CHAPTER XVIII.

A Letter.--Trials of a Plain Woman.--The Best Husband in the World.--Burdock Wash for the Hair.--For Children’s Hair.--Oil of Mace as a Stimulant.--To Restore Color to the Hair.--Sperm-oil a Powerful Hair Restorer.--The Cheapest Hair-Dye.--Cure for Chilblains.--Loose Shoes the Cause of Corns.--Pyroligneous Acid for Corns.--Turpentine and Carbolic Acid for Soft Corns 185