The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-20
HOW TO Be CLEAN
A Secret Which 1t Is Said
Women Have Not Dis
covered Despite
Many Efforts.
WRONG TT APPLIED
Cold Water a Delusion and a
Snare-Feminine Spelling
Hints for Expert
mentors.

.Iour face is not clean This remark
coming from a druggist to a refine wo-
man who stood at the counter sounded
somewhat peculiar.
1t was in answer, however. to q ques-
ton which she had put to him. why
does my face look SO dark?"
1.-THE trouble with most women's faces
is this: those women, / mean, who cling
to cold water as their one cleansing
fluid" continued the druggist. "A daily
bath in cold water is not half so ben
eicial as many women think It,"
Some NATURES require that plunge into
cold water, but to Others it is an abb
horrence; yet because 1t is preached in
the name of health, women, regardless
of the consequence insist upon going
in for it."
EVERY person should exercise discre-
ton in these things. If the water sends
a shock, followed through the morning
hours by a chilly sensation, she should
stop the practice at once, and temper
the water to a comfortable degree.
sThe proverb of what is flesh to one
is poison to another should be regarded
in all matters. Whatever baths, or lack
of baths have the best effect, those she
should adopt.
Horrible as it may sound to those
who assert that the only cleanliness IS
obtained by a daily bath, ] know a beau
tiful matron past the dividing line or
forty who claims la she never gets
into a bath tub but twice a week and
never has,
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BATH.
"She is sponged down with warm
water and alcohol when fatigued, or
rubbed with oil when not we'll. Her race
has received at morning and night its
lukewarm bath of warm water ana
CASTLE soap. If there is a woman who is
her equal in smooth kin and dainty
freshness. 1 would like to see her.
'sThat is why I claim that your face
wasn't clean. You are a cold water adj
vocate and think that by frequent ice
washings you are putting yourself into
that well-groomed condition of which
there is much talk.
..But the shock of cold water closes
the pores at once. They retain the greese
and dust that has f1oated in They
despise cold water and will never open
their hearts to it. Again, that sudden
closing of the pores over the whole
body requires quite a deal OF nervous
and vital force; it is an expenditure
nature sets down to the credit side.
while the bath is going on, nature
is readiusting herself, that lessons your
vitality. the only sensible thing you do
is to rub yourself down well with a
coarse towel.
dust does not penetrate. you may pc
partially clean, but your a ana throat
and hands are not. After aWh1le tnese
Contain forms a SPIDERS web for all
particles of dust h a go floating py:ss,
The woman looked very ~hougn5bi ed
her face in warm water in a fortnight.
TsThen don't ask for peroxide OF ny
drogen to rub off the nbu ana pleacn
tne face; go home and battle your face
twice a day in warm water, and pure
CASTLE soap. Every other day, put a
teaspoonful of good whisky in the DOW
You will be astonished at the
soou TO CLEAR THE SKIN.
"But what of blackheadsi' she asked.
face. There is no use of paying 81 for a
VISIT to a professional. The steamer may
look more important than your china
basin, but is no more efficacious.
ssRub cold cream or vaseline first we'll
into the skin, put your face over the
bowl with a wooden cover over your mead
NO air to get IN between the bowl and the
flannel and be careful that the water
Is boiling furiously when you pour It
icient steam to remove the applied grease
from the skin.
AT first the steam may be neon
yenient to breathe, but as it is good for
she throat you had better learn to do It
gracefully. Fifteen minutes is sufficient
to keep the position. When you remove
YOUR head from the bowl take a soft
old towel and go gently but firmly over
and over the face, removing. every trace
of grease and water. Just before going
into the air dash cold water with a few
drops of benzoin over the face; this pre-
vents cold, as the action of benzoin Is to
slose the pores. 1 would do this but
once a week."
ssThen why not use benzoin constantly
on the face to keep the pores of the
nose closed?"
it with glycerine and rose water; but
don't close the pores until 0 have first
removed every trace of dust from them"
She bought a bottle of benzoin, gly-
cerine and rose walter And so did L