Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-07
WOMAN AND HONE.
WHAT LADIES SAY ABOUT PRE-
SERVING THE COMPLEXION.

The Problem of Household Comfort
Guardian of the demonstrating Hus-
bands - Punctuality - Marriage Not
Failure-Items.
Here is the sprightly manner in which
Marie Jansen treats the mask Of beauty:
"You ask me to say what know about tho
complexion and its preservation, and by that,
take it, you want TO know something Of the
struggle have mad with ny own. With or
without 20 my mind, is the all important
point Of complexion, and OF course allude to
pinples No complexion can be truly said 70
be of the satisfactory kind that keeps up a
humorous Irritation with pIrnrleA They viii
appear even on the best regulated skin, and
how TO treat them when they 90 put in their
unwelcoC1e appearance has been matter Of
burning anxiety to all Us poor weak things
ever since Eve caught the reflection OF her
countenance Ii the brazen face Of time. For
myself, have tried everything from sand
paper TO collodior, but am now convinced
that nothing 50 Giscourages a pinple With
life as 10 let II severely alone ! have heard
Of your ladies who gouged them cut with
nut crackers, but cannot conceive tcat such
mode OF procedure would add to either the
appearance or the ten1cr Of the gou-od
1.-THE rensdy lies deepe-, and believe 1t 20
be exercise and bathing So few women
who hive leisure TO dsvcto 70 their com
plexion ever tslize enough exercise TO put them
into persp-atSun, end Il you VIII show nls
q woman who has q good complexion win
show you one who takes enough bodily exer-
ciss-waIki1g, horseback riding. swimming
OF tsnnis-to put Ter into = prcfuso perzpire-
ton at least OLce G day. and 50 gives her skin
opportunity 70 throw of tho impurities ttat
world otherwise clog up tho pores. Edwin
Forrest said thai r1a1 who had never taken
Turkish bath could not claim TO have risen
10 the dignity of being personally claan-and
believe 1T and [ believe too, Tat We
women are allowed to sneak il under the
head OF the general term man, and wi1ether
or DoC we come in under the term we ought
10 manage to get into a T1-,.tsh bath oc-
casionaLly, fer 1t is the greatest friend OF the
complexion, certainly TIE most kindly Of all,
with which l have had anything to do"
Esre is ErIIzra Abbo-cs facial scheme;
Buy the best soap II the market c1d use l. on
, the face once week. Buy pure glycerine
by the quart, dilute it with a pint of 1859
water, and use the solution every time YOU
want q nice faca Ny plan is to barto my
facA neck, shoulders, arms and hands IN it
private audience. l couldn't live without
glycerine, for If keeps my skin in perfect
condition | never have chapped hands or
rough tips, end there is not b!ernish CT my
faca. When / mako up for the stage pow
der on tdc wet giycerine, and il tlle air is
cold. no r1s1tar whether il is day or night. l
ga-IrGRe ny face with the sweet JUNCTION mix
tIre the last thing before leaving tho house.
It Is ny opinion that soap and hard. cold
water combine 70 ravage the competitions OF
American woI-rn- Il Is = marvel to ne how
the ladies in Chicago manage to be as pretty
as they are, for TIE prevailing winds are de-
strur1ive, not only TO the voice, bat To the
youth and beauty Of the faca Ii New York
and Brooklyn Boston and Philadelphia,
where tte mid influence Of old ocean IS pro
dominant, is is every wcmau's own fault IL
hrr faoe is not pleasing
Intelligence and goodness viii atone fer
ugly features, bat al usAv complexion Is not
70 be coadoled in these days OF advanced
science. Al q woman wants is knowledge to
be beautifns Il glycerino Is the price Of a
nice SKIN Let ilfT turn her Last dino into the
fatty distilLa1aoa; if cold cream gives better
results, then by hook or by crook get cold
cream n brllz; if 2 baptism OF warm water
VII make the checks glow and the face clean
kkss1EjlE tIjA SuA1b yDIESG2l Ol44y
iris or that recipe that you know 70 be con
durfvo to beauty, and swear By that which
enhances yosr Iooka' L might 10 stated
ENTHUSIASTICALLY that Emma A5bott's con-
plenion "a as lovely now So it was when STE
was child. aud her orIns and Eeck ere as
white Ga the satin IN which she dresses
''TrzEiate" for TIE ball room scene.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox declares there is
rptlsipg 10 compare with almond meal IL
& her practices 70 wash her face once IN .ho
morning. and after drying it she goes 70 an
ooea jar in which a quantity Of the powdered
almond is kept and gives her face a good
securing with tAs oily meal After . dozen
handfuls have been rubbed in and the skin
kass smooth, moist feeling. the fair poetesS
is as fragrant as an almond blossom and
proof to chaps or rouehneSs.-New York
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