The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
THE AGE OF WOMEN
AS YOUNG AS THEY LOOK AND
AS OLD AS THEY FEEL,
Age Is Matter of Feeling aHd Not
of Years-A Few Hints Concerning
Right Living-UsefuI to Old As
Well As Young.

A popularity about the average wo-
man is the small amount of thought
and care which she is willing to be-
stow on her person. If she should per-
chance spend an extra few minutes
mornings, manicuring her finger nails
or brushing her hair she considers
that she has lest so much valuable
time which she might have devoted to
that table cover she is knitting or to
busting the varnish off the parlor fur
niture. Yet if woman takes such
pride in scrubbing and polishing ordi-
nary furniture and belongings that
can always be replaced at a small
pleasure and pride ought she not 10
take in identifying and preserving q
perfect human body! A woman can
always buy with certain amount of
money a new table cover, but what
golden c0in can ever restore youth
aud beauty snce they have faded?
There are many ways Of combating
and preventing the havoc and threads
Of time OH ones couAtenance and form;
but the best of all methods to adept
as well as the most natural, is what
should be called the Preseyvatiye pro-
cess. How true it is that ian ounce
of prevention is better than q pound
Of cure" This process consists Of care
fully and assidueusly preserving to
ones self, by minute and cot slant
care, the physical charms, gifts and
attractions, which one is lucky enough
to possess. while one may be at the
same time slyly appropriating to ones
self many other little charms and ac-
cessories of which economical Nature
perhaps deprived one
The foremost component of wo.
mans beauty is undoubtedly lovely,
clear, healthy, wholesome complexion.
A bad complexion is always an eye
sore, and one to which ones dearest
friend can never grow accustomed. A
muddy, haccid skin and numerous
wrinkles and occasional pimples are
the usual enemies of good complex
ion.
These defects can in nine cases out
of ten be remedied. They almost al
ways arise from an imperfect method
of cleansing the skin and from poor
circulation generated by lack of prop.
er exercise and a mistaken idea of
diet
If you want good complexion you
must first of all have a clean skin.
Hot water, pure soap and camcl'S
hair scrubbing brush used regularly
svery night will in the course of few
weeks work wonders toward cleans
ing and Frightening the skin. The
Gne brfstles of the brush thoroughly
cleanse and penetrate the pores of tho
skin. while the friction causes the
blood to circulate freely and feeds the
pale, withered skin back to rounded
curves and beauty. 1t is a good plan
after thoroughly scrubbing the face to
battle it first in hot and then in guam.
titles Of cold water. That hardens the
skin without thickening it and inures
1t to cold winds, which are then less
likely to chap or roughen it. A little
cold cream of reliable make IS an
excellent skin softener and beautifier.
1t is most beneGcially applied after
the facial scrub at night
After fine complexion, beautiful
hair is the next important factor in
making woman attractive. "a wo-
mans browning glory is her hair"
Tho of tho hofp ic n
matter of consequence than it used to
be, and milady's hair must be con.
stantly and carefully attended to in
order to obtain and retain that soft,
glossy, fluffy appearance which d..
notes. perhaps. more than anything
else the thoroughly we'll groomed wo.
man, fastidous to daintiness about ev.
cry little detail of the toilet
A good shampoo at least every
month or six weeks 10 a necessity, and
it is a good thing to patronize occa.
sionally-say, once each menth-a pro-
fessional hair specialist, to attend to
the ends and see that the scalp is in
proper condition
Beautiful, well kept hands are an.
other and most potent charm in
woman.
Not alone are they a charm, but
they are an absolute necessity to the
woman who desires to be considered
well bred. There are men who can for.
give hemely face and squat figure
but never one who will excuse ugly,
i'll Kept hands In a woman. And there
is no reason why he should.
Every woman cannot have a lovely
face and q perfect fern, but every wo.
man can always have a daintily kept
hand, with soft skin and well groomed
nails. A manicure set costs very little,
and any one. with little practice, can
care for her own finger nails as we'll
as any professional manicure.
Given a beautiful face a fine com.
pleXion, luxuriant hair and pretty
hands, woman cannet fail to be well
set up SO far as physical attractions
are concerned. Yet if she lacks a good
figure and an erect and graceful car
riage, all the rest avails but little.
A woman who could only have one
great physical charm would be better
off with fine form and good carriage
than with any other one of natures
gifts
All women, unfortunately. are not
endowed with beautiful figures, but
all women can do more to conceal and
remedy defects along this line than
along any other.
Exercise, diet. gymnastics, are all
three potent factors in the develop.
ment of a good figure and graceful
carriage.