. Modern manners and social forms . smeared with olive oil, if there is much inflam-mation, to prevent their sticking together. If not, thefollowing lotion maybe used: Take four grains of borax?one drachm of sirup of quinces, and one ounce of black-cherry water. Mix, and bathe carefully. The eyesshould also be shielded with colored glasses when out-of-doors, and dust and all causes of irritation avoided. Dyes.—The beauty of the eye is enhanced when theeyelashes are darkened. The following dyes may besafely used. THE EYEBROWS AND EYELASHES. 549 Black.—Wash the lashes in goulard water. Thenapply
. Modern manners and social forms . smeared with olive oil, if there is much inflam-mation, to prevent their sticking together. If not, thefollowing lotion maybe used: Take four grains of borax?one drachm of sirup of quinces, and one ounce of black-cherry water. Mix, and bathe carefully. The eyesshould also be shielded with colored glasses when out-of-doors, and dust and all causes of irritation avoided. Dyes.—The beauty of the eye is enhanced when theeyelashes are darkened. The following dyes may besafely used. THE EYEBROWS AND EYELASHES. 549 Black.—Wash the lashes in goulard water. Thenapply the following with a small hair pencil: Takeone part of sublimed sulphur, four parts of lard and twoparts of glycerine. Melt the lard, and then mix in thesulphur and glycerine, and let it stand until cool. Avery natural effect is also produced by applying a littleIndia ink dissolved in water, with a hair pencil. Usethe best ink. Brown.—Use the brown dye made of walnut skins,recommended for the hair. THE EYES, EARS AND ASCAL lias called attention to the fact thatif Cleopatras nose had been a little longerit might have affected the political destinyof all the later nations. The eyes and noseare so prominent that if they are irregular ordeformed they arrest at once the attentionof the beholder, and the beauty of the coun-tenance is destroyed. The ears, however,are less prominent, and, if inelegant, can bemore easily concealed by arranging the hair for thatpurpose. Savages, with their absence of correct taste,and their blind slavery to their local fashions, producevarious disfigurements of these organs. THE EYES. The eyes are the most expressive feature of the are the souls mirrors, and reflect the thoughtswithin. Guyon has said that Whoever has receivedfrom God the precious gift of strong, beautiful eyes,should carefully preserve them. The great enemies of the eyes are wind and dust,the glare of the sun or artificial light, and overtaxingthem in reading, st
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