The Hair Pillow EW people know the comfort lu sum ' mcr of a hair pillow. Who would think of sleeping upon a feather bed la August? And yet many of us bury ur heads in large, noft. feathery pillows. Suppose you buy a dear little hair pil low - .'it by 10 inches- and make for It a simple slip or ijnen. I. ay your weary bead upon this some hot night and you will dream of cooling and refreshing drinks an -lpossibly of icebergs. An Emperor's Kule of Health p.iT fruit for breakfast. Eat fruit- for lunch. Avoid pastry and hot cakes. lake potatoes only erne, a I -'li t drink tea ,,r con e. Walk four miles every day, wet or fine. Take a bath every cay. Wash the face every night In warm water. Sk-ep eight hours every night. c OMFORT for 11 ENDER Aids to Health and Beatity Good for the (Complexion FAY The following treatment for mrroing the cempbxion is found very ultable for some skins: Take half an unce of glycerine and mix with It half pint of or ar.ge-flower water. Add & abkspoonf-.il of powdered borax. Wash he face with the lotion several times a ay. . Xumbcr of Questions ROSEBl'D The following recipe will lake up Into a tplcndld preparation for ftnovinj pimples and biarkheada: Pe--olatum. one ounce; lanolin (anhy roun. ore our.ee; hydros",, peroxide, re fluid ounce, acetic acid, one fluid ram This treatment Is e-ef-Oert for clear ig the complexion: Rub the face over, itt before wa-fttfru If. with two tea joonfuis of flower of mlphur mixed i balf a pint cf sew milk. This mtx jra should- stand a little while before Is 11H on the fare. If tou are inchrd to he round houl d. practice walking to and fro with w hards b51r,d your brk Thror ur efcouldere back and keep the el- Reeipc for the Hair CONSTANT READER Here is the recipe which you asked me to reprint: me-nair ounce ol sugar or leaa. one half ounce of lac sulphur, one-half ounce of essence of bergamot, one-half gill of alcohol, one ounce of glycerine, one-half1 ounce of tincture of cantharl des. one-half ounce of ammonia. illx all in one pint of soft water. Apply to the roots of the hair, which jnust be clean. Tne dye should never be applied If there is any irritation or abrasion of the scalp. The best way to use any stain Is to apply it to t lie roots of h- hair with a small brush a tooth brush will an swer for the purpose. Then spread it evenly diwnward through tho tresses wiih an ordinary hair brush. This should not bc applied' more than once a w ek. as its fr-q:ient ue at too brief an int- rval wouid. sooner or I a per, have a pernicious effect upon the scalp, Homr-Made Bay Rum YIOEET-Yclu will not find rhe rr!pn given below at ail difficult to prepare: Oil of bay, one-haif o:n'e, oi of or ange pe.-l, fifteen minims, oil ..f r. nienta. fifteen minims; alcohol, thiriy r.u.e. ouiiei s. Add enouga water to make f.:xt -four fluid ojin s. A g-ioj lotl-n t'if prrspltmg hands is made of the following ingredients: l-toin; b, id. eighty mains, borax. X Frairs. salicylic acid. grains; g've er:r,e. two '6unet-s. 1-iuh on the hands four or fle times a day Wash the hand? in arm wafr b-fore applying and dry carefully. Shnk well. If th Itlycrlne is heated It will i-'iease the solubility of the preparation. Hair Tonic FLORA T' the quiu-e torlc. which wilt not darken yiur lair in the JeajL Here It the formula f. r it. Sulphate of qulmr.e. one dram; rnsewster. e'ght eur.cet. diluted sulphuric arid, f.fteon mirtms: r-NM spirits, two ountfi. Mix. thn fjrthr tl Ghorinf. ore O'jarter ounce, esenee roale or en- "i rouek. five or s:x minims. Aal Tate until solution Is complete, to the rocta every day. tw - ; 4 . Iti-V S-.V mat - -' " 7 vl K t at - -j te 4w; .. ' If . M 1 1 tsLm I v.: -1 f V ' V ft iS J I . - -. . - . . ll Til M ft-' ' 'At' ' - f a ' . . r M t 1 A j UA. 1 ! AX J t- A.-'l.MCl.K i eip for tender and swollen fee-t is the application of Mi si-line. ;f it li rubbed w.il into th Men. it so tuna it, prevents cal lous p.uces and has a generally, cool ing and soul.'