Evening star., 1896-12-12
THE BLOOM ON THE PEACH,
some OF the Good Things Tint Mus,
he Sacrificed for the Complication

some OF the Good Things Thnt Must
he Sacrificed for the Complexion.
From Hsrper's Bazar
Inc complexion of young girls is very
often source Of trouble to them. and
continues to be so in spite of doctors and
dermatologists and medicaments of all
sorts. Perhaps when all things else have
failed they will find the whole trouble done
away with by a judcious diet and course
OF living. In many places there are no
| doctors especially skilled in relation to the
skin, and mothers content themselves with
thinking it will all come right in time But
they need not wait for time If they Will
follow wise routine in matters of bath
and diet.
In the first place, they should abolish the
cold bath entirely, understanding that ii is
only the very rugged who can endure il.
and that very few take il to ADVANTAGE
anyway; and they should use only the
warm and hot baths. and use them fire.
quently-the not bath, quick one taken
at bed time, with proper prec autions about
taking cold afterward. With this there
should be not only exercise about the
house in the way of familiar duties. al
though 1t is always in the same over
breathed air, but there should be rapid
walking and hurrying out-of-doors with
out any other fixed purpose than that of
enjoyment, now and then a short run, if
ii may be taken without discomfort ana
with a rainstorm. but never exposure when
unveiled, TO cold and sharp winds.
And for the rest, diet is to be called upon
to work miracles. Pastry is to be aban-
doned; all sorts of rich cakes and desserts
as well; sweetmeats, candies. oily nuts the
whole delio ious bonbon tribe, together with
the homely old-colonial doughnut the rare
bit and cheese in any form. Fruit TOO will
be taken with hesitation, and more gener-
ally cooked than uncooked: fritters will be
forsaken, potatoes will be replaced by
bread, and the bread will be, as far as
possible, of coarse grain rather than of fine
flour.
Neither tea nor coffee will be drunk by
our young aspirant for a good complexion
nor chocolate, be 1t said; she can have
milk IL 1t agrees with her, preferably
skinned milk and buttermiIk She will
be surprised to find how soon she can dis
pense with much drinking at her meals
and how refreshing water alone viii be-
come If she drank no water at all while
eating, and as much as she wished a coupIe
of hours or SO later, 1t would be better yet;
but IL that Is too much of sacrifice she
would do we'll to try and limit herself to
no more than a dozen tablespoonfuls of
liquid with each meal. OF course 1t is un-
necessary to say that she takes no wine
nor anything of that sort.
With this she should allow herself plenty
or good ard well-cooked meat, and dish
gravy when it Is free from fat: not al
ways great deal Of beef, but rather NUT
ton and poultry and game Meat in
cFeaSeS the muscular HrmneSS and strength,
and Is supposed to add more to the ner-
vous force than other diet: and often a
low condition of the nerves has more to
do with the skin trouble than anything
else. Some of the most Irritating dis
figuring and painful of skin troubles arise
from depression Of the nervous system.
either from worry or overstrain, OF from
mal-nutrition.
1t must be understood. then, that the
diet is to be bountiful and generous, but
that 1t is to be thoroughly digestible, and
never greasy nor tco rich, and that all eat
ing between meals and before going to
bed is to be given up. Any girl who brings
her habits down to these simple ways, and
has regular and prolonged Sleep will soon
have the peachy skin that belongs to her
years. unless she has some more deep
seated and ineradicable trouble than is
common.
For those who have no trouble with
their skins, of course such strictness of
regime is not requisite; but the bloom will
be kept a great while longer which has
not been interfered with by indigesti5le
dainties and lazy habits.