The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-24
WOMAN AND HOME.
TOILET AND MISUNDERSTANDING AND
BREAO-MAKlNG.
Helps for HOusework-A Hard World for
GirIs-Women with DOgs-"Only
Men and Queens Can Afford
To BE Ugly"
Lst. Louis Post-Dispatch.I

the powers of attraction which God has
given them.
Now, 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 the art Of
preserving good looks will be better cult
waited, and that the woman Of the future
will retain her attractions longer than the
woman of to-day. The historian Brantome
speaks of an old lady of his acquaintance
who at 20 years of age, was as charming,
fresh. and lively as any woman at 80 It was
said that certain skilled doctors and learned
apothecaries prepared for her daily draught
of potable or drinkable gold. This lady
was 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 Oudard, her surgeon, bar
Der and perfumer; that was the only secret
which the fIlustriou5 dame employed to pre-
serve health, youth and beauty to the age Of
20 years"
1t is indeed recognized at the present day
that rain water, which is pure distilled wa
ter, is a mo t admirable cosmetic. If it can
not be obtained, soft water is next best; but
never hard water, for that contains highly
injurious mineral salts which crack the skin.
Women lose their beauty more quickly in hot
climates The beauty Of an Italian woman
is fully developed at Is; at 80 she Is old and
ugly. The fruit ripens quickly, and soon
withers.
Many women take cold baths daily. They
are not only injurious to the health in most
instances, being too great a drain on the
vitality, but they are not advisable for the
or hof1 obi mid
transitions from heat to cold hurt the skin;
that is the reason that q cook never has a
good complexion. The water should be
tepid, and the flesh should be rubbed gently
with fesh-brush or mitten. The daily bath
as q cosmetic can not be too highly recon-
mended. 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. It has been
said that the age Of beauty win 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 fne gauze containing
powdered orTis-root and starch, one part of
the former to three of the latter. Baron
Liebig says 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 bad for the skin; there is none better
than glycerine; palm OIL and "oat meaP
soaps are good.
Other liquids have been used for bathing
purposes besides water. Prince Jerome
Bonaparte bathed daily in champagne. 1t
is said that a number of ladies of the monde
in Paris battle 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
fluid. The Princess Borghese, afterward
queen of Naples, was said to indulge regu-
Iarly in a milk bath So essential to her
good looks did she deem it 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
to permit her to indulge in her luxurious
habit
The effect of tepid bathing on the skin is so
salutary that recently distinguished der
matologist 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
change of temperature.
A shiny, polished complexion is due to an
unusual secretion of fatty matter by the
skin. For this a saturated solution of borax
used morning and evening as a wash for the
face is a good remedy. The best remedy for
the trouble, as we'll as for the cure Of ten
dency to redness of the nose and knuckles, is
the following:
Powdered borax. one-haIf ounce; pure
quart. Mix and use twice day. This To-
ton is better than any in the shops, accord
ing to the opinion of a celebrated authority
on skin diseases. 1t prevents chapped skin
removes sunburn, keeps the pores in fine con-
dition, and is cheap.
From the cosmetic point of view, it is best
not to wash the hands in water except when
bathing. They can be rendered much softer
by other means The Baron Albert was
some years since the most celebrated Of der
matologists 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 sof"
MADAM" replied the doctor, IF were to
tell you, you would not initiate me-"
HOh, yes viii doctor; do tell ma"
q never wash them"
what"
with water
with what, then"
sWith tia be t olive oil of AK. Don't you
remember that the ancients athletes anointed
themselves daily with oill You may besure
those gallants were never troubled with skin
diseases
Since Baron Alibert's time something even
better has been discovered than oil Of AK; it
is glycerine. a bottle Of glycerine should
form an indis 9ensable adjunct to every
lady's toilet set; but care must be taken that
it shall be chemically pure, else it viii dis
color and irritate the skin. A tablespoonful
in pint of water will soften and protect
the skin from the air. It should
be rubbed in, but not wiped of,
The use of cosmetic gloves" or, as
they are even more commonly called,
bleaching glove" has long been known in
some countries, and there are ladies who
glove themselves as regularly on retiring to
bed as thGy do before going into the street.
The balm of Gilead Is the most ancient as
we'll as the most expensive of cosmetics. It
Is identical with what IS now called benzoin,
which sells in Constantinople at 1880 a
pound 1t is supposed to be a sovereign
remedy for all skin troubles. The Bible
speaks well Of it. which, it is to be hoped, il
sufficient authority. The poultice of bread
crumbs and essas' milk used hv the ladies Of
ancient Rome, has been mentioned In pre-
vious article Thin slices of fresh meat were
also laid on the cheeks at night.
Good Bread.
New York Tribune.J
A fair and practical Bostonian thus replies