The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-05-22
WARTS AND WRINKLES,
How They are Produced and How to
Avoid Them.

H.
WAITS are peculiarly ugly things
wherever they may occur, and were
considered 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 votarles were really mars elous, es-
pecially when they related to the hiding
away OF piece of meat with which
the warthad been rubbed, or any nos
trum of that nature. Sometimes, how
ever, the wart-charmer used some veg
etable juice which of course, acted as
& caustc, and that was proper and
Legitimate cure. The little warty ex-
crescenGs that grow on the neck, or
sometimes on the eyelid, may be re-
moved ,y tying hair or morsel of
fine silk round them. The wearing Of
this canes the excresence to fall off in
few days, without producing a wound
or evena tender place in the skin.
Warts alould be treated as soon as
they are perceived, and not allowed to
grow. Ii they come on the hand. it is
often fr.m being carelessly dried, as a
damp state of the skin seems to induce
them. t is the common belief among
servants that putting the hands into
water in which eggs have been boiled
will produce them. Warts are far less
common than they used to be, perhaps
because more remedies are known, and
perhaps 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 Liszt, the we'll
known musician. They are all over
his face, and especially on his nose,
and as they are of peculiar kind,
he seems unable to get rid of them.
WRINKLES give an appearance of age,
and usually come on as people get old
er, or as q consequence of using large
quantities of powder, a habit remarka-
bly, offensive to men, whatever foolish
women may think of it. A little pow
der to prevent chating in cold weather,
or after washing when the face or neck
have been exposed to the sun, is very
different thing. just a dust of powder
Immediately wiped off temporarily re-
moves q greasy look; but it stands to
reason that lavish use of it fills up
the pores of the skin, and thereby per-
manently Injuries the complexion.
Wrinkles are very much under person
al control. A girl or a youth who in
dulges in a perpetual knitting of the
brows produces avery ugly wrinkle be-
tween the eyebrows, bat this may be
entirely removed by forsaking the trick.
A habit of half-closing the eyes-very
common with near-sighted persons who
do not choose to wear glasses-pro
duces wrinkles at their outer corners.
An ill-tempered dropping of the corr
ners of the mouth brings wrinkles ir
those positions. No outward arniioo.
ton will ever cure this; tho c.tforf mnst
come from strong determination and
resolute avoidance of the cause tina,
produces the u~ ~ effect.
Living "A a very dirty atmosphere
~ develop aud aUUcutuatc link
les; the CRIME naturally settles in any
little hollows that will receive it, and
the longer it stays there the more diff
cult it is to remove. 1t may be partial
ly kept out by regularly wearing veil
out-of-doors, but the best thing is fire.
quent 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 to fill out instead of increas-
ing the tendency to fall into hollows
and trace channels. A little alum or
other astringent lotion applied 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 proper
medical treatment. People who habit
ually worry themselves over trifles fre-
quently get wrinkles in their forehead,
but persons who cultivate calm and
easy state of mind may escape them
for many years. Harper Bazar.