The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-06
THE COMPLEXION IN WINTER.

Directly the winds begin to blow,
plexiCns become rough and unsightly,
| especially if there is the slightest ten
dency to eczema, or if the skin is par
ticularIy thin and sensitive. A clear
complexion is a great attraction, and
| TO preserve it and to keep the skin free
from pimples and all kinds of eruptions
should be a great consideration. After
marriage many girls feels an utter dis
regard for their personal appearance,
but when lines and wrinkles mar their
beauty, making them look older than
their years, they become Disconnected
and fly to art to endeaYor to make up
for the lost youthful compleXion-lost
only for want of a little care and at
tention
For the preservation of the skin,
scrupulous cleanliness must be OBJ
served. Sunshine and fresh air are also
a great consideration. Naturally good
health insures a clear complexion; but
sometimes the skin suffers from erup
ton r0ughneSS and diScolGratiOn with
out the health being affected in any
way. The face should be washed with
warm water and a superfatted soap at
night, and in the morning, cold water.
When the skin is sensitive-and par
ticularly during the winter-a little Of
equal parts of lanoline and oil OF
sweet almonds, rubbed on and removed
with a soft towel before wetting the
face, effectually removes all dust and
dirt, and cold water gives tone to the
muscles and prevents the skin becom-
ing relaxed and wrinkled.
Red rough hands are most unsightly,
and unfortunately, as the cold weather
advances, many suffer from them. The
chief cause is emitting to dry the hands
thoroughly after washing them; strong
ly scented soaps, too, are greatly to
blame.
Choose a good superfatted soap, and
add a teaspoonful of glycerine and
thoroughly, use a nail brush and
pumice stone, wipe dry then powder
with fine oatmeal, and if there is a
tendency already to redness, apply
equal parts lemon juice and glycerine
before the oatmeal. Wipe off the super
fluous powder with a soft towel.
For those unsightly patches which
appear round the mouth in winter.
equal parts of oxide of zinc ointment
and vaseline quickly cures. Children
are frequently troubled so, and as it
spreads in a very short time, the ONT
ment should be applied directly there is
the slightest indication of redness, and
a dose aof magnesia given for a few
mornings
Early hours and simple diet are both
great aids in preserving the complex
ion. Soft water does not cause the skin
to become coarse like hard does there
fore add a little glycerine, borac acid.
or a water softener, prepared by most
chemists, or keep a bag Of oatmeal in
the water jug.
Eczema is very troublesome. What ia
TO be considered is how to preserve and
keep the skin smooth during winter.
First. always thoroughly dry the face
with a soft towel; second, apply an |
emollient before wetting the face in the |
morning; third, wash with warm water |
and soap at night.
Which home becomes most endeared |
to the heart Of husband and wife-the |
one ready made, wherein anything |
needed is at hand and every want can |
be satisfied by the mere making it |
known? or the home which has been
built up bit by bit, little now and a |
little later on, wherein each piece of |
furniture represents many loving acts |
Of self-denial and personal sacrifices, !
and around which fingers the memory
of the scheming and plotting the get
ting of it gave rise to, and of the pleas
ure when it was got?
Ask the happy aged couple, to whom
has been the growth of
years. what they consider to be the
lanpiest time of their lives, and they
viii tell you the first few years of mar
-ied life. when, with mutual love and
patience, they built up
heir little home and watched prospect