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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1907
Page
7
A humorous lifestyle is praised for health and facial youthfulness. The piece claims laughter prevents wrinkles, improves digestion, and shapes a confident, attractive demeanor, while warning against harmful laugh styles and encouraging natural, hearty mirth in everyday life.
A 20 year old asks how to stop white hairs from spreading and regain color. The doctor warns natural premature whiteness may progress and advises against dyeing or staining hair, suggests no reliable restoration, and offers a cautious remedy focusing on growth rather than color.
Reader asks for a two-ingredient depilatory that works in five minutes and receives the Old Depilatory recipe using soda sulphydrate and another ingredient. Advice covers massage, pumice hair removal, camphor ice recipe, orange flower cream request, and a note on natural blush with open-air living and greens for rosy cheeks.
Readers ask whether to massage arms upward from the elbow to the wrist or downward from the wrist to the elbow. Guidance covers proper technique and the use of a pumice stone in a cosmetic or therapeutic routine.
A reader suggests applying Milk of White Roses lotion directly to the skin. Use a soft cloth to bathe the wrinkled areas night and morning, rubbing well into the skin in the direction of the grain.
The writer notes they cannot provide the requested local details as a nonresident. They suggest consulting a physician or pharmacist for better help and offer to assist again in the future.
Woman asks Dr Vaucaire if a bust remedy can restore size after nursing. She worries about safety while on an iron tonic with strychnine and other drugs for impoverished blood and nerves. She is five feet six inches and 133 pounds, noting weight gain elsewhere except her bust.
A reader asks if patent creams are safe for facial use. The expert advises rare soap use, hot and cold water cleansing, then massage with a good cream and pat dry, noting cannot judge the specific proprietary product.
A reader reports a burn like scar under the ear from a cosmetic used three years ago. The mark remains red and tender, worsened by heat. After trying a citrus based remedy and olive oil options, a skin specialist is advised rather than home treatments.
A physician announces abandonment of a hair restoring formula due to dissatisfaction and dangerous ingredients like sugar and lead. The plan included green walnut shells and sage tea for darkening, with instructions to heat, filter, and apply nightly, noting real gray hair restoration is nearly impossible without dye.
A basic preparation suggests dissolving half a cake of white floating soap in a quart of water, simmering, then dissolving a tablespoon of washing soda in another quart of boiling water and mixing them. The result is a mild, shelf stable shampoo to bottle and keep.
A historical formula describes mashing four ounces of walnut skins and mixing with sixteen ounces of pure alcohol. Let the mixture stand eight days, then strain and apply as a hair dye. The note calls it the earliest publishable version and uses archaic phrasing.
An anxious mother recalls a parasite treatment involving larkspur and fishberry. The advised method uses bichloride or mercury soap dissolved in water to form a jelly, followed by a lotion with tincture staphisagre.
A letter asks to republish a hair growth formula with hazel and alcohol. The editor notes only an oily falling hair formula exists and provides a daily scalp rub solution: two ounces of a clarified oil, two ounces of a carrier liquid, and fourteen grains of an unclear ingredient, described with garbled text.
A reader asks about X-ray hair removal with the electric needle. The response says it is the only permanent remedy when properly performed and unlikely to injure the skin, but the number of treatments varies by hair count and coarseness. Treatments are expensive and somewhat painful, and patients should seek a skilled surgeon via their doctor’s recommendation.
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