Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-24
FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE
HON WOMAN SHOULD PRACTICE
THE ART OF PRESERVATION.

The ART OF PRESERVATION.
Cosmetics Not Nearly as BsnefciaI for
the Complexion ms Hot Baths-- Valuable
suggestions Ahout Water and Its use
In Bathing-Use of Powder.
The subject OF compilations Is Of peren-
fial interest to the feminine heart, though
lost advice about compilations IL very
Ieoretical and seems chiefly based on the
iofion that the more disagreeable a thing
l. the better 1t Is. A well known society
i;irl once lived year on graham mush, and
practically nothing else, except when she
went to dinner parties. She had q poor
complexion when she began and she had n
poor one when she quit. OF course, how
ever, that did not break her faith In mush,
aud because she WIS ~ careful OF her skin
she still went on refusing to dust her face
with the little touch OF powder that would
have relieved its grcasiuess. 1t II rlways
women with skins like sacking that q the
most particular about preserving ther.>
from powder Makeup is much worse
than injurious-it is vulgar; 1t is low form,
But here, as in good many cases, the sin
Is ia being found out. IL woman can
help herself artiflclally so that you can't
see that she i made up, why you should
be grateful for her good looks, that Is all
HOW TO Use POWDER
There is only one way TO put on powder
and that Is TO put on cold cream first, wipe
that of with a dry cloth and then put on
the powder. 1t will do all powder can
safely lie expected to do-it will give a
soft, youthful bloom 10 the skin and shade
| defects. The most touchingly naive thing
1 he IL ha -
paint themselves with liquids that turn a
delicate violet tint and then come forth
| into the light of day with full confidence
that people will believe that God made
them that color Violet IL fashionable, but
not on the hose. Two sovereign laws can
he laid down about make mp: it should he
deceptive fand that means that there must
l@ but little OF ~ and II must all be washed
oil at night Theoretically, of course. it
y very bad tn clog up the pores of the skin
with anything. but, as matter of fact,
scores of women who make up keep their
nice ski ins much longer than farmers wives
Look at actresses. There is not another
class in the world that can furnish such a
number OF such young looking women be-
tween ~ and 80 ~ Patti, Bernhardt, I.otta.
Kate ClaSton. Ellen Terry and Sara
Iewett
up that has kept all these women good
looking. No, indeed They neutrallze
the makeup aud the late hours and the
bad air Of the stage chiefly by one thing
that u keeping clean. Undoubtedly they
owe great deal, too. to the introduction
Of French cosmetics as well as to Turkish
baths. u you want tn be safe on cosmetics
either get things from somebody who
makes them or one whom YOU csn per-
snnally trust. There may he some trick
ing and wirepulling about them some
times, but they still offer n thousand
times better chance Of purity aud whole
someness than things made In this too, too
utterly free country.
the TURKISH BATH RECOMMENDED.
But the great source of good compilations
is the Turkish bath Look at the class Of
club men who indulge In such luNuries.
lou can pick them out anywhere in q
crowd by the freshness Of their skins.
After the club men come tho actresses and
then the sOciety women. Within the last
half dozen years there has been a change
AZ n and marked falling of in the nt-
tendance OF fashionable women at the well
known bathing establishments What does
that mean' Exactly this, that luxurious
establishments are now so luxurious no.
where as in their bathing arrangements.
and the fashionable woman takes her Turk.
i,h--or more frequently her Russian bath
at home. There has been n great awaken.
ing ON the whole subject OF physical cui-
tnre. and the effect is apparent. Girls no
longer lose their compilations before they
pass out OF their teens. Despite the dlsad
yantages of our climate there are "A number
OF women In Chicago Of mature years who
would compare we'll In point Of freshness
with English women Of the same age.
The things necessary to cleanliness are,
first, heat sufficient 10 induce perspiratiot.
hot water, soap and plenty of rubbing
with brush. All properly fitted up mod
ern lighthouses have steam attachment
In the finer houses they have hot room
connected with them. Baths are admins.
tered by the lady's maid The Turkish or
the Russian bath tthe latter is with the use
of steaml is not taken oftener than once ~
week. Often once in two weeks Is better.
but very thorough bathing and rubbing
i5 administered, OF course every dav
Everybody can't have a Pompeian bath
room nor an accomplished maid nor a per
fumed bag containing the most exquisite
preparation OF soap To use as a wash rag
his is the latest fashionable trick-but
everybody can have u Turkish bath brush,
and that Is more important than either
MASSAGE As BEAuTIFIER
The face itself Is generally greatly hellsed
by very gentle brushing. using at the
same time some II the French soaps at
tested to by the Academy OF Medicine.
There are some strong and trying soaps
popular now which IL needs the epider-
mis- uf coal HEAVIER 10 use with impunity.
L Is marvellous how people believe In ad-
fertisements. Don't trust them when IL
'omes tn the soap you use on your face
md don't let your face gn without soap
.ither. IL ought to be washed with IL at
east several times week There are
ikins 50 thln-not necessarily good-thaI
hey cannot stand brushing but don't pre-
nme yours is cue OF that kind till YOU
Nnow IL. The chances are that IL will help
I - per cent. All those ugly roughnesses
-oa sometimes see ON girls arms and
houlders, when they are indiscrect enough
q show them under such circumstances,
siii almost invariably disappear by brush
ng The amount and force Of IL should be
by each person according TO her
'wn experience.
The fashionable woman appreciates more
lnd more the value Of massage la renew
ng and resting her youth. A woman in
he full swim taxes herself very severely.
such women are always massaQed after
'oming home from any festiylty.
One thing in the massaging way you can
10 for yourself, and II Is extremely vaina.