h comb. Frequent washing will remove the
dandruff in all cases, and without the injury caused to the scalp by
the fine comb.

It is also well to clip the ends of the hair regularly once a month,
keeping it smooth and even, besides, as is thought by some stimulating
the growth and keeping it in a more healthy condition.

Perseverance in this treatment will give the hair a fine natural
gloss, and a healthy tone. It will tend to prevent its falling out,
and will also help to preserve its natural color much longer than if
it were neglected.

"Show me a woman," said a wise matron the other day, "though she be in
the busiest farmer's kitchen in America, who may always be found with
her hair neatly and carefully arranged and with a fresh linen collar,
and I will show you a lady in mind and manners. Those two points
always settle the rest in my opinion!"

Recipe for the Complexion.

A mixture for preserving the complexion, easily made at home, is as
follows: take a wineglassful of the best French orange flower water.
Add a tiny pinch of carbonate of soda and two teaspoonfuls of
glycerine. Melt a piece of camphor the size of a pea and three
teaspoonfuls of cologne water and add to the orange flower water.
Shake the whole for five minutes. Apply to the face every night.

Care of the Lips.

The Cupid's bow in dainty curves has always been symbolical of a
perfect mouth, and lips most kissable have never been represented as
other than pink and perfect.

No other portion of the face, however, so quickly responds to
symptoms of ill-health in the body as do the lips. Fever blisters are
the disfiguring reminders of a cold; dry, broken or bloodless lips
show that one is out of sorts, even more certainly than heavy eye or
dejected mien, and it is a woman's duty to endeavor to restore them to
their soft, rich redness, which is the outward and visible sign of
good health.

To do this the general system must be toned up, diet regulated, and a
regular house-cleaning gone into; but there are certain defects of the
lips that can be overcome without all this trouble, because they arise
from a woman's own fault. Many of us, from nervousness, or habit, have
a way of biting our lips which will surely result in swelling, bruise
or dryness that is both uncomfortable and unpleasant to look at.

Therefore, the first step is to break off so pernicious a practice by
watching one's self very carefully. Next, anoint the poor, bruised
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