ers of sulphur in four ounces of rose-water
is a good lotion for external use. Do not pick or squeeze pimples, unless
pus has formed in them. Nothing is more disgusting than a face broken out
in pus-filled pimples. See a physician if thus afflicted.

FRECKLES.--These have been poetically called "the kisses of the sun," but
no girl cares for evidences of that sort of affection. Prevention is
easier than cure. Simple home remedies are lemon juice and glycerin, sour
buttermilk, and elderflower soap used in bathing.

A well-known application is six grains of bichloride of mercury in one
ounce each of glycerin and alcohol, and a few drops, say ten or twelve, of
oil of lavender. The trouble is that after using these remedies the skin
is delicate and freckles more easily.

The fad for going bareheaded has ruined many a girl's complexion.

SUNBURN.--Avoid it when possible. If going on the water, apply magnesia to
the face rather thickly. If sunburned, rub the skin with cold cream,
leaving it on as long as you can before using water on it. A wash that is
good for tan and sunburn requires half an ounce of borax and an ounce of
lemon juice in a pint of rose water.

CHAPPED HANDS AND FACE.--Many cases of "chaps" may be avoided by the
simple precaution of wiping the face and hands perfectly dry. If the skin
chaps easily keep at hand a bottle of glycerin and lemon juice mixed in
about equal proportions, and after wiping rub a little on the hands.
Before going out in the cold, rub a little cold cream or oil of sweet
almonds over the face; leave it on a few minutes, rub off lightly with a
dry towel and dust with rice powder. Camphor ice is good for chapped lips.

A PURE FACE CREAM.--Set a bowl in a basin of hot water over the fire. In
it put a quarter of an ounce of white wax and two and a half ounces of
spermaceti, and the same quantity of oil of sweet almonds. When melted and
hot, add a pinch of borax and an ounce and a half of rose-water. Beat
these ingredients with a silver fork, briskly, till the cream is cold.
Warm the jar before filling it and keep in a cool place.

ANOTHER GOOD CREAM.--One ounce each of white wax and spermaceti; two
ounces each of lanolin and cocoanut oil and four ounces of sweet almond
oil. Melt in a double-boiler or a bowl set in hot water, and stir in two
ounces of orange flower water and thirty drops of tincture of benzoin.
Stir briskly till cold, and of the consistency of a thick paste. Th