St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-17

JOY 0Slllng excursion ana KNOW ulldI
she need not come down to breakfast in
the morning with red. red nCSe," is
indeed happy, and so also is the aesthetic
maiden who wishes to play tennis in a
waist slightly open at the throat and
displaying her pretty wrists, and yet
keep both neck and arms snowy white
for the ballroom. Even the scrawny
old maid who can enjoy ride without
the disfguring blue veil and yet laugh
at the freekleS that come unawares on
the tip of her slender nose is a person to
be envied.
There are but few women who
know how to properl y care for their
compilations" said lady who has spent
many years on this planet and yet has
most perfect pink and white skin. ''It
is not because they underrate the value
of cold cream and baths. but they take
up the care of their compilations spas
medically, and just when the treatment
begins to show they give it up for an
other time.
''lf every woman would devote just
fifteen minutes each morning and even
ing to making herself beautiful in the
true sense of the word, half the hOmely
women i'll the world would disappear.
''There is always room for improve
ment. A nice-l0Oking woman may be
turned into beauty Gy a little care,
and plain woman modelled into one of
pleasing aspect.
''How would I go about the work?
Well, of course, that would depend
somewhat on the person. But there are
general rules which may be followed by
all.
avoid hot soda biscuit at the country
boarding house, that is my first bit of
advice. Of course they are alluring-
the buiscuit-especially with delicious
| preserves, but there is nothing more
| hurtful to complexion and teeth. Don't
drink much coffee or too much rich
milk, and don't eat crackers and can
dies and fruit between meals, except at
! certain hours. Outward beauty must
| begin inward, you know, and if ones
digestion and sleep are not good, how
can one be beautiful?
''N0w for the other treatment. /
| always believe in spending every mo-
ment possible out of doors in summer.
| OF course one does not care to sit on a
| hot beach at high noon and ScOrch in
| the sun. But fresh outdoor air is a bet
| ter aid to beauty than that found in a
close little farmhouse or hotel bedroom.
| when | am at the seashOre, and eS-
| pecially where the mosquito is trouble
some, l each night perform the follow
ing toilet. have followed the practice
for many years and always retained a
soft, smooth and clear compleXion:
''First, take sponge bath in luke
warm soft water. Into basinful |
| pour cupful of very strong vinegar
and little rOSewater. Then after dry
ing the skin thoroughly with a fine
| towel, | cover my face. neck, hands and
arms with paste made of fine bran.
mixed with little powdered almond
and made moist with lemon juice. This
same paste will serve several times, and
for fifteen minutes / keep it on, and
spend the time reading or more fire.
quently quietly resting. Then | remove
the paste without washing the skin and
apply good coat of cold cream and
vaseline, rubbing well in, and after
brushing my hair for ten minutes, | am
| ready to retire.
''In the morning the ocean will have
done its work, and after | bathe in luke
warm water scented with rose of laven-
der and use a fine soft towel in drying
the skin, not freckle, bit of Sunburn
or blOtch is to be seen; and l have a
sensitive skin, too.
For the country little different treat
ment is recommended by this beauty.
Mrs. Langtry followed it, and her splen-
did complexion was greatly improved.
''When you can get new buttermilk,
bathe in it each night, using large soft
sponge. Let it remain on for half
hour, then sponge with warm ciStern
water. In the morning use a little
sweet milk fol the first sponging. then
warm bran and water and little vine
gar.
''For severe cases of sunburn thick
cream left on over night is good cure,
and freShly-sliced cucumber. rubbed
freely Oh the skin will aid in removing
freckles.'
Sea water is said to injure the hair,
but if the hair dries after a sea bath
without cleansing with fresh water, it
is apt, after a time, to grow lighter in
tint. Those who desire ''Sun-burnt'
more than twice a week, and
this shO uld be strongly diluted with
ammonia. 1t is said that Mrs. Potter
has her beautiful copper-colored tresses
washed three times week in a strong
solution of salt, bOraX and warm water,
first applied with a coarse brush and
common salt, and then the borax and
water alone.
A French woman, Nine. Recamier,
who was one of the most noted beauties
OF the First empire, had a preventive
for wrinkles which, it is claimed, is
never-failing.
''Once every two hours during the
day." she said, II close my eyes, let my
muscles relax and remain perfectly
quiet for five minutes. In this way
avoid getting my facial muscles set, and
thus avoid wrinkles"
Girls who laugh with their eyes cult
vate wrinkles at an early age, but these
eye wrinkles may be kept back by prac
tising Nine. Recamier's recipe each day
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