-ir.g effect. Afterward tr e f.et inay be washed In "arm .4t,-r neitr.er not nor cool If hot is u.. d. 't onl brir.pi al! th blood to the feet, thereby maklni them mere t-in than er. If the feet are bath',1 in coid water. It o Increases U.e circulation that ihe f feer ts mu-h the tne as when hot is em loyed Tt.ls done, dry t. e fet earfu!lr In all the rrek and crevices, and pew. der then we.l. It Is the moisture left where the Invil -t . v. i , . Apaiy causes scft corns acd such annoy- a net-a. Very Beneficial LET a woman who has been working all the morning over the counties details of housekeeping put on her hat and go out for a brlbk walk. If It is only; for fifteen minutes it will do her untold good herv head will be clearer and her heart lighter. Time thus taken is not wasted, but the, best kind of an iinestment, as she will find she can do much nioia lu the loutf run. The Influence of Sunshine Not half- the people on earth realize how large a part sunshine can play la their lrves. . Sunb aths are taken as a remedv for rheumatism and sometimes lo ward off slceplessiH ss. Even when there Is n special disease to tis;ht, but one is Just tired out after a strenuous ta-k. a jun bath will do good work bc'.ur than oiiy medicine you could taki. It is int. resting, too, r i note 'he dif ference the condition of tip. we.it tier maki s in our t' nip- is. Th- re ,ire noiiib. of cou r se, w ho a r wet and gloomy them as a l.oio; are others w n- - e as the c i o u ' .'. are in rhe :. I-'or rhe -. bors It :. things ,-h" us ad!-: . t ' litera.ly ar co.ns: -t ated that a is :.': same t o in-!;1!) e dity ; thera i .i lai- r increases , tut th mi trwBi I ;ri ar:d neigh-u- io, it ac .llj So let cr lives . H i Hi t:. T.lK Ir, a.. chy? Js'j?zej-j- tJ:e Averse fare of the re- : .- . tant as In warm w.-nt-rr f -.-they usually swe ; ,.-aew hat t.elr normal It : tK." well, when burng nh e ; i Tk Into consideration a -el et then a half else or even a s Israer than one wouid bay In wir.ier. t-ta then then o:. 1 f n tn - s -lp nf, rt is ' . r b , o m r .o 1 -el t h re ..it rime ' 'f tn.r tv-oe ws oh- a.Te h'u rop.!'st. I' p i.hu n;red 1;. n v rd In. f Kd condition. some pe"pl un l;tt resnedtes through th J:f- r-ave crr r. J 2 ft t t l:. - 1 ! th.r rr t o kp the '-t If it Is possl- ver cut the corns with a kn:ie. r o-Uiing is there so much da:.- 1 lunj poisoning. d ing the feet do not imr ...-J ktocki.-'gs at once. .s.:p a pair of low-heeiej s. -t at the air may reach t . o r feet, they are alw)s i n , b...t leather caatnsjs, and fry deserve a Mt of lr In f.'-t r' IT.en. again. It la the euret r perspiring a Del otber ua- p eajtee, tnes-es. Tre m.pie little remedies arei si fm and ae so much discomfort that tt.ev are worth tryinsr. Ke who follows the sua; rest Ions and avoids calfskin shoes during the summer w.ather will find that all her aches and pain will bare Aowsj away. ; F.xercise :'Joo ex-rcise. Iiw ! . -r - :n-e ' us possible, anil : a d .if-rent person In a v- - A: le.itt n.i.k to and, w -h ,-: the distance la not : 'I 'ke t si n on our cycler v , k - lively s.. miner even I . -. kin . If yei have tone a nil . i! u: I he business girl has i . .!. t iry l.fe I- it she should, -:!.). n possible, tn jet a dally , ; jre.ent her muscles from pe- c rtai-t y arid soft. - ,.t rxenise It Is Impossible t lv -i:f.-t our f.xxl; without rresrt ,,i wi.i b-cnie pale and aickiy. g i, the btst and cheapest eaer it-,.- w rid it brings Into play a r v irt. ki, it strengthens the i! ,. r. i ,f waste product's by rcuianon ana NtltU, n A 1 a - 1 1 . . - !i -n -t : -I1I-- w en : ur skin. Above alL It can a It is bettwr than tor Ice or . o makes you feel ready lit .1 i-:ps y to digest an-1 a si -oiU'e ) .r fooa. Lon't fo'ti at K Ml at eriwe; begin g t,, giad.iailr lncreaee the leort. cf u-jr walka. and yem wilt soon fnd youf fcalth fat inprored in tbe proe-eav. If von come home fsg(e or tired. dsa t sit de" t orce te a meal; rest a, m-m for cr'eea "mleutew. then yu ': I f ready tn eat and w.U yeiar f-4 kttr for the rtsL , t
