The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-08
BEST METHOD or CLEANSING
THE SKIN.

L fancy L near some Iaules e4cla1m:
"Why, we have been told that already.
We have been told how 10 wash our
| faces with cold water and soapi"
| Yes; Won have been told how TO zach
your faces, and so keep them clean
when they are clean, but how about
the skins which are disfigured by all
sorts of eruptions and impurities
| which, having been thrown to the sur
face, remain there for lack of an outlet2
What about the blackheads, caused by
the natural oil, which owing to the
dampness OF the atmosphere, cannot
| escape through the pores, and which
settles in them, attracting to itself q
/ certain amount OF dust? What about
| eczema, which is the result OF heat in
| the blood, and an accumulation OF
| poisonous matter which is thrown to
the surface? What about the pimples,
acne, and all the tribe Of disfiguring
! eruptions, which are the cause OF grief
to SO many ladies who write to me
/ plaintively: "My friends tell me
should be pretty il it were not for my
bad complexion" Can these troubles
be cured by the use simply OF cold
water and good soapp No; l own
frankly that they cannot. and 1 will
tell you why.
The skin may be compared to q piece
of..honey comb. The comb represents
the true skin, the honey the founda-
ton, or solid matter of the skin, and
the cap over the honey the epidermis
that meets the ye. Few imagine the
cells OF the skin to be filed with q
gradual accumulation OF fatty matter
which canrot escape, because the en-
trance, or perhaps 1 ought to say ext
is clogged. It must settle there. and
gradually become discolored. When
this has happened, either through al
excess OF impure matter in the blood,
through the i%njudicious use OF grease
and clogging cosmetics, there is moth
ing for it but to use such remedies at
will cleanse the outer cuticle thorough
", leaving a clear, fresh, surface. Yor
have all noticed how white and fail
the hands, and usually the face, lool
after q long illness. You know also
that owing to various causes the skin
usually peels during an illness. The
old cuticle being removed, the fresl
one which is underneath, APPEARS free
from impurity.
We require, therefore, something t.
remove this dead or clogged cuticle
We do not need to do all in our power
to keep 1t on by constantly greas1ne
and powdering It, but to get rid of it
When the old and disagnred outel
skin is removed, the use Of ordinary
soap and water should keep it fresl
and bright, unless there is IN unusut.
amount Of impurlty in the blood j
the blood is impure nc good will bt
done by taking such medicines as draw
the impure matter back into the sys
tenn. A lady wrote TO me a short time
ago that she was greatly troubled with
an eruption, which disappeared whom
her doctor gave her medicine for it,
but that the disappearance al ways
made her SO i'll that the eruption was
really a sign of health. Now this wa
a direct proof of the correctness OF my
theory. Nature was lebtring tt
throw off the impure matter. She
threw it to the surface, whore, because
the pores we're clogged, it could moi
escape There it remained for wan
of an outlet. Then medicine was takeI
to get rid of the Disagreement; Their
the poisonous matter was all drawn
back into the system. How mucf
better it wo lid have been if it hac
been cleared from the surface and Ma
lures own hint takenl
A strong blistering lotion is not
needed. What ia waited is a carefully
prepared astringent lotion, which by
gradually removing the outer c%utic;el
will, as I have said, leave the skin
fresh and smooth.
l have spoken simply, for there is
no occasion here for me to enter into
a scientific disqulsition on the nature
and structure of the skin. If l hav
succeeded in impressing upon ladies
the importance Of my theory, I shall
be quite satisfied. One thing / may
say, that if only one 1.-THE of the letters
thar I receive complaining OF the
spoiled condition OF the skin through
using all sorts of greasing and clog
ging preparations could be published
entire, there would be no occasion TO
me to preach the gospel of hardening
the skin; the letters would be NOR
eloquent than any words of mine.
ANNA RUPERT,