The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-03
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could ward off wrinkles Indefinite
~ she would be able to submit
with fortitudc to most other ills
ahat torment. She wouldn't mind gray
hairs, for pleasant unlined face is
wonderfully softened and sweetened
by the frame of whitening locks. She
wouldn't so much dread headaches, if
they did not bring as companions the
deepening lines of pain. She would
even accept mental torture with more
fortitudc if she could be assured that
the tracery would not be unmistak-
ably left on her brow, and that, be she
ever 50 se!f-controlled. ever so brave,
the very patience with which she en-
dures suffering must add the doleful
little creases to her visage.
ODDLY enough the most raradoxical
conditions attend the subject of wrn-
kles, and it is that which is popularity
supposed to keep them at bay which
most effectuallY produces them on the
feminine Countenance. for it is "sleeD,
sleep that knits up the ravelrd sleave
Of care" which is the most nimble fac
tor in poughing furrows, particularly
at the corner of the eye.
Poets have sung ana rOmanticiStS
have written of the exquisite beauty
of ii maiden with her sweet face flushed
in slumber. and her white hand curled
like a ruseleaf beneath her check as
her curling tresScs are lightly stirred
by her breath This is a fair pictur.
indeed, but the stern. unpoetical fact
remains that the feminine fashion of
curling up like a kitten with the head
enveloped in the softness Of feather
pillow, ami often the face resting on
the hand in way which presses the
cheek forward, produces more Wrin-
kles in a week than a masseuse can
obliterate in six months. Our method
Of sleep is all wrong. IL is a very easy
matter to become accustomed to using
no pillow ut all, or at most one Of
medium hardness. In summer such Il
plan affords so much comfort that the
woman who will perse.ere in ii finds
that she can sleep swcetly all night
when people who use Il feather pillow
as a poutce for the base of the brain
and the neck are restless and wretched
from the heat.
The absolute truth of the statement
that sleep will produce as many wrin-
kles as insomnia or late hours can be
readily demonstrated. Look at almost
any woman past her first youth ana
observe whether one side OF her face
is not more frankly lined than The
other. Inquiry will develop the fact
that she more or less habtually lies
on that side and that the pillow or her
hand crushes her cheek into deep in
dcntations. which form decided folds
in the region of the eye. Jrst as the
habit of frowning or making grimaces
in waking hours produces deep lines in
brow and about the mouth, so the sleep
contOrtion of visage keeps up the bad
work through the still watches OF the
night. Then we have tn so and spend
our good money for high-priced cold
crcams--the cheap kinds are worse
than none at all-and to induce the
massage lady 70 rub out the lines
which the night after we steadfastly
cndeavor to replace. and always with
marked success.
Oh. these grimaccs we make. What
a pity that we don't spend more time
before the mirror. But of course
that would do us no good, for when
ever we do catch Il glimpse of our
cOuntenanCcs therein we proceed -
smile at ourselves and look our very
best. We don't make these hard lines
at our own reflection nS we do when
conversing with our friends and enc
mics. We don't lift our eyebrows
monkey-likn at every other shatter.
We don't grin SD broadly as To make
vast crease that lies like a scar on
each side of our inouths: we don't
squint up our eyes at the mirror lady