Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
BEAUTY TALKS. Removing Summer FreckleS and
 Clearing A ROUGH AND MUDDY SKIN No Woman Need Be Disfgured by Bad Com plexon if She Will Take The Trouble
 70 Follow the Directions
 Here Given.
BY DIANE DE aioRsY.

These of my readers who are blessed with skins "as clear as morning roses newly washed with due" can but faintly imagine the wretchedness of the girl or woman who, through no fault of her own, awakens every day of her life to the sickening realization that she is un- sightly--often really repulsive becausa of a disfiguring skin ailment. l suppose I have seen and treated as many bad cases of skin diseases as any one other person in this country during the past fifteen years, and the result of my eX- perience is that all skin diseases may be cured where there is no inherited taint, and that in even those unfortunate cases the complexion may be greatly inn proved.
 Freckles Are Clean But Ugly.
 The least offensive of all pigmentary discolorations is lentigo, or freckles. Certainly these brown, oval-shaped spots dotted about the face and hands are not pretty, but they do not look un- clean as blackheads do, nor do they re- fleet disease as scrofulous pimples must, but they are disagreeable and unpleas- ant. Freckles are divided into two classes Summer frec<les, which usu- ally fall to the lot of fair-skinned, light or auburn-haired girls, and are produced almost instantly on exposure to strong light, disappearing in a little while if lflc SuDJeCl ISt1dlIlS Wllliii uOOIS OI III the shade.
 I make this statement despite the testi- mony of the eminent professor of der matology, pr. Hebra, of Vienna, who positively declares that neither strong sunlight nor sharp winds nor the com bined will produce freckles. Vienna freckles may be able to resist a Vienna sun, but yankee freckles. such as I have had principally to encounter, are beyond dispute brought to the surface of the skin by intense sunlight and frequently by strong. biting winds. The other form of freckles is called cold or winter freck- les. These never disappear except through external agencies and then only with the cuticle itself.
 For every day or summer freckles the best treatment is as follows Frequent bathing with pure soap and water, the use of the scrubbing brush as advised in Beauty Talk No. 1 and dry friction of the skin carried to an extent a little short of irritation. The advantage of friction is not only that it assists in cleansing the skin, but eXcites the cutaneous circula- tion. l have seen many and many a freclled face scrubbed and rubbed clear of all stains without other aids, but there are many simple remedies which will hasten the cure. The most effective of these to be used in connection with the scrubbing and dry friction are a cream or pomade to use at night just before retir- ing and wash to be used during the day. The cream is made as follows: Toilet Cream (Fossati).
 Lanoline, grammes; sweet almond oil, grammes; sulphur precipitated), 5 grammes; oxide of zinc, 2b grammes; 1 violet extract, F gramme. Place the sulphur and zinc first in the mortar then add the almond oil a little at a time until smooth paste is formed next add the lanoline, and finally the l violet Dprfumn n mt and-keep closed.
 This pomade is easily absorbed by the skin and is excellent not only in the treatment of freckles, but also for any Of the lighter skin eruptions which fre- quently annoy girls between the ages of IA and IS. In the morning wash the ointment carefully out of the skin and apply the following lotion. Repeat the application of the lotion several times through the day.
 Formula for Lotion.
 Liquor of potassa, 1 fluid ounce; dis titled water, 19 ounces. Mix, pour into bottle and keep closely stoppered There is but one way to take away obstinate or cold freckles and that is to gently remove the discolored skin kles was published in the Medical Rec ord some time ago. I have tried it in numerable times with entire success in every case The advantage of this pre- paration is in the fact that 1t contains no corrosive sublmate, which is the chief ingredient in all the much exploited freckle removers, bleaches, etc., on the market.
 Formula for Removing Obstinate Freckles
 (Medical Record).
 Lactic acld.. 4 ounces Glycefihe ............... ........2 ounces IAOSe WdteT... Il ounce
 TlSs is really bleach" in it's effect but it is entirely harmless. You must not be surprised if it burns and causes superficial redness of the skin-t must do this to be effective, for 1t is to re- move the discolored skin. You can allay the burning by applying any of the creams for which formulas have been given in previous Talks, or prepare the following, which is especially soothing: Special Cream to Be Used in Coniunction
 With Lotion for Removal ofFreckles. Oil of almonds. 4 ounces Pure lard. ................,..3 ounces Spermacetl ounce
 Melt, then add:
 Expressed juice of house leeks. fluid
 ounces.
 Tincture of benzoin, 15 drops
 Stir until Nhe mixture solidifies in cooling.
 Any perfume to scent 1t may be added,
 Blackheads are not only unsghtly, but they are really inexcusa ble, because they are evidences of uncleanliness. Black heads, or flesh worms, as they are still