The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1899, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY JULY 1899. D ~JULY SUNSHINE IND FRECKLES This department is for the benefit of all those who are interested in the science of cosmetics and the hygiene of proper living. If any one desires information on either of these subjects the questions will be cheerfully answered in these columns. Write as often as you like, ask as many questions as you please and sign any name that you chooss. Ad- dress all communications to Mme. Hygeia, The Sunday Call. gh the disturber otherwise not such Thaz is, arly large enacious. There An empty purse n coun- usband who time from a hour afrer a friend with all boy who, with the mo- owing you how after all. partic any upon loves you. things that try wome eration, and t rries is that they ca removed by outward applications, pity ge of of most other facial although huge moun- flicted are the veriest for ur they g large nur 2's in nine *t even noticed L ctionabie bot t eruption vor [ frequent afterward with a goc d w buttermilk, remedy for and di Ada Bathe night be water next short i a remark: As this mix t be made fresh the odor of butter- I would suggest the g:. TO REMOVE FRECKLES OR SUN- RN Take one cup of rich, sweet milk and add one-half ounce of powdered castile soap. Let simmer ¢ If ver: ick add more milk & again. v ol add the juice o emon, at night, letting it dry to the morning’ put on the least bit am this COMPL oIty gr rcanth stand in rose- er for two days. he until ite smooth. Add one-ha ce of al- -ha ce of »Orac alum. rin, or m of must ol, o m of wdére hese_ingredic prev mixed. If (oo ck with warm wat Perfume to suit ou: - acid Answers to Correspondents. A HARD WORKING GIRL—If you are implies one of the self- porting sisterhood my advice to you would be to be satisfied with the cc na has given gen 1s general What : natural : to be touched time, which, I assure > end of a nuisance. better than an ron tor the blood. If you will sen stamped addressed « elope 1 w name of one that. will in r ure your teeth. LILLIAN D! condition of your Kin in the ciréum- stances. It will no doubt right itself £00n .as the v s of the hody have got intp good working order once more. I wish you. would try the follow- ing cucumber milk on the mottled skin. I em sure vou wili. find it delightful, and you can ~prepare it yourself with very little troubl Eight ounces cucum- ber juice; one-fourth ounce of powdered castile soap; two ounces of oil of sweet almone three ounces essence of cu- cumbers; thirty-six drops simple tin ture of benzoin. Get-the juice by peeling the cucumbers, and the essence may be obtained by mixing some of the juice with an equal part of alcohol. Use the ordinary green cucumbers, and do not peel them. Slice very thin and let them cook quite awhile and slowly. When they are soft and mushy remove from the f and strain first through a fine sieve and then through a cloth. A large bottle—a gallon one—comes in very han- dy when making this lotion, as it must b haken a great deal. Place first in this bottle one and one-half ounces of glcohol and one and one-half ounces of cucumber juice. Then you have your es- gence. Add to this your castile soap and Jet stand until the soap is entirely dis- solved. Put in your cucumber juice which has been strained and which is cold. ke well, so that all are thoroughly all out in a china add the oil of al- e benzoin, stirring for some time. When you put the mixture into bottles be sure that it is well stirred, vou will get most of the olly matter mixed. Then or porcelain ve monds _and _t pour it sel and tle and the juice in the other. before using, and apply it at Let it dry the skin, and rinse with tepid water the following falling hair use this T resorcin, one- . 'and alcohol eénough bottle. Apply every night to the rubbing it weil in. ELIZA D.—The ‘‘pinkish skin" is not a as you seem to think, but an indi- that the blood circulates near the fourth ounce glyce to fill a as it should. For the hair, use shampoo cents' worth of borax and the me quantity of powdered castile soap. he yolk of an egg, well beat- nt of warm wa Put this d cork it tightly. Shake un- a fine lather. If carefully it will keep in a cool When using it rub e hair in sev- rite hot to ranging from ¢ for the final rins Thi: ng c . It is not nec: y t steamer tc eam the face. e a large hbow Fill g water, place it on a low, and envelop vour head none of the steam n cold prevent tak to have Where the tendency to exces: nt cont when mixed X I think tt a matt only be decided nal e ment. It might seem to have this effect 1 one skin and not on another. It should be used nightly and_for as long a time as sssary. W the face thor- sh on for of the follow cloth. The g morning should be wiped off with a dam n the It is_the best p wrir ies and friction w from juld be thoroug wuld be g¢ mb and rubbing, When strengthened, round g s your health Is so jcumber milk_should complexion. Formula to-day’s pondence. As your halr wretch clear the is