The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-02-21
SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.
Regarding the Proper Treatment OF tire
Skin OF the Face.


| Skin of the Face.
A physician who has made specially
of the study of affections of the skin
in conversation with a patient the other
day made some statements that would
be more useful as beauty hints than all
of the theories and notions ever put
forth by dealers in cosmetics and com
| pleSion specialties.
at is a very great mistake" he said.
''to suppose that most of the blemishes
and spots that disfigure faces are attrib-
utable to disorders of the blood or con-
stitutional troubles. Nine-tenths of
these annoyances arise from outside
irritations. The secret of good COM
pleXion is absolute cleanliness. Peo-
pie get heated and in a perspiration,
and the pores of the skin open; then
the face is wiped off with sleeve, per-
haps, or the corner of an apron or
handkerchief that may be covered with
dust or disease germs of all sorts. 1t
is fact not generally understood that
handkerchief used by any person
suffering with throat troubles or lung
disease of any kind should never be
applied to the face when it is heated or
damp from perspiration.
Our knowledge of disease germs is
as yet in it's infancy, but we know quite
enough to warn us that microbe from
a diseased throat or lungs might find
a lodging place in an open pore of the
skin and create an irritation and cause
pimples and eruptions, disfguring and
uncomfortable.
Zone of the surest ways to preserve
the complexion is to wash the face
thoroughly, and, before drying it, rub
into mixture of equal parts of glycer-
inc and listerine. Listerine is distinct
ly germ destroyer, and glycerine acts
as guard and coating to keep out in
truders. The little eruptions and pm
pies that come on the face are spread by
contagion, or, perhaps, more properly
speaking, by incubation. 1t is fire.
quently the case that they are carried |
from one part of the face to another |
by the hands. There is a feeling Of |
a slight itching maybe, and |
with the finger-nail one simply removes |
a portion of the colony of germs that |
have settled at this point. A moment |
later some other part of the face may
be touched, and, if pore is in the right
the germs attached to the
fnger-nails are left there, and flour
ishing tribe is the immediate result
There are constitutions SO strong and
in such healthful condition that moth
ing will flourish on the surface of the
skin. The system has the power to re-
sist and throw off all accumulations
If this kind. The subject simply stands
n this way, that if the individual is in
excellent health these germs will not
i've, even though they may find rest
ng place on the surface.
1T is fact understood by everyone
hat delicate animals and children are
,rey to parasites, whereas healthy ones
nay not be annoyed at all. Constant
ttention to the condition of the skin
nd absolute cleanliness are, there
ore, the best cosmetics. When, how
yer, this form of bacteria has found a
odgment in the skin, nothing remains
ut external treatment. All the medi-
ines in the world may be powerless
o exterminate them. Eruptions that .
ave come to a head should be opened ,
nth very sharp knife or needle, the ,
pressed out and the surface 7
thoroughly washed with CASTLE soap ,
nd a soft brush, then treatment of
sterine and glycerine is one of the !
est applications. 1t must be borne in ,
lind, and cannot be too strongly en- j..
that glycerine should never
e put on dry skin. Rub the skin
thoroughly with a damp cloth, then !;
apply the lotion. !,
"Pimples and eruptions are, as rule, !
lrable by continued and persistent p
oplication of dioXide of hydrogen, !,
his preparation, diluted about half, 6
Id rubbed into the face, especially the 4
ritated spots, is a most excellent rem =
ly. If this course were carefully fol- :,
wed, there would be very little trouble T
'out blackheads, pimples and other -
slightly appearances on the face :
I. Ledger. ;,
When Evening Dress Is Worn. Il
For those who 1or, 4.