Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

wrink.ed with the tell-tale parentheses each
side the mouth and the line across the top oil
the nose by which men say they tell a
woman's age. They will have to learn
more it they think to know a woman's age
hereafter BY anything but the expression of
her eyes, which can not be counterfeited yet
awhile by most people. And beware OF
those who can initiate the tender, innocent,
appealing look as of a stray seraph, for they
come from the other place direct.
The specific treatment for wrinkles must
be kept up for six week vigorously, and ap-
piled afterward as occasion re quires- At
night bath the face in hot water, as hot as
can be borne, and steam it till the pores are
opened when fine unguent is gently rubbed
into the skin which nOurishes and
strengthens it. Then the operator begins
the massage, which is not rubbing so much
as working the parts. She begins by strok-
ing with the thumbs above the eyebrows
you can't do it yourself-pressing outward
perhaps % times. Then she works all
round the orbit of the eyes, and You have no
idea how it rests the tired nerves OF sight.
TWENTY MINUTES OF FUssING.
Down the temples is the next pass, then
the cheeks are stroked round, increasing
their pIumpuess or their tendency that way.
The lines at the side of the nose and mouth
are very gently stroked across and upward,
and the dropping muscle of the lower cheek
has especial attention and dash OF salt and
brandy lotion sometimes to restore its firm
ness. A skIIlful operator will fuss over
your face 20 minutes and If you don't hap
pen 10 look exactly beautiful, Immediately.
you feel SO. All this massage is worth every
dollar it costs for the nervous relief it gives.
Many women never know for years what 1t
ia As, foo1 -
under the hands of a masseur.
The massage alone Is enough to take 20
years off woman's age, but when the wrin-
kIes are deep, after the penetrating ungent
has had time to nourish the skin little,
cupping is employed. The apparatus is
glass cup with rubber bulb attached, which,
when pressed, creates a vacuum under it,
the skin is drawn into the cup and the sue
tion takes the creases out. The wrinkle
treatment is harmless enough if one wants
to bother with it. Taken in time, with
enough exercise given the parts of the face,
wrinkles will become only a word in the
or there will be shops which
supply them for lady physicians and poll
tlcians, as they supply gray hair switches
for those who want them.
BEAUTY's PROPER FOOD.
The most skillful and best informed toilet
specialists of the cities make the coarse
whole meal food an indispensable part of
their diet, as it aids the work of beauty so
effectually. 1t makes fine flesh, it feeds the
nerve, and teeth that have begun to crumble
and decay renew themselves on this food
with sound bone and enamel. There is no
need to write to me for this bread. It is to
be had wherever one can grind good wheat
between coarse stones without boiling 1t,
and bake such flour cakes mixed with milk
and water in very hot oven till thoroughly
brown. That is all. Such was the bread
the patriarchs ate when they lived hundreds
Of years. 1t is good solely because it con-
tains the elements needed for the body in the
best and most eatable shape. It is notable
when living on sound food how quickly the
hair and nails grow, and how the
former renews its gloss. have lately heard
On the testimony of a very creditable and
conservative medical man, of hair which |
had turned gray. regaining its color with
health. If any one else has proof of such |
it is too interesting not to be |
made public. Nature has secrets to reveal |
,f her renewing powers, unaided by the
'kill OF even high and intelligent art. We |
nay be thankful to accomplish SO much for |
beauty by means of perfumed and delicate |
But there is q bolder step to
AXE when we can look to the serene and |
imple processes of nature for restoration.
SHIRLEY DARE.