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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17691, 17 February 1923, Page 2

TO THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES WAREHOUSE HOLDING SALE. An event of unusual excitement to thrifty housewives will be held on Wednesday next, February 21st, when Low's Ltd., the Warehousemen, will hold their annual stocktaking sale. This is a new departure on the part of Low's Ltd., who soil direct from warehouse to public, thus cutting out the middlemen's profit. This sale, however, will mean the selling from warehouse to Public at the actual cost of the goods to the Warehouse. That means a saving to the Public of thirtythroe and a-third per cent., the retailer's profit, plus ten per cent, the warehouse profit. It is this ten per cent, and more (for in some cases gods will bo sold at less than cost) which Low's Ltd. concede to the Public during their sale with a. wide Tariety of items, including Groceries, Clothing, Drapery, Crockery, Furniture, etc., etc. Full details of the goods and prices will appear in later issues of the newspapers. The Warehouse of Low's Ltd., where, all the bargains are, is situate at 69 Lichfield street, next D.I.C. and opposite Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd. Open Friday nights. 6

A topaz weighing 51b, remarkable not only for its size but tor its clearness, is among the specimens brought back to Chicago by Dr. Farrington, curator ot the geological department of Field Museum, who has just returned from an expedition to Brazil. This stone, however, is a midget compared with another topaz which Dt. Farrington's party saw at one of the mines and which weighed 261b. The latter in its natural state was valued at about £ls per lb. Dr. Farrington states that the semi-precious stones in the .State of Minas Geraes are found in coarse granites or pegmatites so decomposed that the gems can be mined with j, shovel.

Secrets I Revealed by a London Chemist This series of articles by E. TV. Smith, M.P.S., a qualified registerod Loudon chemist and pharj&J macist, is particularly * interesting because of its authoritativeness. ' Considering the bewildering mass of , toilet requisites no* offered to the public, ■tpr Mr. Smith's simple and homely suggestions should come as a great relief to the puzzled beauty seeker. The dispensing chemist, above all others, is in a position to judge results from long experience ■with thousands of eases. Mr. Smith has made a special study of the chemistry of beauty culture for many years,, and the time is ripe for some such expert's clear statements, backed by the authority of experience and knowledge. Renewing Complexions " '• foolish to attempt to corer up or hide a • 'complexion, when you can so easily reove the sallowncss Itself. Honge and the like i a brownish skin only emphasise the defect. The better way is to apply pure mercolized wax —the same as you would cold cream—puttlrg It at night, removing !t In the morning wi'.h rm water and soap, following \vl*h a dash of rcct of a few applications Is limply marvellous. The half-dead cuflcv.le is absorbed by the. wax—painlessly, gradually, lh liny Imperceptible pe.rtlcles—revealing the beautiful velvety white new skin beneath. No woman need have a sallnw, blotchy, pirnply, or freckled complexion if she will Just get some good mercolized wax and use it as aug jested. Feminine Moustache* To women who are annoyed by disfiguring downy hair growths i method of permanently adlcatlng the saint will come as a piece of iod news. For thin purpose pure powdered ay be ws'3. Almost any chemist chould be able to supp.y an ounce of this dr'ig. The recommended treatment is designed not orly to remove t:>e . disfiguring grmvth instnntlv, leaving no trace, but nlse to actually kill the halt i without Irritating the skin. The Kiss Curl I cannot too Btro?igly condemn the use of the lot curling-iron. It means death to the hair eventually. Moreover, It Is entirely unneces- '. The hair can be made beautifully wary and eurlv to any extent and in any form desired, merely by using such a simple |r*red'»nt as p~ri silmerine. This perfectly harmless liquid should > applied to the hair with a clean tooth brush at night. In the morning you will find that a very beautiful natural wave and eurllness has resuited, and the effect will last many days. The in» Is very beneficial and Is not sticky or greasy. A couple of ounces should last a very long time. The of Beautiful Help Beautiful hair adds lrimensoly to the persona! magnetism of both men and wot" 0 "- Actresses and smart women are ever on the iookout for any harmless thing, that will Increase the natural beauty of their hair. The latest method is to use pure stallai as a shampoo on account of the peculiar glossy, Puffy, and wary Effect which it leaves. A« itallax has never been used much for this purpose it comes to tne chemist only In }lb. sealed original packages, enough for twenty-five or thirty shampoos. A teaspoon of the fragrant stallax granules, ansolved in o cup of hot water, is more than sufficient for each shampoo. It f« Terr Deneflcial and stimulating to the hair, apart from »• beautifying effect. What Women Hate know that there U an at band In the home, on" tcctlon even under the closest scrutiny. If T°* have no clemenite in the house get about an It. A littlo of this lotion applied to th» fad win rnstar.tly cause the greasiness to disappear, and the Bkin will have a perfectly naturr - rety, youthful bloom that any woman equired, the face,, neok, and arms for a loag a a hot ballroom nothing can en«ve w*J* **'* ■iufila hftm> roadi lotloai