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The Art of Easy Shaving

The following is the substance of the instructions of the celebrated Mr. Mechi on this subject: Never fail to well wash your beard with soap and cold water, and to rub it dry, immediately before you apply the lather, of become considerably larger; they are next which the more you use, and the thicker it is, blown quite tight, dried, and tied up in dozens the easier you will shave. Never use warm for sale. Or, dip them in warm water, dry water, which makes a tender face. In cold and rub them well in with a little glycerine; weather, place your razor (closed of course) of course) they will keep soft and pliable. They are in your pocket, or under your arm, to warm employed by druggists and oil and colormen it. The moment you leave your bed (or to tie over pots, bottles, and jars, and to con- bath) is the best time to shave. Always tain pill masses, and other similar substances. wipe your razor clean, and strop it before Never buy bladders unless they are perfectly putting it away; and put your shaving-brush dry and tight, as, if the reverse be the case, away with the lather on it. The razor (being thev will neither keep nor prove sound. only a very fine saw) should be moved in a 6240. To Obtain Herbs of the Finest Flavor. When herbs are to be kept for flavoring dishes, it is obviously of the first importance that they should be gathered at the right time, and dried in the best manner. sloping or sawing direction, and held nearly flat to your face, care being taken to draw the skin as tight as possible with the left hand, so as to present an even surface, and to throw out the beard.

The seasons when the various herbs have in 6245. Το Hone a Razor. The surface their fullest flavor, are as follows: Basil, of the hone must be perfectly level. The from the middle of August to the middle of razor should be held flat on the hone, and the September; marjoram, during the month of back never raised, cr it will induce a round July; winter savory, the latter end of July or thick edge. Draw the razor from heel to and throughout August; summer savory, the point, alternating the sides at each stroke, same; thyme, of various kinds, during June and the action always against the edge. and July; mint, the latter end of June, and When the edge is wiry and thin enough to during July; sage, August and September; turn, strop it on a coarse strop, drawing the tarragon and burnet, June, July, and Aug-edge occasionally over the thumb nail, until ust; chervil, parsley, fennel, elder flowers, the edge is smooth, then finish on a fine and orange flowers, May, June, and July. strop, and the palm of the hand.

As the seasons vary in different localities, a 6246. Strop for Razors. There are for Razors.

There are good general rule is to gather the herbs when many kinds of razor strops formed of leather they first blossom. Herbs should be gathered glued on a wooden holder. These are apt, in on a dry day, before the sun has been long time, to round the edge of the razor, by allowthe razor, by allowupon them. When intended for preservation, ing the blade to bed itself or sink in the they should be cleaned from dirt and dust, leather. The best is a strip of Russia leather, strained as tight as a drum on a curved or only those teeth which are set away from the bowed piece of wood.