The times., 1899-01-08

especially against the horizontal wrinkles
in the forehead; those that usually start
out from the top Of fat sway nose.
Now stroke from the right and left cor
neTs of the eyes, over the temples, espe-
cially against the crow feet, near the eyes.
Close your eyes and give the same number
OF strokes over the upper and lower lids,
beginning at the nose and stroking out. Be-
gin at the tip OF the nose. go over the
nose proper, and over the wings of the nose
toward the right and left sides. Under the
lower lids, beginning at the nose, and over
the cheeks toward the ear Here you Will
note that your apparatus will be describ-
ing a circular movement, which, if contin-
ued, one below The other so that the lower
strokes reach from the corner of the mouth
TO the upper part OF the check.
Next. beginning from the wing OF the
nose, the corner of the eye and temple,
toward the middle of the right and left
lower jaw. These strokes must end at one
and the same place Your next starting
point is the middle OF the chin, and from
thence toward the middle of the jaw and
vertically, starting from the temple. Un-
der the chin and beginning from the right
and left sides OF the neck downward to
the breastbone.
This whole treatment requires only
about fifteen minutes daily. and. hear in
mind, for in this particular almost all am
ateur massuese err, the lighter the stroke
the better. You have begun this massage
treatment with the instrument intended
for fat massage. But when YOU have
given each one of the strokes IN TIE pre-
seribed direction, you come 20 the time
for the dry massage that viii clear up your
muddy complexion. Yoi will have wiped
your face thoroughly with clean towel.
Rub the dry massage rubber on your small
block of German pummiCe stone. and
make the same movements. with absolute
ly no pressure, as you are now only at
tacking the upper cuticle Every time you
note grease on the instrument you must
clean it off on the pumlce stone. At
the end Of the fifth or sixth stroke over
the same place, and frequent cleaning OF
the instrument. you win find that grease
no longer sticks to ii. You should give
yourself the treatment every day until the
skin blemishes are removed then it should
positively be discontinued, twice a week
being quite often enough. No two per-
sons should use the same set Of massage
instruments.
Just a word or two with reference ia
emolients for the face. In every pore OF
the skin is the life germ of a hair II is
natures provision to send forth a protec-
tion against the elements If emergency
should demand. All oils nourish and pro-
mote the growth of the hair. On some
faces this hair has such a tendency tc
! spring into sight that the greatest care
must be taken not TO give these hair germs
an atom of nourishment. If the woman
knows that hair is apt 10 grow on her face
] she must avoid creams that have any oil
in them. Intense perspiratiOn promotes
| the growth OF hair. a person from the
! temperate zone. upon going down into the
( tropics, is frequently astonished to see {
/ crop of hair starting out on his face
/ Which hair, he knows perfectly WELL that
he does not need as a protection against
the cold. The reason that the hair shows
! itself is that profuse perspiration has en-
/ larged the pores of the skin. the oil that is
sweated out of the body lodges in these
/ pores. thus furnishing nourishment for the
hair that starts TO grow.