Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30


nourished compilations, too great care can
not be used what shall be put on the face or
the hands. The skin draws nutrition from
the oils, and this thin layer OF fat under the
skin nourishes the lanugo dread of women.
Oily skins should select the waxen dress
ings, or faxseed meal, or cooked oatmeal
applications which have something of var
nish in their nature, under which the skin
remains soft by its own secretions.
Another point on which women need
caution is the new fashion OF massage. 1t
seems as if it should be impossible to use
this invaluable agent to excess But with
the usual inslstence OF women, whether iE
morals or manners, in temperance or toilet
they carry matters to.extremes in that over
doing which is worse than not doing at ALL
MASSAGE IN EXCESS.
They want to hurry up matters and grow
young in a fortnight and so they rub, scrub
and dose, and then abuse every system and
cosmetic because it does not undo in a
month the neglect of lifetime. Massage
is good, and they rub their faces hard till
fevered with ervsipelas, and the conse-
quence is the skin is roughened and red
dened by the harsh treatment, very likely
cracks in the wind. And this sort OF irri-
tation carried on long enough, especially
with the cocoa butter and almond paste pre-
scribed IN massage, will produce such
crop OF superhuous hair as will drive the
devotee to despair. The7light sweep of the
hands, no heating or irritating the skin, 40
or 80 strokes to the minute and half, is
very different from such malpractice. The
kneading and pinching af the cheeks must
be gentle, not to abrade the tender tissues
1t won't do, either, to practice massage for
six weeks till the face ireshens and then
drop it. The friction should be part of the
daily care of the person through life, like
brushing the teeth and hair. There is no
blinking the fact that woman who has
once begun to fade, who has outworn her
strength, can only preserve attractiveness
by continual good care. She cannot afford
to neglect herself The gain in health ard
nerves by these toilet processes is so great
that they should be encouraged as most
valuable part OF hygienics.
VALUE OF GOOD NERVES,
The nerves control the skin and all the
functions of the body, and these rubbings,
brushings, shampooings and toilet treatment
generally are the most explicit salvation
and benefit to nerves and all that depends
on them. How soothing it is to have ones
hair combed and brushed in the right way
by the right sort of person. How tranquil
izing to leave ones self to the care of an ex-
pert manicure, to say nothing of the intelli-
gent masseur.
say intelligent, for it is rather blessing
to find a wholesome, kindly operator who
| has no tinge of mesmerism, spiritualism or
worse isms about her, who does not try to
| hypnotize and gain an influence" over you
| slyly, who does not try to delude you into
| keeping bits of magnetized paper in your
pocket, or to believe in receiving treatment
| from her when she is hours distant. A good
masseur wants to be neutral as possible, and
confne herself to the mechanical work of
rubbing, with all good will it is true, but
without using her will power" as she will
| call it, making an impression. The calling
| of masseur, bath attendant and cosmetic
practitioner generally offers a wide field of
occupation for women Of which they should
be glad. The work does not require great
| gifts or education so much as natural in
telligence, training and thorough honesty.
| No other business in the world is so much
in need of sterling integrity to redeem it and
make itwhat it once was, one of the higher
| arts OF the world.
HONEST PRACTITIONERS WANTED.
Who were more houored than the teachers
| in the gymnasia of the Greeks and the
| gymnasia included all the toilet, from hair
| dressing to the toenails? The great physi-
clans of antiquity considered cosmetics as
seriously as any part of medicine, and left
prescriptions for the complexion which can
hardly be improved upon. Arabian physi-
| clans, learned monks and doctors of the
| Renaissance did not at all deem it out of
their line to transcribe precepts ior preserv-
! ing the beauty of women or to compound
| cosmetics for queens and court ladies. 1t is
| to be wished that young women of lntelli-
| gence and good principles would enter this
calling of cosmetic art, so acceptable, so
necessary to the health of women, and SO
profitable withal.
1t is sure to be failure in the hands oi
charlatans, but few honest practitioners
with a real knowledge of the skin and It's
needs would soon put these to rout. True
cosmetic art is death to paints, powders and
| corrosive washes. 1t uses lotions and po-
mades where in more critical skin disorders
the doctor uses poultices and plasters Hy-
| giene is its great resource, in all Its exten-
sions, and the hot bath is its magic.
REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Alice desires to know what to do fo- a
! rash on her arms-dry, tiny red pImples,
| which cam. first a year since-and is
steadily spreading. She bathes in tepid
water with tar soap, eats Graham bread and
walks two miles daily. besides leading a
busy life Such a continuous inflammation
calls for the care of a physician at once.
What are doctors good for if not to dispel
such visitations?
1t is barely possible the irritation may
come from the use of tar soap, which, bene-
fetal to many skins, is almost poisonous to
others. 1t is impossible with such slight
description to give any opinion. and only
mention the case to urge upon readers the
danger of allowing any affection of the skin
| to progress a year or month without
medical attention. If any rash is caused by
wrong soaps or dyed flannel that is easily
determined by leaving them off while
when the trouble cures itself. II it con.
tinues one may prevent tedious disease by
prompt medical care.
CHECKING COLD SORES.
Olive and Kate and all the other girl
are informed on pretty good authority tha
cold sores can be checked by applying diluted
ammonia frequently when they are first felt
Add ammonia to half cup of water, drol
by drop, testing it on the sore till the dilu
tion is as strong as one can bear. Wet tht
sore every five minutes or often as possibl,
till it begins to fade.
Numerous inquiries come about the vir
tues of popular nostrums for bleaching tht
face and removing superfuous hair. As
never use any of these things and do no
spend my time testing all the patent cos
metics In the country, really cannot pro
nounce on their merits. As rule shun al
cosmetics heralded in snowy phrases. Som
misapprehension existing as to the abilit,
OF writer to study, furnish newspaper arti
cles, carry on the usual operations of lif
and write light, lengthy letters to any WON
an who desires, must remark that ther
are but "a hours in my day, and L manag
to fill IA Of them working at full speed com
monty In addition to this 1 am, amonj
| other little matters requested to give on