fine white cloth, without expression. This pomade, though simple, is excellent.

Eau de Guerlain, for the removal of pimples and splotches.

Distilled water of cherry laurel 1000 grains

Add the tincture and alcohol, and shake the

whole intimately together.

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CHAPTER XXXI.

OF COSMETIC POWDERS.

Poudre de la mer rouge, by CAMBOU, Paris.

Mix and reduce the whole to an impalpable powder, and sieve through a fine cloth.

This powder, its author says, is curative of the ringworm, red blotches, and pimples.

It is tied up loosely in a bag, and this bag, moistened with fresh water, is rubbed gently over the skin.

Serkis du Sèrail, of DISSEY and PIVERT, for whitening the skin and removing blotches.

Sweet almond pastes (pate d'amandes

douces) in very fine powder

Rye meal

Fecula of potatoes

10 lbs.

6 lbs.

6 lbs.

Make a separate mixture, in a stoneware vessel, of the essences and greasy bodies, and turn it gradually, and little by little upon the powders, rub well the whole, and pass through a fine sieve.

To color red 3 lbs. of this composition, take 11 oz. of cochineal in very fine powder, mix well therewith, and sieve.

Mix the whole and sieve finely.

very mild and agreeable.

This powder is

Mix, and make into a perfectly homogeneous pomade.

This is an excellent remedy for chapped lips, and is beneficial in cases of ulceration of the nails of the feet. Its application in such instances must be immediately after bathing the affected parts.

CHAPTER XXXII.

OF ALMOND PASTES.

THE marc remaining after the expression of the oil is generally called pâte d'amandes, or almond paste. This product is sold in two forms, either liquid or in powder.

ALMOND PASTES IN POWDER.

Pâte d'amandes bise.-The marc, obtained by expression of equal parts of apricot kernels and bitter almonds, and again alternately bruising and pressing every two hours for three days, when they are perfectly dried by the sun or stove heat, powdered and sifted, forms the product above named, which is sold unperfumed, and at a low price.

To make it more salable, it is mixed with potato fecula or rather bran, the odor of the latter being masked by the addition of 1 oz. of essence of bergamot to 8 lbs. of paste. The potato fecula by itself is a most excellent cleanser and whitener of the hands, but it is fraudulent to introduce it and encourage its sale under a fictitious name.