The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-04

down complcNionS are in unison-singu-
lar uniSon-aS to what is deSirab BILE sea-
son after season.
one year-that is ON Lcnt-the Wo-
man whose complexion was her skeleton,
had her face steamed how often heaven
only knows: and the consequence was
tia, the pores of the skin distended and
her fact,-at least the skin that covered
her farc-hung like Il fiabby. perforated
rag. while her eyes seemed to SWIM
in wafer That was IA good thing done to
death.
The next Lent that most undesirable
of preparations face bleach-made
it's appearance. | never knew before
what brave creatures women were.
had always thought that they drdeaded
pain. but when / heard of different wo-
men having different bleaches. but every
one almost entirely formed of strong
acids, laid over theri faces and allowed
to burn off the skin, | simply did not
know what to think. 1t Seemedd such
silly argument to claim that burning
off the skin would cause new skin to
grow. a fine infant-like skin. Did you
ever have your hand burned? Or worse
than that did gou ever have your face
burned? What followed? A scar, as Il
matter of course Nowadays, when YOU
see Il woman walking around whose
skin hooks drawn and shiny and super
sensitive. you can make up your mind
that she's one of the victims of a much
advertised bleach. OF course, there
were some that were not injurious; that
simply did nothing; and they were the
only ones that deserved praise.
But now. the most foolish-f0rtuRate
not the most injurious of fadS--ls to the
fore. This is, the skin food. 1t usually
consists of some vile-smelling grease. for
which your complexion is supposed To
yearn, and ocxered with which You are
expected to sheep the sleep of the just
and the dream of beauty that will event
ually be yours It's too funny for one
TO actually hear IA communicating amy
thing but beautiful women, get up be
fore a class OF women who ought 80 know
better than TO waste their money on Such
nonsense. and tell IN language too bad
from grammatical outlook to print of
the great need that the skin has for food Z:
Of her discovery of the proper food. and
of the certainty that this special food will
cause woman's complexion te become
and remain beautiful forever. OF all the
wnmen-that is the well-known Ones
who have manufactured nortorionS. they
s.ty famous. toilet preparations-;nd |
have had the doubtful felicity of seeing
II great many of them-therp WAS only
one who was geod looking. And | WAS
always morally convinced that she was
too smart to nse her own preparations.
Why, these women give the lie to their
stories Ivy their own appearance. IL
MatiameLily's Face Bleach keeps IA wo-
nlau's skin like the heart of II rose. why
is Madame Lilly herself red-faced.
rough skinned. fea tureless womstnI IT
Madame Corars Skin Food will cause
the skin To be smooth, without blemish.
fr,ackle, or pimple. why is Madame Coral
Il witherea old lady whose skin rs like
parchment, and on whose upper lip there
is 81 strong suspicion Of an apr@ndage
usually dedicated 10 the stronger sex:
Why don't some of the women think
these things ont: Whg do they 20 put
ting white washes and pink washes on
their faces when there's one magnificent
Treatment that would make them and
keep them lovely forever? What is it"
I'll gipe. III to you for nothing, this pre-
scliptint You neetn't even send a stamn
for it. here it is--practice perfect clean
illness. and look after your health az Il
level Of great price. The perfectly
clean woman is IL beautiful woman. Of
course. There are Il hundred dainty little
things that make mere cleanliness ex-
uuisitr don't call it clean to jump
T'rom Your warm bed. rllSh to IL cold bath
room, imp imto II cold bath. get IL
dreadful shock, and then complain that
ikng careful about Il bath every day
isn't any good after all. There are peo-
pie, who take IL bath every day in the
year. and who have never been clean i'll
thtsr lives. The mere getting i'll a bath
tub. getting out of it, and GOING over
your body with q towel, isn't bathing;
it's Saving a dip Awoman who knows
how can wash bptter in a hand basin,
And plnowing how 10 keep ones self
clean--4equiSitely clean-means knowing
how lie, battle each part Of your body
in the way thaa it demands, is the real
ast Of beauty Some women treat their
f,n.ps az if they were made of clst-lroli.
They US, stiff brushes. common soaps.
ana hard water on the sensitive lace.
aud then they wonder that the SKIN Is
c0itrHI. of texture and fiery red III color.
The face wants Ia he treated afler the
manner ri the most delicate Dresden
china. 1t needs soft Water-h0t, IL
possible for the first bath-t~pid Ion the
rinse. and cold, but not Icy, for the
bracer-up. The best cloth TO nSe for me
e...,, 81, rod oun nf n cleflD