Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1913 — REALLY WILL WHITEN HANDS [ARTICLE]

REALLY WILL WHITEN HANDS

Mixture of Yellow Cornmeal and Kerosene Removes Coarseness Within a Short Time. " 1 For softening and whitening the hands vanity has another assistant besides cold cream. It Is the simplest of home remedies, and has the great merit of being far quicker in its effects and less bother to use than the cream. It is Just a mixture bf yellow cornmeal and kerosene. Take a handful of the meal, as one would take soap, moisten this with the kerosene as with water, and rub the hands as though they were being washed. After this wash them in warm water. That is the whole process. Yet the results, particularly If one must do housework, by which the hands are always coarsened, is truly satisfactory. No odor of kerosene is left after rinsing, and, strange as it may seem, the effect is excellent on the tiny cuts and bruises which come with housework. Of course kerosene and yellow meal have not a dainty sound, but the condition which they produce is daintiness, so that the important point is reached after all.