The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-20
A GOOD COMPLEXION.
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Tn re Is Much in Knowing How to wasl
the Face.
The face is usually the part Of the
person women most desire TO make at
tractive. There are exceptions TO thi.
order who declare that the face is un
important II the figure is good. but as Z.
rule the woman who has pretty fac,
feels that the gods have not dealt un.
generously with her
Without a good complexion all other
beauties fail TO show to advantage. A
pair of magnificent eyes are never a &
their best set in sallow, unhealthy.
looking face and perfectly-molded feat
ure5. il covered with greasy, blotched.
colJrless skin, do not show for hal!
their value.
On the other hand, a clear, pure com
pleEion will TO a great extent atone for
irregular features In consideration of
this it is a great comfort TO reflect how
often it lies within a womans power to
a terially benefit even a poor com
Y%Nion.
As matter of course, the bathing
that invigorates the whole body can
not fail to produce a salutary effect
upon the face. But more than this
may be done.
1t has passed into proverb, in speak
Ing Of a slatternly or careless woman.
TO say: "She does not know enough to
wash her face
How many neat women know how to
wash their faces in the right way?
1T is one of those processes commonly
supposed to come, as Dogberry said OF
reading and writing, by nature. A
woman washes her face in hot or cold
W. ter. as the fancy strikes her, with
the hands or with a cloth or sponge,
with soap or without, when she is going
out in the wind, or when she comes in
out Of the sun. She dries it gently with
a soft towel or polishes it off with
rough one, according to her fancy.
She never stops to think of the harm
shn may be doing her complexion bv
tn reckless treatment. There NAV b.
some skins that will stand such rougl
handling and show no i'll effects Their,
are very few that would not be bene-
itad by tenderer'care.
The woman who has due regard for
just before going out or just after com
ing in. The temptation is great t.
dash water over the face when one is
heated by exercise in the open air, but
temporary relief will be forgotten in
the dry burning sensation that will
speedily follow. If the face must be
clcansed at such a time it should be
carefully wiped with soft cloth, and
perhaps powdered lightly.
On the same principle, the woman
who has become overheated in house
work or by other indoor exercise will
be wise if she delays washing her face
until the skin has regained it's normal
temperature.
Some complexion specialists go even
farther than this, and say the face
should never be washed. At least one
woman in New York aflirms that she
has not washed her face in seven years
She has a beautiful skin, and when
complimented upon it, she says: "Ah
you should have seen my grandmother's
skin When she was seventy, it was
like a rose leaf, and she had not washed
her face for twenty-six years"
similar stories are told of Madame
Patti and other persons of remarkably
fine complexions, but the truth of these
is not vouched for by reliable author
ties
On the other hand, there is a woman
living in New York who makes "A prac-
tice of washing her face every night
with soap and hot water. She is over
fifty years old, her skin is satin smooth,
and the coloring as delicate as that of
Il young girl A friend of hers who is
of about the same age, and has a com
pleXion rivaling the others, puts only
clear pure water on her face, and has
not touched it with soap in fully twenty
years,
The weight Of evidence is with the
people who use soap, but all agree in
saying that only the finest, purest soap
must be employed, and that every par
ticle must be rinsed off. Authorities
on the matter assert that the face
should not be washed oftener than
once a day, and that the water should
never be dashed over it, as is the de-
lightful if reprehensible practice of
most men and some women. Very lit
llt Wdltt HlAVNlAA w AAoNAAs anu ~ ollpuLNl
be applied with a soft cloth, a fine
baby sponge, or one OF the high
priced facial sponges.
Hot water is said to have a tendency
to produce wrinkles, but this state.
ment is open 30 doubt Hot or warm
water cleanses the face more etfectually
than the cold, and sponging off with
cool water Immediately afterwards
will probably obviate any possible evil
effect
If there is any prediction towards
eruptions on the skin, warm water is
TO be recommended. In winter cold
water Is sometimes preferable to hot,
as the latter, by making the face ten
der, renders it more liable to become
chapped When cold water is used it
should be soft, and hard water should
have added to it a little boraX or a very
few drops Of diluted ammonia