glven in from rob the hair of sc Use a shamp water, an e pint of wa of rosemar: Ik of el bente a tonic hair houid the mmed at the e the halr nic with the spl Keepin do away —Your que wer d_some time s You must overlooked' the reply. Am sorry. If i ite again and repeat the quest be nleas t answer them The ingredients in your s not have been pure, els ve the effect upon the skin that you describe. DIAMOND—Try the following wash for the discolored spot. although - I really dout there is anvthing that will help rticular blemish: Boracic acid, one diluted witch two_ounces; ter, two ounces. Mix and rub on y d morning. This may red spot. Maseage with - flower skin food will help, too. an the lemon hair wash with safety. It will bring out the tints in light bair ROSAMUND B.—Unless the condition of your scalp amounts to a dis o suggested to Anxious, - e tonic glv ainl n in reply to F lieve it. "If, however, like eczema, 1 really feel an should prescribe for you. UTY—The simplest rem- 1 of freckles is lemon rax a about fif- rax to an ounce of the directly after coming in_out and before going to bed at lemon juice irritates the with a smearing of An almond paste made of ces of oil of sweet almonds and of white wax. with a few drops ie, is ‘very nice to whiten the Or this pomade, which {s lovely ks of two fresh eggs, two tablespoon- of ofl of sweet almonds, thirty grams u of ro and eight grams simple tinc- ture of benzoin. Eeat the eggs with the ofl. add the rosewsater and then the ben- zoin. A ttle peroxide of hydrogen on your bru will whiten the teeth nicely. LULL ion that you have been us t for the hair. 1f it does not benefit you then I fear there is some disease of the scalp and it would be wise to consult a physiclan. A dis- ease of the scalp will cause the hair to turn_gray quic than old age. When the first silver threads are apparent the health must be well guarded. Get all the rest that you possibly can, eat plenty of nourishing food, exercise in the open air and keep the scalp and hair in a state of thorough cleanliness. Singeing is excel- lent for hair that is beginning to turn gray. Do this every month. Also try the following shampoo: Beat up the whites of four eggs and apply to the hair a little at a time until the scalp is well saturated. Then rub gently with the finger tips. Pour some dissoived castile soap over the head and rub until the scalp is rid of all dust and dandruff. Rinse in several clear waters, dry with warm towels and sit in the sun- light for fifteen or twenty minutes, MAZIE W.—Taking proper exercise so that every muscle in the body is brought into play will do more than anything else toward overcoming the flabby condition of vour flesh. The orange flower skin food will. I am certain, benefit you. You can use the cucumber milk in connection con T T D AIA A A A A Use one one night You can also use ving pow- with it very nicely. and the other the next. a little of the milk before app der. 1 am sure this will do away with the Scaly look caused by the powder. Excr- se will develop the limbs. Massage the collar bones with warm olive oil to piump- en them. There is absolutely nothing that will darken bleached locks but a dye, and this I do not recommend. SARA D.—Goitre, or swelling of the neck, can be permanently cured by xear- ing a little chain of pure gold. This is an infallible cure. The chain should be tight. As the swelling grows less tae chain will gradually become looser. I wish you would try the following lotion for the yellowish "tinge to your skin, which is making you so unhappy: One dram sulphur, one-half dram borax, one- half ounce glycerin, one-half ounce spir- its of camphor, fifteen ounces of distilled water and one dram simple tincture of benzoin. The sulphur, borax and gly- cerin must b2 rubbed to a fine paste. then the water added gradually, and finaily the spirits of camphor ~and benzoln. Shake well before applying. E. L. T.—Your letter was .quite charm- ing and I hope you will write to me again some time, if I can in any way be of use to you. I answered your queries a few Sundays ago under the name “Emma.” Didn’t you see it? The beauty depart- ment appeared as usual Sunday before last. How did you happen to miss it? Your surmise about the palmistry depart- ment is incorrect. I am sorry, as the de- scription was so \'erf' flattering. CORNFLOWER—Please read foregoing E. and Little Brown replies to Lilllan de Eyes. DAISY—For the brittle nails T would suggest that you apply every night be- fore fiolng to bed a good cold cream, rub- bing it into the nailg until it is absorbed. Then for a month visit a manicure once a week who thoroughly understands the treatment necessary for nails in the brit- Oh, do you know & summer girl ‘Whose face is just like this? ‘With eyes of true Narcissus blue, And lips by Roses kissed! T T OO OO TSSOSO oS> T OOT T TSSO O MY SUMMER GIRL. ST By Max @dlar. Forgotten is the winter girl Who smiled with old Jack Frost; The summer miss by sunshine kissed My pen and praise exhaust. DTS ST TS T T, ST, DTS S, DD DD @ tle condition that yours are in. Extreme brittleness sometimes comes from wash- ing the hands too often. DOLLY B.