The times., 1897-08-29
TO PREVENT WRINKLES.

their first faint tracingS about the eyes,
flesh under the chin las begun TO grow
flabby and corrugated, i'll what an irreyer-
ent man once cecharacterized as wqttles, re-
ferring TO tile absurd resemblance To hen3
why wait until the mouth has lost It's
youthful flexibility and settled into hard
unlovely lines OF care and endurance! This
last point, by the way. is one of the most
Important; perhaps it would not be too
much to say the most important, in the
entire subject, yet is mentioned rarely, or
not at all
Some one objects, Just here: But that
is impossible of prevention. The mouth
cannot help acquiring the expression or
the character and life's experience. -
Very we'll, then so control your inner
life that sweetness, not sourness, mobility,
not rigidity, serenity, not stoical en- durance,
may be expressed by those uperring lines
and curves about that most telltaIe of ali
the featm es-the mouth. You can do it
if you begin young. You cannot do it If
you wait until thirty or more years have
left tLeir uncombated traces.
A woman of forty-two met an old friend
after separation of fifteen years. The
first hearty greetings exchanged, the lat
ter said: But, Molly, what on earth have
you done to keep young? We are exactly
the same aee, yet know that LOOK every
day of my forty-two years, while you do
not look a minute older than when / 80 "
you last
She was so evidently in earnest and
not merely uttering polite compliments
that her friend answered with CORE
spending seriousness. Il suppose YOU
must be right in a degree, as strangers
usually assume me to be at least ten
years younger than ] really am. l think
that tue secret lies in q remark made IN
my hearing when / was not more tina n ei ght-
een. A man said TO my father, speaking
OF some woman they knew She max
up we'll, but her mouth gives her away.
You can always tell a wOmans age by her
| mouth. gets settled look, so 70 SPEAK.
the teeth are apt to be closely set together
N repose. creating lines where dinples
used TO be.
He was a man of the world and an
acute observer, SO that l remembered his
words anI thought OF them goJd deal
Finally | came to the conclusion that IL
a woman watched that particular ex-
preston and refuS ed to allow rigidity about
the muGcles of the mouth, she would es
cape that telltale witness as she grew
Older. l observed myself carefully and
was surprise ID to notice the exact truth IF
the maI' s ass ertiOn. l couldfeeI my mouth
settling into rigid lines on ordinary oc-
casious and compelled myself to relax
them at once"
Here the visitor interpoSed: That is it
exactly, 1 can see, now. that it is in
your mouth that the yOuthfulness lies.
1t is just as soft and red and curying Us
when you were schoolgirl with mouth
we all enyicd! There are little lines at
the eyes, my dear, though not nearly deep
as mine. but no one could think OF them
with that girlish mouth belowl'
Suppose that the girl of eighteen rad
been the woman OF twenty y-eight when
she began TO think of the subject, her ef-
forts TO preserve the nexibility of muscle
could not have had such results, as lines
must have formed already at that 4 ge, anG
her attention must have been given 10
cure rather than the much easier preven-
tion. In Ike manner, If the girl Of eighteen
win say to herself: ImaSt acquire wrinkles
and furrows and 'wattles' just as other
women do, if wait long enough. will
try the ounce of prevention and see if I
cannot ward them off entirely and will
aonscientiously devote only fifteen minutes
every day to tile task. she can keep the
enemy at bay for years. It is so much
| easier to keep them out than to drive them
away when once they have established Them
selves in quiet possession.
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weakening of the muscles of tire throat
and sometimes appear at as early an age
as twenty five. The cheek muscles be
tween thecheekbon and lower jawbone be-
| gin about the same time to grow weak and
the exquisite curve from ear to chin be
comes gradually Strengthening line.
| But If the girl of eighteen does her duty TO
herself and society, the finally inevitable
process of disintegration may be deferred
| for many years Let her devote fifteen
| minutes a day to proper massage OF these
| portions Of the face and throat, and at
| thirty-fivc and forty five she will retain
the roun dness of youth
| Apply first to the entire face and throat
| any good skin food. lightly rubbing it IN
| with a circular motion. Then place the
| hands under the chin, bending the wrists 50
| that THE palms are upward, let the tips Of
| the fingers touch; then draw the hands
with 4 firm pressure upw ard and outward
! in opposite directions to the ears. Simi-
| Iarly but with lighter touch, rub the cheeks
! from jaw to ear, and the forehead from
| nose to hair There is d new toilet ar
ticle massage roller-wbich is a great
aid in their operation, but the unassisted
fingers can accomplish much.
/ The quality of cream used Is of iIIr
portapce. 1t should be procured only froir
| a reliable druggist, and preferably com
] POM ded from known formula One Of the
| best masseuses in New York uses the fol-
| lowing: Almond oil, / ounces; IanoIine
| ounces; spermaceti, l 12 ounces; cocoa
butter, ounce. Melt in d graniteware basin
over q slow fire, until thoroughly dissolved
then remove from fire and beat brisSly with
a silver fork. adding slowly thirty drops
| tincture of benZoin and five drops OF rose
altar or ten dropsof oil of jasmine. ThelaSt
item of the formula is merely to give an
agreeable odor, and any perfume may be
used, provided always that it be in the form
| OF an essential oil in order thatit may blend
properly with the other ingredients. This
| cream feeds the skin, and the tissues be-
| meath, so that the daily wash is supplied
before it has time to affect the cuticle.
The Usual Inquiry.
] Angelina So this is the information bu
| reau?
Clerk-It is: what can do for you?
/ lis my hat straight and Angelina