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

In another bottle is tincture of bcnZ0n.
Some day you may be in the country
where soft water is unknown: then put
enough Of this in the water 10 make 1t
look milky, and You will have a bath
that suggests the pine woods in its odor,
rhe water will be rs soft as milk, and
cause your skin, after the bath, TO look
like ivory. Then there is a bundle of
orangewood sticks in little holder to be
used with a ball of silk floss for keeping
your teeth free from any particles.
Every woman gradually collects the
perfectly simple preparations that keep
her looking Il charming woman. But on
her pretty dressing table there need ap-
pear no horrible ACIDS, no vile-smcl;ng
larls. and no coarse brushes. meant to
treat the face as if it were a kitchen fen
der Speaking of brushes. how can You
expect To keep your hair looking beauti-
full when the implements used upon it
are in bad condition? | have been hOrri-
fled at the toilet implements used by wo-
men whose costumes equallcd those worn
by the Queen Of ShRba. 1t is nonsense
to say that good brush is Il cheap
brush. \ hairbrush worth the having
costs good bit of money, but it viii out
wear ten cheap ones, consequently there
is economy in buying it. \ good hair
brush can be washed as often as is nee
essary, and, properly dried. is really new.
No good workman ever used poor tools.
Consequently, if you wish to look well,
to look beautiful and. best Of ALL to look
exquis;tely clean. you must have the
best OF tools to use for each portion of
your body | have never known woman
with a beautiful complexion who took
absolutely cold baths. They are Il shock
alike to the nerves and the skin.
1t has been said that Mrs. Langtry
owed her lovely skin to bathing in cold
water. That is not true. To my certain
knowledge. she takes, every morning of
her Ffe. not merely tepid. but II hot
bath. After it, she goes back to bed.
rests awhile has Il cup of tea and bit
of dry toast, and then gets up. To me.
even the genius of the divine Sarah or
that of Ellen Terry. because as nothing
by the utter disregard of each of them
for neatness. OFF the stage Ellen Terry
is one of the most sioyenly looking wo-
men | have ever seen. In her appear
ance she would be enough to convince
che world at large of the fallacy that the
land. And there cannot I've beauty with
out perfect cleanliness. And If there
were nothing else, no charm of feature,
nor OF manner, nor Of c0lOr;ng. there
would be something attractive, wonder
fully attractive in tn" eXquisitely clean
woman. If you doubt this statement
think OF some sweet Quakeress you have
met. Or. If you have never encountered
one Of these gentle ladies' then remember
some sister of Charity. Every thing in
her costume was intended to subdue the
material But | do not believe there ever
lived a man or woman who had ever
seen AN ugly Sister of Charity. 1rres-
pective of the beauty of their lives, the
perfect clea nliness of their bodies makes
them lovely. My prescription which l
give you for nothing, is a fine one. 1t
can he shortened If You like, 50 that it
consists of the mere quoting Of two
words: Be clean, be clean; and ever
more by elean," And somehow THE wo-
man who is perfectly clean IN body is
very APT a@ be clean of heart and soul
Bah.