Or combine borax with glycerin in the proportion of 6 drams of borax and 1 ounces of pure glycerin; add 16 ounces of rose water. This may be used regularly as a face wash.
Or mix I ounce of powdered borax with 1 ounce of pure glycerin and 16 ounces of camphor oil. Apply to the face with a soft cloth or sponge two or three times a day; let dry, and rinse with clear water.
Or to 1 ounce of glycerin add 2 ounces of fresh lemon juice, 1 pins of pure distilled water, and 1 pint of rose water. Apply to the face sev eral times a day and let dry before rinsing.
Lotions for Tan or Sunburn.— These are based principally on oil of almonds, with the addition of castile soap and rock candy, and contain various remedial agents, including astringents, as alum and lemon juice, also benzoin, tincture of tolu, tartar oil, ox gall, and the like. They are diluted usually with alcohol or any perfumed toilet water, for which plain distilled or soft water may be substituted. And they may be per fumed with any essential oil or es sence preferred. Apply any of these lotions to the face with a small sponge or a soft linen rag. Let it dry on without rubbing, and after wards wash the face with soft warm water.
The following is a simple remedy for tan or sunburn: apply peroxide of hydrogen, pouring a teaspoonful or more in the palm of the hand, and applying it equally over the hands, arms, and face. Let it dry without
rubbing. After it is thoroughly dry, apply any good lotion. This will rapidly bleach the skin without in j uring the most delicate complexion.
bly the nut or kernel of the almond, of which there are two sorts; the sweet and the bitter. The almond is the fruit of a tree very similar to the peach tree. It is cultivated exten sively in southern Europe, and is now grown largely in California. Al monds are much cheaper now than they were formerly, and are likely to become cheaper still. The almond contains two active principles: an odorless fixed oil of a light color, which is obtained by pressure; and the oil of bitter almonds, which is a volatile oil obtained by crushing bit ter almonds in cold water and by. dis tillation. This latter oil is colorless, limpid, and has the distinctive odor of bitter almonds, similar to that of prussic acid. It sometimes contains prussic acid, in which case, if taken internally even in minute quantities, it is a deadly poison.
The ordinary almonds of commerce are sweet almonds of the thin shelled varieties. They contain about 50 per cent or more of almond oil, which may be extracted by boiling in water or by softening the kernels with water or other liquid, rubbing them in a mortar, and mixing the resulting mass with various other in gredients. Or the oils of commerce