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an fw- , Tr t T-" V- jj". - - ' v t, ; , , n -,- . s " , w 4 a The Commoner. 9 JANUARY 17, 1913 drops of iodine. The mixture -will immediately turn a deep violet color, and thus betray the adulterating starch. Where cocoa is sold-in bulk by careless dealers, the price may bo small for cocoa, but the starch is well paid for. For the Toilet One of our readers asks about the use of epsom salts as a cosmetic. A beauty doctors tells us that epsom salts used on tho face or hands will make the skin wrinkled and crinkled, and are extremely drying. Also, tho recommendation to rub the hands with fine salt after washing in the laundry is prohibited, as it is apt to harm. For killing the alkali, vinegar is best, then rubbing a slight coating of cold cream on the hands to restore tho natural oil. In cold, or windy weather, to pre vent the lips chapping, try this: Mutton tallow, warmed and strained through a fine cloth, one-fourth pound; raisins, one-fourth pound; yellow-bees-wax, one tablespoonful shredded. Simmer the ingredients together slowly until the raisins rise to the top, then strain through muslin into small jars and cool. Good for chaps, roughness, chapped hands, cuts or sores. It will not become rancid, and may have a few drops of perfume added, if liked. Less can bo made, keeping the same proportions. During the cold weather, the "beauty bags" for the bath are especially beneficial. Use one and one-half pounds of fresh, sweet wheat bran, three-fourths pound of almond meal, eight ounces of grated castilo soap. Make cheese cloth bags five or six inches square, fill into each three tablospoonfuls of tho above mixture, sew up. Tho above quan tity will make sixteen bags. Uso as soap in tho bath water, one at a time when bathing. Bettor than soap. An excellent mouth wash that will do much to preserve the teeth is made of one tablespoonful of borax in a pint of boiling water, let cool, and add one ounce of tincture of myrrh and five drops of thymol. Use one teaspoonful to half a glass of water with tooth brush. For bend parasites, put ten cents worth of fish berries in a pint bottle, of tor mashing the berries; thon- fill the bottle with jvhisky; let stand a day or two, then wet the hair and scalp thoroughly with tho decoction twice a day, for a couple of days; then wash the head, comb and brush well, let get dry. and wet with apDle vinegar. The vinegar will dissolve the nits, and the hair will be clean. DREADED TO EAT A Quaker Couple's Experience. How many persons dread to eat their meals, although actually hun gry nearly all the time! Nature never intended this should be so, for we are given a thing called appetite that, should guide us as to what the system needs at any time and' can' digest. But we get in a hurry, swallow our food very much as we shovel coal into the furnace, and our sense of appetite becomes unnatural and perverted. Then we eat the wrong kind of food or eat too much, and there you are indigestion and its accompanying miseries. A Philadelphia lady said: "My husband and I have been sick and nervous for 16 or 20 years from drinking coffee feverish, indiges tion, totally unfit, a good part of the time, for work or pleasure. We actually dreaded to eat our meals. (Tea is just as injurious, because it contains . caffeine, the same drug found In'coffee.) "We tried doctors and patent medicines. that counted up into hun dreds of dollars, with little if any benefit. "Accidentally, a small package of Fostum came into my hands. I made eorno according to directions, with surprising results. We both liked it and have not used any coffee since. "The dull feeling after meals has left us and we feel better every way. We are so well satisfied with Postum that we recommend it to our friends who have been made sick and ner vous and miserable by coffee." Name given upon request. Read tho little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Postum now comes in concen trated, powder form, called Instant Postum. It is prepared by stirring a level ter spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding sugar to taste, and enough cream to bring the color to golden brown. Instant Postum fs convenient; there's no waste; and the flavour is always uniform. Sold by grocers 60 -cup tin 30 cts., 100-cup tin 60 cts. A 6-cup trial tin mailed for gro cer's name and 2-cent stamp for postage. Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Health Notes Despite tho present "no-petticoat" fashion, it is by no means sensible to allow one's self to go so thinly clad as to chill the body. The feet should be kept warm, warm petti coats should bo worn, long sleeves, and clothing made of sensible ma terials. Low shoes and thin stock ings should never be worn during the cold, sharp winds of winter, and those who do "follow the fashions" in the undress styles of todav need not expect to escape tho penalty for breaking the laws of health in the matter of protecting the body It is claimed that charcoal will absorb the injurious gases that col lect in the stomach and bowels, caused "by undigested and rotting foods. It also acts as a mild laxa tive with some people. A charcoal tablet will often be all that is neces sary to sweeten the breath. An egg shampoo is made by dis solving five ounces of castilo soap in a pint of boiling water. Do not keep boiling, but keep just warm enough to dissolve all the soap. Pour this into a wide-mouthed jar or bottle. Tt will form a jelly when cold. When the shampoo is desired, beat up two raw eggs and two tablespoonfuls of the soap jelly, adding a glass of warm water. The eggs must not bo mixed with the jelly until to be used, as they must be fresh. Wet tho hair and apply the shampoo, and when the scalp is clean, rinse all the mixture out of the hair with several clean waters. For cold sores, -apply spirits of camphor several times a day. A writer for a medical magazine insists that it is habit, and not flight of years, that gives us a look of age. There is nothing that gives one the appearance of age so much as a stooping gait in getting about. Too many women who were once pretty allow themselves to sink down into senility by giving up interest in the life about them, letting the mind die of idleness; habits of laziness and self-indulgence tafco the freshness from the skin and the light, agile grace from the step. It is best to keep the mind busy at work, and the bodily functions well exercised, and by so doing, though the marks of years may be on the body, the men tal and spiritual life will always keep a young look shining from the inside. bo porfectly useless, and you may bo paying several prices for a very in expensive material. Among the home mouth washes, cheap and effec tive as well as harmless, common cooking soda, a teaspoonful to a' half a glass of water, is very effective, neutralizing tho acid torments of foods and a good germ-killer, but is not considered antiseptic. A satu rated solution of boric acid made by adding the powdered boric acid to water until the water will dissolve no more, but have a white sediment in the bottom of the glass, is antlsoptic. A solution of one part peroxide of hydrogen to two parts water is a very excellent mouth wash for occasional use, but is said Jo bo harmful if used continually, unless thero is pus in the mouth or about tho gums. A solution of salt In pro portions of one teaspoonful to a half glass of water is excellent. The washing out of the mouth is a neces sity for good health, and somo simple wash, such as the salt, or borax solution, should be used after every meal. Every child should be taught to brush tho teeth and wash out the mouth. livery adult should know how to clean tho teeth and care for them, without being taught to do so lato in life. Caring for the Teeth It Is better to get your tooth pow der, or mouth wa&h recipes from your own dentist, than to buy pre pared stuff of which yon know noth ing. The prepared stuff may bo per fectly harmless, and very pleasant to take into the mouth; but it may also Useful In format Jon In sewing buttons on clothes that are to be laundered, have the knot of the thread on the right side be tween the button and the cloth, and sew over a good sized pin to allow sufficient thread for shrinkage. Eye-glasse's may be made perfectly clear and bright by polishing with a cloth wot In alcohol. If tho glasses are sot in gold frames, a fine camcl's hair brush will take tho dust from tho edges and make them "like new." To remove the shino from a sergo skirt, spongo tho shiny placed with bluing water, mado as for tho laun dry, but n littlo stronger of the blu ing. Press the spots whilo damp, laying a cloth between the Iron and tho goods. A good thing for the kitchen Is a slab of roofing slate as large and as smooth as you can get. It is flno for a dough-board, as it is always cold, will not absorb grease, and is easily washed. For cutting or slic ing vegetables It is excellent, but the knife should not be allowed to cut down to the surface. Home-made Bran Coffee Put into a dripping pan a layer of clean wheat bran; pour over this two or three cupfuln of molasses and mix well, then brown in the ovou, stir ring often ho it will brown evenly. Put this away in a tight can and when wanted, take one cupful of this browned bran, put into a coffee pot and add some cold water. Let boil about twenty minutes; then add six cups of boiling water. Put cream over it. There should bo bran enough to mix up pretty stiff with the molasses. LADY WANTED To Introdure DrettOoodi, lidkl, and IVttkoaU, MakefNMo SiO wcUy. IJctlfnc1cett price told through agent only. No monry required. Ne Sprint; patterns now Trad. Sample and rate Irer tUMMiAIUl UlirJiH ilOOVH COBl'isr, llc.V I3..N, lllagkaiaton, ., T. LATEST FASHIONS FOR COMMONER READERS ?9 0-104-94 J 0 LAI )I ES' COSTUME Waist, 9404, cut in five sizes, 34, 3C, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure. Skirt, 9410, cut in fivo sizes, 22, 24, 20, 28 and 30 inches, waist measure. It requJres C yards of 44-inch material for a 36-inch size. This calls for two separate pat terns, 10c for each. 0445 LADIES nOUSK DRESS Cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure. 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