Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-10
SOiled Faces.

IT Is a starting ana somewhat amusing
fact that the majority of peoples faces are
seldom clean. Generally the habit of
washing the face in the morning prevails,
but with many persons it is the only time
in twentyfour hours that this ablution
takes place. With some women there ex-
lists a prejudice against washing their
faces at all; they believe that bathing and
rubbing produces eruptions-that the skin
of the face is handsomer the less it is
washed. Men return from business, and
before entering the drawing-room retire to
their dressing apartments to wash their
hands and brush their hair, unconscious
that their faces are not clean. Ladies
come home from shopping excursion or
drive IN the park, and arrange their tOi-
lets without touching their faces, except
ing to dust them with powder as the last
act of establishment We invariably
send the children to nurse to have their
faces washed before dinner, or a dozen
times daily; but because we are men and
women, and have not streaks of black
across cheek or nose, we do not question
the cleanliness of our faces.
1t is taken for granted that the faces of
adult creation are clean, unless it be those
of machiniStS, chimney -sWeeps or coal
beavers. We are certainly impressed with
the muddy complexion of Mrs. Slovenly,
and remark how ''salow'' Mrs. SlipshOd
has become, but it does not occur to us
that their faces are ALWAYS SOiled. We
meet Miss Blank on the promenade, who
has risen late, and washed her face hur-
riedly leaving the sleepy bugs in the cor
ners OF her eyes; we eXclaim Had Miss
Blank clear skin, how pretty she would
be-" We should not believe that it was
rarely that Miss Blanks face was thor
ough'y washed; that it was usually GOV
cred with a mixture of "Oriental Cream"
and Dust, which, being slept in at night,
and out half removed in the morning,
soon changes the natural purity of the
skin.
There is no portion Of the body that re-
quires so much care, as to cleanliness, as
the face. 1t is the receptacle for the dust
from the room day and night. 1t receives
the slttings blown from the ash barrels
and coal carts, and all other kinds of i'm
purities in the streets. Specks Of oily
dandrutf from the hair are hourly falling
on the face, and the most conservative of
Us are constantly placing our faces against
something that soils from the cheek of
the sour baby, who is the pet Of the house
hold, to the shaggy coat of Romp, the
dog, whom we stoOp to fondle now and
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brush against the sides of our faces, from
the back of the easy chair, twenty times
daily, and whom we know have fleas
This we will never admit to mamma, for
fear of their Punishment to the wood
shed)
If the persons who are otherwise fastidi
ously nice would be as proportionately
particular to keep their faces clean, we
should see more of the fair, glowing com
pleXiOns, and less of the yellow, faded
skins, with sallow lines about the neck
There is nothing that SO beauties the
face as It's freshness and cleanliness from
the frequent use Of water, with gentle
friction. There is more truth than poetry
in the stale observation of persons looking
two or three shades whittier after their alb
buttons The face is fairer after washing
because it is cleaner, and when it is not
often bathed it is badly soiled. That the
face be thoroughly washed at night with
little fine soap to remove any greasy
substances that may have settled in the
eyebrows or crevices of the features, is
essential for its perfect cleanliness. The
eyes require particular washing, to pre-
serve their beauty and strength of sight
How few persons consider this, when they
wipe them over once a day with a wash
rag or sponge, Cleanliness is next to
godliness" Moses face "shone" when
he descended from the mount where he
had been talking with God. If ours do
not shine with holy light, they may with
a glowing freshness from the frequent use
of cold water.-N Y. Commercial .1dtey-
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