Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-26
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
Simple Rules for the Preservation OF
Health, Beauty and Complexion.

4 oimple lSuteB Tor the PRESERVATION OF
Health, Beauty and Complexion.
Girls, if your skin be dark, be salts
fled to be in the category of the nut
brown maidens, if for no other reason
than that "thc leopard can not change
his spois.n Let the sun kiss the dusky
cheek and add to it the ruddy glow
that belongs to the dark skin, and which
the rouge pot can not supply.
OF course you can't change your
features. But you needn't trouble
yourself much on that score. Some
person has said that If our Mary could
put some of her beauty of feature into
real everyday prettiness she would be
loved where she is now admired.
The towering-nosed maiden among
the proud daughters of the Nile was
the beauty of Solomon's day, as was
the woman with no nose at all in tho
time of Tamerlane. In the land of the
free there is no standard of beauty on
the nose question. The American nose
is type all to itself. But at all events
your nose is a foregone conclusion and
all the sleeping in clothespins to pinch
down the too prominent nostrils, or
stroking with the lead pencil to subbue
the obnoxious bump, is so much labor
thrown away. But when it comes to
the mouth the would-be beauty has a
more promising subject 10 deal with.
Although the shape of the feature can
not be altered, If the lips be kept fresh
and the teeth in perfect condition, very
much is gained. II the spot where love
seals its VOWS DO Of an exaggerated
size, don't be constantly on the grin, rs
that keeps the muscles on the stretch.
Cultivate classic reposo of feature.
Keep the mouth shut WHEN asleep, for
more reasons than one, Don't snore.
Never bit1 tho lips to make them red,
or for any other reason. Battle them
occasionally in water, with u little dis
solved alum or borax. and apply gly-
cerine and tincture of benzoine. This
will keep the lips fresh looking. The
only harmless way to keep them red is
by contrast with the teeth, which
should be milk white.
A good tooth beaatifer is powdered
sulphur, which is also an excellent
tooth prcserver. This may be used
daily. For occasional use, say once a
week, the following is good Pumice
stone, one ounce; bicarbonate of soda,
one-half ounce; powdered tale, one
half ounce. Fresh looking lips, clean,
white teeth and breath like sweet
frankincense aloe and myrrh will make
up for many a deficiency in feature.
If the ear be big and obtrusive, a
loose arrangement of the hair or few
curlcd locks brushed carelessly back
will help the Objectionable organ
wonderfully. Never comb the hair
tight back from an ugly ear.
As for the eyes, better leave them
alone. Trimmed lashes often refuse to
grow again. Dark eyebrows and lashes
are great promoter of beauty, and If
yours happen to be lighter than your
hair, especially II that is red, think
you might just touch them lightly with
a sponge dipped in black walnut bark
boiled in water with little alum, or
apply simple walnut juice. The oye-
brow may be given a slight arch and
bHc nio lItO oO iiuOH oOuShl W oiihpi1
pinching the hairs together between the
fingers several times day.
But it is through the complexion
that you have the greatest scope for
identifying. If every pore in your
skin is stuffed full of "lily white,
you must expect those dreadful pimples
and horrid black specks. TO the girl
with the ugly skin | say, you must
take two or three mile walk every
day; you must wear shoes big enough
for perfect comfort, and, if the skin be
thick and oily, you must eschew fats
and pastry.
In the spring it would be well to try
the sulphur remedy, and at the same
time you may rub sulphur In little
glycerine on the face at night, washing
it of in warm water and few drops
of ammonia in the morning,
A little camphor in the water will rc-
move all shine. And remember. girls,
all face powders are snares and delu-
sions. st Louis Chronicle.