—Good gracious, child! What a lot of questions you a However, 1 guess we're equal to 'em, First of all, then, throw away those boxes of rouge and Start in on a perfect and rational rou- tine of daily baths and daily exercise. There is no rouge, powder or lotion ever concocted that can outshine the: as a complexion brightener. You are altogether too young to think of using such things on your face. The pure imported castile £oap is the very best for both complexion nd hair. The shampoo, formula for which is given in reply to Eliza D.. will please you, I am sure. As your hair is coming out in such quantities, I should suggest a general buiidin; u;i_ of your hysical system as a remegy he follo: ng tonic will no doubt ist matter: Jamaica rum, 16 ounces, and bitter agl)l?. 3 ounces. Rub into the scalF. two or three times a _week. If you will carefully pe- ruse to-day’s correspondence you will find all the rest of your questions answered. CECILE—I really cannot tell you how long it will take to plumpen your neck with the cocoa cream—it may take a week or a year; it all depends. CONSTANT SUBSCRIBER—No, I can- not say that I know of any way by which your neck may be made actually shorter What a very funny question! However, you can dress it high and carry it in such a way that its length will be less ap- parent. You can whiten and plumpen it by massaging it with warm olive oil and using the cucumber milk. Wear your col- lars loose and give the neck all the air and exercise possible. MME. HYGEIA. This is the month to begin picking your Christmas presents, girls. It does seem queer, doesn’t it, to plan for December in June, but if you want to get ahead in \ In July sun and August heat, This summer girl is found, By pleasant fells and woodland dells, ‘Where mossy is the ground. ¢ ¢ @ el ol GO 8 iefefeiieinieiii OB 8@ your heliday werk you will be wise to take this summertime hint. It hasn't anything to do with fancy work. No need to try eyes and patience bendiing over troublesome embroidery stitches and such things. There really isn’t any work about it. Those future presents are growing right this moment all around you. What you have to do is merely to pick them off the bushes and— but of course you want to know about it from the very beginning. Well, start in saving rose petals. The country girl rezally has the best of it, be- cause by the end of summer she can have a store of rose leaves that would make any city girl envious. But even if you can't find roses amid the bricks and mor- tar of your city home, surely you have some friends out of town who own rose bushes. Ask them for the petals, and if vou are persistent, with what flowers you can gather yourself, by fall you should have a fragrant collection. Beginning in June the leaves should be gathered, dried slowly in the sun and packed in cardboard boxes. All during the summer, when you can get hold of bits of thyme, rose geranium leaves, sprigs of lavender, sweet clover blossoms, indeed, any scented thing from field to garden. to add to those rose petals. Between the layers of rose leaves sprinkle lightly a little ground cinnamon, allsvice, a few Tonga beans, and, if you happen to have on hand a stick of Japanese incense, crumble it up and toss among the leaves and spices. By the end of summer that box ought to be as sweet as a whole flor- ist's shop. And don’t you see what a deli- cious mixture you ~have—better than sachet powder at $8 a’ pound—for making up into muslin bags? UNMER SPRITES " AND FASHIONS HAVE been studying the summer girl on the scene of action. I should like to tell you all about her, but the summer girl has ten times as many phases as a June rese has D It s of the summer girl in frills and laces that T am going to hold forth. She is the same maiden who does the athletic act; but of that anon. The summer girl of % has a slim and lissome shape, sheathed as frankly a mermaid in her scales, and, like a mer- maid, spreading fanlike to train. Where are the hips of 3 Gone! Gone with the horse the hoopskir in he Train! Bant! the cold plunge, the the wheel, the surf, weights, even the treadm yourself over at once. F hionable, for you a w ature intended you to htest consequence of t 1 thi W But, r ish. be the correct be slender—nay has her char charm of long, justed ang ing s about her narrow hips with a careless crook of her elbow. She tips her hat well down over her brow—a bolero probably or 2 Becfeater, or as like as not a sailc 1 little tile, which not w 101 Cus sta She herself with the ease of well- muscles and shows a slim foot russet or in patent leather under her cool foulard or cooler iine: The summer girl ) comes out to meet the morning in tailored linens or other crisp, smart stuffs that are the tailor's summer pride. The skirt fits her ench giove and with it she wears hing little Eton cut by a master like a F one of these for every morning in the week. But it was of the daintier frock that I was to tell you. For my lady carries quantities of these besides her athletic togs. The summer girl of not so many vester seasons scorned parasols and shade hats and men and other indispensable de- tails of the beach. She fried herself all colors out under the summer sun, and after her morning dip came to breakf: She pretens farthing’s flip for f: time and looked a ha not to care She had a 5 as she li Now d . 