The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-10
Hints for the Complexion.

A clear skin is TO be desired above all
else in the matter OF facial beauty
even more than regular features. A
person may have regular features, but
if the skin has n sallow or pimply look
the beauty is gone, bu. If one has good
features and n clear, healthy looking
skin, then the face is indeed beautiful.
The beauty of expression is not wholly
within the power of the individual, but
il is what the mind will make it. But
the beauty of complexion is within the
reach of nearly every one, and the
means by which it may be obtained are
very simple, being the most natural.
Most ladies have Il wrong idea of taxi
ing care Of the complexion. After
washing the face. instead Of rubbing it
hard with the towel until it is perfectly
dry and smooth, they simply pat it with
the towel. Now this patting of the
face dry is one OF the surest ways of
spelling n good complexion, for this
reason. The skin is Il very active
agent (when in health) in throwing off
a great amount of the waste matter of
the body, and is also constantly cXud-
ing an oily fluid which dries on the
surface, and unless we use good soap
with plenty of hard rubbing, it is not
very easily removed, and consequently
the face and hands being exposed, are
liable to chap, and pimples, and what
are commonly called black heads,
come from the same cause. Black
heads are generally supposed by many
to be a kind of skin worm, but this is
a false idea. 1t is simply this-the
skin being rather inactive, the waste
matteri is not thrown from the oil glands,
and the black head is caused from dirt
adher.ng to the oily substance of the
gland. ! was recently explaining to Il
friend what black heads were Che having
some on his facel, and he Immediately
exclaimed, MY face is not dirty"
NO | said, ''of course not, but do
YOU use soap when you wash your
facc?" No, he did not. And do you
rub your face hard and dry after wash
ingP" No. he did not; he thought it
would make it red, and it was red
enough now No, that is why his face
is red and sore with pimpleS, because
it has not been rubbed, which process
stimulates the circulation of the blood
in those parts, which causes Il healthy
acton OF the skin and throws of the
refuse matter, and then good soap is to
be used to dissolve the oily substance.
Most of us know how difficult it is TO
clean the hands without the use of
soap, and especially if they are Il little
greasy il is almost impossible to clean
them without the aid of soap. The
same Is true of the skin of the face and
other parts. Some ladies argue that
soap leaves the face shiny; 10 be sure
it will if it is not rubbed of, but never
if the face is rubbed dry.
What | have been trying to say in
all this is that just so sure as you use
plenty of good soap and water, and
then rub your face rs hard as possible
until it is perfectly dry and smooth
once a day, (but the oftener the bet
teri, Just so sure you will make great
Improvement in complexion.
Rub n little carefully until you have
toughened the skin, and you will soon
be surprised to see the amount of rub
bing it VIII bear. Hard rubbing will
make the skin as fine rs silk, and TO
the touch it will feel like satin. The
skin in this condition is II thousand
times more beautiful than when pow
dered. -Pyof. DoWd, IN Fdcidt DeUe(op-
meRt.