The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-02
HER THIRD LECTURE.
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Annie Jcnness Milier's Remarks on the
Care of the Body.
a good audience assembled at the Metro
polltan Temple to hear Mrs. Miller lecture
on "The Care of the Body" Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the lecture was advertised
for women only, three or four gentlemen
were among the audience. In beginning
her lecture Mrs. Miller said that 1t was
absolutely woman's duty to look her best,
but unfortunately hitherto artificial aids
had been res0rted to. So long as she lived
woman should preserve beauty, grace.
vitality and magnetism.
Some women, she said, could apply cos
metics as artistiealy TO their faces as though
they were painting a picture, but they are
few and far between, but to preserve beauty
and grace by natural means is higher art.
The skin, its functions and care. was the
first subject taken up. She had noticed the
lecturer said, many good compilations among
the women of the Pacific Coast, also a few
that were artistieally made up"
A great many cosmetics are positively
poisonous. Everything applied to the skin
should be either nutritious or tonic. Cheap
soaps are another source of injury. The
refuse from the dissecting-room is fire.
quently sold as lat to the manufacturers and
made into common highly perfumed soaps.
Olive oil and CASTLE soaps are the best.
Pure rain water Mrs. Miller thinks
the most desirable for the face. Many
people are never really clean because they
do not apply sufficient friction to stimulate
the sebaceous glands and so they are not
really clean though they take bath every
morning, as they can easily prove If they
take a Turkish or Russian bath.
In regard to hot or cold baths much dis
,crimination must be used. If full-blooded
people take hot bath they are liable to
have a rush of blood to the head unless
they battle the feet In very hot water first
aud swathe the head in wet towel
For those of a sluggish bilious temperament
she advised cold bath as it would stimu-
late them, but those who are nervous and
bilious should not take a cold bath, nor those
who do not have brisk reactionary glow
after it. Every one must judge their own
needs. The principal thing is friction. It
Is the breath Of life to the skin. The tepid
bath is the best of all. Use pure water,
pure soap and dry thoroughly. Full-blooded
people should be very careful about taking
Turkish baths, but for those who are ner-
vous they are excellent.
The lecturer expressed the strongest dis
approval OF the sponge. which she asserted
absorbed an enormous amount OF dirt. She
recommended flannel instead as it is both
stimulating and electric.
Steaming the face with sulphur and the
sulphur bath is wonderful assistance
toward clearing the complexion.
Delicate, thin-s kinned women should was
the face in hot water. For bilious and
muddy compilations only the coldest water
should be used.
The next subject discussed was the hair.
Men are more often bald than women be-
cause they wash the head too often withcut
thoroughly drying the roots. Beef's mar
row is altogether the most desirable. The
hair should be washed about once a month
with the white Of an egg and CASTLE soap.
Mrs. Miller then spoke of the care of the
muscles. There are three kinds of food,
she said. First, bone-making: second, fuel
making; third, those that form mineral
salts. Those who are fiabby should eat
nitrogenous foods, such as lean meat, etc.
Too much flesh and too little flesh are due
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