The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07
GOOD COMPLEXION.
TO Wash or Not to Wash the Face Is
the Question

| 70 Wash or NOT 70 WASH tnS Eacs Is
the Question.
Christine Terh-ne Herriek, in Harper's
Bazar.
The face is usually the part Of their
/ persons women most desire 70 make a T.
tra6tive. There are exceptions 10 this
order. who declare that the face iis unim-
portant II the figure is good, but as a rule,
the woman who has a pretty face feels
I that the gods have not dealt anonymously
Z with her.
I Without coo6 complexion all other
/ beauties fail TO show 70 advantage. A
| pair OF magnificent eyes are never az their
/ best set in a sullow, uuhealthy-lOOking
/ face and perfectly nodded features, II
I covered with a greasy, blotched, colOrless
/ skin DO not show for half their value.
On the other hand. clear, pure com
plexiOn will. 10 q great extent, atone for
/ Irregular features Ia consideration Of
this, il is great comfort 70 reflect how
often il lies within o wOman's power 20
/ materially benefit even poor complexion.
As matter of course. the bathing that
| invigorates the whole body cannot tail to
produce a salutary effect upon the face.
But more than this may be done.
II has passed into prOverb, In speak
ing Of a slatternly or careless woman, 10
say: she does not know enough TO wash
her face "
How many neat women know how 10
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 orcold water, as
the fancy strikes her, with the hands or
cloth or sponge, with soap or without,
when she is going out in the wind or
when she is coming out in the sun. She
dries it gently with soft towel, or pol
ishes 1t of with rough one, according TO
her fancy.
She never stops to think of the harm
she may be doing her complexion by this
reckless treatment There may be some
skins that will stand such rough hand
ling and show no i'll effect. There are
very few that would not be benefited by
tenderer care.
The woman who has due regard for her
complexion will not wash her face just
before going out or just after coming in.
The temptation Is great to dash water
over the face when one is heated by ex-
ercisc in the open air, but the temporary
relief will be forgotten in the dry, burn
ing sensation that will speedily follow.
If the face must be cleansed at such
time it should be carefully wiped with
soft cloth, and perhaps powdered lightly.
On the same principle, the woman who
has become overheated in homework or
by other indoor exercise will be wise if
she delays washing her face until the
skin has regaiued its normal tempera-
ture.
Some complexion specialists 90 even
further than this, and say the face should
never be washed. AT least one woman in
New York athrms that she has not " ashed
her face IN seven years. She has beau
tiful skin, and when Complimented upon
IT., she says: "Ah, you should have seen
my gTandmother's skin. When she was
tho Lon s-1zn \ al.
washed her face for twentysiX years"
Similar stories are told of Nine Patti
and other persons of remarkably fine
compilations, but the truth of these is not
vouched for by reliable authorities.
On the other hand, there is a woman
living in New York who makes prac-
tice of washing her face every night
with soap and hot water. She is over SO
years old, her skin is satin smooth, and
tine coloring as-delicate as a young girl.
A FREUD of hers, who is about the same
age, and has q complexion riVaiing 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
peaple who use soap, but all agree in say
ing that only the purest soap must be
employed, and that every particle of it
must be rinsed off. Authorities on the
matter assert that the face should not be
washed ottener than once q day. and
that the water should never be dashed
over it, as is the delightful and repre-
hensible practice of most men and some
women. Very little water should be
used and it should be applied with a soft
cloth, fine baby sponge, or one of
the high-priced facial sponges.
Hot water is said 10 have a tendency to
produce wrinkles but this statement is
open to doubt. Hot or. warm water
cleanses the face more ehectually than
the cold, and sponging of with cool
water Immediately afterward will proba-
bly, obviate any possible evil effects.
If there is any prediction toward erup-
tion of the skin warm water is TO be re-
commended. In winter cold water Is
sometimes preferable to hot, as the latter,
by making the face tender, renders it
more liable TO become chapped. When
cold water is used, it should be soft, and
hard water should have added to it little
borax or a very few drops OF diluted am
monia.
Nothing is better for washing the face
| than rain water, and there is a suDersti-
ton that that which falls in May or June
is especially beneficial to the complexion.
| After the face has been washed it should
| be dried gently and very thoroughly. A
soft towel is better for this purpose than
n rough one. BY many people fine
| huekaDack is preferred TO damask. Either
| will serve the purpose.