FOR THICKENING AND STRENGTHENING THE HAIR.—Skim the fat from the top of calves’ feet while boiling; mix with a tea-spoonful of rum; shake together. Apply night and morning. ECONOMICAL HAIR WASH.—Take one ounce of borax, half an ounce of camphor, powder these ingredients fine, and dissolve them in one quart of boiling water; when cool, the solution will be ready for use; damp the hair frequently. This wash not only effectually cleanses and beautifies, but strengthens the hair, preserves the colour, and prevents early baldness. The camphor will form into lumps, but the water will be sufficiently impregnated. TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF HAIR.—Mix equal parts of olive oil and spirits of rosemary, and add a few drops of oil of nutmeg. If the hair be rubbed every night with this, and the proportion be very gradually increased, it will answer every purpose of increasing the growth of the hair. I have tried this, and recommended it to others, with the best effect.—E. J. ERASMUS WILSON’S LOTION TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF HAIR.—Eau de Cologne, two ounces; tincture of cantharides, two drachms; oil of rosemary and oil of lavender, of each ten drops. CAMPHOR CERATE FOR CHAPPED HANDS.—Take one ounce and a half of spermaceti, half an ounce of white wax, scrape them into an earthen vessel or pipkin (an earthen jam-pot will do), add six drachms of pounded camphor, and pour on the whole four table-spoonfuls of best olive oil; let it stand before the fire till it dissolves, stirring it well when liquid. Before you wash your hands, take a small piece of the cerate, and rub it into your hands, then wash them as usual. Putting the cerate on before going to bed is very good. The ingredients cost one shilling, and this quantity will last for three winters. The vessel should be covered, to prevent evaporation. MACASSAR OIL TO MAKE THE HAIR GROW AND CURL.—Olive oil, one pound; oil of origanum, one drachm; oil of rosemary, one drachm and a quarter. Mix. TO MAKE A CURLING FLUID FOR THE HAIR.—Melt a bit of white bees’ wax, about the size of a filbert kernel, in one ounce of olive oil; to this add one or two drops of attar of roses. TO SOFTEN THE SKIN, AND IMPROVE THE COMPLEXION.—If flour of sulphur be mixed in a little milk, and after standing an hour or two, the milk (without disturbing the sulphur) be rubbed into the skin, it will keep it soft, and make the complexion clear. It is to be used before washing. This recipe is used in my family every day, and found to answer.—G. W. TO WHITEN THE NAILS.—Diluted sulphuric acid, two drachms; tincture of myrrh, one drachm; spring water, four ounces. Mix. First cleanse with white soap, and then dip the fingers into the mixture.—N. TO WHITEN THE HANDS.—Take a wine-glassful of Eau de Cologne, and another of lemon-juice; then scrape two cakes of brown Windsor soap to a powder, and mix well in a mould. When hard, it will be an excellent soap for whitening the hands.