THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 23. 1903
CONCLRNINC HEALTH andBEAUTY
By MRS. HtNRY SYMES
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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