The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-09
PRROKLES GAN
BE HUERTED
This Is the Time to Keep
Them at Bay.
How Woman Beauties and
Washes the Stains OF Winter
Away From Her Complexion.

This is the time when the girl who
freckles must be on the alert. writes Dor
othy Maddox At this very moment moth
patches and liver spots look more hid
eous than at any time during the year;
skins roughened, dried. shriveled by a
Winters campaign plead for protection
I from further blight: there is no season of
the four when woman's skin tells such
a pitiful tale of neglect as at this, the
very beginning of Spring.
Health and a contented mind are fine
foundations upon which to rear claims
to physical perfection. but we cannot do
without artificial aids. They give deli
cate finish to charms earthly enough to
need refining and polishing the girl that
freCklos.
She may be the picture of health. She
freckles and is miserable. If an antidOte
can be found why not try it? Freckles
are such stubborn customers that one is
inclined 10 let them alone. That won't do
al an. We have reached an age when the
most obstinate disfisurment must yield to
science.
The freclles that come with March
winds and go with the first cold snap are
moi <nth nafNA SilllleiS- y iillAt care VIII
keep them at bay. Singing winds and
hot suns cannot be deiied. Only extreme
precautionary measures propitiate the
elements. We cater TO them if we are
gifted with the diplomacy for which wo-
man is given credit. We do this by rub
bling our face with the daintiest unguents
before We go out of doors. This cream is
carefully removed from the skin and the
face is then protected by vegetable
an VOL II l. r.fe
for keeping the skin in good condition are
also recognized, for. as the girl who
freckles knows, these ugly little marks
are sometimes the smallest of her facial
troubles
AS for liver spots they come to the
surface ia SpTingtime with as much reg
ularity as the crocus. A liver spot is a
mind worrier. The strongest mental bal
ance is upset by blemishes that have a
nasty way of appearing upon the face
when there are SO many other places
about the body that they might select for
a debut.
Liver spots and pimples may be classed
as Spring torments. They are the result
Of about the same kind of indisCretioBs.
A Winters rich diet or a meager one.
lack of exercise. close rooms. neglect in
keeping natural functions at work. depri-
vations in the form Of bathroom comforts
have tinted TO a saffron shade the whites
OF the eyes and the skin. The disfigure-
ments are completed by a fun crop Of
blotChes blackheads and pimples.
From now until the sultry Summer days
a chance is given for the Punishment of
these brands Of ugliness. Learn to love
hot water for internal and external pur-
poses. When YOU can take your three
fun cups OF hot water and your lwp barhs,
hot and cold each day. you may snap
your fingers at the past.
Dirt, Dirt, Dirt II is the cause of
most of our skin misfortunes. our stOm-
achs need cleansing as well as our bod
les. Clean out your stomachs as thor
oughly as YOU do the misunderstanding
places about your house. DO the work
thoroughly. ] believe in Old-fashioned
sulphur and moIasses. taken three days
and dropped for three; in the charcoal
tablet. or powder dissolved in water and
swallowed with a relish for three morn
ings and skipped for three mornings.
Less meat and more fruit for the next
three months Those Of us in the city
have few excuses for improper diet.
Right at our doors are salads Of ali
kinds They are such blood coolers. And
we have every vegetable for almost the
asking We can have them every day
in the week unless We are at poverty's
very threshold.
As sure as fate, If you allow March
winds 10 shrivel your skins the lines vii
gather Nothing so quickly brings
crows feet This is the month OF
months 10 avoid sudden change. Most
of Us have had TO battle with them the
winter through. They have been devas-
tating as We can see if we will accept
the kindly criticisms OF hand-glass.
| wash my faCe-yes. wash is the word
in cream. the daintiest stun that is in
corp0rated. I defy lines. Any woman
can do the same. Many delicate skins
have been ruined by rough handling,
poor SOAP cold water. lack OF cream
and ignorance Of massage.
Let me tell YOU. this month viii finish
The Winters work unless you quickly
get into the traces. A camel's hair
brush soft enough for an infants skin,
is what YOU need. Find a decent soap.
C0utIiye to have hot water once a day.
Fill jar with the best of cream. Learn
how to use il. A coarse teXtured skin
win improve at once under the gentle
influence Of these agents.
Don't try to palm off on anybody the
idea that you are willing to play the
role of ugly duckling. 1t is thoroughly
feminine TO long to become loved of the
gods.