TOILET TABLE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 9 (Supplement)

TOILET TABLE.

OORNMEAL SOAP. Save all odds and ends of toilet soap of every description. When enough has accumulated, put through the food chopper, using the medium cutter first, then the fine cutter. To one cupful of this granulated soap add one and one half cupfuls of commoal and put through the food chopper again until reduced to coarse meal. This may lie facilitated by rubbing between the hands to loosen the particles. Add one ounce of olive oil to each two and a half cupfuls of the soap and cornrnoal mixture. Blend thoroughly. An ordinary fruit jar with the rubber ring in place makes a good container. A quantity of this soap powder kept on the kitchen sink or in the bathroom will be found invaluable for cleansing very soiled hands and keeping them soft and smooth, besides being harmless and costing uext to nothing. COMPLEXION ANT> DIET. Every girl would like to be beautiful, but few realise the importance of diet in the attainment of beauty. The “ wild-rose ” complexion does not mean only ‘‘ early to bed and early to rise ” ; diet must be studied as well. Nothing is more productive of blotches and pimples on the face than too rich a diet—too much meat and too many sweets. The would-be possessor of a clear, transparent skin must take plenty of green vegetables and whatever fruit happens to be in season. Apples are great complexion beautifiers, and so arc young carrots. Those latter are sometimes scraped very finely and eaten raw. The early rhubarb, now iu season, stewed and taken at breakfast is one of the best blood purifiers, and indirectly deal’s the complexion. It should not be prepared with too much sugar. VEGETABLES STAIN HANDS. Some vegetables leave an ugly stain on the hands, difficult to remove with soap and water. A raw potato cut in half, however, rubbed over the stains will usually remove them easily. Lemon juice or tomato are also effective. BORAX SAVES SKIN. A teaspoonful of borax in a large basin of water will soften the lather and prevent any injury to the skin.