99 does the frou-frou as w as the athletic act. She piays both role with equal success. The summer girl of ’99 must be able to do the lightning change. ung matron n for her beautitul cos- tumes. It is a painted gauze ding from lavendar to and made with a tight pol black guipure lace. There white gowns that are attention is cut ., Wi prince in in blue nd has guipure to mz finish with revers of guipt A Swiss belt in blue taffeta finish and the skirt has a deep of large graduated 7 A very 1 is strewn with auto- mobile the skirt trimmed the bodice with insertions of cream lace, slightly pouched and applique with black lace bows 2 A white gown is made with a lace, the of lace be- h black velvet ribbon. s is of pale green the overskirt long and pointed shorter at the sides and back. and edg: with two narrow ribbon bands t frilled with w lace kish purple fri with black lace broidered ecru m forms the deep flounce of the under- skirt and also the tucked yoke and sleeve A striking costume is of white and old- rose lawn trimmed with black lac he skirt is made with a deep pointed over- kirt and flounce, both trimmed with the lace. The bodice opens at the side over a small yoke of polka-dotted old-rose lk. The sleev are tight, with small paulets over the shoulder. Bands of black lace ornament the bodice, and a wide dle of dotted silk finishes 1t at the waist A dear little with a heav own is in china blue lawn polka dot in white and the trimming is white embroider: The skirt s a wide flounce, headed at the top with a band of embroidery. Ths bodice has a blouse front, buc is tight at the back. The bodice opens at the under a frill of embroidery. There vest of finely tucked blue lawn set in and this edged embroidery ruffies. ach only to the elbow he plain sleeves re i a ruffle of embroid- and have for a ery. There is a belt of white satin rib- bon and a ruffle of white chiffon finishes the colia One lov crepe de cline ket fronts of guipure lace that houlder and under and come below belt in tabs sloped off at each of the ends diagonal These lace fronts do not quite come to- v down and are cut out deep pointed pieces above the bust e. This opening shows a vest of pieated gray gauz The sleeves are laid in de folds, with bands of guipure put be- ween. The skirt is one of the new spira! ef- fects, all the edges of the separate skirts, and the edge of the bottom of the skirt also being cut out in shallow points 1 yrdered with very narrow double ruches of gray s muslin. The lace jacket and bands on_the sleeves are edged with the ruches. The back of the gown is made princess. Caught at the left shoulde with a rosette there is a scarf of c pink crepe that is draped gracefully, A DRESS IN WHICH TO GATHER ROSES. forming soft folds that go down over the bodice, the scarf being caught at the waist line and going around the form to where it is caught by a long . The end of the scarf 1S embroidered in colors and Both edges Y deep knotted fringe. of the searf are bordered with the nar rowest fringe in colors to match the embroidery.. There is a st to the bodice made of folds of pink crepe. A pretty gown of crepe de chine is made in the princ style, trimmed with the bands of the butter-colored lace put in ; start from the belt at the back of the skirt and form a sharp point i front. There are three of the: v bringing a point to the edge of on the lower skirt. the flounc plaited crepe de chine. The tightly at the back, but in front is loose, and even blouses a little. It is trimmed that th with the bands of lace, forming a point to match the lines on the underskirt. The sleeves are small have this same trimming. There is a high stock coliar and at the throat a soft lace bow. Scme day 1 shall tell you the athletic ostumes that the girls are really ing in—not those that Dame F chronicling, but what Mlle. " really wearing. 1 think one phase of the sum- mer girl at a time is sufficient. BATHING SUITS. is as much an HE girl sea bather object of annu e flower show. Sheis e me in variety the blossoms yet ever new, even @ There are three types—the bather, are. the swimmer and the sand poser. Of the three the mere ther is the least attractive to the observer. The woman who does not swim and only ventures into the water for her health usually sees to it that her body is well covered with flannel and that her skirt hides as much play of limb as p sible. If she is a thin woman or even thin skinned she wears long sleeves and looks exceedingly waddles unpicturesque as she down to the edge of the 1l more unpicturesque as she wad- ack to the bathhouse after the ces have caressed her. But she has had her