The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-05
BEAUTY'S BATH.
Common Sense Directions for the Care
of Complexion.

common sense Directions Tor the care
of Complexion.
From the PHILADELPHIA Times
A famous Canadian beauty, who boasts
that she has never applied particle of any
cosmetic to her face, yet can keep her fresh
ness and brilliancy during a tiresome Wash
| ington season, gives as the secret of her
good complexion the fact that her bathing is
regular, methodical and judicious; that she
| never washes her face during the day, but
cares for it thoroughly at the stated times.
On returning from walk or drive she
wipes every particle of dust from her face
| with soft chamois leather and takes par
| tlcular pains not to sit too near ire or III
a draft after exercise.
Another point upon which she dwells very
| carefully is the arrangement of her dress
ing room. There is nothing over luxurious
to the eye in the simple, well-ventilated and
unadorned room. Miss - understands
thoroughly the advantage of not bathing in
| her sleeping apartment and having her
| Sponges, towels, etc, as well aired as though
they were articles of dress. Her tub Is
cleaned thoroughly each day, the water
used is always as fresh as possible, and the
shelf containing the articles used i'll her toilet
is in a well-ventilated high part OF the wall,
| and only a small quantity of any article
| is kept at time, since almost anything too
long corked loses its best qualities, even dis
titled water absorbing some germs of I'M
pleasantness if retained too long. The
sponges in this room, three in number, are
hung from a projecting strip of wood.
They are never exposed to the sun by way
of sweetening them, according to the er
roneous notion of so many people, and they
are never left in the water after use, except
about once in two weeks, when they are
soaked in a basin of fresh water, to which
lump of soda has been added for purposes
of thorough cleansing.
Now let us see what are the toilet articles
in this famous beauty's dreSs.ng room: Dis
| titled water, rose water, glycerlne, cold
cream vaseline, eau-de-cologne lotion for
which we will presently give the recipe,
orris root and camphor We have enumer-
ated only those which Mademoiselle uses for
her bathing or with distinct reference to
her skin after or before washing. Now let
us see how these are employed On rising
she takes a quick, cold bath, using the flesh
brush application Immediately afterward
Five minutes moderate use of the dumb
bells follow this, after which Miss -
quickly completes her toilet breakfasts
and remains quite indolently still for IF
teen minutes. Then there comes a brisk
walk. What the routine of her day is to
be is the result of circumstances, but to
those so situated that they cannot govern
their time let lis say that the morning alb
buttons, exercise and walk need only occupy
one HOur ana Will DJ IuebuOulCal use
lengthen the healthy hour of life tenfold.
During the day Miss washes her
hands frequently in tepid distilled water, to
which some of the rose water is added, and
before drying them applies very quickly and
yet thoroughly some glycerIne, taking care,
however to completely wash it off after it
has done its work of fabrication, since
otherwise it would make the hands Saliow
and the skin over-tender.
We might, with advantage, go on to de-
tail this charming young persons simple
and wholesome customs of the day, for pre-
serving her strength. good spirits and good
looks, but must keep to our one especial
point at present Before dressing for din
ner or an evening engagement, sponge No.
2-that of the morning being left on its line
is employed with tepid water to battle
| quickly the neck and arms, but nothing is
done which could possibly promote a chill.
Returning to her dressing room, the night
bath is taken, with which glycerine and
rose water are mingled, and the abluton
is followed by a gentle friction, the face
after being thoroughly washed-especiaily
about the roots of the hairs subjected to
a rapid and soft rubbing, after which a
sponge soaked in very hot water is quickly
} passed over it for the purpose of reopening
thesthoroughly ceansed pores.
Now remember what these pores mean to
to the whole system as well as to the COM
|
be careful what you deposit into these swift
) canals. Miss -, whose skin has ten
dency to over dryness, rubs it softly, lightly,
but very firmly with a pure cold cream
} Where there is too much natural oil it is
} best to have the face free from any greas-
, ing. A careful examination is then made by
Miss -, to discover the existence of acne
} punctata, those distressing little black marks
: often more distiguring than pimpleS. A
variety Of remedies and means of eradica-
ton are to be suggested but the results are
not always gratifying, We knew a charm
ing American girl who passed three months
, at a German sanitarium for the purpose of
removing these tormenting little spots from
her face and without any especially good
> results. A system of exercise and bathing
J and the use of the lotion, whose formula
give, was suggested with absolute satisfac-
ton.
Generally speaking, these marks arise
from an accumulation of solid matter in
the pores. This must be forced out in some
way, and it stands to reason that after
} ejecting it forcibly by means of pressure
there must be applied something soothing
to the skin. Warm soap and water is ex-
cellent, and sometimes little diluted lemon
juice proves satisfactory. But the lotion
most conducive to an absolute cure, and
which prevents their reformation, is the
) following:
Jordan almonds Cblanched). one ounce)
Bitter almonds (blanched), two to three
drachms
Distilled water half pint,
Form into an emulsion by bruisng the al
mOnds and adding eight ounces Of water.
Strain it,
) Dissolve fifteen grains Of bichloride of mercury
in boiling water. Then mix the two solutions.
Apply the lotion to the black spots or
acne by voting piece of soft linen with
it. moistening the part of tho face affected
and then wiping it OF softly with a clean
cloth. Great care must be taken in apply
ing this lotion TO any part of the face where
there is an opening of the skin, such as re
suits from "A cut or eruption. Should this
be the case, the formula given above may
be used without the ingredient OF bichloride
of mercury.
Whore there are small skin eruptions or
fever sores about the mouth Mics - uses,
daintly, trifie Of camphor also applied
with a soft linen cloth. Lucy G. LILLE.