The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-10
downright. 1898 1.

regular anu 1uII xtlitHudIt1 10 WV
where the teacher instructed her schol-
ars in te art of being charming. At
least it isn't put this Nay--I prlieve
there is some sort oS q health title
given to it-but the general Ideals that
YOU pay SO for 20 lessons and learn
how TO be lovely forever and Il day
after.
The teacher is, first of all, woman Ct
sense. She began. by saying that the
average woman did not know how t.
wash her face, and | covered myself
with dishonor by calling ont: Hear.
Heart My dearest enemy said 1t
sounded as if l didn't understand the
noble art of bathing my corntenan2e.
but that is another story. The average
woman, so SAID the speaker, in wash
ing her face takes the end o. t)Wei'
dips it in little tepid water smca!S
around under her eyes, about the up
of her nose and the edge of he" chln'
and then she carefully goes Owe he1
face with a damask towel to absorb
any stray drops of water that may IN
cidentally cling to her. Then she MI
dies with the powder, dabbles on Il ut
tie rouge and goes out under the mn
preston that she has bathed her iacV.
Now, the woman who knows IT all says
that the right way 10 wash ycuf face
is, IN the very beginning, to have the
biggest kind of a basin and I'LL IT al
most to the top with hot water. Then
take in one of those animated wash
cloths-your hands--a cake of delcatc|
SOAP lather well and so all over yenr
face with both hands, rubbing, scrub
Bng. rinsing and bathing until therv Is
an exquisite sensation of cleanliness
sc limo to that hl
to fill it with tepid water, going all over
YOUR face with this so that not a par
ticle of soap clings to you, and after
throwing it away give your face its
third bath of water-water that IS
{ cold enough to make your skin cen
scious of a sensation of life. That is
the sort of bath that keeps the skin fine
and delicate, clear, firm and exquisite
ly beautiful 1t is not necessary 10 rub
Your face so hard that your rose Is red
and your eyes are full of soap. There
rs right and wrong way to wash the
face. and the right way is the way
that we are being taught this Lem.
BY the bye, if you are IN American
You have what the doctors call sensi-
tive skin, and as soon AS March winds
begin to fan your cheeks and the March
sun began to smile upon yon there WAS
an impression left-it is an impression
that YOU didn't fancy. ana yon use
every remedy you can think Of to make
the golden spots go away. he WISE Il
your generation and, win the ezcep-
ton ef taking very good care of your
skin. let the freckles alone. You may
be induced to dos this when you arr told.
as grandmother told party % young
girls. that they ought to be proud of
rather than worried about thei. freckles
because it was<a we'll known fact that
girl that was freckleG was Invariably
lovabie. The ,,wolnan VINO il giving us
points on Being. charming says that
lemon juice dabbled on the skin Will
cause the freckles to disappear. A
reaedE-swhicI was -knewn before the
days or Cleopatra and which is called
"virginai milk''is said to be destruction
to them. = You make it to-day just as
did the gentle Chairman when her mis-
tress thought she noticed one amber
colored spot high upon her cheek near
lref eye. The recipe has not va
ried: tro d quart of rosewater add.
drop by drop, an ounce of tincture of
beilzoin, stirring it constantly When
You want to use it, throw enough ill
the hand basin to- make the water the
color, of skimmilk and then battle your
face thoroughly with it, dabbing it dry
with soft towel. just remember to re-
member that it is tincturc of benzoin
You need and not benz;ne, which would
be about as good for your face as kero-
sene OIL
The lady lecturer said that the ay-
erage woman treated her face as if it
were made of buckram and not as if it
were of the most tender material in the
world
Away back in the days of Charles Ill,
when to be a beauty meant to be sue
cess, there was bath in vogue which
was supposed to give special tone TO the
skin and to keep it in proper condition.
1t was a very simple bath, consisting
mearly Of tepid water in which there
was thrown aApint of perfectly pure
vinegar. The ladies of the olden days
Thought much of their own books on
cosmetics, and each generation of lovely
woman wrote in the family book that
which tended to make her most at
tractiye, caused the curl to stay in her
hair and made her eyes brightest, SO
THAT the coming beauties could see,
learn and ;nwardly digest. 1t has been
said that Cleopatra herself wrote a
book on the art of the toilet and |
nave sometimes been frivolous enough
to wonder if the sphinx knew where
that book was hidden and wouldn't
tell. The lady who was lecturing has
great respect for the 10 minute nap.
She says that if you and 1 and the
other woman would throw ourselves
down on comfy lounge and become
lost to the world for about - minutes
each day We would grow younger with
marvellous speed. She is also a great
believer in the advantages of not wor-
rying, and she thinks that women grow
more lovely by being told of their
charms. Here | agree with her. A few
words of praise have made many, an
ordinary woman delight, and a daily
dose of praise from TIE right men has
made women absolutely beautiful.
Who is the right man? Poor Mrs.
Carlyle thought she had got him, and
yet friend who met the genius on the
doorsteps one day when he looked Il lit
tie excited passed him 10y with a civil
bow. only to be ushered into darkened
room where the debris of the tea was
on the floor and the figure of Mrs. Car
lyle on the sofa. In anagitated voice