The herald., 1897-11-21
HE WAS NOT A
WELCOME GUEST.
What One Man Learned From the
Head Wrinkle>Eradicator
During a Busy Day.

He knew he had no business there.
wrinkles smoothed out cast glances
that would have burned large holes In
him had he not been partially protect
ed by large purple screen with de-
formed storks on 1t. The head wrinkle
eradicator, however, had told him to
sit right where he was and not mind
her customers at all. He did 90 and
in the course of the afternoon he
learned a great deal about the remov-
ing Of wrinkles.
Fortunately for him 1t was rainy.
wet. and wholly miserable day outside.
The head wrinkle-eradicator explained
that business Invariably was better on
rainy days.
my customers" she said. attend to
their wrinkles when they have nothing
else to do. Many Of them come down
| here on pleasant days firmly resolved
to have me treat them. but the tempta-
ton OF the shops Is too great. Once
they wander into dry-goods store
their good resolutions are broken; they
forget all about me and their wrinkles,
and all their troubles l suppose I
should be the same way II I had the
time"
The first thing the unwelcome guest
learned was that the wrinkle expert
must possess. aside from her ability to
smooth out the dreaded crows feet.
ready and versatile tongue and the gift
| Of soothing a wrinkled womans mind
as we'll as the furrows in her brow.
| Really half of the treatment" she
said, consists in convincing my Gus
toners that their time-stained com
plexions can be made as fresh ana rosy
and dimpled as a young girls. When
I have inspired them with confidence.
the rest is comparatively easy. They
become as eager and enthusiastic as
the worst victims Of the patent n1edi.
cine habit.
"Of course, a complexion. once tar
nished by years Of trouble and care.
and sometimes dissipation. Is extremely
difficult to restore fully to its girlish
bloom; but II the owners can be made
to believe that 1t can be. why. then
they are happy. and my business pros
pers."
Just then a pramaturely old woman
came into the studio. The unwelcome
guest learned before he went away
that all women with wrinkles are pre-
maturely old. but he did not know It
then. A baby elephants skin, as eie-
plants skins go. was soft and smooth
and lovely compared to that OF the nrst
prematurely old woman.
And 1t was so pink and so pretty
once" she sighed. Don't you think.
now, IL follow your instructions faith
= 1n nj
complexion can be restored? am will
ing to do anything, even to bathing IN
yitriol. II 1t will do any good"
'vThere Is not tho least doubt" re-
sponded the expert cheerfully. that
more than q semblance can be restored.
There is no skin so tough. so wrinkled.
or so cracked that 1t cannot be made
to bloom again. If all women would
realize that they can preserve their
complexions until their dying day they
would be great deal happier and the
world q great deal more beautiful"
III you'll only give me the recipe I'll
not only do my best, but I'll bless you
10 MY dying day." she Of the baby
elephant complexion cried. earnestly.
All this time the artists fingers were
dancing nimbly and swiftly over the
deep burrows and the crows feet, and
as the room was filling up rapidly with
customers the quiet little conversation
became more in the nature Of lecture.
"A woman" continued the expert.
SHOULD renovate her skin every spring
and fall as religiously as she renovates
her house."
II suppose she ought to close 1t up
in summer and air It every morning In
winter" commented withered matron.
You are partly right" replied the
expert, without noticing the sarcasm.
"As far as the airing Of 1t every morn
ing goes she certainly should. After
living in our hot-house homes all win
ter it is just as imperative that we
&. should have our compilations cleaned
and exposed to the air as 1t is that our
homes should be.
II wish 1 had paid more attention to
the housecleaning on my countenance
and less to curtain cleaning and car
pet beating" said another mournfully.
Possibly then wouldn't look as II I
had been left in an oven by mistake.
And yet ! have never been afraid Of
soap and water"
Possibly you used too much soap
and water. On some skins water acts
as poison: soap and water are respon-
sible for many tough and leathery
skins. Whenever 1t Is possible. use
only distilled rain water on the face.
Soap never should be used unless it Is
Of the best quality. 1t is one Of the
most difficult things in my business to
persuade woman that 1t Ia economy to
use only the most expensive things on
their faces.
"A woman will come to me to have