The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-11
SEEKING AIDS TO BEAUTY.
Women Are Very Busy Repairing
Summers Ravages.


Complexion specialists and the pro-
prietors of identifying parlors are wear
ing their sweetest smiles at this time and
woman getting back to the city and gaz-
ing again in her own familiar mirrors,
realizes the devastating effects of sum-
mer's sun and wind and the salt spray
and the sand on the face, the hair and
the hands.
The tan of the arms from elbow to
wrist is now considered beauty rather
than a defect and since some of the best
known women of the stage have APP
peared in the new plays wearing short
sleeved bodices and with no trace of
makeup on the brown lower arms the
fad is assured for the winter and some
Cdd effects will be observed with evening
dress. But the abrasions on the skin
that the sun and the salt water make and
cherish, the roughness of the hands and
the damage to the nails that confront
the ex-summer girl are appalling. Above
all does the hair need attention and she
seeks to get back to her city form be-
fore October'S coming
AT one of the fashionable establish
ner1ts which cater to the woman beau
tlful, free demonstrations of lectures are
given showing the proper treatment for
the hair, the skin and the hands, The
object of the free lecture and the free
treatment which is also given in some
cases, is the sale of the various shampoos
and lotions that are requisite The
woman who gets the free shampoo must
be willing to act as an object lesson for
those who get the free lecture much as
the subject in a hospital clinic, where
free patients serve as object lessons for
the students. It is surprising to note
that the demand for tickets for these
lectures and for free treatments also, is
so great that all cannot he accom- r
ed. The subject sits plaeidly facing the
audience while the lecturer describes the
process, which is performed by a neat
little colored maid
The hair" she says, sis subjected to
the egg shampoo after having been first
carefully singed. Then the scalp receives
brisk rubbing with a tonic and after
that it is rubbed dry and famed 1t is
combed and brushed then fer half an hour
in order to get back the gloss, and hair
that has suffered from the salt water
must have frequent brushings at home
5 as we'll as treatments from the specialist.
Above all it should be allowed to rest
for week or more from the curling iron
The same idea is carried out in a man
icure treatment, the hands being rubbed
and anointed with various creams and
lotions after the nails have been trimme ed
and polished 1t takes some time to
bring the hands back to their civilized
perfection, for while they may be brown.
they must not be rough, and the nails
must be pink and perfect.
But it is the face of woman that trou-
bIes her most. AT this time of year there
are freckles and spots and roughness.
caused by the wind and the salt water
Even the water used for bathing at MANY
of the mountain places, though pronounce
ed incidentally beneficial, plays havoc with
the skin when used externally. For the
face the nightly washing with camers
hair brush and good soap is generally
advised. after which a good cream may
be rubbed in; but it is massage, that
boon to women in search of beauty. that
is specially advocated as the meals to
bring the face back to it's proper texture
of skin and complexion.
The public demonstrations and free
treatments make it possible for every
woman to learn the principles of the art
of massage, and any number of them are
taking advantage of the offers and are
thronging the pariors where lectures are
gwen and free treatments dispensed If
a bottle of cream is purchased.
The prices charged by professional
masSeurS are necessarily high, said one
of these beauty lecturers. And 1t Is this
which has caused many ladies to take
lessons so that they may themselves mas
sage their faces. The movements are diff
fefent from those used when the rubber
STANDS at the back of the subjects chair,
but the process can be easily acquired
and the exercise. while tiresome at first