Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-24
Written for The EVENING STAR.
TOWN AIRS AND GRACES.
Poor COmplexions and How to Improve
Them.

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| Them.
| THE TRoUssEAU OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE
| GLOVES AND GLOVE MENpNa-ApvIcE ABOUT
HEALTH AND OoMPLExIoYs-oILY FACES AND
BROWN sPoTs-PLAIN TALK ABOUT COSMETICS.
| Before answering numerous correspondents
we must spare time to glance at the trousseau
of the princess Louise of Wales, as told in
| London letters which cost only $50 900. 1t does
seem shame that a really lovely princess like
the Louise, who deserves the name Of q nice
girl-not markedly brilliant, artistic or fasci-
mating, but just enough of all three to be de-
sirable-should not have more brilliant por-
ton, but such is the penalty of having a
princely papa with extravagant tastes which
must be gratified But all women read with
sympathy that she gains a young husband to
whom she is devoted. She has some excellent
lace, fit for princess. fine Irish point, and
| grand devant or front of dress in reproduc-
ton Of fine old venetian work by the first Eng
| lish lace worker who has not failed in forty
years OF contributing an order to each royal
marriage.
| GOWNS AND GLOVES.
The artistic tastes Of the princess are shown
| in her choice of the palest colors shadowy
pink. rose and gobelin tints for her grand
dresses, with some exquisite black toilets to set
| OH her fair complexion. The going away cos
tune was the prettiest-a gown of supple white
| sicllienne. cloak Of white cloth with Medici
collar Of white ostrich feather trimming, which
| was carried down the fronts, tulle bonnet and
parasol trimmed to match the bonnet with
white heather, the flower of good luck. Eng
| lish girls not afraid Of looking bridal, for
| one rich girl goes away in a white cloak lined
with rose color with white neapolitan bonnet,
and another wears white mohair gowns and
white cloth jackets, with silver braiding.
Speaking OF white gowns which are seen so
much at summer resorts, the proper glove to
| wear with them is the long white Beige kid,
| with loose wrist, no buttons and only the finest
| stitching on the backs. To descend from
princesses and Newport and Lenox driving cos
tunes the French glove makers have done
kind thing in furnishing assorted shades, of
thread for mending gloves at % cents dozen
| skeins in all the modsh colors, which is a great
help in keeping gloves in perfect condition.
TO PREVENT THE FACE AND EYES FROM BECoM-
ING RED.
Emma ]. wants to know how to keep her
face and eyes from getting red and infiamed in
high wind.
Wash the face thoroughly in cold water and
dry 1t thoroughly few minutes before going
out and wear shady hat and veil till the eyes
grow stronger. Probably they are over-used
or do not have sleep enough to rest them, or
the system is in an infiammatory state for
which fruit and baths are the best corrective.
FREcKLEs.
Newport Mary kindly reminds us that a
French cosmetic is a sure destroyer of freckles,
but alas, they return, and asks for something
to render the skin incapable of rusting A
course OF tonics. citrates, iron and beefsteaks
with much out door life will in time change
the blood with healthy coloring but mean
while shady hats and wells sometimes are the
only preventive.
E. E. A. is referred to the above item. Will
some San Francisco Oregon friend
tell her OF practitioner on the Pacific coast
who removes hair by electricity? The biueness
under the eve can only be removed by plenty
OF rest and outdoor air. 1t is a sign of ex-
hausted vitality. For the flushing of face
when warm. use aperients. like castor oil.
Rochelle salts rhubarb, and hot footballs
daily till relieved.
COARSE AND OILY SKIN.
L. c. writes she is the unfortunate possessor
of coarse and oily skin and asks for the
lotion to refine it spoken of in these letters.
Now we must have a serious talk over this
matter OF lotions and compilations Women
expect some one to discover some marvellous
cosmetic which appliedto any and every sort of
roughness pinples. oily glands and sallow
coloring will refine the skin by the use of
bottle or two. Every imperfection of the face
| Is more or !essa form of disease, the great
dermatologlsts tell us who have studied the
skin year after year. Only coarse faces are
| caused by functional disorder lust as the
saliva flows in water-brash or the ewes weep
with inflammation. This oversecretion comes
OF clogged state of the system. In all cases
there Is little or 20 chance of Improvement
until the general health is set right. Each case
will have its peculiarities. which will REQUIRE
modification of treatment.
THE LOTION sUIT1SG
| mild case of seborrhea, which only needs
alkaline washes, will have no effect on n
coarser skin, where the conditions of disease
| have become obstinate with years. The strong
corrective lotions required in the beginning
| to eat away the secretion and the thickened
| skin will in a few weeks create Inflammation
and netting rash. The cosmetic artists who
| treat the complexion in the large cities 20 at
| the work in heroic way. One, as her patients
say, applies ID lotion SO powerful as to crack
| and peel of the skin in three DAYS. OF course
the new, delicate skin forms under this as il
would after burn, but the last state of that
| case is apt to be worse than the first and this
clustering is pretty sure to be followed by q
| crop OF down on the cheeks. 1t will not do to
say that you have coarse, oily complexion
and want face wash as you might send for
paper Of pins. No person worth trusting will
rlsk ADVICE on such hint of
case. The fact is set down in the
books Of medicine that few disorders are so o.
stinate or so difficult to overcome as faults of
complexion. 1t raises grim smile to receive
letters asking Tor treatment that will bleach a
| sallow skin, muddy with the neglect of dozen
years "by the middle of September, or COM
| planning that some one has taken taraxacum for
| two weeks without any perceptible effect ON a
| liver disease that has lasted ten years under
constant doctoring. The woman who wishes
| to get the better Of a bad complexion must
| take time for it, or lose more than she gains.
The slowness of the cure is part Of the
penalty FOR neglect Of nature. To advise one
| lotion or one treatment for all compilations is
safe as prescribing one medicine for all diseases
Women write that such a cosmetic cream.has
| done no good and such and such lotion had
no effect, when the trouble was they had been
taking the rheumatic iiniment for dyspepsia or
the nervous sedative for jaundice, or some
| thing just az wise. The almond cream might
have been the proper thing for a delicate
withered complexion, but not for q pasty one
The olive tar might soften harsh skin ad-
mirably but be worse than nothing for a stub
born case OF seborrhea, and the lotion find so
cooling and delightful for a face which burns
easily and shows the slightest irritation at
once would hardly have any effect on a greasy
face under three bottles at least. Wherefore I
pray those who want advice as to cosmetics to
send full particulars Of age, complexion, state
Of health and habits whether active or indo-
lent.
FoR RED NOSE.
Marie writes: "Can one ever get rid Of red
nose? Mine has troubled me for some time,
and has caused the loss Of all that makes life