HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 174, 22 July 1916, Page 17

HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Two drops of camphor on your tooth- ' brush will give your mouth the freshest, ' cleanest feeling imaginable, will make * your pums rosy, and absolutely prevent ' anything like coli sores or affections of your tongue. The gums, by the way. an. , ' barometers of our condition. If they are clear, bright red. we are in good health, while if our blood i 3 thin and wanting in the mysterious red corpuscles that make us healthy, the gums will be pale pink, or if we are in a very bad way indeed, and much in need of a course of dialysed iron, they will be almost white. Nothing but continuous care will keep the hands, white. sa3's the "Evening Standard." Butter-milk was considered a very good skin whitener by our grand- ' mothers, but in these days it is rather! difficult to obtain, even in the country, and almost impossible in the cities. Equal parts of glycerine and lemon juice, however, is a very satisfactory substitute for the butter-milk remedy of a past decade. An excellent jelly for softening and whitening the hands may be made from the odd scraps of toilet soap which have a habit of accumulating j n the most thrifty households, toy pouring boiling water on the pieces of soap and adding the juice of a lemon and a teaspoonful of glycerine to one pint of jelly. This preparation used instead of ordinary soap will cleanse the hands, and also help to remove sunburn and keep the skin smooth. The addition of a small quantity of boras to the water greatly assiste the removal of fruit, ink, and chemical stains. "It is better to have an old hat and a good complexion than a new hat and a fallow complexion," said Lady Chelmsford in some hints on health for growing jrirls that she gave to the London Giris' Club Union. "The first law of health is fresh air," she eaid. "Exercise is t'ae next thing of importance, and third. I would place suitable and regular meals. It cannot be good for growing girls to have irregular meals. I heard the other day of a girl who spent some of her dinner money on sweets and saved the rest to buy a new hat. Obedience to the, laws of health will make you look your best, and not high heels, tight-lacing, and sweets for dinner.".