Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-22

all heard enough about the ''pores" of the
skin to be sick and tired of hearing of
them. We know powder fills up the
pores, and that death and destruction
eventually will result from said filing
up, or at least what to the average wom-
an is nearly as bad as death and destruc-
tion-a bad complexion. Now, word
in your ear. The pores are bound to be
full of something-it should be the nat
ural oily secretion of the skin. When a
foreign substance, be it powder or dirt,
gets rubbed into the pores, a greater
amount of oil is secreted in an endeavor
to throw out the foreign substance.
This constant effort makes the pores
big, and keeps a greasy look on the sur
face Of the skin. If when our face
shines we scrub on a lot of chalk we
scour out the pores dry, which is Of
course bad for them, and leave them
full of mess that presently softens as
the pores secrete again into paste,
sticky and ugly, which catches dirt and
makes the skin look muggy-a muggi-
ness removed too often by another scrub
bing on of chalk Or the woman scours
her face with hot water and badly rinsed
off soap, removing the drawn feeling
and shiny look left by scrub on of pow
der, thus adding a new ingredient Of
soap to the presently forming paste. Oh,
it's wonder women have any skins at
all!
Now will tell you how to use powder.
First your face must be clean We will
start with its first morning washing,
The grease or oil put on overnight Get
us hope something pure) must be thor
oughly removed by hot water, good and
hot, and soap too, if you like, and can
content yourself with pure CASTLE or
glycerine soap. If soap is used the first
rinsing must be with hot water and very
thorough. You can rub the skin as
much as you like, with your fingers first
if you are not used to cloth rubbing in
fact, some skins are too delicate to ever
stand "a rough cloth rubbing-then rinse
with cold water as cold as it will come
from the faucet, rubbing well, though
gently, in kneading fashion with your
fingers, and dry by dabbing with a soft
towel, and dry thoroughly, final rub
bing with dry fingers to give last inn
pulse to the blood, which should by this
time begin to course up under the skin.
This operation has cleansed your skin
thoroughly. The cold water by contract
ing the surface has closed up the pores
after the relaxing of them by the hot
water.
Possibly your face feels a bit stretched
and dry and uncomfortable. 1t has so
long been used to layer of greasy paste
that you miss it. To counteract this
rub on very little almond oil
or perfumed sweet oil is good-a very
little; rub it in thoroughly, and if from
having taken too much any is left to
shine on the skin dry it carefully and
thoroughly off Powder? Oh, yes, I
forgot about the powder! Throw away
your powder rag" whether its glove.
or a piece of chamois, or topo of a stock
ing-upon that l insist; also throw away
your chalk, if that is what you use, or
your cheap powder. Use only the best.
Now a powder puff-not the sort you
buy in a drug store, but a big soft piece
of swansdown sewed on piece Of silk
little bigger than the swansdown
piece. Put drawing cord around the
edge of the silk (which extends beyond
the swansdown) When the cord is
drawn in you have a soft puff, with a
pretty bunch of silk to hold on to at the
back. Press the puff softly against the
powder-both of those l recommend
pack closely in the box so there is no
dust and waste, and puff the face all
over, two or three times If you like,
but no rubbing in. Dust off the lashes
and eyebrows, and If the powder shows
rub it off lightly with your pallns-and
there you arel prettier than ever pow
der made you before, will warrant
During the day, if you get shiny, rub
the face clean first with wooden cloth
before putting ON more powder. In a
very little while your skin will begin to
get fine and soft and smooth Keeping it
clean and the pores oiled, instead Of full
of dirt or powder, is doing it more good
than the dainty fecking on its surface Of
a>perfumed and non-irritating cloud Of
powder can ceunteract.
You will presently find less and less
real need of powder, though doubtless
you viii always use it as dainty toilet
indulgence, and why shouldn't you?
EMMA V. SHERIDAN.