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Otago Witness, Issue 3593, 23 January 1923, Page 56

Clever Beauty Secrets. Revealed by a London Chemist. This series of articl 'a by E. W. Smith, M.P.S., a qualified registered London chemist and pharmacist, is particularly interesting because of its authoritativeness. Considering the bcwiidering mass of toilet requisites now offered to the public. Mr Smith’s simple and homely suggestions should come as a great relief to the puzzled beauty seeker. The above all others, is .u _e results from long experience with thousands of cases. Mr Smith has made a special study of the chemistry of beauty cull ure for many years and the time is ripe for some such expert's clear statements, hacked by the authority of experience and knowledge. dispensing chemist, a position to judy Renewing Complexions. It is foolish to attempt to cover up or hide a sallow complexion, when you can so easily remove the sallowness itself. Rouge and the like on a brownish skin only emphasises the defect. The better way is to apply pure mercolised wax—the same as you would cold cream—putting it on at night, removing it in the morning with warm water and soap, following with a dash of cold water. The effect of a few applications is simply marvellous. The half-dead cuticule is absorbed by the wax —painlessly, gradually, in tiny, imperceptible particles—revealing the beautiful velvety white new skin beneath. No woman need have a sallow, blotchy, pimply, or freckled complexion if she will just get some good mercoiised wax and use as suggested. Feminine Moustaches. To women who are annoyed by disfiguring downy hair growths a method of permanently eradicating the same will come as a piece of good news. For this purpose pure powdered pheminol may be used. Almost any chemist should be able to supply an ounce of this drug. The recommended treatment is designed not only to remove the disfiguring growth instantly, leaving no trace, but also to actually kill the hair root* without irritating the skin. The Kiss Curl. I cannot too strongly condemn the usa of the hot curling-iron. It means death to the hair eventually. Moreover, it is entirely unnecessary. The hair can be made beautifully wavy and curly to any extent and ie any form desired, merely by using, such a simple ingredient as pure silmerine. This perfectly harmless liquid should be applied to the hair with a clean tooth brush at night. In the morning you will find that a very beautiful natural wave and curliness has resulted, and the effect will last many days. The liquid silmerine is very beneficial and is not sticky or greasy. A couple of ounces should last a very long time. The Magnetism of Beautiful Hair. Beautiful hair adds immensely to the personal magnetism- of both men and women. Actresses and smart women are ever on the lookout for any harmless thing that will increase the natural beauty of their hair. The latest method is to use pure stallax as a shampoo on account of the peculiarly glossy, fluffy, and wavy effect which it leaves. A a stallax has never been used much for this purpose, it comes to the chemist only in Jib sealed original packages, enough for twentyfive or thirty shampoos. A teaspoouful of the fragrant stallax granules, dissolved in a cup of hot water, is more than sufficient for each shampoo. It is very beneficial and stimulating to the hair, apart from its beautifying effect. What Women Hate. Every woman hates a shiny nose and a dull or greasy complexion. Few know that there is an instantaneous remedy at hand in the home, one that is absolutely harmless, and that defies detection even under the closest scrutiny. If you have no cleminitein the house get about an ounce, and add just sufficient water to dissolve it. A little of this lotion applied to the face will instantly cause the greasiness to disappear, and the skin will have a perfectly natural, velvety, youthful » bloom that any woman might envy. The effect will last for many hours, and no powder is required, even under the moat trying conditions, indoors or out. To prepare the face, neck, and arms for a long evening in a hot ballroom nothing can compare with this simple home-made lotion.

Goitre Quickly Cured I A Lady, who tried every remedy in vain. and at last discovered a simple method of I vlf-cure. will send particular* FREE to ■ anyone afflicted. Post a self - addressed, stamped envelope to Alice fe ay. G.P.O. Box 482. Christchurch. '

MAIDENHOOD. Maiden! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadlow lies, Like the dusk in evening skies! Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, 5s the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet. Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleet! O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands,—Life hath snares ; Care and age come unawares! Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth. On thy lips the smile of truth. O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal; And that smile, like sunshine dart. Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. —Longfellow.