The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-26
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to make her face and her figure as at
tractive and lovely as possible; and when
a well-tried and satisfactory recipe is
found, it seems only fair 10 other women
TO pass the good news along. / want to
tell my women readers how a friend of
mine regained a smooth and beautiful
complexion from a perfect waste of rough
ness, the chin especially showing pimples
and unsightly red blotches.
She had naturally the clear. white skin
that goes with light-brown hair and gray
eyes. After a while the complexion be-
came cloudy and the skin hard; small
pimples appeared on the chin, seeming to
lie deep down under the surface. AT first
she did nothing for the trouble, thinking
it was only a temporary indispesition that
would soon pass away. But it grew stead
lily worse, and from having a smooth, fine
complexion, her face became a sight"
and she grew extremely sensitive about
it.
At night she bathed her face in a bowl
of warm water, in which a heaping tea
spoonful CT powdered borax had been dis
solved. She used a soft wash-cloth of old
linen, and a pure, unscented cocoanut oil
soap. She did not scrub the sore, sensitive
GHAlN Pok II eAi0 tAS%A
poured out the warm water and turned on
hot-as hot as she could bear it. She threw
the water up on the face, using no cloth,
simply hot water softened with powdered
borax, to which she added ten drops of
spirits of c%aInphor. After this she dried her
face by burying it in a soft damask tow
el, not rubbing it at all. h she took
a pot of perfectly pure cold cream,
made up with rosewater. and rubbed it
thoroughly into her cheeks and forehead,
reserving the chin for the best and long
est rubbing. The little hard bumps under
the skin seemed at first to withstand all
cpaxing and softening, but she kept this
treatment ap religiously for two months
before there was any appreciable result.
To this night treatment she added a cold
bath in the morning. She experimental
with this latter part of the treetment UNI
til she was sure the cold water was
adapted to her system, then, no matter
how cold the weather or thel water, that
arctic bath was never omitted. A month
of this had a wonderful effect. Her face
began to suggest its former clear, smooth
appearance, and the roughness on the
chin began to grow softer.
He plan of diet was rigidly adhered to,
and this was what she lived on each day:
On leaving the cold morning bath she
drank a glass of hot milk. Then for break
fast, she ate, first, an orange, a small
bowl of either cerealine, breakfast food,
shredded oats or cracked wheat, we'll COW
cred with rich cream. A small slice of
beef, cooked rare, graham bread and milk
toast completed the meal. Occasionally
she ate a soft-boiled egg. Every Others
morning she had a mutton chop, SO she
would not tire Of the beef. For luncheon
she ate fruit, a salad, graham bread, I'M
salted butter, cup custard and drank a
glass of milk. Bouillon beef, mutton or
fish, vegetables, stewed fruit, a pudding
or an ice formed her menu for dinner.
She drank neither coffee nor tea, but took
a cup of hot chocolate just before she got
into bed-when she felt thar she wanted
it. She took long, brisk walks every day,
no matter the weather, wearing a soft
tissue veil if the wine was cold and cut
ting If it rained she wore waterproof
boots and a macintosh, and, with a mans
large umbrella, minded the moisture no
more than if it had been sunshine. If it
showed or sleeted it made no difference
with her; that daily airing was going to
be taken.
She sleeps in a room without a fire, and
finds that her sleep is sound and refresh
ing. In summer she keeps every window
up in her room. At night she takes d
warm sponge bath just before she goes to
bed.
A veal from the time she began to treat
herself she was prettier than she had
o.-ar laar IN lar 1sTn ena Io, ao-r11..o,
was simply beautiful. Her eyes were
clear and bright, and there was a general
air of elasticity and vigor about her that
she had never known before.
This is a real case and if one should
see the young girls face, it would be diff
fcult to imagine that a pimple or blotch
of any kind had ever marred it's roseleaf
tint and fineness.
] was very optimistic yesterday, and
the bicycle girl made me SC.
But l should never say bicycle girl.
rather girls for the plural of The type
is the impressive thing in this town
this week. Why was i optimistic? Be
cause ! encountered them every wher
yesterday, particularly at the lunch coun-
tiers of guild, house and restaurant, and
1 saw h a happy, keen-eyed, clear
skinned type they were, kissed by the |
sun and washed by the dew.
AS I watched them eat it was forcibly
impressed on me what a joke only for !
comic paper the ice cream-pickle lun-
cheon'' has become. The story belongs
to Il day that is lone. 1t is rapidly dying
out among the race of sensible women.
For beefsteaks. soups, salads, plenty of
vegetables and bread, milk ana choco-
late came the orders thick and fast.
/ counted two orders for ice cream to a
dozen for chops, and one order of cake to
twenty-five for sandwiches. And J grew
optimistic because, as l watched that
great army of lunchers in rational. CON- !
Portable dress with well-groomed skin
and hair, and saw them eat like men and
enjoy it thought what 1t all means for
the world-for the future! What a great
turn in the tide for men it is. That they
shall wed strong women with common
sense who will be mothers to fine children. /
/ thought how this stupendous army of
riders is teaching the rest of the femi-
nine world to throw aside hysteria and
maudlin emotion, and physical inability.
And in doing it all not to neglect fem
ininity, but to be really a help-meet, not
a burden, to man.
A woman can govern servants better if
she has learned TO govesn the wheel; She