The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-04
WOMAN GOSSIP.
How beautiful Women Retain Their
LONELINESS and Fair Com
plcxions.
Clara Belle Discourscs on Styles in
Hosiery---Ncw York Shop
Girls.
ROSE TINTED FACES.

AS a woman cannot be beautiful
without having good complexion,
and as many women are decidedly lS-
norant of even the simplest rules for
keeping the complexion in good condi-
ton, the Jotynai reporter obtained the
following hints as aids to the complex
ion. Some women are born with beau
tiful skins, clean, soft and peach-like,
but there are very few women in this
climate who can keep their complex
ions clear and handsome without consid-
cradle care. There is something in the
New York air, its harshness or salt
ness most probably, that tends to
coarsen and roughen the skin. No
where will one see such bad complex
ions among the general run Of women
as in New York. In Philadelphia and
Boston, in Washington, Chicago. even
in crimy Cincinnati, the compilations
of the girls and women have fresh
ness, soft color which those of New
York women lack. OF course. there
are a number of exceptions to this rule.
There are both women and girls in New
York whose compilations are exquisite.
The first thing woman should re-
member when she wants to improve
her complexion is that nothing rubbed
on the skin is going to he p livery ma
terially. The lotions and creams"
and preparations of one kind and an
other which are prepared by quacks
for beautfying the skin are all hum
bugs and no sensible woman should
ever be led into buying them. To OBJ
tain beautiful skin, one must begin
and diet properly. Butter, fat meat,
and greasy food of every kind, must
not be eaten Tea and coffee must be
given up, 80 must clarct and all kinds
of wine, and milk or lemonade substi-
tuted Fruits and vegetables should be
eaten in abundance, rich candies and
cakes avoided. pie never should be
touched, and pickles and acid food
generally should be dispensed with. A
woman who follows the above rules
will find that her skin will become
smooth and clear after several months
have passed. OF course, the dieting
must be thorough and careful. No i'm
provement can be made unless it is.
A tablespoonful of sulphur taken ev-
cry other morning for week, and
then not taken again for three days,
and then taken every other morning
for another week, is one of the best
things to clear the complexion. 1t acts
like magic. 1t should always be mixed
with molasses or something that will
clear it from the system.
Salt-a teaspoonful dissolved in a
=. ~. I
ipe for identifying the, complexion. 1t
certainly is a simple remedy, and if it
does not improve the complexion, 1t
will strengthen the system. A great
deal depends upon the constitution OF
the person, and the kind of complex
ion she has. What will help one woman
wonderfully will have no effect what
ever on others. One thing is certain,
however, milk is always conducive to
softening and whitening the skin, and
it is a noticeable fact that girls who
/ have never been allowed to drink tea
and coffee, and who have drunk guam
titles of milk, have generally when they
reach the age of twenty very beautiful
compilations.
Boiling water is also one of the best
things to keep the complexion in order.
| A tumblerful should be drunk one hour
before each meal. If it is disagreeable
/ by itself the juice of half lemon
/ should be added Most women in sum-
mertime are too careless of their COM
plexions, and when winter comes and
they 90 to balls and parties they regret
it. The sun is excellent for the COM
{ plexion if it does not get oomuch of it
A little browning and freckling is Of
tentimes very beneficial, but when the
face is exposed to too great measure
of the suns rays the skin is apt to be-
come coarse. Veils--very thin ones
should always be worn at seaside re-
sort, unless parasols are carried. The
salt air and the sun together are bad
for the complexion, though excellent
for the general health.
Fashionable women and girls in New
York always have their arms and neck:
polished" before going to ball or 9th
er entertainment where they appear
with very dccolette dresses. The pol
ishing greatly beauties the skin,
First the arms and neck are rubbed
! very thoroughly with rose water. AT
! = this has been rubbed of, the arms
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