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German Lip Salve

Butter of cacao, ounce; oil of almonds, 4 ounce; melt together with a gentle heat, and add 6 drops essence of lemon. 1176. Gants Cosmétiques. These are white kid gloves, which have been turned in- 1165. Shaving Paste; Pate pour Faire la Barbe. Take of Naples-soap (genuinc), 4 ounces; curd-soap (air-dried and pow- side out, and brushed over with a melted dered), 2 ounces; honey (finest), 1 ounce; compound of wax, oil, lard, balsam essence of ambergris (or essence royale), oil | The Peruvian lip alve (see No. 1170) without of cassia, oil of nutmeg, of each 10 drops; the alkanet, may answer the purpose An beat them to a smooth paste with water or excellent method for softening the hands. the hands.

WASHES FOR FAILING HAIR OR BALDNESS.

Washes for Failing Hair or Baldness. Liniments or washes to make the hair grow, can always be employed, with greater or less success, so long is as there is any vitality left in the hair follicles or roots. If, however, these are entirely dead or destroyed, there is no possibility of inducing a fresh growth of hair. This will be evident from the shining or glistening appearance the scalp assumes when the hair roots are destroyed. The loosening of the hair, which frequently occurs to young persons, or those of the middle period of life, will generally, if neglected, become real baldness. Such a state common in women, and generally terminates, in its mildest form, in excessive loosening of the hair. The case, however, is not the hopeless one which is generally imagined; and if proper treatment be pursued, the hair will grow afresh, and assume its pristine strength.

A useful practice in men, and those of the opposite sex whose hair is short, is to immerse the head in cold water morning and night, dry the hair thoroughly, and then brush the scalp, until a warm glow is produced. For women ; rial pint; liquor of ammonia (specific gravity 880-882), 1 fluid drachm; oil of origanum and oil of rosemary, each, 1/2 fluid drachm; tincture of cantharides, 1 fluid ounce; briskly agitate cantharides, 1' them together for 8 or 10 minutes, then add 1/2 pint strongest camphor water, and again well agitate. A few drops of essence of musk are often added. An excellent hair lotion, and one that supersedes the necessity of using oil or pomade.