The Saint Paul globe., 1896-08-09
THE EVIL EFFECT OF EXPOSURE
ON DELICATE AND THIN
SKINS.
THE ATHLETIC COMPLEXION.
RESULT OF sun, WIND AND
SURE.
NO COLD WATER AFTER EXERCISE
The Use of Vegetable Powders
Mistake-Alnlon1 Cream Is "a
Desirable Lotion.

A tall young woman with broad,
straight shoulders walked into the Of
fee of a professional beautifier the
other day and said:
81 want to see if you can tell me
what to do with my complexion. 1t
looks so wrinlSled and tough and
leather-like that my brother calls me
mummy and 1 can't stand his guy
ing any longer. It's the queerest
thing about my complexion anyway
/ thought an outdoor life would make
it perfect, but, dear me, I'll have to
give up all the things i, care most for
and begin to take. care of my face,
else I'll spoil on my fathers hands, so
that bad brother says, and I'm afraid
he's nearly right"
She stopped and surveyed herself
critically in a mirror opposite her
chair to s4 -a5se s.,esz
You are great athlete, aren't
your. asked the professional, whose
| own complexion locked like that of a
fat pink and white baby.
Yes, but how did you sknow?"
"Oh, I recognize the athletic com
plexion. That is, the average athletic
complexion. We hear complaints sim
liar to yours every day 1 can tell
you pretty well what your life is. You
get up in the morning, take spin on
your wheel, and after luncheon you
play either tennis or golf After din
| ner you do more wheeling if you have
| nothing else on hand. Am I not right ?"
Almost exactly" answered the
young woman in sprprise, "but you
left out one thing. If the weather is
too threatening to wheel sor if it is
| raining L go out fishing You know
most fish bite better in cloudy wealth
err" 5ls
There, now have. the whole secret
of your bad complexion," exclaimed
the professional. Fresh air In fair
weather and foul is5 very conducive to
health, but it is exceedingly trying not
only to thin, but also to thick skins.
All women who indulge in open-air
sports are forced to make a crusade
against wrinkles sooner or later, and
it all comes of ignorafice on their part.
They should have, the most beauti-
full compilations in the world, and can
If they will only devote few minutes
to the care of the skin every day"
"Oh, you are entirely mistaken about
| that, interrupted the young athlete,
! as she threw back her shoulders and
| gave herself two or three thumps on
| the chest by way of emphasis. Now,
1 have taken great care Of my skin
since I went in for athletics two years
| ago. and it Is growing uglier instead
| Of prettier, as I expected it to do
Tell me what your method of treat
ing your face, neck, arms and hands
| has been,'' asked the professional.
Tive tried several" was the quick
| reply. II tried one, and that did no
| good, then I tried another. That also
was a failure, but I wasn't discour-
aged, and would try anything that any
| body would suggest, and you know
| there are as many remedies for a bad
| skin as there are for bad cold II
was just this way. Tn a Vassar girl
| and got my first taste Of athletics while
at college. First I did gymnasium
work. My complexion got better and
better every day, until 1t really was
so white and soft and smooth, and my
| cheeks were so red every body remark
ed 1t. Next took to track athletics
I used to go In for hurdling and sprint.
! ing, and then was fond Of basket
ball. The Vassar girls have as much
sand as the Yale men, you know. and