Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

| \ CURIOUS sUBJEcT AND 4 FEW DOMESTIC
FAcTs-ARE OUR FACES CLEAN "A FEw
HINTS TO THE FAsTIDIoUs
1t is a startling and somewhat amusing
fact, says the New York Commercial Adrer-
fiser, that the majority of peoples faces are
seldom clean. Generally the habit of wash
ing the face in the morning prevails. but
with many persons is the only time in twen-
ty-tour hours that this ablution takes place
With some women there exists n prejudice
against washing their faces at all-thev be
lieve that bathing and rubbing produce
eruptions- that the skin of the face is hand
Somer the less it Is washed. Men return
from business, and, before entering thedraw-
ING room, retire to their dressing apartments
to wash their hands and comb their hair. -
unconscious that their faces are not clean.
Ladies come home from shopping excursion
ora drive in the park, and arrange their
toilet without touching their faces except to
dust them with powder as the last act Of en-
| bellishment. Neinvariably send the children
totheirnurse to have their faces washed before
dinner. or 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 ere
alton are clean, unless it be those of macbin-
ISIS, chimney sweeps or coal heayers We
are certainly impressed with the muddy com
plexion of Mrs. Sloyenly, and remark how
d" sallow Mrs Slipshod has become. but it
does not occur t. us that their faces are al
ways soiled. We meet Miss Blank on the
promenade, who has risen late and washed
her face hurrieily. leaving the sleepv buys
IN the corners OF her eyes we exclaim. ''had
Mis- Blank clear skin. how pretty she
would be- We should not believe that it
was rarely that Miss Blank face was tho
roughly washed-that it was usually covered
with ''Oriental cream and dust. which be
ing slept in at night and but half removed
IN the morning. soon changes the natural
purity of the skin.
There lSno portion Of the body that requires
so much care, as TO cleanli1,essas the face
1t Is the receptacle for the dust from the
room day and night. Ii receives the sitting
blown from the ash barrels and coal carts. and
all impurities in the streets. Specks of oily
dandruif from the hair are hourly falling on
the face. and the most conservative of rs are
constantly placing our faces aoainst some
thing that soils, from the cheek of the sour
baby, who Is the pet Of the household. to the
shaggy coat Of Romp the dog. whom we
stoop to iondle now and then. saving nothing
of the kittens, who brush against the side of
our faces, from the backs Of our easy chair
twenty times daily, and whom we know TO
have ieas. (ThiS we will never admit to NAM
ma, for fear Of their banishment to the wood
Shed.) If the persons who are otherwise
iastidiously nice, would be As proportionatelv
particular to keep their faces clean. we
should see more of the fair glowing complex
ions, and less Of the yellow faded skins with
Sallow lines about the neck. There Is nothing
that 50 beauties the face as its freshness and
cleanliness from the frequent Use of water
with gentle friction. There is more truth
than poetry in the stale observation of per-
SONS looking two or three shades whitcr after
their abution.
The face is fairer after washing. because
1t Is cleaner, and when it is not often bathed
it Is badly s0iled. That the ace be thorough
ly washed at night, with little fine soap to
remove any greasy substance that may have
settled in the eyebrows and cre,ices of the
features. Is essential for it, perfect cleanliness.
The eyes require particular washing to pre-
serve their beauty and strength ofsight. How
few persons consider this when they wipe
them over once day with wash rag or
sponge. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Moses face ''shone' when he came down
from the mount where he had been talking
with God. If ours do not shine with a holy
light, they may with a glowing freshness
from the frequent use of cold water