Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-31
THE COMPLEXION.
HOW 10 MAKE IT BBAUnTUL AND MAIN
TAIN IT
In That COudihon-Suggsstions From Women
Who Are Beautiful and Who Have Son, Clear
Skius-Hsslth and Cleanliness.

A good complexion is lovely woman's
first birthday gift. II it doesn't come
then she is doomed to war with her
looking-glass all her days.
Public women, that is to say, those
gifted and ambitious mortals VINO de-
pend upon popularity for steady In
come. understand better than any otner
class the science of good looks, and the
suggestions from few OF them mere
with submitted may not be uninterest-
ing to the great army Of nobodies who
care to be pretty and don't know how.
Lillian Russell has complexion IKE
roseleaf.
Miss Russell graciously writes in
reply to the writer's question: II hold
that plain food. very little wine,
great deal less ice water and plenty OF
exercise do more for the beauty OF the
skin than all the preparations known to
the chemists. Whatever overtakes or
prostrates the action OF digestion affects
the whole system. If the stomach is
out of order the complexion will be I'M
healthy. Exercise, regular and system
attic, is the price of my health. Before
retiring bathe my face in hot water,
in which a few drops OF tin;ture OF
benzoin have been dissolved, making
milk white, soapy, fragrant bath. AFTER
a thorough washing l rinse 1t in
cold water and dry well. l then
apply a very little cold cream, work
ing it into the skin with my
hands until my face perspires at every
pore and rub with flannel until it is dry.
After my bath in the morning l dust
my face with a little pure rice powder.
That catches the dust that otherwise
would lodge In the pores of my face.
ALWAYS wear veil in dusty, windy
weather and also when travelling to
keep the SCOT and smoke from getting
into my lungs and skin. There isn't
much to tell, you see, and the only secret
about good complexion is good general
health.
PAULINE HALL
is another favorite who is blessed by
Nature with lovely skin. There is
much wisdom in her little letter on the
subject: 81 consider absolute and un-
compromising cleanliness positive ne
cessity to good complexion. Plain.
wholesome food, an active life, exercise
In the open air and plenty OF sleep will
make almost any woman good-looking.
Miss "Jackie" Bennett, better known
as "My Pretty Jane" has the pale,
creamy beauty of the Gala lily in her
cheeks. She modestly writes: ''There
is no secret to my complexion. Being
of French and Spanish extraction l
naturally have colorless skin, which Is
considered anything but beautiful, l
believe. use no preparations except
on the stage, and consequently have
never had even the slightest blemish."
Jessie Bartlett Davis, the honey COL
ored contralto of the "Bostonians", is
blessed with clear, smooth skin that
takes blonde Japanese and Moorish
finish and comes out Of pot OF cold
cream as good as new.
II don't use anything at my face
BATH" she says very modestly, "but
water and soap, the best and purest /
can buy. The temperature Of the water
depends entirely on the town, am in.
II l happen to be denizen OF Butte or
Helena, Mont, l take my bath any way
can get it, usually below zero, but
when come to New York have it as
wish-blood heat. Complexion is a
good deal like baby according to my
way of thinking and wants constant
care, not directly so much as indirectly
for whatever affects the general con-
dition of the body is almost certain to
manifest itself in the face"
A,Jcc DE TpJrE CAMERON
the fiancee of "Beau Brummel," has !
the red and white complexion peculiar
to British women. There are no
secrets about it," she writes, land no
walls on my toilet table out |
OF which cheeks, lips and chin are con-
structed. The only cosmetic use is
warm water night and morning, and an
application of cold cream if have been |
out in the wind or under a shower Of |
coal dust and cinders In sleeping cars.
| am not an advocate OF washed-out |
beauty. l think the face too delicate |
to withstand scrubbing, steaming and |
massage treatment. l clean my face |
much more frequently than wash it,
using old pieces of linen and soft towel |
ling instead of crash or channels skin"
ClmpI6 ilNiuSs ICB uidI ndOltS VI lllps |
outdoor exercise and freedom from the |
use OF "beautifiers" will, l think, pro-
duce good, clear complexion.
recapitulate, woman's complexion
is delicate thing and wants delicate |
handling. Two baths daily in warm
water with pure CASTLE soap is all the |
scrubbing needed. Any other cleansing |
can be done with soft cloth and as
much cold cream as the finger tip will |
hold.
For blotches, eruptions and like blem-
iSheS look to the blood. By way of ex-
pertinent try change of diet. Eat |
brown bread, drink milk instead Of t, q
or coffee; three nights in the week |
make dinner on rare beef or broled !
mutton chops, broiled onions and |
stewed tomatoes, with cracker and an
apple for dessert. Breakfast on fruit,
soft eggs and coffee, make lunch on
bowl OF soup. An actress who prefers
to withhold her identity has supper
before retiring selected from this oil Of
fare: Toasted water biscuit with
bunch of celery, quart Of apple sauce,
cup of bouillon or melon and pint OF
hot tea. She dimes at 5 2. m. and her
complexion is as fine as a child's.
Another lady who sings like lark has
nothing to eat for her lunch but two
slices Of zwieback and a cup of claret.
She sleeps eleven hours day and is