Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-11
WARTS AND WRINKLES.
How They are Produced and How to
Avoid Them.


Warts are peculiarly ugly things wher-
ever they may occur, and were considered
practically incurable a few years ago,
unless 1t 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 a piece of
meat with which the war; had been rub
bed, or any n0strum of that nature.
sometimes, however, the Wart-charmer
used some vegetable juice, which, of
course, acted as a caustic, and that was
proper and legitimate cure. The
little warty eXcrescences that grow on
the neck, or sometimes on the
eyelid, may be removed by tying a hair
or morsel of fine silk round them, The
wearing OF this causes the eXcrescence to
fall OFF in a few days, without producing
wound or even 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 carelessly dried, as
damp state of the skin seems to induce
them. 1t is common belief among SER
wants that putting the hands into water
in which eggs have been boiled will pro-
duce them. Warts are far less common
than they used to be, perhaps 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 must
clan. They are all over his face. and es-
peclally ON his nose, and, as they are of a
peculiar kind, he seems unable to get rid
of them. They do not add to the 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 often
slVe TO men, whatever foolish women
may think Of it. A little powder to pre-
vent chating in cold weather, or after
washing when the face or neck have been
exposed to the sun, is a very different
thing. Just a dust of powder imme-
dlately 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 iniure
the complexion. Wrinkles are
very much under personal con-
troll. A girl or youth who in
dulges In a perpetual knitting of the
broWs produces a very ugly wrinkle be-
tween the eyebrows, but this NAV be en-
ti6ely removed by forsaking the trick. A
habit of half closing the eyes-very COM
mon with near-sighted persons who do
HOI CuOOse 70 wear glaSSeS-prOduceS
wrinkles at their outer corners. An i'll
tempered dropping Of the corners of the
mouth brings wrinkles in those positions.
No outward application will ever cure
this; the effort must come from strong de-
termination and resolute avoidance of
the cause that produces the ugly effect.
Living in very dirty atmosphere tends
TO develop and accentuate wrinkles: the
CRIME naturally settles in any little hol-
lows that will receive it, and the longer it
stays there the more difficult it is to re-
move. 1t may be partially kept out by
regularly wearing a veil Out-of-doors, but
the best thing is frequent and thorough
washing with hot water, and the applica-
ton OF a little sweet-Oil or cold cream at
bedtime. This sOftens and smOOths the
skin, helping it to fill out instead of in
creasing the tendency to fall into holIows
and trace channels. a little alum or other
stringent lotion. applied in the morning
does good rather than harm, but if it
makes the skin smart it acts as an irri-
tant and must be avoided. ANY putting
of the skin is associated with an un-
healthy condition of the blood, and ought
TO receive proper medical treatment.
People who habitually worry themselves
over trit1es frequently get wrinkles in
their forehead, but persons who cultivate
a calm and easy state of mind NAV escape
them for many years.