The times., 1897-05-30


Eyes. my skin was lovely when l was a
girl said an elderly woman, 'and never
in my life used anything on it bat soap
and water, and wish you would look ut
now. A baby elephants skin is soft and
smooth, as elephants skins go, by. com
parison"
Some water acts as a poison to the skin, >
said the specialist, ''and soap and water is
responsible for many tough, leathery skins.
Whenever possible, use only distilled or
rain water OF, the face, and no soap should
ever be used except the purest oIve-oil
soap. tbs the hardest thing in the world
to persuade women that it s economy to
use only the finest appropriations on the face.
A woman will come to me to have me rem
oyate her skin. She will get all the prep
arations / say except, say, the soap or
powder, and she refuses to buy these be-
cause she has a box of powder or cake Of
soap on hand which she does not wish To
throw away. She will not admit that the
powder soap irritates her skin, and then
go on and use 1T to save it Is il wise
to use powder? Yes A French physician
told ne once that there wasa sound physio-
logical argunen for face powder whenitis
chemically pure; md it rarely ever is He
said that when a woman got up and thor
oughly cleansed her face in the morning Il
was better for her to fill the open pores
with clean, pure powder before going
out than to get them filled with dust and
dirt, and he claimed that powder made
the skin gern-proof many times. Women
tell me that il costs too much 10 keep the
skin young, that all the preparations | ad-
wise are SO expensive. So theydo seem, but
II costs to put anything througha chemical
process. Most women don't like to put
cheap shoes on their feet, cheap gloves on
their hands, and cheap flowers and feathers
on their hats, and yet they expect to
keep the bloom OF youth by putting cheap
preparations OIL their faces.
Can you teach a woman TO restore her
own conIplexion?" asked faded, wTinklcd
beauty.
Yes, and do so daily. Women in society
often wonder why actresses and singers re-
tain their youthful looks. I'll tell you why;
because they leain TO preserve their giflis slt
skins. I've taught Melba, Patti, Calve.
0litzka. Bauermeister, Mrs Kendall, Mrs
I.angtTy, Mrs Julia Marl9we- Taber, Jcs-
sic Bartlett Davis. Mrs Leslie Carter and
dozens OF other women before the public
dreds of society women, and / am always
glad to tell aBy woman how she can m-
prove her looks / wish all women would
give pointers to one another Men, as a
rule, have cleaner skins than women be-
cause they do not wear wells and they take
better care of their skins. They use fine,
soft soap in shaving, and do not plaster
their faces over withinjuious prepa rat:ons.
4 great many men come 10 NE for advice
about their compilations, and they ar.n't
dudes, either Not long ago a Young fell
low came to nle and said he wanted mis-
complexion renovated, for he felt that it
WASH { up 10 a good, clear, clean mark, and
that he wanted TO look his best, as h. was
trying TO marry q rich young widow l
gave him n good overhauling, can tell
you. He had to stay away from he widow
"A week. but he looked 10 stunning after lis
skin had had good housc-cleanng that
ne caught her. and now they are married,
and she has set in to preserving her conl-
plexio1''
II came in here for my son." p.It in a
sweet-facedoidla lady. He has to goo ona trip
TO China, and wanted me toask You how he
could best preserve his complexion Some
one has told him that many times 1T viii
lie impossible to use the water"
do you advise the use Of scrubbng
brush for the complexion'?' asked pretty
girl before the authority could answer the
Old lady
''Emphatically, no." answered the spe
cialist A scrubbing brush is not fit to
put on anyhody's face unless made of
Gamers hair, and then d very smell one
would cost So, and even rich women cont
want to buy that To scrub the skin with
a bristle or rubber brush does it more harm
than good Il even irrtates the cutlcIe to
rub 1t much with the tips of ones fingers"
I'm going to own up said tallwOman
I've always used a face bleach. or course
nobody would ever dream that / do. and
l want To stop it, but can't Myface loJks
so horrible I'm afraid TO leave il off. no
you think my complexion could possibly be
resSored?'t
"Certa! N.Y." answered the authority,
land what you've just said proves shat l
am right in holding that women never see
themselves as others see them. There is
not a woman in this room who could not
tell at a glance that you are calsomined.
as callit Other people can tell that you
use face bleach as readily as If you wore
fact Nothing gets the skin in a more
horrible condition, but persistent efforts
viii restore it. y
Tell us just how you keep your skin
looking like q young girl's?" urged a
matrou on the shady side of forty.
We'll, at night l wash 1t with rose
cream. smear it on lightly all over the
face, but / don't knead it in as the old
colored cooks knead the buttermilk into
their biscuit dough, and that's the way
most women apply things TO their faces.
Then | take soft wash cloth, dipped
in tepid water, rub little olive oil soap
on it, and w ash my face with that, gently
rinsing the soap off with the cloth. /
dry my face by softly patting it with a
towel, and finally put on u title retiring
cream. This cleanses the pores of dust,
dirt, and impurities, and at the same time
nourishes the skin while one sleeps, and
it wards off wrinkles. In the morning
wash Off what the retiring cream has
caused 20 ooZe out of the skin with rose
cream and olive oil soap, and then apply
a few drops of skin tonic by means of a
moistened cotton cloth. Before this is
quite dry powder my face ightly, using
puff, and wipe 1t off with soft handler
chief Any soap, rag, or anything used
about the face should not hc used for my
thing else. woman who takes care Of
her skin in this way need have no fear of
old age. What do we care for the burden
of years so long as we are left without
wrinkles"
Passing 1t Along.
An ENGLISH religious naneI SAWS. I'VE