The directions she gave were to first bathe the parts with hot water, to open the pores, and then rub in the cream very thoroughly at bedtime for a number of nights.
PLAN No. 498. REMEDY FOR BRITTLE NAILS
Women who are annoyed by having brittle nails are always glad to learn of some effective way to make and keep them soft. This prompted a young lady in St. Paul to utilize the following formula:
White petroleum, 1 ounce; powdered castile soap, 1 dram; oil of bergamot, a few drops. This softens the nails, cures hang-nails and renders the cuticle around the nails soft and pliable, so that it can be easily removed with a towel or orange stick.
One small ad. in a leading magazine brought a great many orders, and by repeating the ad. in other periodicals, the young lady earned $1,500 clear profit the first year.
PLAN No. 499. BATH POWDER
The delights of the bath are greatly multiplied by adding a well prepared bath powder, and one of the very best of these was put up by this lady, as follows:
Borax, 10 ounces; tartaric acid, 10 ounces; starch, 5 ounces. Mix the ingredients together, and perfume with lavender water. Two teaspoonfuls of the powder to a tub of water will soften and perfume the same making it at the same time more cleansing and delightful.
She put this powder up in 8-ounce paper boxes, and sold it for 25 cents a box. It proved a good seller all the year round and the profits were exceptionally large. The drug stores carried it in stock, as it assisted greatly in making other sales, owing to the demand for it.