The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-24
Warts and Wrinkles,

Warts are peculiarly ugly things
wherever they may occur. and were con-
sidered practically incurable few years
ago. unless it were by means of charms.
In every village there was an old woman
who undertook to charm warts away, and
the cures related by her votaries were
really marvellous, especially when they.
related to the hiding away of piece OF
meat with which the wart had been rub
bed. or any nostrum of that nature.
Sometimes, however, the wart.charmer
used some vegetable juice, which, OF
course, acted as caustic, and that was
proper and legitimate cure. The little
warty excrescences that grow on the neck,
or sometimes on the eyelid, may be re-
moved by tying hair or morsel OF fine
silk round them. The wearing of this
causes the excrescence to fall off in few
days, without producing wound or reven
a tender place in the skin. Warts should
be treated as soon as they are perceived,
and not allowed to grow. If they come
on the hands, it is often from being care
lessly dried, as damp state Of the skin
seems to induce them. 1t is common
belief among servants that putting the
hands into water in which egts have been
boiled will produce them. Warts are far
less common than they used to be, per-
haps because more remedies are known,
and perhaps because with the spread OF
knowledge there is less faith in silly
charms and more recourse to chemists
and doctors.
Few people are so afflicted with warts
as the Able List, the well-known musl,
clan. They are all over his face, and
especially on.hi nose, and, as they are
of a peculiar kind, he seems unable to
get rid of them. They do not add 'oth'
charms of his personal appearance.
Wrinkles give an appearance OF age,
and usually come on as people get older,
or as consequence of using large guam
titles of powder, habit remarkably
offensive to men, whatever foolish women
may think of it. A little powder to
prevent cha6ng in cold weather, or after
washing when the face or neck have been
exposed to the sun, is a very different
thing. Just dust of powder immedi-
ately wiped off temporarily removes a
greasy look but it stands to reason that
a lavish use of it must fill up the pores
of the skin, and thereby permanently In
iure the complexion. Wrinkles are very
much under personal control. A girl or
youth who INDUCES in a perpetual
knitting of the brows produces very
ugly wrinkle between the eyebrows, but
this may be entirely removed by forsaE'
ing the trick. A habit of half. closing
the eyes-yery common with near.slght'
ed persons who do not choose to wear
glasses-produces wrinkles at their outer
corners. An ill.tempered dropping of the
corners of the mouth brings wrinkles in
those positions. No outward applica-
zion swill ever cure this; the effort must
come from strong determination and res
olute avoidance of the cause that pro.
duces the ugly effect.
Living in very dirty atmosphere
tends to develop and acceutuate wrink-
les; the CRIME naturally settles in any
little hollows that will receive it, and the
longer it stays there the more difficult it
is to remove. 1t may be partially kept
out by regularly wearing vail out'of
doors, but the best thing is frequent and
thorough washing with. hot water, and
the application Of little sweet oil or
cold cream at bedtime. This softens
and smooths the skin, helping it 10 fill
out instead of increasing the tendency 10
fall into hollows and trace channels. A
little alum or other stringent lotion ap-
piled in the morning does good rather
than harm, but if it makes the skin
smart it acts as an irritant and must be
avoided. Any putting of the skin is
associated with an unhealthy condition
of the blood, and ought to receive prop
er medical treatment. People who ha-
bitually worry themselves over trihes
frequently get wrinkles in their forehead,
but persons who cultivate calm and
easy state of mind may escape them for
many years.-Harpers Boar.