Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-18
WOMAN AND HOME.
TOILET AND KTCHEN-BATHlNG AND
BREAD-MAkING.
Helps for Housework-A Hard World foz
Girls-women with Dogs-"Only
Men and Queens Can AFFORD
To BE Ugly"
TSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.l


Female beauty is power that will always
be recogniz.i in the world Only men and
queens can afford to be ugly" Accordingly
the so-called fair sex must and OF right
ought, to pay the intensest attention to the
the powers Of attraction which God has
given them
Now, a days youth" outruns beauty.
Women who are yet young have already lost
their charms The reverse Of this should be
the case. With an increased knowledge OF
those things which conduce TO the preserva-
ton of beauty, it may well be that tho art of
preserving good looks will be better cuiti-
waited, and that the woman OF the future
will retain her attractions longer than the
woman of to-day. The historian Brantome
s. eakS of an old lady of his acquaintance
who, at 30 years of age, was as charming,
fresh. and lively as any woman at so. 1t was
said that certain skilled doctors and learned
apothecaries prepared for her daily draught
of notable or drinkable gold. This lady
WIS the famous Diana Of Poictiers. Potable
gold was not, however, the secret Of the
preservation Of her loveliness Every morn
ing Of her life she bathed in rain water: "and
this it was" said 0udari, her surgeon, bar
Der and perfumer; that was the only secret
which the iilustrious dame employed to pre-
serve health, youth and beauty to the age OF
20 years"
Ii is indeed recognized at the present day
that rain-water, which is pure distilled wa
ter, is a mot admirable cosmetic. Ii 1t can
not be obtained, soft water is next best; but
never hard water, for that contains highly
Injurious mineral salts which crack the skip-
Women lose their beauty more quickly in hot
climstes The teauty of an Italian woman
is fully developed at Is; at 30 she is old and
ugly The fruit ripens quickly, and soon
witbers.
Many women take cold baths daily. They
are not only injurious to the health in most
instances, being too great drain on the
vitality, but they are not advisable for the
skin. Hot baths are Objectionable. Rapid
transitions from heat to cold hurt the skin;
That is the reason that a cook never has
good complexion The water should be
t.pid, and the flesh should be rubbed gently
with fiesh-brush or mitten. The daily bath
as a cosmetic can not be too highly recon-
mendei The reason that pimples and other
cutaneous eruptions appear more frequently
on the face and neck than else
where is simply because those parts are
more frequently washed and cleansed, and
that the pores being kept open eruptive tu-
mors find there a reader exit 1t has been
seid that the age Of beauty will never come
until every woman takes a bath every day.
After drying the body thoroughly, it is well
to dust it with a bag of fine gauZe containing
powdered orris-root and starch, one part Of
the former to three of the latter. Baron
Liebig saws that the progress of nations in
civilization can be accurately measured by
the amount of soap they use. Nevertheless,
it is not necessary to use soap more than
twice week in bathing. Some soaps are
very lad for the skin; there is none better
than glycerine; palm oil" and "oat meal
soaps are good.
Other liquids have been used for bathing
purposes besides water. Prince jerome
Bona parte bathed daily in champagne. Il
is said that a number of ladies of the monde
in Paris bathe every day in milk, and the
story is handed down TO US that in ancient
times the noble danes of Rome and Athens
practiced their ablutions in the nourishing
luid The Princess Borghese, afterward
queen of Naples, was said to indulge regu-
larly in a milk bath. So essential to her
good looks did she deem 1t that she denied
herself visit to the court Of St James be-
cause she was given to understand that
milk was not sufficiently plenty in England
20 permit her to indulge in her luxurious
halit.
The effect of tepid bathing on the skin is so
saiutsry that recently distinguished der
tnatologist of Vienna, Professor Hebra, has
adopted the plan of placing some of his OBJ
stinate cases in water up to the neck and
leaving them there for several days They
are tied up in rubber sacks through which
water is constantly kept flowing. One
should avoid going into the open air for half
tn hour or so after bathing to avoid sudden
change Of temperature.
A shiny, polished complexion is due to an
unusual secretion of fatty matter by the
skin For this saturated solution OF borax
sIsei morning and evening as a wash for the
fsce is a good remedy. The best remedy for
the trouble, as well as for the cure Of a ten
.lency TO redness of tine nose and knuckleS, is
the following:
Powdered borax, one-half ounce; pure
glycerine, one ounce; camphor water, one
quart. Mix and use twice a day. This 10
non is better than any in the shops, accord
ing TO the opinion Of a celebrated authority
IN skin diseases. 1t prevents chapped skin
removes sunburn. keeps the pores in fine con-
dition, and is cheap.
From the cosmetic point OF view, il is best
not TO wash the hands in water except when
lathing. Uey can be rendered much softer
Nv other mtans. The Baron Albert was
come years SINCE the most celebrated Of der
iaatologists. One day lady said to him:
Doctor, how white and smooth your hands
are. Why don't you tell US your secret for
keeping them ~o!'
MADAM" replisl the doctor 'if l were to
tell YOU, you would not initiate me-"
4'Oh. yes / will doctor; do tell me-
q never wash them
.What!"
with water"
with what, then'
sNith the best olive oil Of AK Don't you
remember that the ancients athletes anointed
themselves daily with oiil You may be sure
those gallauts were never troubled with skin
diseases"
Since Baron Alibert's time something even
tettar has been discovered Il than oil Of AK; it
4 rlycerine. A bottle Of glycerine should
form an indispensable adjunct to every
lady's tailnt -et; but care must be taken that
g. snail be chemically pure. else it Will dis
color and irritate the skin. tablespoonful
in a pint of water will soften and protect
tbe skin from the air 1t should
lie rubted in. but not wiped of.
The use Of cosmetic gloves" or, as
they are even more commonly called,
sbIeacbing gloves" has long been known IN
some cou 4triss. and there are ladies who
love themselves as regularly on retiring 70
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