Footnotes:
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Hartley, Florence
"Infuse a handful of well sifted wheat bran for four hours in white wine vinegar; add to it five yolks of eggs and two grains of musk, and distill the whole. Bottle it, keep carefully corked fifteen days, when it will be fit for use. Apply it over night, and wash in the morning with tepid water."
Tooth-Powder.—
"Prepared chalk
6 oz.
Cassia powder
½ oz.
Orris-root
1 oz.
"These should be thoroughly mixed and used once a day with a firm brush.
"A simple mixture of charcoal and cream of tartar is an excellent tooth-powder."
To Whiten the Hand.—"Both Spanish and French women—those, at least, who are very particular to make the most of these charms—are in the habit of sleeping in gloves which are lined or plastered over with a kind of pomade to improve the delicacy and complexion of their hands. This paste is generally made of the following ingredients:—
"Take half a pound of soft soap, a gill of salad oil, an ounce of mutton tallow, and boil them till they are thoroughly mixed. After the boiling has ceased, but before it is cold, add one gill of spirits of wine, and a grain of musk.
"If any lady wishes to try this, she can buy a pair of gloves three or four sizes larger than the hand, rip them open and spread on a thin layer of the paste, and then sew the gloves up again. There is no doubt that by wearing them every night they will give smoothness and a fine complexion to the hands. Those who have the means, can send to Paris and purchase them ready made.
"If the hands are inclined to be rough and to chap, the following wash will remedy the evil.
Lemon-juice
3 oz.
White wine vinegar
3 oz.
White brandy
½ pint."
For the Hair.—"Beat up the white of four eggs into a froth, and rub that thoroughly in close to the roots of the hair. Leave it to dry on. Then wash the head and hair clean with a mixture of equal parts of rum and rose-water."
"Honey-Water.—
"Essence of ambergris
1 dr.
Essence of musk
1 dr.
Essence of bergamot
2 drs.
Oil of cloves
15 drops.
Orange-flower water
4 oz.
Spirits of wine
5 oz.
Distilled water
4 oz.
"All these ingredients should be mixed together, and left about fourteen days, then the whole to be filtered through porous paper, and bottled for use.
"This is a good hair-wash and an excellent perfume."
"To Remove Pimples.—There are many kinds of pimples, some of which partake almost of the nature of ulcers, which require medical treatment; but the small red pimple, which is most common, may be removed by applying the following twice a-day:—
"Sulphur water