The evening times., 1896-02-03

IRON all the corners of the earth
I' have been greeted with worder-
ful tales of wonderful graIdnothers
who never in all their earthly pill
grimages allowed water to touch
their faces and who lived TO be octogena-
rlans with the complexions of girls OF six
teen. TIE grandmothers themselves have
failed TO mat.riaiiZe. but that fact has been
deemed unimportant.
| have had it asserted that neither Nine.
Adclina Patti nor Mrs. Langtry nor Lilli1n
Russell typical beauiiesl ever used drsp
of water upon their faces. Nine. Patti,
have been told, has her face wiped off
with cold cream daily. this being the only
substance allowed to come in contact with
her beautiful features. Water she abjures
totally for this part OF her toilet.
Mrs. LaDgtry, forsOoth, is reported 10
depend upon an old flannel rag, which does
duty every day as a duster, | suppose, and
Miss Russell goes England and Italy one
better, and. it is alleged, merely pol
ishcs her skin with bit oil chamols once
in twenty-four hours.
These statements are the vcricst non
sense. ] have the pleasure OF personal
acquaintance with the distinguished ladies
in question, and know positively that each
and every one OF them USES water and soap
and friction Iavishly on her face ] have
seen Mrs. Langtry, after scrubbing and
Wild soap anu
il with Il Turkish towel assisted by Brit
ish vehcmcnce that would certainly startle
the Geyotees of linen rags and flannel
busters. No one disputes the transcendcnt
beauty OF the Jersey Lily's complexion.
Miss Russell and Madame Patti use practi-
caIly the same means, and the most ex-
quisite cleanliness in the care OF tGeir
faces.
Dust will settle in the pores OF the skin
.I,a, Iar nf
the body because the secretions are more
oily. Nothing but detergent and water
and friction will take this dust away
Consider that the condition OF your hands
would be IL you never used soap ON them
and you must, ii seems to me, come to the
sensible conclusion that the face also can
be kept clean only by the aid OF soap
and water and friction enough TO re-
move the waste or dead skin and To dis
lodge the dust and foreign matter which
collect every day.
If you wish to have clean, wholesome
skin. proceed as follows:
Select a good, pure soap, and recoliect
that YOU cannot get such a soap Conl-
posed of vegetable oils for less ttan
twenty-five cents cake. An opaque
soap is better than q transparent one, a.
the latter is made transparent by an al
coholic process, which renders ii very dry
to the skin. Don't economic on your
toilet soap. Our small economies are not
only absurd, but irrational TO tie last de-
gree. l believe we each have a pet
mcaDness, but the tendency TO ecoho-
nIiZc on soaps seems almost 10 bc national,
and the average woman will spend her
dimes and dollars freely on soda.water
and matinee tickets, hut will wall over
the necessity OF paying twenty 'sive cents
a cake for soap, and too freQue ueDtly make
an average on her expenditures by pur-
chasing a fiv,-ent cake composed OF fat
and aIkaI and foistei upon the unwary
under some higt:sounding name
II you wish to wonderfully improve
bad skin and Indefinitely preserve a good
one. scrub your face every night before
retiring.
Immerse the brush In q howl of water
as hot as you can bear 1t upon your face;
brush until you have good laiher, scrub
your face thoroughly, particularly about
the nose and around the eyes and chin,
places where blackheads are apt 10 come.
Take a peep at the water and you viii sec
there was need of the brush. Next, rinse
with clean, warm wafer, and then again
with cooler, so as 10 get every particle
OF soap out of the pores of the skin, for
il is just as irritating to clog the pores
with soap as with dust. The face is not
clean unless 1t is kept free from foreign
matter OF every kind. After thoroughly
rtnslng, dry Win a SOFT towel III the
sCrubbing brush produces little irrita-
ton OF the skin, sometimes happens
when it is first used, apply. a little cold
cream or some equally soothing emol-
lent.
This part of the toilet of the face is
best performed at night just before going
to bed. although there is no reason why
one should not scrub the face at any time
il feels dusty or appears to need it.
In the morning wash the face again in
warm water. If you have used a cream
or ointment upon it the night before it
should be carefully washed out of the
skin, and soap will again be necessary.
Otherwise battle only in warm water, fol-
lowed by cold, as the tonic effect OF cold
water is wonderful in its aid to beauty.