ly once a
month.

11. LOSS OF HAIR.--When through sickness or headache the hair falls out,
the following tonic may be applied with good effect: Use one ounce of
glycerine, one ounce of bay rum, one pint of strong sage tea, and apply
every other night, rubbing well into the scalp.

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How to Keep the Bloom and Grace of Youth.

THE SECRET OF ITS PRESERVATION.

[Illustration: MRS. WM. MCKINLEY.]

1. The question most often asked by women is regarding the art of
retaining, with advancing years, the bloom and grace of youth. This secret
is not learned through the analysis of chemical compounds, but by a
thorough study of nature's laws peculiar to their sex. It is useless for
women with wrinkled faces, dimmed eyes and blemished skins to seek for
external applications of beautifying balms and lotions to bring the glow of
life and health into the face, and yet there are truths, simple yet
wonderful, whereby the bloom of early life can be restored and retained, as
should be the heritage of all God's children, sending the light of beauty
into every woman's face. The secret:

2. Do not bathe in hard water; soften it with a few drops of ammonia, or a
little borax.

3. Do not bathe the face while it is very warm, and never use very cold
water.

4. Do not attempt to remove dust with cold water; give your face a hot
bath, using plenty of good soap, then give it a thorough rinsing with warm
water.

5. Do not rub your face with a coarse towel.

6. Do not believe you can remove wrinkles by filling in the crevices with
powder. Give your face a Russian bath every night; that is, bathe it with
water so hot that you wonder how you can bear it, and then, a minute after,
with moderately cold water, that will make your face glow with warmth; dry
it with a soft towel.

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Form and Deformity.

[Illustration: MALE. FEMALE.
Showing the Difference in Form and Proportion.]

1. PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES.--Masquerading is a modern accomplishment. Girls
wear tight shoes, burdensome skirts, corsets, etc., all of which prove so
fatal to their health. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, our "young
ladies" are sorry specimens of feminality; and palpitators, cosmetics and
all the modern paraphernalia are required to make them appear fresh and
blooming. Man is equally at fault. A devotee to all the absurd devices of
fashion, he practically asserts t