Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Aunt Pllilur;t's Estce-.Wash..

80, that afternoon We gOt READY anu
went to the matinay. BET ehand, /
bein' ready to start first, vent into Cous-
in Sarah room. She didn't hear me
comm guess, for she !. kind o'started
when she see me and set bottle down
/ on a buro. But 1t.Was too late to back
out, and she took it up again, and went
to putting on stuff on her face. That's
what made her skin look 50 yoang-like.
I'D noticed it, specially afternoons.
says 7: - j y II. i orr q ssss s IS sz
.sLand, Sarah! What is that STUFF.
"It's something to preserve and beauti-
/ fy your complexion" SAYS she. \. !. III .:.vsz
"Is that what makes your skin look
SO youny and fresh?" says I. II thought
it was probable because you don't haye
to work over hot cook-stove." ~.
: "This is it, says she; YOU'D look
ever SO much better if you'd use it.
Let me put some on your ta,.e, too: It's
French preparation. and you'll look
twenty years Younger. And she got
me into chair and before knew it, she
had it all over my face. / s'pose, ali
women, at the bottom, want to: look
beautiful. Here was "a woman Of over
so years, never hayin' had any preten-
sions to any beauty, and there bein' no
earthly reason why | should want to
look better'n the ayerage-here was I,
sittin' down and bein' anointed with
through, "You must keep STILL" says
she, "and let it dry nicely" H..
.trhere!" saysshe, in minute, now
look in the glass; $500. ~. H.:
II did. an I declare, T should never
have nlistrusted twas Philura Winters.
MY face was Of the most lovely tint. ]
amt never seen no girl that had pref
tier skin than mine was. The first thing
T thought was, Snow I'll get bottle of
this to take home.a'' .>.',"%
"My face, as it:got dried off tho, be.
gun to feel hot an kind O drawn up,
Cousin Sarah was ready and says Come
on" but I said, feelin' SO | couldn't
stand it, "Do wait till can wash this
stuff of'n my face. Why, my skin
feels as tho twas crackin' open every
time [ move muscle" .>..
"Oh," says she, laughin' 'tyou'll git
over that in few moments. Come out
in. the fresh air."
81 didn't more'n half believe her, but
she hurried me along ana didn't give
me no chance to wash my face. joint
lined us, an says he:
by Jimmy! Philip! I never seen
you lookin' so all-fre putty since took
YOU to ride the time We got into the
brook the spring before we was mar
ried."
Any woman would feel fattered at
this, but it didn't prove ut my face from
feelin' all cracked up; an once or twice
I actually looked into them big store
windows that are as good as a lookin'.
glass, to see if my face want cracked
open in places but it want"
After the matinay when we'd got ou''
doors JOINT he stared at me, an says he:
"For the Lord sake, Philury, what in
tunket nils your face? It's all strcaaxed
and speckled -
"L shouldn't WONDER" says +. "It'
been crackin' open all the afternoon, an
I think likely it does look bad" !.
But was afraid, and mortified too, as
we hurl led home, an I looked in the
glass in Sarah's room, and Il should
think as muchw said to Sarah. Why!
my fat was in an awful condition. The
tears had run down through that stuff
and washed it off in streaks, an my nose
stood out red an flamia' in the midst of
the queerest lookin' counteuance you
ever see!
'There" says ] to Sarah, scrubbin' my
face in her bathroom; Wv hen you catch
me anointin' my face, or allowin it to he
annointed with ony more ofvour French
dressin', you jest let me know."-(Aunt
Philura in Boston Times.