The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-01
THE PRESERVATION OF BEAUTY.
An Old Lady of Sixty Tells why She Looks
Thirty Years Younger.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.

St. Paul Pioneer Press.
ITO begin at the beginning said Mrs. K,
when was young girl. not out of school,
now nearly forty years ago, / visited young
friend who lived in Kentucky, up in the blue
grass region, where they raise those elegant
horses / was at the stable one morning look
ing at the horses when my friends father said,
showing me a beautiful, satin coated creature:
Isn't she beauty2 Sheis no longer young,
either, but she is as handsome as ever she was.
If women would only take care of themselves
we care for these horses, they would cheat age
and add good big per cent. to their happiness
''This chance remark made deep impression
on me, and caused me to realize what few do
until it is too late that the pleasing personality
of youth was not only something worth preserv-
ng but something which could, in great de-
gree, be preserved, and thus had the benefit of
the ounce of prevention against the pound of
cure, for began then to for myself phys
cally, and to study the best way to do this pre-
cisely as would any other subject which inter
ested me nearly. / mastered anatomy l OBJ
servedthe effect of certain things upon myself ard
/ gathered information and suggestions from all
available sources. l adapted all this to myself
by careful observation of the effect Soon GER
tain habits were the result. which scarcely cost
me conscious act of volitio n. 1 really have
devoted very little effort TO the whole matter
not as much as most women devote to making
up the semblance of youth when 1t is gone.'
Gould You give me any of these rules which
you have followedF / auxiously inquired
Certainly, will gladly give you such as
have found suitable to myself. First of all,
l have observed such laws of hygenie as found
were suited to making me perfectly heathfnl.
l use coffee in very moderate quantities and no
tea at all. My observation leads me to believe
that tea is very unwholesome for nine persons
out of every ten, and that nothing will so soon
and surely produce brown and wrinkled skin.
eat light, nourishing, wholesome food, and
really one soon learns toprefer it, and is so
much more comfortable for the preference,
and will say here that never allow myself
to DE uncomfortable if can avoidit. Wrinkles,
a red nose and hands. disagreeable expression
and q general arrangement of the nervous sys-
tenn Turk in tight shoe, a too closely drawn
corset, and in burdensome or insufficient cloth
ing always rest my head when am sitting
If can; 1t prevents excessive WEAKNESS and a
drawn look about the face An aunt once
called my attention to the fact that when I
laughed l wrinkled my face in very ugly way,
and remarked that when l was old they would
become set. | soon learned that / could cor
rect this and laugh just as satisfactorily
without the wrinkles l also learned
by this observation to control the muscles of nv
face. although the Delsarte method of muscle
education which is now being so extensively
taught was not known at that time
Il never could endure daily bath, as many
people do with the most beneficial results; but a
weak solution OF salt and water applied with the
hand. not with sponge or cloth, followed by
friction with harsh towel and flesh brush, will
keep the skin fine and firm, and the face from
growing coarse, dark and unsightly.
l always wash my face, hands and
teeth before retiring; have, even in the
coolest weather draft of fresh air
through my sieeping-room, and when it ia pos
sible retire early. You know the beauty nap is
the sleep between and IL O'Clock I have
always cared for my hair in this way, battle
my head once each week, and that it may Lot
snarl braid it in four five small braids; then
l rub the scalp thoroughly with wel-beaten
egg, wash it in water in which a small cheese
cloth bag of bran has been soaked. rinse well in
clear water and wipe as dry as pos
sible. My hair is as abundant as when
l was a girl, and, you see, is not
gray. Very few people have beautiful
hands, but almost any one can make their hands
beautiful, and lotion composed of one ounce
gIycerine, one half-ounce rosewater and twenty
drops of carbolic acid, few drops of which
should be used each time the hands are washed
will, with proper care, produce this result.
come froin-a long lived race, who have not aged
early. just how much owe to this fact cannot
say, but have now told you, as l said would,
all that know about it." And have passed
it along as the suggestions 1t contains are, to
say the least in perfect harmony with common
sense"