The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-02

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NJ sAsN and full attendance is
NIXON that one where the teach
KSE;flI<%$N er instructed her schol-
Md d{b<r.u ars In the art of being
fAc.{SN charming. At least it
k~Nt3-kSb isn't put this way-I be-
t<1S&fN<lM lieve there is some sort
2x(+14N, 81 of a health title given TO
tNAIkX- \ it--but the general idea
NyIE is that you pay $40 for
f& kfJA( n 20 lessons and learn how
kkHfWtaSN to be lovely forever and
WE. }NN a day after.
u11$t7SU The teacher is, first OF
U4 ~ Hail. a woman of sense.
HA She began by saying that
the average woman did
not know how to wash
mar face. and covered myself with dis
honor by calling out: Hear! Hear"
Nv dearest enemy said II sounded as II
I 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
lakes the end Of a towel. dips II i'm lit-
tie tepid water, smears 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 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 IL all says that the right way TO
/, wash your face Is. in the very begin
ming. 10 have the biggest kind of a
basin and fill IL almost 10 the top with
hot water. Then take in one of those
animated washcloths your hands -
cake OF delicate soap. lather well and
20 all over your face with both hands.
rubbing. scrubbing. rinsing and bathing
until there Is an exquisite sensation of
cleanliness Now IL Is time to empty
that basin and 10 fill II with tcpid wa
FER. going all over your face with this
o that not a particle Of soap cinGs 10
ou. and after throwing il away give
lr face ltF third bath Of water--wa-
that is cpld enough Ia make your
,ti conscious og sensation of life
Est IS the sort OF bath that keeps the
sl<ir fine and delicate. clear, firm and
exquisitcly beautiful. 1t is not neces-
sary 10 rub you. face so hard that your
nose Is red and you4' eyes are full OF
rcap. There Is n right and wrong way
a. wash the face. and the right way Is
thu way that we are being taught this
Lat
By The bye. II you are an American
you haNc what the doctors call q sensi-
tive skin and as soon as March winds
began 10 fan your checks and the March
sun began 70 smile upon You there was
an impression lcft--it is an Impression
that YOU don't fancy. and you use every
remedy yoh can think OF TO make tho
golden spots go away. BE wise in your
generation and. with the exception OF
tnkinr very good care of your skin, let
the frecRles alone. You may be induced
10 do this. when you are told. as
grandmotacr told party OF young girls
that they ought to be proud OF rather
than worried about their frecxles be-
cause il was a well known fact that a
girl that was freckled 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 '.vlr-
ginnl milk" is said TO be destruction 10
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 q
quart or rosewater add drop by drop.
m ounce OF tincture of benzoin. stirring
u constantly" When you want 10 use
y. throw enough I'm the hand basin TO
make the water the color of skimmillx
and then battle your face thoroughly
with IT, dabbing il dry with n soft
towel. Just remember TO remember thar
Il II tincturc Of benzoin you need ana
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 n IL
were made OF buckram and not as II Il
we're Of the most tender material i'm tho
world. Wv
Away back in the days of Charles II
when TO be a 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 IL in proper condition.
1t was very simple bath. consisting
merely OF tept4 water In which there
was thrown q pint OF perfectly pure
vinegar.
The fne ladies Of the olden davs
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 attract
I'VE. caused the curl TO stay IN her hair
and mpdc. her eyes brightest. 40 that
the coming beauties could see. learn
and inwardly digest. IL has been said
>npt Cleopatra hersclf wrote a book ON
- art of the toilet and have some
mes been frivolous. enough TO wonder
iff|e sphinx knew where that book was
petn and wouldn't tell. The lady who
~ lecturinG has great respect for the
y minute nap. She says that IL you
ono and the other woman would throw
ooFse'vss down on comfy lounge and
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