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The Toilet and Bath: Melt

Melt 3 drams of spermaceti and 4 drams of white wax. Add 1 ounce of almond oil. Moisten 3 drams of camphor with spirits of wine, and mix up all together. Run this into molds or make up into balls in the same manner as butter balls are made.

Or, for an ointment, melt together gum camphor, 3 drams; beeswax, 3 drams; olive oil, 2 ounces. Apply at night, and wear chamois - skin gloves.

Other Remedies for Chapped Hands. Mix white wax, 4 drams; olive oil, 2 drams; spermaceti, 18 grains.

Or unsalted butter, 1 pound; rose water, 1 wineglassful; yolks of eggs, 2; honey, 1 tablespoonful. Mix and stir in finely ground oatmeal to make a paste of the consistency of butter.

Apply at night and wear gloves.

Or use almond paste instead of oatmeal in the last.

Or mix equal parts of white mutton tallow, unsalted butter, beeswax, and stoned raisins. Simmer until the raisins are dried up but not burned.

Strain into molds to cool. This preparation smarts chapped hands, but quickly heals them.

Camphor Ice. - Oil of sweet almonds, 1 ounce; spermaceti, 2 ounces; white wax, 1 ounce; camphor, ounce. Melt these ingredients in a double boiler, and pour in molds of proper size and form.

Powder for the Hands. - Common starch reduced to powder by grinding with a knife or in a pestle is a good substitute for talcum powder for the hands. This is always at hand. When taking the hands out of suds or dishwater, or after washing them when they have been chilled by exposure, rinse them thoroughly, wipe them, and apply the starch while they are still damp, covering the whole surface. This is cheap, convenient, and easy to try.