Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-11
HYGIENE OF BEAUTY.
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MAKING FEMl- NINE LONELINESS PERENNIAL.

the Nose-The Causes of Bad Skin.
 Food.
 Next to regularity of features, human beauty largely consists in fine complexion, to have which it is necessary that the skin should be kept in good condition. According to Ovid, paleness was essential to female beauty in old Rome Modern theorists of beauty prefer color in the face, which is cer- tainly suggestive of health. To keep the skin in good order, cleanliness is the first requisite Between the Russian peasant, who never bathes, and the neat American. who bathes every day. there are many gradations, such as the Englishman who bathes often, the Frenchman, not of the highest classes, who bathes occasionally, and the people of other European nations with whom the practice is intermittent In this connection it may not seem impertinent to quote from work on the hygiene of beauty, published quite re- cently in Paris. Therein we read, after vari ous directions for washing the face at least twice a day, the following remarkable ad- vice, which is translated literally:
 Every week, or at least every fifteen days, hygiene presents general bath for cleansing the persona bath of tepid water from 2S to S2 degs. centigrade. Tie bath universally recognized by legislators is indispensable as a means to health. 'I would abandon medi- cine" wrote Percy very justly, eff were in- terdicted in use of the bath.'
 A bath once in fifteen days would hardly satisfy the conscience of neat American nor prove perfectly agreeable to his associates. No American ever thinks of bathing without soap. The French often do so, because only Q small minority of the people are able to have bath tub at home, and at the public baths soap is an extra charge. The soap used in bathing should not be too alkaline, though, since the skin of the body is soon after supplied with an oily fluid by means of the pores, this is question of less import ance If something should be added to the bath to make it more efficient the question is, what shall it bes In this matter the ex- periencc of the French will be found valu- able. If the skin is inclined to eruptions an addition of sulphur or the use of sulphur soap will be found efficacious. Baths of bran, starch and gelatine soften and cleanse the skin. Cold water baths are not generally to be recommended unless attended with tho free use of soap and lively friction.
 Bran or starch added to warm baths in- creases the unctuousness of the skin, which delays the formation of wrinkles. Gelatipe has similar effect. Baths with aromatic plants, cologne water, benzoin, essences of thymc or wintergreen, or borate of soda, all uaVO tue euoCU Ol CueCkluS eACeSSlSo OT Oueu- sive secretions of the skin. Friction with oil after the bath was the custom among Greeks and Romans, and is still throughout the civil ized world greatly in favor. The Empress Pop paea used baths of milk. Blanche d'Antigny, noted contemporary demimondane of Paris, baths of champagne In regard to the celebrated baths of Mme Tallien, we are left in uncertainty as to how often she indulged in the luxury. It was probably only on social occasions of importance. Its cost could not have been great when strawberries and rasp- berries cost no more than three or four cents pound at Paris Baths like these, though luxurious, have only Q secondary hygiene importance and arc not likely often to be initiated.
 The black pimples of the nose are not all | ways due, as is supposed, to Q small and very curious worm to which scientists have given the na,no of demodex folliculorum, though this is found frequently in the skin of man and of vsaimals There arc in the skin little glands, the office of some of which is to se- crete precipitation, and of others the fatty sebaceous fluid which is intended by nature to keep the outer coating soft and pliable. These communicate with the surface by mi l mute pores invisible to the naked eye. These openings sometimes become obstructed, when there follow several forms of skin disease | The most simple form of malady, which is caused by an excessive secretion of the seba- ceous fluid, which becomes hard and black, is called by tho physicians acne simplex. When | the complaint is more serious it is caused by | the congestion or inflammation of the atro- | phy or hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands. Then the black points increase in size, espe- | cially if the skin is not kept clean, and there
 are larger pinples on the skin which suppur- Jo4o of fhoca y,iy, fl,aro emerges Q long, black, cylindrical object which resembles a worm, but which is mere l ly fatty matter hardened and mixed with l dust If the most fluid part is dissolved in a drop of clive oil or ether the worms are some | times found, with the aid of @ microscope, | floating in jt.
 The causes of bad skin are bad digestion,
 bad blood and generally want of neatness. Even if the blood is not in perfect condition, | if the skin is kept clean, pimples may in | most cases be avoided, which is not saying | that the blood should not be kept pure by all
 possible means To this end the diet must be
 regulated and the digestion kept good. In 1 this regard tho French are exceedingly req
 sonable. They drink red wine, which is an
 excellent corrective, and they rarely drink it to excess They are discreet in their use of
 acids, alcohol, rich syrups, smoked meats, Holsters and oysters They eat little buck
 wheat, fruit or meat pies, sausages, spices, or other fatty substances. As general thing,
 whatever may be said of the infrequency
 with which they bathe the body, they keep
 tho face clean ard have good complexions, as
 rule. Preparations which French women l use for the face arc numerous and can easily
 be found. They do not wash the face too often with alkaline soaps, but clean it with
 bean flour, meal or bran, applied with tepid
 water and piece of fine linen. Creams are
 often used The frequent drinking of milk ] is recommended as keeping the stomach, liver and kidneys in order, and so indirectly aiding digestion.
 l There is reason to believe that the skin of the face can be kept free from pimples by l very simple means. To this end the body
 should be kept clean on account of the sym pathy between the skin of the chest and that of the face The face should be washed sev- eral times day, whether with warm or cold
 water does not matter much, if immediately l afterward it is bathed with cologne, which
 should not be wiped off, but left to evapo-
 rate. Persons who use cologne freely can
 safely make it of spirit of wine or deodor- ized alcohol, perfumed with few drops of altar of roses or other essential oil For the face and hands the use of brandy or corn | rrl,;e,-,, x.,;ll l>o fornd beneficial Then he