Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
HOW IT Is DONE.

HOW IT Is DONE.
Beautiful Compilations Which are Sc
cured Through TOrtures.
ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
The fact is said a prominent retail
druggist the other day TO a young man
with thin legs and note book, ''that these
nostrums for the complexion with which
the market is flooded are worse than hum
bugs for. far from being beneficial, they
are i'm most cases positively injurious.
There is plenty of money to be had in that
sort Of quackery. for there is always a
sale for any stuff that pretends to possess
curative properties for the skin. Put up
sons rose water IN bottles, label it
ssBIOOm of YOUTH" or anything else that
sounds well, and the women will rush to
buy it. There is nothing woman will
not do, no fortunes she Will not endure,
To- enhance the beauty of her complexion.
TIE women Of Brazil rub the Juice of a
nut on the face, the skin of which THAT
is to say, the epidermis or superficial
skin comes OF, leaving the face in raw
state. After applying the nut-juice, the
patient takes to her bed, and in three
weeks q fresh skin has formed and she
has an entirely new complexion. 1t is
rather surprising on the whole that some
such idea has not been EuOpted in more
somewhat nearly approaching it is
actually practiced in Paris by a physi-
clan who claims its invention. L under
stand. on good authority, that it is very
successful so far as its results are con-
Cerucd, but 1T must be extremely painful.
a woman who takes this method Of re-
uewing her youth must undergo a fearful
ordeal. She IS placed under the in
fueucn of chlOrOfOrm. and the whole SUI
uerficial layer of the cuticle is removed
with the knife; this accomplished, the
face is swathed i'm bandages, and a new
skin forms within few days. A physi-
clan of my acquaintance assured me that
he had seen person who had had her com
uIaEi1n renewed in this way. and that
her skin was of a delicate creamy tint.
Ikea child's; she always tOOkthe greatest
care Of it, never going out unless thickly
vailed A complexion obtained at such
cost was not to be readily sacrificed.
..The only good cosmetic l know Of is
pure water. Any tirstrate physician will
tell YOU that face-washes are quite use
less as remedies for skin troubles. And
vet these qUack remedies always will
command large sale, though many of
them contain elements very injurious
both TO the health and complexion, and
not one Of them pretends to attack the
skin trouble through the blood. which is
the only way recognized as effective in
Il
guently apply to me for a remedy for
freckles, but the philosophy of the freckle
is something that no fellow ever could
exactly find out. There are two theories
I'm regard to freckles-Oue is, that they
are small aCcumUlatiOns of the pigment
which cOlOrs the skin, and the other that
they are stains produced through the
oxidation by the air of the iron in the
blood. The first Of these is doubtless the
true one. No one has ever found out how
TO remove freckles.
MANY people are annoyed by eruptiOns
of the skin Of the face, which spring
merely from impurities Of the blood, and
the only remedy is to attack the trouble
through the blood. The practice Oftaking
arsenic for the complexion is an exceed
iugiv dangerous one. Arsenic, as a
remedy forskin disorders, is we'll known
In therapeutics, but, too carelessly used,
it uudermines the constitution. Reputa-
bic druggists viii not sell FOwler's sOlu-
ti9u Of arsenic, which is the form in
which it is usually taken, without doc
tors prescription. These SO-called medi-
Gated soaps for the skin have no particu-
larry good effect. There is nothing better
than white CASTLE. and the only benefit
that can DE derived from external washes
is cleanliness.
"A very common skin disorder is thai
from which young men particularly, be-
The trouble seems to develop with the
early growth Of the beard, and causes an
annoying pUstular eruption. Sometimes
this affection which is called acne, pro-
ceads so tar as to amount to a disease.
but it is usually trifiing, and is perfectly
susceptible of treatment. The remedies
ordinarily applied are. however, impera-
tive, and the true nature of the disorder
is but little known. The fOllicle. or sac,
from which the hair grows, is from an
eighth to a quarter of an inch in depth.
and is supplied with moisture by a little
gland at the side of the fOllicle, which
contains a secretion called sebum. If
through any cause the secretion of seb1m
becomes too plentiful, the fOllicle is Likely
10 become clOtted up, and natures way of
removing il Is by Inflammation, which
forms "a pUStule. When the growth of
the beard begins to develop the secretion
Of the seb3ceOus matter is stimulated,
and the puStules frequently appear in
great numbers. The only effective treat
ment known for this simple variety of
acne is to thrust a needle into the fOllicle
as far as possible, and remove the OBJ
struCtiOn. This is a painless operation,
for the needle does not pierce the skin.
The CLOTHING of the sebum in the fOllicle
can usually be seen before any inflamma-
ton has taken place, SO that the latter
NAV he avoided. With careful treat
with warm water, there should be no
difficulty i'm curing any case where the
difficulty is not constitutional. The use
of grease or oil OF any kind is bad for the
skin under such conditions.
Compilations differ very much with the
climate. The English have, beyond a
doubt, the most beautiful compilations in
the world. American girls possess more
beauty Of feature, perhaps, but their
compilations are not nearly so fine. As
one goes farther south toward the Equa-
tor, one sees darker skins and darker hair
and eyes, for all these physical character
istics have reference to climatic infiu-
ences. Upon two things the condition of
the skinsdepends-Oil and cOlOring matter.
Thelskin of a very old man or woman, for
want Of oil, becomes like Wrinkled. dried
up parchment. An AlbinO has scarce
any COIOring matter in his hair, eyes or
complexion. To finish, Will give you a
recipe for identifying the complexion
the one used by the DANES of ancient
Rome Probably it is familiar to many,
but there may be others who have never
read Of It: These ladies made a stiff paste
Of rye flour and covered their faces with
IL on retiring. In the morning they
washed it off with milk they never used
water and applied a little powder. if il
was deemed necessary. This, We are told.
on good authority, IS really the best
method of improving the complexion that
has ever been used, either in ancient or
modern times. The rye -four is said to
positively draw frem the skin any marks
that may have fingered on it. Moreover,
It makes the complexion charmingly soft
an effect which the milk helps to pro-
duce. Several Partisan bells adopted this
plan, and il is rumOred that the Empress
Eugene tried it. At all events the ladies
who are known to have followed the re-
cipe Of the Romans are also those who
have been celebrated for their lovely skins.
In spite Of the opinion of the clever drug
gist, this is doubtless very efficaciOus in
s0ftening and bleaching the skim"
In the Siniatic range Of mountains there
IS a remarkable cone of sandy rocks called
Gebel-Nakus. When a traveller attempts
IN hne weather to scale this miniature
peak he hears a sound like that of distant
bells. When there is no wind and the
sand is damn with dam la cor1VH ia NOT