The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-26
RosE-rINrkD GIRL FACES.
New Yerk Morning JournaI.l

New Yerk Morning Journal.
 Some women are born with beautiful skins, clear, soft and peaeh-like, but there are very few women in this climate who can keep their compilations clear and handsome without considerable care. There is something in the New York air, its harshness or saitness most probably, that tends to coarsen and roughen the skin. Nowhere will one see such bad complexions ameng the general run q women as in New York. In Philadelphia and Boston, in Washington, Chicago, even in grimy Cincinnati, the compilations of the girls and women have freshness. soft color, which those of New York g,rls and women lack. or course, there are a number of exceptions to this rule. There are both women and girls in NeW York whose complications arc exquisite.
 The first thing woman should re- member when she wants to improve her complexion is that nothing rubbed on the skin itself is going to help it very ma tezialiy. The lotions aAd " creams" and preparations of one kind and another which are prepared by quacis for beau tifying" the skin are alt humbugs, and no sensible woman should ever be led into buying them. To obtain a beauti- full skin one must begin and diet properly. Butter, fat meat and greasy food of every kind must not be eaten. Coffee and tea must be given up, so must claret and all kinds of wine and milk or lemonade sub s,ituted. Fruits and vegetables should be eaten in abundance, rich candies and H Ad nsA ~l touched and pickles and acid food gen. orally should be dispensed with. A wo- man who follows the above rules will find that her skin will become smooth and clear after several months have passed. Of course the diet must be thorough and careful. No improvement can be made unless it is.
 A tablespoonful of sulphur taken every 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. It acts like magic. It should always be mixed with molasses or something that will clear it from the system.
 Salt-a tablespoonful dissolved in a goblet of milk-is an old-fashioned recipe for beautiying the complexion. It certaiBly is simple remedy, and if it does not help the complexion it will strengthen the system. A great deal de- bends on the constitution of the person and the kind of complexion she has. What will help one woman wonderfully will have no effect whatever on others. One thing is certain, however, milk is al- ways conducive to soffening and whi,en- ing the skin, and 1t is a noticeable fact that girls who have never been allowed to drink tea or coffee. and who have drank quantities of milk, have generally, when they reach the age of twenty, very beautiful complications
 Boiling water is also one of the best things with which to keep she complexion in order. A tumbleful should be drank one hour before every meal. fit is dis- agreeable by itself the juice of half q lemon should be added. Sugar should not be used. Most women in summer time are too careless of their cemplexions and when winter comes and they 70 out to balls and parties, they regret it. The sun IS excellent for the complexion if it does not get too much of it. A little browning and freckling is oftimes very beneficial, but when the face is exposed to too great measure of the suns rays the skin is apt ts become coarse. Wells very thin ones-should be always worn at seaside resort, unless parasols are carried. The salt air and the sun to- gether are bad for the complexion, though excellent for the general health.
 Fashionable women and girls in New York always have their arms and necks polished before going to a ball or other entertainmet where they appear with very decollese dresses. The" polish ing !" greatly beauti6es the skin. Fira the arms and neck are rubbed very thor oughly with glycerine and rose-water. After this has been rubbed off the arms and shoulders are covered with cold cream, which is allowed to femain on fifteen minutes. This is then rubbed of with piece of fine soft white flannel, and the arms and shoulders are covered with " saby powder and rubbed very thor oughly. This finishes the operation. When this is completed they look like polished marble, and the skin seems to take on a wonderfully fine and beautiful texture. Some one has suggested that the face might be treated in the same way with good effect, but this would be next to impossible, as the texture of the skin on the arms and shoulders is al- ways different from that of the face. The face should always be washed in water that has the chill taken of it. Warm water is no. good for the complexion, despite all that has been said to the con- trary neither is real cold water. The one makes the skin Aabby, and in time wrinkles it; tho other roughens it Cos metics of every kind should be avoided. They arc always disgusting, and even little powder pat on on . warm day to :. take the shine ofs.s Is objectionahle. Powder and paint always stamp a wo- man at once as common, no matter how small quantity may be used. Oatmeal and lndian-meAl water are both excellent for washins tho face and hands in. The meal softeas the skin and gives to it delicate dudh wAicA is very becoming.