ANOTHER EXCELLENT WASH.—­The best wash we know for cleansing and softening the hair is an egg beaten up and rubbed well into the hair, and afterwards washed out with several washes of warm water.

5.  THE ONLY SENSIBLE AND SAFE HAIR OIL.—­The following is considered a most valuable preparation:  Take of extract of yellow Peruvian bark, fifteen grains; extract of rhatany root, eight grains; extract of burdoch root and oil of nutmegs (fixed), of each two drachms; camphor (dissolve with spirits of wine), fifteen grains; beef marrow, two ounces; best olive oil, one ounce; citron juice, half a drachm; aromatic essential oil, as much as sufficient to render it fragrant; mix and make into an ointment.  Two drachms of bergamot, and a few drops of attar of roses would suffice.

6.  HAIR WASH.—­A good hair wash is soap and water, and the oftener it is applied the freer the surface of the head will be from scurf.  The hair-brush should also be kept in requisition morning and evening.

7.  TO REMOVE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.—­With those who dislike the use of arsenic, the following is used for removing superfluous hair from the skin:  Lime, one ounce; carbonate of potash, two ounces; charcoal powder, one drachm.  For use, make it into a paste with a little warm water, and apply it to the part, previously shaved close.  As soon as it has become thoroughly dry, it may be washed off with a little warm water.

8.  COLORING FOR EYELASHES AND EYEBROWS.—­In eyelashes the chief element of beauty consists in their being long and glossy; the eyebrows should be finely arched and clearly divided from each other.  The most innocent darkener of the brow is the expressed juice of the elderberry, or a burnt clove.

[Illustration:  JAPANESE MOUSINE MAKING HER TOILET.]

9.  CRIMPING HAIR.—­To make the hair stay in crimps, take five cents worth of gum arabic and add to it just enough boiling water to dissolve it.  When dissolved, add enough alcohol to make it rather thin.  Let this stand all night and then bottle it to prevent the alcohol from evaporating.  This put on the hair at night, after it is done up in papers or pins, will make it stay in crimp the hottest day, and is perfectly harmless.

10.  TO CURL THE HAIR.—­There is no preparation that will make naturally straight hair assume a permanent curl.  The following will keep the hair in curl for a short time:  Take borax, two ounces; gum arabic, one drachm; and hot water, not boiling, one quart; stir, and, as soon as the ingredients are dissolved, add three tablespoonfuls of strong spirits of camphor.  On retiring to rest, wet the hair with the above liquid, and roll in twists of paper as usual.  Do not disturb the hair until morning, when untwist and form into ringlets.

11.  FOR FALLING OR LOOSENING OF THE HAIR.—­Take: 
  Alcohol, a half pint. 
  Salt, as much as will dissolve. 
  Glycerine, a tablespoonful. 
  Flour of sulphur, teaspoonful.  Mix.