ny soap.

=To Remove Red Pimples.=--Sulphur water, one ounce; acetated liquor of
ammonia, quarter ounce; liquor of potassa, one grain; white wine
vinegar, two ounces; distilled water, two ounces.

=To Remove Black Specks or Flesh-worms.=--Squeeze them by pressing the
skin, and then wash with warm water and rub well with a towel. Then
apply the following lotion: Liquor of potassa, one ounce; cologne, two
ounces.

=Preparation for Whitening the Face and Neck.=--For bleaching and
purifying the skin of the face and neck, making them beautifully
smooth and white: Terebinth of Mecca, three grains; oil of sweet
almonds, four ounces; spermaceti, two drams; flour of zinc, one dram;
white wax, two drams; rose-water, six drams. Mix in a bath water, and
melt together. After washing, before retiring (use water as hot as can
be borne), anoint the face and neck freely with this preparation.

=To Cure Profuse Perspiration.=--Bathe the hands, feet, and parts of the
body where the perspiration is greatest, with a cold infusion of
rosemary and sage, and afterwards dust the stockings and
under-garments with a mixture of two drams of camphor, four ounces of
orris root, and sixteen ounces of starch, the whole reduced to a fine
powder. Put the mixture in a coarse muslin bag, and shake it over the
clothes.

=Cleopatra's Enamel for Whitening the Hands and Arms.=--One ounce of
myrrh, four ounces of honey, two ounces of yellow wax, six ounces of
rose-water. Mix well together the wax, honey and rose-water in a dish
held over boiling water, and add the myrrh while hot. Rub this thickly
over the skin before going to bed.

=To Cure Freckles and Parched or Rough Skin.=--Take one ounce of sweet
almonds, or of pistachia nuts, half a pint of elder or rose-water, and
one ounce of pure glycerine; grate the nuts and put the powder in a
little linen or cotton bag, and squeeze it for several minutes in the
rose-water; then add the glycerine and a little perfume. Use it by
wetting the face two or three times a day. This is a grateful
application for a parched, rough skin, and is good for the removal of
freckles. It should be allowed to dry thoroughly. When it feels pasty
or sticky it may be washed off with a little warm water without soap.

TO PURIFY THE BREATH.

There is nothing more disagreeable to people with whom we associate
than for them to be able to detect a bad odor from our breath when in
their company. Yet a grea