The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

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IS no tell-tale grease left. In the morn
ing she leans over a basin OF hot water
and. with plenty Of the finest soap. she
fathers her face as though under a bar
ber's hand. The lather she let's stand FOR
a minute 10 reach the innermost pores.
with basin after basin OF hot water
she takes of the soap and when the
face IS clear again she picks up small
soft 'scrubbng brush kept for the face
and briskly scours The skin until it is
ruddy and clear. A dash OF cold water
hardcns the surface again. and by break
fast time Calves face Is the clear, rudy
olive so much admired. Try this yourself
n your face is dull and muddy. You can
do II in ten minutes Of n morning.
A MODELS PLAN.
Now / saw beautiful woman, an
actress, out to-day upon the ocean, sail
ing contentedly in a catboat, fishing for
small fry. She wore neither veil nor
gloves. Next her. squirting under
veil. sat a woman who will be gray and
wrinkled when the other one is still max
ing beauty conquests. The pretty one is
the most famous model Of the metropol-
tan studios Her face tints are her for
tune. | spent an hour with her yester-
day after she came in from her fishing.
and what do you think she did?
''The minute she 90, in her room she
threw off her dress and put on n woollen
sweater. While she was getting into
II a maid brought a bowl OF white liquid.
1t was buttermilk Slowly and carefully
with camers hair brush she applied
the buttermnk to her face. neck and
hands, and while It dried on we chatted
about-herself,
II can't paint nor powder" said she.
"for It would ruin my tints. so preserve
them as best ] can. This buttermilk is
ike a bleach. See how white | shall be
when IL comes off. wash it OF with
rain-water and fine soap That, with
keeping my system In order, is my only
beautifier.
'NIrs. Leslie Carter and Mrs. Potter"
said the little actress waxing very conii-
Dental. "are not pretty women. either OF
them. but you consider them so because
they have such lovely hair. They don't
bleach. II is their own, but II II belonged
10 you. with the cares and the hard work
those women have gone through. IL would
be three-fourths streaked with gray.
"Those women keep their locks red by
care. They began by Frightening them
This IS done by brushing and tonics and
exposure TO sunlight. It is easy TO
brighten your locks. You can make them
bloom II you want to. After you get
| them pretty you must keep them so.
Mrs. Potter. l believe. subdues her
hair-for Il IS too vivil-with an oil. said
to be the pure cocoanut product. II
| was used by the Empress Of Austria in
her palmy days. and is now given away
by a retired chemist whose father wa
the royal apothecary. This oil applied
to the roots Of hair supplies natural
moisture in excess OF the demand. This
darkcns the hair little and makes IL
a rich, soft color. Mrs. Carter. on the
other hand. brightens hers by shampoos
touched with ammonia. and by hanging
II loose for many hours a day II women
only knew how pretty the hair is when
hanging loose IN the dressing-ro0m, or
when braided in two great strands for
breakfast. they would relieve the family
from the strain OF that everlasting col
| on ton OF the head or the horrible
braided twist Home women do not seek
a hafrdresser often, and they should study
simple effects.
when Lily Langtry stepped into pro
fessional life from society ranks she toid
a friend that II was all rubbish This talE
about her marvellous beauty III Is be-
cause ! understand so much better IMAM
the women around me the art or keep
ing my complexion and my hgure. NOW
II 7 could only learn 10 act'
'In those DAYS creams were less aoun-
dant than now. But Langtry kept her
complexion with milk and massage ana
her white hands with soap and lemon
Juice. and her figure with cold-water
baths. Home women shudd-r al thought
OF the cold dip. They are delicate from
coddling and sitting and worry ana pie,
But let them cycle and paironlzo 'he cog
dip and they will soon be srong-and
handsome. Beauty lies so close to the
skin that women are finding ont every
dav how easy II is 10 be handsome. and
that e wbv there are twenty beauties
now to one OF twenty wears ago
MARGARET T. REED.