HOW OUR GRANDMOTHERS MAN-AGED-TO LOOK YOUNG AT SIXTY. "It is strange," remarked an old chemist the other, day, "that so many women nowadays persist in trying all sorts of injurious patent systems and complicated treatments, hoping, to restore mined complexions or improve the appearance of their skins, when they might easily do so by tho simple home remedies of their grandmothers. In olden times a woman looked comparatively young at sixty, while now most women have blemished complexions long before they are thirty. Yet nothing now has been invented anythin,? like so effective as thq old-time lotion used by famous French Court beauties, such as Kocamier and Du Barry, to preserve their youthful appearance. Tho .recino was so simple; just 2oz. rosewater, 1 dram tincture of benzoin, and 2oz. ordinary flowers of oxzoin, which any chemist will supply. Jlix the lotion weli, then apply with a soft cloth. If you applv it regularly it will not only keep the skin fiee from wrinkles,- but will quickly restore the dullest complexion. My own daughter is nearly fifty years old. and in this way she. keens her face looking so youni» and fresh that most people think she' has not reached the age of thirtyfive." The above advice indicates such a simple, harmless" means to rejuvenate tho appearance, that it is published for (he benefit of lady readers.—Advt. Mr. A. J. Chirig, of the K'apier Courthouse, has' received notice of his promotion tc Bltham, where he will be clerk of tho Court
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 7
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250Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 7
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