The Dudley book of cookery and household recipes

Eight ounces of oil of almonds, one and threequarters ounce white wax, a quarter ounce spermaceti, six ounces of rose water. Warm the three first ingredients in an enamelled pan until melted, then add gently the rose water. The cream must be well worked with a spoon until it is quite smooth and free from all lumps. A few drops of attar of rose greatly improves the cold cream. ¥ TO SOFTEN WATER FOR WASHING THE FACE AND HANDS POWDERED borax should be kept at hand on every toilet table, not only to soften the bath water but for the hands, and for washing the face when the water is hard. Five grains of borax mixed with about an ounce of oil of almonds and an ounce of lime water is an excellent wash for the hands and face when the water is hard. ¥ OINTMENT FOR ROUGH HANDS CUT up half an ounce of white wax and half an ounce of beeswax and one ounce of camphor. Place this in a jar and pour over it three-quarters of a pint of almond oil. Gently melt it all together and work smooth. Run into pots for use. LIP SALVE FOR CHAPPED LIPS ONE ounce of oil of sweet almonds, a quarter ounce of white wax, a half-ounce of spermaceti, one drop of cochineal and a few drops of oil of roses. Melt the ingredients gradually and work well so as to make into a smooth stiff cream. Run it into small pots for use. ¥ TO REMOVE SUNBURN Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a small teacupful of new milk. Allow it to curdle. Apply it to the face and throat with a piece of cotton wool, after having been out in the sun, or the last thing at night. Allow it to remain on the skin for a short time then wash it off with tepid soft water. This will remove all heat and tan from the skin. OINTMENT FOR SUNBURN Make a stiff paste with white Fuller’s earth, or good French chalk, and elder flower water. Let it remain on the face for a few minutes, then wash it off with hot rain water and apply a little cold cream. ROSEMARY HAIR WASH STEEP some freshly gathered rosemary twigs in boiling water (soft rain water), cover up and allow them to remain for five or six hours. Strain off the liquid and add a small quantity of rum. This is an excellent hair wash, and very cooling and fragrant. POT POURRI TFirst dry in a sunny room rose leaves, lavender, lemon, verbena, and any kind of sweet smelling leaf at hand. Then add half a pound of powdered orris root, quarter of a pound of cloves, two sticks of cinnamon, two ounces of allspice, one ounce of bergamotte, one dram of musk. The spice should all be pounded and mixed in with the rose leaves. Sweetscented roses should be used. LAVENDER FOR LINEN Gather the lavender flowers when they are full blown. Lay them out on paper in a dry, sunny room. When they are sufficiently dry, rub the flowers off the stalks, and put the flowers into muslin bags to lay amongst the household linen. ¥ FOR FUMIGATING A ROOM Heat in the fire a long-handled scent fumigator. XX When it is red hot put into it some powdered cedar-wood, which can be bought at any stores. This is preferable and far more agreeable than the heavy perfumes which are often used for this purpose. LAVENDER TOILET VINEGAR