The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-26
BEST METHOD OF CLEANSING
THE SKIN.

I fancy I hear some ladies exclslnn:
s.Why. we have been told that already.
We have been told how to wash our
faces with cold water and soap~
Yes; you have been told how to a0ash
your faces, and so keep them clean
when they are clean, but how about
the skins which are disfgu-ed by all
sorts of eruptions and impurities
which, having been thrown to the sur
face, remain there for lack Of an outlet? :?
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 a
cert Tin amount of dust? What about
ecz, la, which is the result Of heat in
tie blood, and an accumulation Of
pu.sonous matter which is thrown to
the surface? What about the piuIples,
acne, and all the tribe Of dishguring
eruptions, which are the canse of grief
to so many ladies who write to me
plaintively: "My friends tell me l
should be pretty if it were not for my
bad complexlon?" Can these troubles
be cured by the use simply OF cold
water and good soap2 No; ! own
frankly that they cannot, and will
tell you why.
The skin may be compared to 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 eye. Few imagine the
cells of the skin to be filed with a
gradual accumulation of fatty matter
which canrot escape, because the en-
trance, or perhaps I oug ghtt to say ext !,
is clogged. It must settle there, and
gradually become dlscolored. When
this has happened, either through an
excess of impure matter in the blood,
through the injuiicious use Of grease
and clogging cosmetics, there ls noth-
ing for it but to use such remedies as
will cleanse the outer cuticle thorough
ly, leaving clear, fresh, surface. You
have all noticed how white and fair
the hands, and usually the face, look
after long illness. You know also
that owing to various causes the skin
usually peels during an illness. TIE
old cnticle being removed, the fresh
one which is underneath, appears free
from impurity.
We require, therefore, something to
remove this dead or clogged cuticle.
We do not need to do all in our power
to keep it on by constantly greaslng
and powdering it, but to get rid OF 1t.
When the old and dls6gured outer
skin is removed, the use Of ordinary
soap and water should keep it fresh
and bright, unless there is an unusual
amount Of impur,ty in the blood If
the blood is impure no good Will be
done by taking such medicines as draw
the impure matter back into the sys-
tenn. A lady wrote to me short time
ago that she was greatly troubled with
an eruption, which disappeared when
her doctor gave her medicine for it,
but that the disappearance always
made her 80 i'll that the eruption Was
really sign of health. Now this was
q direct proof Of the correctness OF my
theory. Nature was laboring to:
throw eff the impure matter. She
threw it to the surface, where, because
the pores were clogged, it could not
escape. There it remained for want
of an outlet. Then medicine was taken
to get rid of the Disagreement; then
the poisonous matter vas all drawn
back into the system. How much
better it woald have been II It had
been cleared from the surface and Ma
ture's own hint takenl
A strong blistering lotion Is rot
needed. What is wanted is carefully
prepared astringent lotion, which by
gradually removing the outer cuticle,
will, as I have said, leave the skin
fresh and smooth.
! have spoken SIMPLY, for there is
no occasion here for me to enter into
q scientific disqulsition on the nature
and structure OF the skin. If I hav:-
succeeded in 1mpressing upon ladies
the importance Of my theory, I shall
be quite satisfied. One thing I may
say, that ii only one tithe Of the letters
tha5 I receive complaining Of the
spoiled condition of the skin through
us;ag-allsorts OF gressing and clog
ging preparations -co.ld be published
entire, there would be no Occasion for
mo to preach tho gospel Of hardening
the skin; the letters would be more
eloquent than any words of mine.
ANNA RUPERT.