FOR SILVER HAIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 4

FOR SILVER HAIR

Never wave silver hair with hot irons; use a water-waving comb. If an egg shampoo is liked, used the whites only of two eggs to two tablespoons of water and one tablespoon of eau-de-Cologne. Add a dessertspoonful of finely-shredded Castile soap and beat well; then add half a pint of hot water and the shampoo is ready. After shampooing, use two rinsing waters with a tingue of blue in the second. Never dry the hair at a fire. Always wear a cap before creaming the face; the cream will yellow the hair if allowed to touch it. A SHAMPOO Beat up the yolks of two fresh eggs and rub well into the hair. Then dissolve a heaped tablespoon of powdered borax in two tablespoons of tepid water, mix in a quart of hot water and use to wash the head and hair. This will produce a plentiful lather when rubbed into the egg-yolk already on the head and may be removed by copious rinsing, first in hot water and then in cooler. Dry with hot towels. A “PICK-ME-UP” One of the best “pick-me-ups” known is a fresh unbeaten egg. Break the egg into a wineglass, add a little salt, and swallow it whole without breaking the yolk—just as you would swallow an oyster. Many cases of severe nerve troubles have been cured by this simple remedy.

COMPLEXION LOTION Here is a recipe to the use of which it is said the great actress Sarah Bernhardt owed her wonderful complexion: Put into a large jar quarter-pint of unsweetened gin, one ounce of spirits of camphor, one ounce of spirits of ammonia, and enough boiling water to make up to a quart. Finally add two ounces of sea-salt and stir until dissolved. Put into a bottle, keep closely corked and shake well before using. OBSTRUCTING THE TRAFFIC Recently a woman walked out of a grocer’s shop, crossed the roadway and, as if by magic, all the traffic suddenly stopped. As she continued on her way motorists looked perplexed and impatiently tooted their horns. Then a man rushed over—and broke the string which led from the woman’s parcel to the shop a hundred yards away. TO PATCH WALLPAPER When a patterned wallpaper is torn, an almost invisible patch may be put on if you have some left-over pieces. Select a piece larger than the torn area, but matching it exactly. Spread the paste on the wrong side of this patch and lay carefully and smoothly in place. Even plain wallpaper can be neatly patched, though this requires more care. The patch should be of irregular shape, and should be so torn that it will have very thin edges, which will render it inconspicuous when pasted smoothly in place.