The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-02
A WISE woMANs ADVICE.
How Girls of Moderate Means May
Improve Their Compilations.

How Girls of Moderate Means May
Improve Their Compilations.
From the Netc York Sun.
1t is just as easy to have fine complex
ion as good education, says a fair lady
whose soft, smooth skin is the pride of her
heart and the envy of her friends. 1t re-
quireS little self-denial and constant, I'M
firing effort in the right direction to
obtain the former grace as well as the lat
ter, and it all depends on few simple prin-
ciples, the most important of which is clean
illness
True, am not writing for the be eft of
the lilies of life who ''toil not, ETC.. for they
are supposed to have each her own maid
who understands all the secrets, charms,
arts, sciences, and Injuries of the toilet {;
but to the ordinary sweet woman who keeps
her house and cares for her babies, and to
the bright, commonplace girls who sew on
their own buttons and brush their own hair,
| could give few simple suggestions, the
carrying out of which involves small eX
pense and occupies little time.
| A plain, wholesome, nutritious diet is as
necessary to clear skin as sunshine and
rain are to flowers, and careful avoidance
of indigestible substances must be exer-
cised. No definite general rules for diet
can be laid down, since what is ones mans
meat is another mans poison, but it is safe
to say that gravy and grease, salads and
sweetmeats should be avoided or eaten in
small quantities, and under most favorable
conditions. Butter, cream, and olive oil, SO
combined with food as to be palatable as
well as digestible, are generally conceded to
be beneficial to all but extremely corpulent
women Many girls seem to have a NOR
bid, craving appetite for spices pickles,
and candies, which grows by what it feeds
on, aad should not be INDUCED, as a desire
for simple nourishing food can be cult
waited just as taste Tor good reading can
be acquired
Startling and shocking as it may seem,
many a fine skin is ruined by neglect OF
frequent and careful bathing. and the dam
age done by this neglect can never be re-
paired by all the costly unguents, lotions
and cosmetics yet invented. Nothing is
more beneficial to the complexion than a
brisk, cold sponge bath rising, fullowed by
sufficiently vigorous friction with a bath
towel to prevent chill the face receiving
it's share of the rubbing unless it be very
sensitive, when the friction may be applied
by the bare hands, all to be followed by
dust of the most delicate toilet powder to
absorb the perspiratson sure to follow Wig
orous bath. On retiring, a warm bath
should be taken and the face bathed slowly,
carefully and thoroughly with warm water
and CASTLE soap. The oily matter exuding
from the surface of the skin catches and
retains minute PARTICLES of dust which can
not be removed without soap, notwith-
standing the hue and cry raised against the
use of soap on the face. Imported CASTLE
soap, unperfumed, is made of clear olive oil,
and acknowledged by emists to be abso-
| lutelv pure while | lave proved it, by long
and constant use, to be not only harmless
but beneficial. Black specks may be re-
II e. ii Oh,
night with lemon juice after a thorough
bath, and gentle friction with the baud,
wnlch, if it cause irritation, should be fol-
lowed by an application Of mingled glycer
inc and rose water This entire process
need occupy but ten mintes in the morn
ing and twenty minutes at night, and can,
if necessary, be taken from our regular
sleep, as the bath is quite as restful
and refreshing as the half hours sleep could
be.
'Costly thy powder as thy purse can
buy" if, indeed, powder may be used at
all, and even the best cosmetic should be
used as iufrequently as possible, and never
allowed to remain on the face over night.
No da : should pass without some active
exercise in the open air; and by this do not
mean leisurely stroll through the park or
q half days shopping in crowded, heated
stores but quick, brisk walk OF three,
/
stay indoors too much, worry, dream, and
grieve over their many trials, losses and
crosses, stitch them into scarfs, curtains, and
doilies, and become languid, lieless, col
orlesS, and sallow thereby. Sorrow seems to
be womans Inheritance, and between her
and her longed-for Eden there stands ever
the guardin cherubim with the flaming
sword: but do not lie down meeRly as it
comes to thee, but rise up in thy womanli-
ness and wr site with thy grievience as
Jacob wrestled with the angel, until it
bring thee a blessing-make thy sorrow
servant unto thee, which shall minister unto
.hy strength and mobility of cha actor, and
thereby add new beauty to thy counte-
nance Take thy woes out into the sunshine,
they need air and light; pound down thy
Of n, walk thy firm, swift footsteps, and as
! thy tired heart all unconsciously beats
swift accompaniment 10 thy flying feet, AMI
the soft air touches gently thy flushed cheek
/ in tender sympathy, and the glad warm
sunshine rests on thy face in loving, bene-
diction the weary pain will be hushed,
and new strength and vigor and courage
will add new grace, freshness, and fairness
| to thy face.
Now. do not wish 10 be understood that
by observing these few simple rules all com
! pIexions will be Of equal fairness. There
| is one glory Of the sun and another Oh tho
moon, aud one star differeth from another
star in beauty" but ! do believe that under
| this treatment every woman, be she dark
on. be She fair. can and will have, ultimately,
a clean, clear, soft satin, smooth, healthy
skin, which is indeed "a thing OF beauty
aud joy forever"
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