The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-28
CARRIE CARELESS
SAYS THERE IS NOTHING BQUAL
TO SOAP AND WATER
To Preserve the Complexion-Whas
Women of Other Nations Use-Tha
Harm PATHS Statement Has Done.

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New YoRK, Aug. I'll wonder IL
Adelina Patti ever realizes the immense
amount Of harm which she has perpetrated
throughout the length and breadth of the
civilized world by her admission that she
uses neither soap nor water, but merely
cold cream for the purpose Of cleansing her
facet The confession has had the effect Of
convincing thousands upon thousands OF
our sex that the great songstress is in
debted for the marvellous preservation Of
her beauty, and, above all, of her
oompiedo TO the absence OF those
| two great elements of ceaniness-and
consequently Of goodness soap
and water, and the result is that they
religiously abstain from the use thereof,
under the mistaken impression that by so
| doing they are likely TO enhance their
physical attractions and charms. Daily
| encounter numbers of pretty women whose
beauty Is married by the greasy, unwhole-
some aspect Of their complexion, which
| bears striking and abundant evidence of
the fact that, following the exa ,nple or
Patti, they have confined themselves TO the,
| use OF cold cream in washing, the word IL
| inappropriato--their face.
Poor, deluded creatures! They entirely
lose sight OF two important considerations
| in the matter The first is that the slights
| est suspicion Of greasiness or uncleanlinesE
| OF the face has the effect Of repelling rather
| than attracting admiration. For men mats
| urally infer that IL these two defects are
| present on that feature of our body upon
| which we are supposed to lavish our great
est care, namely, tho face the remainder OF
| our anatomy must necessarily be In still
greater degree unwholesome and lacking in
| freshness.
The second point to be borne in mind Is
this, that Adelina Patti is indebted for the
preservation Of her beauty, not TO tho
| absence of soap and water or TO the use OF
cold cream, but TO her carefully organized
mode of life, to her Spartanlike diet and to
her abstemiousness. Her loveliness is part
| and parcel of her stock in trade and serves
| to enhance the charm Of her voice. The one
| completes the other, and the two have
contributed In nearly an equal way TO her
| fame and her popular success. 10 is there
fore only natural that she should lavish as
much care upon her beauty as upon her
| voice, and IL is for the sake Of the formers
| even more than for the latter, that hsr
| mode OF life is ordered on such stringent
| lines PatH understands better than any
| one else thar the principal factors In the pres,
| ervation of beauty and in the maintenance
| of lovely complexion are not, as popularity
supposed, the absence of soap and water, or
| the use of cold cream and other greasy,
| ointuents and washes, but merely perfect
| digestion, plenty OF sleep aud bodily exer-
| else, and the most complete absternious-
ness with regard 10 all food, drink and SUBJ
jects Of excitement or irritation, calculated
to raise In an undue degree the
temperature OF the blood. PATHS
face, as have stated above. is Of the
most simple description, and both when re-
| siding at her beautiful castle in Wales, or
| when travelling on her operatic tours, every
| endeavor is made by her large staff of at
tsndants aud her managers to shield her
| from everything that could possibly annoy
her or disturb her equanimity. To these
| precautions far more than to the use OF
| cold cream, are due the beautiful COM
| plexlou of Adelina and the remarkable
| preservation of her loneliness.
| No greater mistake can be imagined than
the impression that cold cream or any SIM
liar ointment contributes TO the beauty OF
the complexion, ana having, during my
solourns In Egypt, Turkey add India. had
| the opportunity OF visiting many haremz
and zenanas. can assert from personal
| experience that no oriental beauty would
| render herself guilty OF the substitution Of
| greasy substances in the place Of soap and
water. These harem women have but one
object in life, namely. the mainte-;
nance and preservation OF their beauty.
Everything is conferred on that one
vital consideration. and yet both
| soap and water play a very prominent
in fact the principal-part in their daily
| toilet. Their face, as well as the remain-
| der Of their body, Is subjected TO an abun-
| dant soap lather the object being to RS
move the grease which exudes in a smaller
or in a greater degree from the pores OF
every uman being. To retain a beautiful
complexion 1t is Indispensable 20 keep
these pores open and to prevenr
their being obstructed in any way by
| grease. The young women OF the lower 7
| nj N (19rmanV fnfuDd
their beautiful complexionS, are much given
| to washing their faces with the sour beer.
the object being to remove any particle OF
exuded grease that may obstruct the pores.
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and southern ,
| French women use wine Tor the same
purpose. Swedish women who have
lovely compilations use very cold.
water in winter and very warm
water In tho summer with a similar objecu
| In view. In Russia and Roumania tho
women are accustomed to remove every
| particle OF grease from their face by paint
! Ing il with tue white of q raw egg. AS soon
| as the albumen dries it ID removed and car
res away with IL every inpurity from the
surface OF the skin.
| Those of my fair readers who may have
been tempted to prefer the use of cold cream
TO soap aud water, would do well to bear in
mind that, whereas the use OF greasy ONT
ments either for the face or body Is dscoun.
tenanced by the professional beauties both
of the orient and Of the occident, and
only find favor among the most degraded
aud bsrbarous tribes OK Africa and
Asia, the belle of Fernando Pc completes
her toilette by amounting her face and her
BODY with an ointment composed of chalk
and palm OIL This che never removes, but
on the contrary adds from time to time a
| fresh layer The sickening odor which emf
mates from them would batne description,
even by a Zola. The same msy be said of
certain LaDland and Esquimaux tribes in
| the Arctic regions of Asia aud Europe, who
keep their bodies abundantly smeared with
! sperm oil.
| Let me, therefore, entrsat those of my
fair readers who care for their complexion
to abandon the barbarous aud mistaken
practice OF using cold cream for cleansing
purposes and TO follow the example Of the
beautiful women OF the orient by plenti-
full and liberal use Of soap and water.
Proprete-simple, amiable enchantresse,
Oui, ton eclat vault mieuX que la richesse.
CARRIE CARELESS
IT 10 announced that on the occasion OF tho