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Identifier: americanetiquett00houg (find matches)
Title: American etiquette and rules of politeness
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: New York : Standard Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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hing in well through thehair. Give it a brown tint by steeping an ounce ofwalnut black, tied in coarse muslin, in the almondoil, one week before boiling. HAIR OILS AND POMADES. Mix equal parts sweet oil and cold pressed castoroil, and to each pint of the mixture add one-fourthpint brandy and the same of cologne. Procure a tall glass vessel, dip cotton wool in clearolive oil, and lay the cotton alternately with jessamineor other flowers. Let this stand several days, andwhen the flowers have imparted their perfume to theoil, squeeze the oil out of the cotton for use. Thecotton may be laid in drawers or bandboxes whereperfume is required. Melt one dram of white wax, one of spermaceti, andtwo ounces of olive oil; add two ounces of rose water,and half an ounce of orange flower water. Six ounces of unsalted lard, four of beef marrow,and half an ounce of yellow wax melted together andperfumed while cooling with oil of bergamot or attarof roses, makes a good and excellent pomatum forthe hair.
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V400) TOILET RECIPES. 401 Four ounces of spermaceti and one of lard meltedtogether and perfumed with bergamot and rose water. Cocoanut oil melted with a little olive oil andscented as preferred. Melt together an ounce of spermaceti, one of hogslard, one of beef marrow, and add the oil of roses,bergamot, or any other perfume. FOR INFLAMED EYELIDS, Cut a slice of bread as thin as possible ; toast bothsides well, but do not burn it; soak it in cold wateruntil cold, then put it between a piece of old linen,changing when it gets warm. This may be applied asoften as desired. Inflamed lids may be reduced by tying a small pieceof ice in the corner of a thin handkerchief, and passingit back and forth over the closed eye, resting atintervals, when the cold is intense. This has beenfound very efficacious. BURNED EYEBROWS. If the eyebrows are burned off by the fire, they maybe caused to grow by applying five grains sulphate ofquinine dissolved in an ounce of alcohol. HOW TO MAKE BANDOLINE. Simmer

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