The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-06-13

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BE softened or Entirely Removed
and What You should DO to Guard
Against Their Coming.
Wrinkles are the handwriting Of time
on the human countenance. How
much they give expression and char
acter, as well as individuality, to 1t Is
shown when the photographer re
touches the negative of picture and
wipes them out of existence The re
semblance to the Individual IL about
the same as the dried specimen OF
flower In the botanlst's herbarium Is
to the one which grows bright and Wig
orous, full OF life, In the meadow or
the forest Wrinkles are telltales OF
HES encounters. They accumulate In
GRIEF and IN sorrow; they Increase ana
grow ugly when the VIII loses Its grip
on the thoughts and the nerves run
riot Each can ascertain the cause of
the wrinkles and interpret the emo.
lions which have made lines and cross
lines upon his or her own face by as
Stunning the muscular contraetlons that
have produced them.
The principal wrinkles that mark the
face are those that appear on the fore
head, stretching across from one temple
TO another, from two To five parallel
lines or from one to three upright
ones. These lines are reprehehslble
aud unnecessary, the result OF per
niclous hablt of Overuse Of nerve
force, an cXaggeratlon of energy In
thought and speech ana accompanied
by self consciousness. They are usual
ly formed early In life, and parents
should by persistence prevent child
from acquiring the habit The lines of
latitude ARE less noble than those of
longitude.
The next set of wrinkles in impor
lance are those about the eyes. Those
that are ut the angles. the crows
feet" are pleasant lines and come from
wrinkling the skin In smiling or in
laughter. In the olden time the teach
ers Of department and good looks warn
ed their pupils against wrinkllng the
face In the display of hilarious emo
tons because of these effects. The
long lines and the wrlnkling of the del
icate tissues under the eyes are greater
telltales than any other of exhaustion
of vital forces and the ravages of time.
But hardest Of all 10 deal with are the
wrinkles about the mouth.
Few are conscious of the part played
in the battle Of life by the muscles of
the mouth. They, and not those about
the eyes. are called into action by eN-
cry passing thought aud emotion of he
Ing, II thoughts are pleasant, they re-
lax; If mournful. there Is downward
droop; If energetic. they harden; IL de
termlned, they compress the lips; II
angry, they contract still more; II hu-
morous, they relax and the mouth
wideus the greater the merrlment the
wider the mouth-and the cheeks par
ticipatc In the pleasurable emotions,
and the pareutheses. the two long. semi
circular wrinkles inclosing the lips, mp
pear and deepen With age
The skin, responding 10 the muscular
action underneath, becomes creased
and wrlnkled In fine or coarser lines,
according to the display of muscular
activity The wrinkles which more
surely than any others tell Of the nc
ton of time nre those which run from
its junction with the neck. They are
not expressive of emotion; they are
made by the bending of the head upon
the neck The wrinkles of the cheeks
nre not numerous, and they require
strong agencies, such us sickness, grief
and age, to bring them out Some Of
these wrinkles are made by taking bad
positions during sleep or crushing the
cheek upon the pillow. The soft, yield
Ing flesh Is pushed upward, making
deep creases under the eyes, Mt the cor
ners and on the temples.
To remove wrinkles, therefore, one
must know their mechanism aud their
philosophy. In the iirst place, guard
against flnbhy and relaxed skin. This
can he done 10y dashlng upon the face
either very hot water or very cold OF
alternating them and while doing this
rubbing the skin with the balls of the
fingers. Alcohol or cologne toughehs
the skin and keeps II smooth. Ii can
be used with water. equal parts. II Is
seldom that the skin OF the face Is toe
dry, for the oily glands are especially
active; but, In case II Is, use instead Of
made of equal parts of white vaseline,
almond oil and lanolin, to which may
be added few drops of violet extract.
Steaming the face, massnging ii and
the use Of electricity are all good "a
remove wrinkles The end aimed AZ
by the employment of all these means
is 10 give elasticity and trmneSs Ia
the skin, which enable II to resist the
action of the underlying muscles.
II deep wrinkles have come. such ms
the horizontal wrinkles of the fore
head they can he removed by mcchan.
Teal means After painting them with
an astringeut, such ms tanuate of
gylcerin, put them ON stretch by
means of plaster which will also be a
means Of reminding one not to wrinkle
the forehead. Some persons have a
facial skin which reminds one of n
russell apple which has been kept n
long time These fine universal
wrinkles are generally the result of Il
uuerulous and dissatisfied disposition.
After all, the best cosmetic and the
most eSiclent preventive of these gray
en- lines of time Is II buoyant and hap
py disposition, Il determination to make
the best of life.-H arpei's Bazaar.