Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-05
SECRETS OF THE SKIN.
HOW A YOUNG LADY MAY KEEP
A FINE COMPLEXION.
Exercise Freely, Eat Properly, Keep
Clean, and Don't Kalsomine Dis
ease Over.

Exercise and again exercise This is
AiPha ana Omega, the beginning and
end OF exhortation.
Exercise So shall your ewes be
bright and your skin clear. soft. satin
smooth and healthy.
1t Is as easy TO have fine complexion
rs good education, and the means are
Just as certain, if you will but discipline
the body with half the care bestowed
ON the mind. What does the average
glri OF your acquaintance do if she finds
plmply blotch ON her forehead She
smears her face with chalk and carmine
covers the dirty paste with dotted veil
and saunters toward the confectioner's
10 buy bon-bons to secure a new growth
OIL black heads in full bloom tomorrow
morning. What is the line of action of
The girl who freckles She lies on a sofa
IN dark parlor and never ventures out
OIL doors before sunset without powder
ing herself a quarter of an inch thick
and voting the summer months onelong
speckled horror.
III your skin is faded in color, sallow.
and will not catch the delicious pink
glow OF the last novel Won read. exercise.
Ii it is losing the elacticity it had when
you were younger, If it looks fiabby, and
pallid and old, exercise. If it has be-
come coarse in texture and full of min
nte holes, if it is sickly, blotchy and ir-
ritable, exercise till it smiles and grace,
freshness and fairness make it dimple
and beam once more.
Wash it first. 1t is shocking to think
how many an exquisite skin is ruined
Tor the lack of frequent and thorough
bathing. The damage done by such
neglect can never be remeded by all
The nnguents, lotions and cosmetics ever
invented. The hue and cry raised
against the use Of soap and water on the
Taco is the voriest stuff and nonsense.
Nothing is better for the skin of any
part of the body than warm water and
imported CASTLE soap, unperfumed,
made of clear olive oil and acknowledged
by chemists TO be absolutely pure. Let
Patti wash her face with cold cream and
actresses innumerable wipe away dust
aud stage makeup and perspiration with
vaseline only between You and me, TO
clog the skin indefinitely with sour milk
or grease is filthy trick unworthy of
common intelligence.
Did it ever occur to you that the skin
wants exercise and gets very little
Nothing is better tonic for the COM
plexion than a brisk cold sponge bath
on rising, followed by n vigorous rubbing
with a dry 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 be the instrument instead of linen.
This sets the blood to moving briskly
and Gle trifies the system. At bedtime
A warm bath may be taken and the face
should be washed slowly, carefully and
thoroughly with warm water and CASTLE
soap. The oily matter exuding from
the skin catches minute PARTICLES 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
wholesome cleansing dip the face into
basin of clear, cold water, opening and
shutting the eyes under the surface, and
tho flesh will be left firm and healthy.
This entire process will take barely ten
minutes in the morning and twenty at
night, and can II needful be taken from
the regular sleep, the bath being quite
as rostful and refreshing.
After such cleaning the skin is
ready TO be taken out OF doors, but it
must be fed before going. A simple
nutritious diet is Just as necessary to
fine complexion as rain and sunshine
are 10 flowers. taste for wholesome
food often seems TO need as much care
full cultivation as a taste for good read
ing instead OF trashy novels. VIII the
woman who makes herself bilious with
strong coffee be sallowl She will. Will
the girl who prefers pickles and pink
ice cream to roast beef or juicy beefsteak
have blackheadsf Most assuredly she
will. Let the woman whose skin is
dull. thick, ycllowed with moth patches
and sluggish. eschew chocolate, gravy
and grease. salads and sweetmeats, or
eat them in small quantities and under
the most favorable conditions. Let her
eat good beefsteak, the soft part OF fresh
CLANS scalded in their juice, broiled
fresh fish, fresh apples or peaches with /
cream, and 10 give the Taco color I'M !
fermented grape juice or malt extract
and brown bread. If the digestion Is
bad, and poor skin is traoeable TO this
cause. let her eat toasted crackers with |
fruit Juice, beefsteak chopped raw and
drowned. clam broth. grape Juice, soft
boiled eggs and whole wheat bread. Ii
she is Thin and wishes to gain at once
flesh and color let her eat only what
satisfies hunger and eat very slowly, but
eat vegetables and fruits of all kinds,
coarse bread and simply cooked meats
five or six times q day II she Graves
them. and drink a pint Of milk Just be,
fore going TO sleep. If she is fieshy and
vel anaemic let her reduce her weight
and make blood by eating good beef
steak. lettuce, tomatoes, string beans,
cabbage and sauliflower. Let her eat
whole wheat bread and ablure cake and
pastry. .-a;.,,
after bathing and after dieting still
nlant grown in a cellari Why, exer-
c,se. We women stitch our trials and
onr losses and crosses into scarfs, cur