The national course in home economics

smooth each hair back into its original position. Follow this up and brush the hair in this manner each night and morning. It serves as a stimulant to the sickly hair. Frances Samuels. HEAD SHAMPOO. Beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, rub well into the roots of the hair Leave on to dry. Then wash the head clean with equal parts of rum and rose water. Rinse in clean, soft water. F. C. TO THICKEN THE EYEBROWS. If your eyebrows are inclined to grow thin in spots, a very simple application, and one that cannot possible injure them, is cocoa butter. A small piece may be softened and rubbed over your brows every night with your finger, following exactly the arch of the brow itself. R. TO CLEAN HAIR BRUSHES. Dissolve a generous piece of washing soda in warm water, dip the bristles of the brush into it, rubbing them a little with the hand. Be careful not to touch the ivory or ebony back of the brush with the soda water. Rinse in warm water, turn the brush up on the point of the handle and let dry thoroughly. It is claimed that a tablespoonful of ammonia will do the same amount of cleaning if dissolved in a quart of water. The brush should not be used till dry. Fannie Smith. MASSAGE FOR THE EYES. Whenever your organs of sight feel weak do not rub them roughly. You must not massage your eyes the same way you would the stronger parts of the body. They need help from the hands, but this help must be administered in a very gentle and delicate manner. John Quincy Adams had a way of treating his eyes which, it is said, preserved their vision to old age, without the help of spectacles. This was to place his thumb and forefinger each upon an eyelid and gently rub them toward the nose a number of times each day. The action encourages circulation of blood in that locality, does away with the tiny spots that sometimes float before the vision and prevents that flattening of the lenses which causes dimness of sight at a certain focus. It is wonderful how much good can be done the eyes of people of all ages by using this simple exercise ten or fifteen minutes each day. F. S. TOOTH WASH. Two ounces of fine ground myrrh, two ounces of Peruvian bark, two ounces of orris root. Put them into a large bottle with two tablespoonfuls of white sugar. Fill the bottle with alcohol, shake it well and let stand a week. Then pour off all that is clear into another bottle. Steep two ounces of white oak bark one hour in a quart of water. When boiled down to one pint add it to the alcohol which has been poured off the myrrh and it is ready for use. W. P. C. TOOTH POWDER. A nice and safe tooth powder is made of prepared chalk, one-half pound; pulverized myrrh, two ounces; camphor, two drachms; orris root, ground, two ounces. The camphor must be wet with alcohol and all mixed together. G. E. Mills. TO REMOVE TARTAR FROM THE TEETH. Forty grains of finely-powdered boracic acid, thirty grains of chlorate of potassium, twenty grains of powdered guaracum, sixty grains of prepared chalk, one ounce of powdered carbonate of magnesia and one drop of attar of roses. This powder will loosen all the tartar on the teeth and sweeten the breath. G. H. A. THE HANDS.