The Irish standard., 1886-06-26
AB0UTY0UR COMPLEXION.
Suggestions for Ladies who Wan
Bea lfful Skin


Beautiful Skin
TO obtain beautiful skin one must begin
and diet properly. Butter, fat meat and
greasy food of every kind must not be eat
en-. Coffee and tea must be given mp so
must claret and all kinds of wine, and milk
OF lemonade substituted. Fruits and
| vegetables should be eaten in abundance,
rich candies and cakes avoided, pie never
should be touched, and pickles and acid food
generally should be dispensed with. A
woman who follows the above rules will
find that her skin will become smooth and
clear after several months have passed.
OF course the dieting must be thorough
and careful. No improvement can be made
unless it is.
A tablespoonful of sulphur taken every
other morning for week, and then not
taken again for three days, and then taken
every other morning for a week, is one of
the best things to clear the complexion.
1t acts like magic. 1t should always be
mixed with molasses or something that
will clear it from the system.
Salt, 1. tablespoonful dissolved in COB
blet of milk, is an old-fashioned recipe for
identifying the complexion. 1t certainly
is a simple remedy, and if it does not help
the complexion it will strengthen the sys-
tenn A great deal depends upon the con-
stitution of the person and the kind of
complexion she has. What will help one
woman wonderfully will have no effect
whatever on others. One thing is certain,
however, milk is always conducive to
softening and whitening the skin, and it
is q noticeable fact that girls who have
never been allowed to drink tea or coffee,
and who have drunk quantities of milk,
have generally, when they reach the age
of twenty, very beautiful complexions.
Boiling water is also one of the best
things with which to keep the complexion
in order. A tumbler should be drunk one
hour before every meal II it is disagree
able by itself the juice of half lemon
should be added Sugar should not be
used. Most women in Summer time are
too careless of their compilations, and
when Winter comes and they go out to
balls and parties they regret it. The sun
is excellent for the complexion if it does
not get too much of it. A little browning
and freckling is oftentimes very beneficial,
but when the face is exposed to too great
measure Of the SUMS rays the skin is apt
to become coarse. Veils very thin ones
should always be worn at seaside resort,
unless parasols are carried. The salt air
and sun together are bad for the complex
ion, though excellent for the general
health. The face should always be washed
in water that has the chill taken off it.
Warm water is not good for the complex
ion, despite all that has been said TO tho
contrary neither is real cold water. The
one makes the skin fiabby, and in time
wrinkles it; the other roughens it. Oat
meal and Indian meal water are both ex-
cellent for washing the face and hands in.
The meal softens the skin and gives it a
delicate flush which is very becoming.
The majority of women will also find that
salt water will help their compilations.
Get ten cents Of rock salt every month
and wash in basin into which good lump
OF it has been placed. Rain water is an
excellent thing for the skin, and there is
as much truth as poetry in the saying that
the :'early due OF the morning will make
like the face Of an angel the woman who
bathes in it.''