s
needed for stamping; To make perforated patterns; To enlarge designs;
To stamp; To make blue powder; To do French indelible stamping; To
make paint for stamping; The proper brush to use; To make a
distributor; To care for patterns.

CHAPTER XVII.

Bronze Work: What bronze work is; The articles required for doing
bronze work; The art of making a vase in bronze; A motto; A floral
basket; Copper bronze statuary; The art of making exotic leaves; To
make leaves and flowers, etc.; Decalcomania--The uses to which it may
be put.

CHAPTER XVIII.

A chapter of useful things to know. How to prepare: Healing salve;
Magnetic croup cure; Worm elixir; Brilliant self-shining stove polish;
Wonderful starch enamel; Royal washing powder; Magic annihilator; I X
L baking powder; Electric powder; French polish, or dressing for
leather; Artificial honey. Table of poisons and their antidotes.

THE LADIES' BOOK
OF
USEFUL INFORMATION.

CHAPTER I.

PERSONAL BEAUTY.

Treating of the Care of the Skin, Hair, Teeth, and Eyes,
so as to have each arrive at the highest degree
of beauty of which each is capable.

A great object of importance, of care to every lady, is the care of
her complexion. There is nothing more pleasing to the eye than a
delicate, smooth skin; and besides being pleasing to the eye, is an
evidence of health, and gives additional grace to the most regular
features. The choice of soaps has considerable influence in promoting
and maintaining this desideratum. These should invariably be selected
of the finest kinds, and used sparingly, and never with cold water,
for the alkali which, more or less, mingles in the composition of all
soaps has an undoubted tendency to irritate a delicate skin; warm
water excites a gentle perspiration, thereby assisting the skin to
throw off those natural secretions which, if allowed to remain, are
likely to accumulate below the skin and produce roughness, pimples,
and even eruptions of an obstinate and unpleasant character. Those
soaps which ensure a moderate fairness and flexibility of the skin are
the most desirable for regular use.

Pomades, when properly prepared, contribute in an especial manner to
preserve the softness and elasticity