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 That particular victim had the beginning of the typical blue skin pictured in the street-car advertisements of Orangeins (the advertisements are a little mixed, as they put the blue hue on the "before taking," whereas it should go on the "after taking"). And, by the way, I can conscientiously recommend Orangeine, Koehler's powders, Royal Pain powders and other of that class to women who wish for a complexion of a dead, pasty white,

verging to a puffy blueness under the eyes and about the lips. Patient use of these drugs will even produce an interesting and picturesque, if not intrinsically beautiful, purplish-gray hue of the face and neck.

Drugs That Deprave.

Another acquaintance wrties me that he is unable to dissuade his wife from the constant use of both Orangeine and Bromo-Seltzer, although her health is breaking down.