St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-29

other. Beauty is good deal like learn.
ing11the royal road is wanted. There
is, however, no dearth of hand-glasses.
a little study of which, with the use OF
a grain of common sense, will rebound
to facial health if not beauty.
Compilations are not unlike textures.
There are some tough skins that moth
ing will hurt. They wear like ticking.
There are others of fast cOlors that will
come out of Soapsuds as fresh as ging-
ham. There are others of the silk Or
der that crumple up in the wash, and
still others of lace-like delicacy that are
ruined by rough handling. Knowing
to Just what class a face belongs the
proper treatment will suggest itself.
Although experiments are dangerous in
some cases, caution acts as safety
valve.
1t is not necessary for the world to
know it, but is fact, nevertheless, that
most women are but slightly addicted to
habitual face washing. These delicate
skinned ladies find that the wash rag
does not agree with their complexion
and so they refrain from using it. There
is reason for this aversion, however. In
the care of thoroughbred horses wateris
used with great economy. Maud S,
queen of the turf, has her mouth washed
out and her feet and ankles bathed in
warm water twice day, but not drop
of natures nectar is allowed to touch
her be autiful forehead, neck or Shout
ders. 1t is doubtful If there is famous
horse on the track that has ever been
put through course of soap and water,
and it is the common belief among prac-
teal dermatologists that civilized fami-
lies wash away their vitality.
The antj-f9Pa w1ShlrS are death on
massage. They take hot drinks, start
copious Precipitation which, by pro-
cess of flushing, cleans the skin and
stimulates the action of the oil glands.
Then they use soft rags, rub the face
with the grain of the skin, and i'll that
way get face-washIng worthy of the
name.
Nine months of the year the skin
wants feeding. If glycerine. in dilu-
ton, is not Irritating there is nothing
better for face bath, a lotion OF a beau
tifier. 1t is food and clothing to poor
complexion. Cold cream is good too,
But the trouble is to get a wholesome
duality. Much of the grease sold under
that name is rancid stuff that makes the
skin worse than before using it. Ev-
erybody uses powder nowadays, and
some sort of oily substance should be
used to remove it.
For the one-a-week face wash there is
nothing better than benzoin. Half fill
a tumbler OF tooth cup with cool water,
into which drop half tablespoonful of
tfncture of benzoin. With this milk,
wash your face and it will astonish you
to find out the extent of the mask you
have been wearing. 1t is just as well
motto let this whitewash, or any other
preparation, get into the eyes, and it is
also advisable not to use the benZoin
5Oftener than once week. A few drops
in the water used for the toilet will
have the same cleansing effect as borax
or ammonia, and will also impart a
clean, refreshing OdOr to the skin; but
used in excess all these accessories tend
to debiIitate the health of the skin.
virgins milk it is just as well tV make
the absolution before retiring.
4 Every woman has her own idea about
soap. All are more or less partial to
the expensive and highly perfumed
cakes. This error is 20 be deplOred, for,
excepting the white lead and arsenic
weighted cosmetics warranted to trans
form the ugly wrinkles of witch into
the dimpled beauty of Venus, there is
nothing on the toilet table so destruct-
i've as perfumed soap. A good shoe
maker is very sparing of his backing,
no matter how highly it is warranted.
He will polish the French calf while the
brush holds out, but very little of the
black paste will satisfy him. This is
the kind of economy beauty should
practice with her soap-a little Is enough
and less is much better.
E When all else fails and the skin is
iparched and speckled, try sleep, Take
it in large doses, anywhere and at any
time, and if at the end of the week the
color is not good and the texture smooth,
then be resigned to the despicable
,penuriousness of nature; turn your
back on lotions and the whole COM
munity of alleged beautifiers, and go
in for mental culture. Nine. Facewash
is good deal of humbug. She talks
well, but this is an age of talk and talk
wins.