This section is from the book "Our Homes And Their Adornments", by Almon C. Varney. Also available from Amazon: Our Homes and Their Adornments.
Dissolve 2 oz. of borax in three pints of boiling water, and before it is cold add one tea-spoonful of spirits of camphor; bottle it for use. Use a tea-spoonful of this with an equal quantity of tepid water.
Precipitated chalk 4 oz., orris root 2 oz., rose pink 1/2 dr., oil of cloves 4 drops, oil winter-green 1/4 dr. Rub the oils with the powder, sift, and the powder is ready for use. It should be kept in a bottle.
Diluted alcohol 1/2 pint, borax, honey, gum myrrh, and red saunders, each 1/4 oz. Preparation. - Rub the honey and borax together in a bowl or mortar, and gradually add the alcohol; add the myrrh and saunders, and allow the whole to stand fourteen days, when it may be filtered or strained. If some cologne is used instead of the alcohol, it will improve the wash.
 
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