The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-12
downright. 1898

N5dIi 'Lih 1000
where the teacher instructed her schol-
ars in lie art Of being charming. AZ
least it isn't put this "ay--l Deneye
there is some sort o. a health tue
given TO it-but the G"aeral Ideals that
Won Day so for 20 lessons ANA learn
how 10 be lovely forever 1nd Il d2%
after. e..
The teacher is. first Of all, a woman Of
sense. She began by saying that the
average woman did not know how u
wash her face. and | covered !nySeif
with dishonor by calling out: Hear!
Hear" Ny dearest enemy sald il
sounded as if | didn't understand the
noble art Of bathing my coEnteIdntc
but that is another story. lhe average
woman, 50 sad the speakCr, IN WASH
in" her face takes the end 81 Il towel,
dips il in Il little tcpid water, sElca!s
around under her eyes, about the TIP
Of her nose and the edge of he chin.
and then she carefully o G owe heI
face with Il damask towel to absorb
any stray drops of water that may III
cidcntally cling to her. Then she ;i.
dies with the powder, Gabbles on Il lit
tie rouge and goes Olt under the M
preston that she has bathed h2' fac.
Now, the woman who knows II all says
that the right way 10 wash YCnf lace
is. in the very beginning, to have the
biggest kind OF Il basin and ill 1t ali
most to the top with hot water. linen
take in one of those animated wash
cl0ths-vour hands-a cake Of dcicatc
soap. lather we'll and go all Owe" your
face with both hands. rubbing. sc1ah
hing. rinsing and bathing until there Is
an exquisite sensation of cleanliness.
Now it is time to empty that BASIN ana
to fill it with tcpid water. going all oHc1
your face with this so that not Il paI-
ticlc of soap clings to you. and after
throwing it ava give your face rs
third bath Of WHITEWATER that s
cold enough to make your skin ccl-
scious of Il sensation of life. That is
the sort of bath that keeps the skin hne
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. TAcr"
is a right and wrong way 10 WASH :hc
face, and the right way i the way
that we are being taught lli;S Lent.
BY the bye. if YOU are an American
YOU have what the doctors call IL sensi-
tive skin, and as soon as March winds
begin to fan your checks and the March
sun began TO smile upon yoH there WIS
an impression left-it is an impression
that you didn't fancy, AMI yon use
every remedy YOU can thi TX &c TO make
the golden spots go away. ln WISE Il
our generation and, vi Il TIE eSccp-
ton of taking very good care of Your
skin. let the freckles alone. You may
be induced to do this when You arc told.
as a grandmother told a party uf young
girls, that they ought to be proud of
rather than worried abou their freckles
because It was u we'll known fact that
I, girl that was freckleG WAS invariably
l1yabie. The WGlnHn WnG il giving LIS
points on being charming says that
lemon juice dabblcd on the skin VII
cause the freckles to disappear. \
remedy which was known before the
days Of Cleopatra and which is called
''virginal milk"is said 10 be destruction
to them. You make it to-day just rs
did the gentle Chairman when her mis-.
trcss thought she noticed one amber
colored spot high upon her cheek near
her left eye. The recipe has not va
ricd: TO Il quart of rosewater add,
drop by drop. an ounce Of tincture OF
bcnzoin. stirring it constantly When
YOU want to use it, throw enough III
the hand basin to make The water the
color Of skimmilk and then bathc your
~ NI'I IL. jill II VIZ
with a soft towel. Just remember to re-
member that it Is t~incturc Of bcnZoin
You need and not benZ.ne. which would
be about as good for your face as kero-
scne oil.
The lady lecturer said that the av-
orage woman treated her face us if it
were made of buckram and not as if il
were Of the most tender material in the
world.
Away back in the days of Charles III,
when to be n beauty meant to be Il sue
cess. there was Il bath in vogue which
was supposed to give special ton to the
skin and TO keep it in proper condition
1t was a very simple bath, consisting
NEARLY of tepid water in which there
was thrown Il pint of perfectly pure
vinegar. The ladies of the olden day:
thought much of their own books OF
cosmetics, and each generation of lovely
woman wrote in the family book tha
which tended to make her most at
1ractiye, caused the curl to stay in he
hair and made her yes brightest. 81
that the coming beauties could sec
learn and inwardly digest. 1t has beer
sand that Cleopatra herself wrote :
book on tho art of the toilet. and
have sometimes been frivolous enough
TO wonder if the sphinx know wher1
that book was hidden and wouldn'
tell. The lady who was %lecturing Ia.
great respect for the - minute nap
She says that if you and / and tn,
other woman would throw ourselve
down on Il comfy lounge and becom.
lost to the world for about l. minute
each day VIZ would grow younger witt
marvellous speed. She is also n grea
believer in the advantages Of not wOr
Iying, and she thinks that women grov
more lovely by being told Of thei
charms. Here [ agree with her. \ fey
words Of praise have made many N
ordinary woma a delight. and a dali,
dose of praise from the right men Ia
made women absolutely beautiful.
Who is tine right man: Poor Mrs
Carlyle thought she had got him. an,
yet a friend who met the genius on tn.
doOrsteps II day when he looked a lit
tie excited passed him by with a civi
bow, only to he ushered INTO a darkene,
room where the debris of the tea wa
on the floor and the figure of Mrs. Car
lyle on the sofa. In anagitated VOC
the wife inquired, Did You NEE
ThGmaS!'