Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-06

the average woman did
not know how to wash
her face, and covered myself with dis
honor by calling out: "Hearl Heart"
My dearest enemy said II sounded ms II
! didn't understand the noble art Of
bathing my countenance. but that Is
another story. The average woman. so
said the speaker, in washing her face
takes the ond of towel. dips 1t in lit
tie tepid water, smenrs around under
her eyes. about the tip of her nose and
the edge of her chin. and then she care
fully goes over her face with a damask
towel to absorb any stray drops of wa
ter that may incidentally cling to her.
Then she fiddles with the powder, dab
bles on a little rouge and goes out un-
der the impression that she has bath
ed her face Now, the woman who
knows 1t all says that the right way to
wash your face Is. in the very begin
ming, to have the biggest kind OF n
basin and fill II almost to the top with
hot water. Then take in one of those
animated washcloths your hands = a
cake OF delicate soap, lather well and
70 all over your face with both hands,
rubbing scrubbing. rinsing and bathing
until there is an exquisite sensation OF
cleanliness. Now 1t Is time to empty
that basin and to I'LL 1t with tepid wa
ter going all over your face with this
SO that not n particle of soap clings to
you. and after throwing it away give
your face its third bath of water--wa-.
ter TINT Is cold enough to make your
akin conscious of a sensation of life.
That is the sort of bath that keeps the
skin fine and delicate. clear firm and
exqulsitely beautiful. It Ia not neces-
fn rtih On, ha lat
nose Is red and your eyes are full of
soap. There is a right and wrong way
to wash the face, and the right way is
the way that we are being taught this
Lent
By the bye. II you are an American
you have what the doctors call sensi-
i've skin, and as soon as March winds
began TO fan your cheeks and the March
sun began to smile upon you there was
an impression lcft-it Is an Impression
That you don't fancy. and you use every
remedy you can think of to make the
golden spots go away. Be wise in your
generation and. with the exception OF
taking very good care of your skin, let
the freckles alone. You may be induced
to do this when you are told. as n
grandmother told party of young girls.
that they ought to he proud of rather
than worried about their freclles be-
cause 1t was n well known fact that a
Eirl that was frecl<led was invariably
lovable. The woman who Is giving us
points on being charming says that
lemon juice dabbled on the skin will
cause the freckles to disappear A rem
edy which was known before the days
of Cleopatra and which Is called "vir-
sinal milk is said to be destruction to
them. You make II today just as did
the gentle Chairman when her mistress
thought she noticed one amber colored
spot high upon her cheek near her left
eye.
The recipe has not varied: ITO n
quart OF rosewater add. drop by drop.
nm ounce of tineture OF benzoin. stirring
1t constantly" When you want to use
IT, throw enough in the hand basin to
make the water the color of skimmilS
and then battle your face thoroughly
with 1t. dabbing it dry with a soft
towel Just remember to remember that
1t Is tincture of benzoln you need and
not benzine, which would be about as
good for your face as kerosene oil.
The lady lecturer said that the aver
age woman treated her face as II It
were made Of buclsram and not as II II
were OF the most tender material in the
world.
Away back in the days of Charles II.
when to be beauty meant to be a sue
cess, there was "A bath In vogue which
was supposed to give special tone to the
skin and to keep II In proper condition.
1t was very simple bath. consisting
merely OF tepld water in which there
was thrown pint OF perfectly pure
vinegar. The ladies' OF the olden days
thought much OF their own books on
cosmetics, aud each generation of lovely
woman wrote In the family book that
which tended to make her most attract
i've, caused the curl to stay in her hair
and made her eyes brightest, so that
the coming beauties could see, learn
and inwardly digest IL has been said
that Cleopatra herself wrote a book on
the art OF the toilet, and | have some
times been frivolous enough to wonder
II the sphinx knew where that book was
hidden and wouldn't tell. The lady who
was lecturlnE has great respect for the
10 minute nap. Sic says that II you
ana and the other woman would throw