The average soap contains too much free alkali, which draws the natural oil from the hair and scalp, and leaves the former dry and lusterless while it roughens the latter, causing scurf or dandruff. The purity and mildness of the Ivory Soap gives it pre-eminence for cleaning the hair and scalp. It contains no free alkali, so its use insures a clean and healthy head of hair of the luster and softness of silk. * * * * * If your grocer does not keep the Ivory Soap, send six two-cent stamps, to pay the postage, to Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, and they will send you _free_ a large cake of IVORY SOAP.] [Illustration: ALL THE LEADING DRUGGISTS SELL PEARS' SOAP PEARS' SOAP THE FAMOUS ENGLISH COMPLEXION SOAP. HIS OPINION OF PEARS' SOAP If Cleanliness is next to Godliness, Soap must be considered as a Means of Grace and a Clergyman who recommends moral things should be willing to recommend Soap. I am told that my commendation of Pears' Soap has opened for it a large sale in the United States. I am willing to stand by every word in favor of it that I ever uttered. A man must be fastidious indeed who is not satisfied with it. Henry Ward Beecher ESTABLISHED in LONDON 100 Years. GOOD COMPLEXION NICE HANDS PEARS SOAP I HAVE FOUND IT MATCHLESS FOR THE HANDS. COMPLEXION. Adelina Patti A SPECIALTY FOR THE SKIN & COMPLEXION, As recommended by the greatest English authority on the Skin, PROF. SIR ERASMUS WILSON, F. R. S. Pres. of the Royal Col. of Surgeons, England. Nothing adds so much to personal appearance as a =Bright, Clear Complexion and a Soft Skin=. With these the plainest features become attractive. Without them the handsomest are but coldly impressive. _Many a complexion is marred by impure alkaline and Colored Toilet Soap._ PEARS' SOAP Is specially prepared for the delicate skin of ladies and children and others sensitive to the weather, winter or summer. In England it is pre-eminently the complexion Soap, and is recommended by all the best authorities, as, on account of its emollient, non-irritant character, =Redness, Roughness and Chapping are prevented, and a clear and bright appearance and a soft, velvety condition imparted and maintained, and a good, healthful and attractive complexion ensured=. Its agreeable and lasting perfume, beautiful appearance, and soothing properties commend it as the greatest luxury of the toilet. Its durability and consequent economy is remarkable. 15 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. ALL THE LEADING DRUGGISTS SELL PEARS' SOAP] * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Advertise in "Our Little Ones and The Nursery", "the the" changed to "the" (the library shelf) Page 270, "PEM" changed to "PENN" (PENN SHIRLEY) Page 288, song, "hopless" changed to "hopeless" (rules is hopeless)