HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 351, 8 April 1911, Page 6

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

For pimples on the face the following lotion is recommended: To soz of eldei-rlower water add loz of spirits of camphor, and one drahm of milk of sulphur. Shake thoroughly. Wash the face at night with tepid water and soap, and after drying the face apply the lotion with a soft sponge or a puff of cotton; let the lotion dry on. Rub the face over just before washing it with two teaspoonfuls of flower of sulphur mixed in half a pint of new milk. This mixture should stand awhile first. . Doctors say that apples act directly upon the liver, thus strengthening the digestion, and, as a consequence improving the texture of the skin and the tints of the complexion. Raw apples are the best, but baked ones may be substituted for a change, or if the fresh fruit should be found unpalatable or dfficult of digestion. The old rule that fruit in the morning is gold, in the afternoon is silver, and in the evening is lead, is quite exploded. Many people find that a light meal of ripe fruit directly before getting into bed induces comfortable sleep. Everyone should make it a practice to eat an orange or an apple before going to bed. raw onion is said to have similarly beneficial effects upon the health, and therefore upon the looks, but there are other results not so agreeable, which every person of refinement would avod. Prunes are excellent, when apples and oranges are unattainable.

The chin should be round, white, and well-modelled. Resolution and firmness are expressed by a wellformed chin, while weakness of disposition is shown in a retreating one. We can do something towards securing weil-formed cbins. If circumstances favour the development of firmness in character, the chin will improve steadily in these circumstances. If, on the contrary, weakness and irresolution, and a tendency to be easily led by others, become fixedin the nature and fostered by events, the chin will retreat more and more in consonance with the deterioration of the will. Balzac says that the kind, of life we lead daily affects the soul, and the soul affects the face. The care of our teeth and hands may be considered as forming part of our duty to our neighbour, as well as to ourselves. The aspect of untended teeth is offensive, and that of uncaredfor finger-nails almost as bad. White teeth give a decided charm to the countenance. The delicious sensation of purity induced by the vigorous of a rather hard tooth brush is sufficient to overcome their special failing. Most of us do not neglect the daily cleansing, though only a small minority do their whole duty to those useful servants by cleansing them after every meal, as well as each morning and at night. ft is really necessary to do this to keep them in perfect condition and avoid the toothache. Periodical visits should be made to the dentist for purposes of prevention, which is so much superior to cure. and miu.h leas disagreeable where tlm teeth at'e concerned. lied and iirm gums are great aids by contrast to the beauty of the teeth. Myrrh and alum both act beneficially on the gums. The teeth should be of the purest whiteness, and have a kind of clear look in them, like pebbles under water. They should be perfectly evsn, small in a woman, larger in a man. The upper teeth should protrude slightly over the under, but not in any pronounced degree. A tincture that restores soundness to the gums is one of coarselypowdered I'eruvan bark, steeped for a fortnight in half a pint of brandy. The mouth should be well washed night and morning with this mixture, diluted in an equal quanity of rosewater. Camphorated chalk is a safe dentifrice, and gives a delightful sensation of purity to the mouth. A very pleasant dentifrice is made with an ounce, of finely-powdered green sage, mixed in a teaspoonful of white honey. A preparation for decaying teeth is composed of two scruples of finely-powdered myrrh, a scruple of juniper gum. and ten grains of rock alum, mixed in honey.