The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-01
WOMAN'S WORLD.
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There are many people who advocate
different washes and ointments Tor placK
heads, says Masseuse in the Phlladeipiia
Press. Ispeak of the term which usu-
ally distinguishes them to the great ma
jority of people. These little black specks,
which are singularly like worms when
taken out of the face, have no, animal he
whatever. as everyone should know They
are purely Jumps of dust and oil rolled
together. They come readily with persons
whose skin pores are too large. Sometimes
a woman will have close pores over the
entire face, and then on the nose the
pores will broaden and allow bits of dust
TO settle there.
These particles of dirt, which are a.
ways floating in the streets and houses,
settle in the pores of the skin and the
natural oil exuding from them makes the
particles cling and imbed themselves.
A woman washes her face well with
soap and water and thinks she is cleans
and after such vigorous treatment she IS
astonished to find the blackheads remain
in the nose. So a housemaid may sweep
a carpet until it is fairly clean and leave
a penny or a tack or a Bit of straw firmly
Embedded in the carpet without once hav-
ing shaken it from its position.
Whatever is on the surface of the face
may be removed by washing but WHAT
ever is imbedded in the face can be re-
moved only by more skillful treatment.
The housemaid may pick up the penny or
the bit of straw from the nap of the
carpet. and so a woman must take out
the particles of dust that AVE remained
in the skim Seemingly they are on the
surface, but really they are in the cutlcie-
Where the skin is stretched more ight-
w over the bones, such as on the nose
and between the eyebrows, there the
~blackheads are more apt to rest.
saw a woman once, beautifully dressed.
who | thought had a dirty face When
/ came close to her j discovered that
blackheads were SO closely settled in her
face and chin and forehead and between
the eyebrows that they were as shadows
on her face to the casual observer.
Now, this is uncleanliness just as much
as a soiled face is
1t is not looked at in the same light.
I was reproving a small niece OF mine
for . hole in her stocking. mo, auntie,'
she said, ..4that isn't a hole; that is only
a rip. 1t isn't as bad as a hole 70
aher mind the carelessness of q rip was
not half so sinful as the carelessness OF
a hole. And / think many women APP
ply the same logic TO the cleanliness OF
their face and the tenacity with which
blackheads have chung to their noses.
But. after ali is said and done, the
blackheads are dirt ard nothing else, and
if dirt is lodged in the skin, it is really
more unclean than il it is lying on the
surface. The woman should begin in time
with these little annoyances.
When a child is ten years old. then a
mother should examine her face carefully
to see if there is a symptom of the pores
becoming enlarged and susceptible OF
holding the dust.
The child's face should be carefully
sponged over with q solution OF benzoin
ard water. This closes the pores and
makes the blackheads an impossibility.
But the child may have grown up with
out this care-grown up to a woman, and
YOU may be this woman, and say to
yourself:-sWhat shall I do with these
black spots? Washing my face does no
good; Dreaming my face does no good.
They remain there, an exceeding annoy-
ance, and a blot on what " -nld otherwise
be a pretty complexion
Now, If you really want to remove THESE
b~lackheads. have patience, learn skill and
do this thing regularly. No reform can
be managed in a week.
One cannot remove in seven days the re-
suit of careiessness of seven years.
Do not try to remove blackheads ii the
skin when it is hard and dry. This will
only irritate the cutiele and make 4 sore
spot.
When you have finished your cleansing
with cream and steaming, look after the
blackheads. Do not try to do the work i'll
a bad light. Pull the shade up to the top,
place your table in the best light, put a
small mirror before you and work know
ingly. You will find that the cream has
opened the aenlarged pores even more than
usual. and they are likely to respond to
gentle treatment. Be sure that You give
them gentle treatment. These pores on
the skin of the nose and the forehead are
sensitive to violence and will revenge
themselves on you if you pick at them and
pull them.
The best instrument to work with is a
bodkin or a very large darning needle.
Steel Is not SO good as bore, however. In
the~shops one gets a bone needle with a
fiat or round aperture at the end where
the thread slips in. If the aperture is
round, SO much the better. Put is over
the little blackhead and press the needle
down firmly into the skin until the black
head comes through the aperture. Lift it
entirely out with the edge of the needle
and go to the next one. You see, the
sides of the needle press down upon the
cuticle and press the biackhead up and out
and 1t naturally goes through the eye as
the thread would go through.
do not advise the use of steel on the
face anywhere. Silver or bone or shell
is always better. One has to be sure ma
an instrument is of the finest steel. aud
thai it is thoroughly washed in a solution
of bi-chloride of mercury after being used
on the skin, for blood poisoning is TOO
easy and simple an affair. 1t is for this
reason that / should not advise cleaning
the nails with any steel instrument. Al
ways use bone, or silver or wood. In
truth, nothing Is so good as orange wood.
One can make a little stick out of airy
soft wood. fashioning the end fiat like a
paddle, and use it for pressing the black
heads out. The finger nails should never
be used and Che pressure should be gentle
ard systematic.
You viii be astonished at the result.
The blackheads Will respond quickly 10 the
pressure when the skin has been made
soft and impressionable by steaming and
creaming. The work should be done nu,ef-