Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 92
(illustration below) shows one of these hairsseparated. This leaf is sometimes used by thecountry girls as a substitute for face powder whenthey wish a rosy complexion. Perhaps you canreadily understand how a ruddy glow can be pro-duced by rubbing the cheeks with it. Just imaginerubbing your face… … HAIRS FROM LARVA OF DEK.MESTIU LEETLE. three of these greatly enlarged. Each hair ofthe cluster that tops the stem carrying the tinyseed is composed of slender filaments fastened to-gether at intervals along their length by tinycrossbars from filament to filament. What a won-derfully effective…
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