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Toilet Preparations: Strain

Remove from the fire, and stir in a mixture of 6 ounces of alcohol, 5 drops of oil of bitter almonds, and 1 dram of oil of bergamot. Strain through a piece of net or gauze and bottle for use.

Or mix in a mortar 1 ounce of sweet almonds and 3 ounces of bitter almonds, adding slowly 1 quart of pure soft or distilled water. Stir in 1½ pounds of sugar, and perfume with orange-flower water or otherwise, as desired. Strain and bottle for use.

Or rub up in a mortar 1½ ounces of sweet blanched almonds, adding slowly pint of rose water. Stir in 1 dram of finely powdered castile soap and 1 dram of oil of almonds, beating up with an egg beater or otherwise to form a complete emulsion; stir in a mixture of 21 ounces of 95 per cent alcohol and fluid dram of essence of roses. Add enough rose water to make 1 pint of the whole.

Add, if desired, a few drops of the essential oil of bergamot or of lavender, or the attar of roses dissolved in the alcohol.

Or rub up gradually in a mortar 2 ounces of sweet blanched almonds and 12 ounces of rose water. Mix separately with gentle heat 2 drams each of white castile soap, white wax, and oil of almonds, to which add 1 dram of oil of bergamot, 15 drops of oil of lavender, and 8 drops of attar of roses. Add this mixture to the "milk of almonds," rub up thoroughly in a mortar, beat with an egg beater or otherwise to form a perfect emulsion, and strain through silk or linen.

Enough has been said to indicate the method of compounding these recipes. The following may be prepared in the same manner: Blanched bitter almonds, 2 ounces; distilled water, 2 ounces; salt of tar- ALMOND CREAM, MILK OF ROSES, ETC.