Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
BEAUTIFY YOUR FACES.
ADVICE TO GIRLS WHO WOULD HAVE
A FINE CoMPL LExIoN.
The Most Important Thing Is To Keep the
skin Ciran-soap and water the Mos,
HeaIthfui Things-Be W Ise In Eating and
Take Plenty of Exercise.


last novel you read, exercise. II 1t is losing
tbs elasticity it had when you were younger.
II it looks nabby and pal III and old, exer
else. II il has become coarse i'm texture and
full of minute holes, If it is sickly, blotchy
and irritable, exercise till it smiles, and
grace, freshness and fairness make it dimple
and beam once more
Wash IL first. IL is shoe King TO think how
many an exquisite skin Is ruined by lack of
frequent and thorough ba hing The dam
age done by such neglect csn never be RENE
died by all the unguents, lotions and cosmet-
les ever invented. The hue and cry raised
against the use of soap and water on the face
Is the veriest stuff and non ;ense. Nothing is
better for the skin of any Uart of the body
than warm water and imp Drted CASTLE soap.
unperfumed, made of clear olive oil and ac
knowledged by chemists to be absolutely
pure. Let Patti wash he face with cold
cream and actresses innumerable wine away
dust and stage make up and perspiration
with vaSaline only between you and me- to
clog the skin indefinitely with sour milk or
grease Is a filthy trick UNIV orthy of common
intelligence.
EXERCISE THE SKIN
Did il ever occur TO You that the skin
wants exercise and gets very littlei Nothing
brisk, cold sponge bath on rising, followed by
a vigorous rubbing with Try towel not too
coarse, the face and neck receiving their full
share of the friction unless the skin be very
sensitive, in which case the bare hands may
he the instrument instead OF the linen This
sets the blood TO moving briskly and electri-
lies the system. At bedti ne "a warm bath
may be taken, and the face should he washed
slowly, carefully and thoroughly with warm
water and CASTLE soap. Tie oily matter ex
uding from the skin cat hes minute par
ticles of dust, which cannot be removed in
any other way, and many eruptions on the
face are caused by nothing else than neglect
of this simple precaution. After this whole
some cleansing dip the face into basin of
clear, cold water, opening and shutting the
eyes under the surface, and the flesh will he
left firm and healthy The 4ntire process will
take barely ten minutes in the morning and
twenty at night, and can, il needful, be taken
from the regular sleep, the bath being quite
as reStfu and refreshing.
After such n cleaning the skin is ready to
be taken out Of doors, but must he fed be
fore going. A simple, nutritious diet is just
as necessary In a fine complexion as rain and
sunshine are 10 flowers A taste for whole
some food often seems To need as careful cul-
tivation a. n taste for goo, reading instead
of trashy novels VIII the girl who makes
herself bilious with strong coffee be sallowf
She will Will the woman who prefers
pickles and pink ice cream to roast beef OF
juicy beefsteak have blac ;headsi Most as
suredly she will Let the woman whose skin
is dull, thick, yellowed vi moth patches
and sluggish eschew choc llate, gravy and
grease, salads and sweetments, or eat them in
small quantities aud under the most favorable
conditions. Let her eat good beefsteak, the
soft part of fresh CLANS scaled in their juice,
broiled fresh fish, fresh apples or peaches with
cream, and to give the face color unfer-
mented grape juice or malt extract and
brown bread
II the digestion is bad and a poor skin Is
traceable TO this cause le- her eat toasted
crackers, with fruit juice, teefsteak, chopped
raw and Drowned, clam broth, grape juice
soft boiled eggs and whole wheat bread Ii
she il thin and wishes 10 gain at once flesh
and color let her eat only what satisfies hun
ger, and eat very slowly, but eat vegetables
and fruits of all kinds, coarse bread and
simply cooked meats five lr six times day
If she Graves them, and drink pint of milk
just before going TO sleep If she Is f1eshy
and yet anRmic let her reduce her weight
| and make blood by eating good beefsteak,
lettuce, tomatoes. string b. ans, cabbage and
caulihower Let her eat whole wheat bread
aud abjure cake and pastry.
And what to do with skin which, after
bathing and after dieting, still looks languid
and unhealthy like a plant ,rown in a cellari
Why, exercise. We womel stitch our trials
and our losses and crosses into scarfs, cur
tains and doilies when We should take our
woes out into the sunshine, they need air and
Huhf ait,e
walk our quick, firm footsteps, and as the
tired heart all unconsciously beats an accom-
paniment to the flying feet and the soft air
gently touches the flushed cleek in sympathy
and the glad warm SUNSHINE rests on the face
Ia loving Denediction, the plin will be hushed
and new strength and new vigor will add
new graces,
There is one glory of the sun and another
glory of the moon and one star differeth
from another star in beauty. Women are
not born equal in personal uttractiveness, but
any girl, not positively dsformed, can be
bred to he lovely as cur girls are bred to hold
their arms down at their sides, to be lady
like" and 10 graduate To begin with, il
ought to be part of ever girls education
to learn to run. Running IS natural to a
healthy girl as breathing, but * is carefully
trained out of her at as early ar age as pos
| Sible, and who ever saw 6 -own woman who
possessed that supreme grace of motioni To
see n woman run is to lool at goose wad-
| ding. Did you ever look al frieze of Greek
| girls running in any classic collectionl Did
il not impress you with It's beauty, health
and sweetness, its joy in liyingl Could you
look at the round, supple limbs, instinct with
grace and freedom, the short tunics, the
lightness and poise Of the fil ures without feel
ing that these large eyed, sound lunged crea-
tures were what woman " as meant to bel
Many disorders of the conn lexion come from
| functional difficulties, and to be- able to run
is to possess strong hips which bear life's bur
den easily.
| Find a woman who has rlade stir in the
beauty market or on the stnge and you find u
girl who was hoyden; Peg Wellington
who sold oranges, the Cummings who were
madcaps, Jersey Lily who ran wild with
her brothers, Mary Andt rson who got her
matchless complexion from the blue grass
of Kentucky.-E. p. Il. In New York Mail
and Express.