Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-29
GOOD COMPLEXION.
How Girls of Slender Means May
Improve Their Looks.
Throw Paints and Cosmetics to the Dogs,
and Follow These Hints - Remedies
Within the Reach of Every Purse
Secrets of the Toilet.

at is just as easy to have a fine COM
plexion as a good education" says a fair
lady whose soft, smooth skin is the pride Of
her heart and the envy of her friends, in
the New York Sun. 1t requires q little
self-denial and constant, untiring effort in
the right direction to obtain the former
grace as well as the latter, and it all de-
ponds on few simple principles, the most
important of which is cleanliness.
True, am not writing for the benefit 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 sugges-
tons, the carrying out of which involves
small expense 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 exercised.
No definite general rules for diet can be
laid down, since +" what is one mans meat is
another mans poison" but it is safe to say
that gravy and grease, salads and sweet
meats, should be avoided, or eaten in small
quantities, and under most favorable condi-
tons. Butter, cream and olive oil, so COM
blned 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 morbid
craving appetite for spices, pickles and
candies, which grows by what it feeds
on" and should not be INDUCED, as desire
for simple nourishing food can be cultivated
just as taste for good reading can be ac-
quired.
Startling and shocking as it may seem,
many fine skin is ruined by neglect Of
frequent and careful bathing, and the
damage done by this neglect can never be
repaired by all the costly unguents, lotions
and cosmetics yet invented. Nothing is more
beneficial to the complexion than a brisk,
cold sponge bath on rising, followed by suf-
fciently vigorous friction with a bath towel
TO prevent a chill, the face receiving its
share Of the rubbing unless it be very
sensitive, when the friction may be applied
by the bare hands, all to be followed by q
dust Of the most delicate toilet powder to
absorb the perspiration sure to follow so Wig
orous q 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 exudinc
from the surface Of the skin catches and re-
tains minute particles of dust which can not
be removed without soap, notwithstanding
the hue and cry raised against the use Of
soap on the face. Imported CASTLE soap, I'M
perfumed, is made of clear olive OIL and
acknowledged by chemists to be absolutely
pure, while l have proved it, by long and
constant use, to be not only harmless but
beneficial. Black specks may be removed
from the face by rubbing it each night with
lemon juice after thorough bath, and gen.
tie friction with the hand, which, if it cause
irritation, should be followed by an applica-
ton Of mingled glycerine and rose water.
This entire process need occupy but ten
minutes in the morning 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.
| No day should pass without some active
exercise in the open air; and by this l do
not mean leisurely stroll through the park
or half days shopping in crowded,
heated stores, but quick, brisk walk Of
three, four or even five miles. Women, as
a rule, stay indoors too much, worry, dream
and grieve over their many trials, losses
and crosses, stitch them into scarfs, cur
| tains and doyleys, and become lauguid, life
| less, colorless and sallow thereby. Sorrow
seems to be womans inheritance, and be-
tween her and her longed-for Eden there
stands ever the guarding cherubim with
the flaming sword; but do not lie down
meekly as it comes to thee, but rise up in
thy womanliness and wrestle with thy
grievance as Jacob wrestled with the
angel until it bring thee blessing-make
| thy sorrow a servant unto thee, which shall
minister unto thy strength and nobility Of
character, and thereby add new beauty to
thy countenance Take thy woes out into
the sunshine, they need air and light;
pound down thy pain, walk thy firm, swift
footsteps, and as thy tired heart all uncon-
sciously beats a swift accompaniment to
thy flying feet, and the soft air touches
gently thy flushed cheek in tender SYM
patty, and the glad, warm sunshine rests
on thy face in loving benediction, 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 to be understood that
by observing these few simple rules all
compilations will be of equal fairness.
There is one glory of the sun and another
glory Of the moon, and one star different
from another star in beauty" but do be-
lieve that under this treatment every
woman, be she dark or be she fair, can and
will have, ultimately, clean, clear, soft,
satin, smooth, healthy skin, which is, in
deed, "a thing of beauty and Joy for
ever"