St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

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azNTNH the proverb is
not true. Yes
terday girl whom know became TWEEN
ty-one. Taking her silver-backed hand
mirror to an attic chamber, where the
searching sunlight poured through
sky window, she peered into the glass
and counted one, two, three long
wrinkles.
Is there no remedy?
Of course, there are myriads OF So
called remedies and preVentives for
sale. Some claim to so act on the skin
as to make it 4aut and smooth. THESE
are seldom tried without resultant in
jury. Keeping the temples and muscles
about the eyes we'll bathed with almond
meal and olive oil, taking care to rub
crossWise of the wrinkles. is, perhaps,
the best 'slow but sure" remedy in eX-
iStence.
Wrinkles are entirely unnecessary.
How frequently you will find an old
woman who is proud to claim bit OF
the ''ould sod" as Der birthplace, with
cheeks as smooth and round as child'S
and. the color of a ruddy apple. Some
times you will be able to find hardly
line about the widely opened, child-like
eyes.
Widely opened, child-like eyes! That
is one of the secrets. Have you not
noticed lately how many girls affect the
innocent, round-eyed wOnderment style
of facial expression? Even Mrs. Cleve-
land does. She frowns. oh, so charm
ingly, bringing the beautiful, black
eyebrows almost together, and then
smile from the wide eyes
like flash of sunlight on an April day
chaSeS the tiny frOWn until it runs away
and hides in forest of Wavy treSSeS
above. Its remarkably effective. Had
ten daughters would drill every one
with these tactics: Form erect! Head
bent slightly forward! Eyes widely
opened! Now frown; just little Bit
Now smile! Repeat!
Bending the head slightly obviates
the frightened or staring appearance
which might otherwise be given the
eyes, and opening them shyly gives the
faWn-like look which goes so well with
the present styles of graceful
gowns and old-fashioned names.
OF course, this is but one of
the reasons, and the other and more i'm
portant to our story is that the very act
of thus opening widely the upper lid
draws the skin about the lower part of
the eye taut and smooth, thereby &C
comprising the very purpose for which
medicines are sold.
1t is to this end that Turkish mothers
have the muscle at the corner of their
girl babies eyes cut, at once securing
wide eyes and future freedom from
crows feet. Without the surgical ope-
ration this habit may be easily learned,
and it is best induced by darkness,
rarely or never exposing the eyes to the
powerful sunlight.
Here are few golden rules to pre-
vent wrinkles:
Be not unduly elated; neither be We
cast down.
Emulate the sister of charity and be
always placid.
Never sleep on pillow.
One cannot help noticing the satin
skins of the Japanese women. One
who has studied carefully to ascertain
and probably are very important, but |
am sure their manner of sleeping is
more potent cause.
You remember having read about the
queer little blocks they put under their
necks at night, of course.
These are used partly to protect their
elaborate coiffureS, and en- PEASANT,
that is why they have such luxuriant
hair. The head being never overheated
by the noXious pillow, enables the hair
to retain its vitality and prevents its
falling out another word to the wise
that is worth much.
In telling how the block pillow is a
preventive to wrinkles, it must first be
explained how the feather pillows in
crease the tendency to them. 1t will
take but moment to illustrate this:
Cuddle down to sleep upon a feather
pillow and notice how it increases the
burrows around the eyes. There are
one, two, three, four-neYer mind how
many-wrinkles. 1t is marvellous to
ened the burrows about the temple that
were not noticeable before.
This experiment may be easily tried
and noted by means of hand-glass.)
On the other hand, see how beauti-
fully block pillow works. Place it
comfortably under the neck and you will
enjoy the position very much, and it is
marvellous to note how little strain is
put upon the facial muscles and how
smoothly they lie in consequence.
You will easily see that as the entire
weight of the head is supported at the
base of brain the muscles of the face
are not in the least drawn, and perfect
placidity of the features may be MAIN
tanned throughout the night. TO this
fact is attributed the rather smooth
skin of the Japanese.
In reality the block pillow is only
fad of few women Of fashion. yet they
have become so attached to it that they
are putting the heads of their children
to sleep upon the mattress without any
support at all, preparatory to the block
to be used later.
If these children try sleeping on a
pillow, as they sometimes do for the
novelty of the thing, they invariably
complain of stiff necks in the morning
in consequence of the unnatural
position.
Respecting surgical methods for re-
moving wrinkles, one of the most eff
caclous is the following: A keen-edged
lance is drawn quite deep along the
entire wrinkle. When tie wound heals
the scar which has formed beneath will
not wrinkle if the precautions given
above be preserved.
A silken handkerchief bound together
about the brow and temples is an old
and good way to iron out wrinkles made
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