bath, solely for the purpose of health, and she says she does not care how she looks or what people think about her appearance. Mean- time, she is, as a rule, very critical of the costume worn by her swimming sister. The girl who swims certainly makes she emerges from quite another picture her dressing-room -and starts for the beach. She goes briskiy, all allve with the thought of the delicious pleasure be- fore her. She does not seem to be con- scious of her costume, but the bathing woman says she is and declares that she ought to be ashamed of herself, making such a display of her person. To be sure, there are no sleeves and either the round arms gleam forth from choulder to wrist or long lisle-thread gloves cover the too delicate flesh from the burning rays of the sun and give the costume an evening dress effect which the bather cannot pardon. The skirt is very short and scant. Long - stockings meet the trim trousers just above the knee. She is a very pretty picture, indeed, for the brief moment she is visible. The good immer never lingers long on the shore. Perhaps she is conscious that her rt is short, but she know is necessarily so if she would enjoy her swim and get its full benefit. The sand poser is still another being. She gets herself up expressly to be ad- mired. She neither bathes nor swims. Her costumes are many and beautiful, she wears coquettish bonnets, tight cor- sets, elegant beits and expensive hose. She is almost always pretty, and her form suggests living pictures. In fact, it is merely a matter of environment that she is not on the variety stage. She has precisely the same order of mind that is possessed by the vaudeville favorite. But she has moeney and family and position of some sort to maintain and so she is not a professional living picture or an artist’s model, who displays her figure for a living, but merely an ama- teur who exhibits her charms for the pleasure she finds in being observed. She never ventures beyond her shoe- tops in the water. She parades the beach with an admirer on either side, and she rather poses in the sand under a becoming par- asol. It would not be difficult for any of her escorts to draw a memory sketch of her figure in detail after they leave her side, so ample have been their opportunities for observing every outline. Perhaps she will say no more of her person than does the swimmer; indeed, very like she will prove to . if you desire, that her skirt was an inch or iwo longer than the skirt of the swimming costume. But the lat- ter commanded that ner suit be made in that manner for a sensible reason; the L\n? poser for no reason save personal anity. M regard the two with sensatihns as different as their motives. The impulse which directs us when we perform any act affects the observer as a rule. Our motives are what influence the ulti- mate opinion of the public. Two people may do the same thing and it is com- mendable in one and detestable in an- other because their purposes were so op- te. There are women who would be sug- or vulgar if tied up in a large pillowcase. There are others who would be modest and refined if clothed only in a fig leaf. It is a woman's thought rather than the cut of her gown which makes her immodes New York Evening World. EMPIRE SUNBCNNET. that she exposes The swell shops are showing a quaint conceit in the shape of a sun bonnet, which is to be used by the summer girl when she feels inclined to stroll through the woods and fieids and lanes in her summer outing. Perhaps she has read in Jane Austen's novels of how fetching and altogether adorable her grandmother when she wandered in sylvan scenes, her sun bon- net hanging on her shoulders, forming such a very becoming bacground for her very pretty face. e These sun bonnets are a little different from the motion we now have of such articles of feminine apparel, which for many years have been connected in our minds with the caricatured farmer’s wife, and which are hot and uncom- fortable by reason of their long cape in the back. The new sun bonnet is a copy of a bon- net which was very much worn during the First Empire in France, and are minus any flounce in the back. They are made of dainty organdies and mulls’ and figured lawns, and many are of sheer white nainsook, and a most becoming frame for the fresh young faces peeping out from them. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR Is removed by DR. and MRS A, W. TRAVERSE, Donohos building, 1170 Market st., cor. Taylor, rooms 25-23, with the electric needle, without pain or scar. warts, wrinkles, blackheads, ~ freckles. birth- marks, ete., also removed. Per. - manency guarahteed. Hours, 1 to 4 p. m. WRINKLES Removed and face rejuvenated by my newly Jemored, and fa, et T What the world’s greatest serpentine dancer, LOIE FULLER, =\ 0o bout the skin food and tissue bullder, Sa¥8 SDURAHMAN TOILET CREAM. Y certainly can recommend yczr delightful cream os one of the best things for its pur pose 1 have ever used. e “Autograph letter can be seen at office of s 4 W. TRAVERSE, M. D, Moles, *