Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-16

foOm III tu6 1Whiib Will nhrmoni16 WITH
the blue Of the cotton. / would suggest
narrow black frames for your Gibson
pictures. and a blue and white Wilton
or Brussels rug for tho main floor space,
as large rug will be much more salts
factory in the end as we'll as more
durable.
So much depends upon knowing how
to live in summer time to take life
leisurely, eat the proper food, and put
care bahind you Is half the secret
In the MIDST Of these upheaving and
, cleaning affairs Daisy Frivol rushed in
to chat of her weeks doings. Now,
Daisy is worried TO distraction about
her complexion. She is afraid of tan
and came to ask me about it. For
several years she has reyelled in a
beautiful tan but now doesn't want IL
What to do?
In the novels ''the summer girl'' is
generally clothed in fimsy null and
lace, the sun lights up and the wind
toys with her dainty curls, and she
wears that air of sweet disorder that
poets talk of. Her neck Ia always lily
white, and old Sol only brings bushes
to her fair cheeks. Now, that sort of
a girl Is not to be found In the flesh.
The only summer girl the world knows
anything about wears q shirt waist, her
hair is generally out of curl, and that
pearly white arm so talked OF is usually
tanned. Shall We tan or not. say this
sort of summer girls this year?
Some fair maidens 60 to extremes to
obtain that rich brown hue 30 often
admired. remember two girls ON the
beach at Atlantic City last summer
stretched out on the sand. their faces
dripping with salt water and upheld to
the sun. They said that the drying of
the salt water on the face left u de-
licious shade of brown to be obtained
in no ether way. But not to every ore
is 1t given to WOO this sort Of chocolate
richness. Sons faces take on the color
the poor lobster takes In his boiling
bath. But whether IL be the brown or
the red, how shall we get rid of it In
the fall?
The aftermath III not so pleasant, and
year, after year of this tanning process
makes the skin Of the most beautiful
woman like unto leather. Frankly, 1
think that the throne Of the sun burnt
girl Is lettering. Women are beginning
to understand the results of loo reck-
lessly exposing their faces to the sun.
A healthy outdoor color is all very we'll,
but ever woman should give little care
to her skin. Now that the days are
here when the sun does its best TO put
its trademark upon the face Of every
fair dame, few, hints about how to
escape will not be amiss. Every woman
admits that 1t is the duty OF her sex
70 be as beautiful as possible. No
daughter OF Eve can afford to be reok-
less about her compilation. the skin OF
the face is very delicate.l Sunshine
affects the skin Of thefhoe In various
degrees, according to the constitution
of the individual. Some skins tan,
some scoroh, some freokle and some
become eruptiye. The peculiar dark
tint produced by the sun is due to the
exaggeration of the pigmentary deposit
IN, the seoretive glands of the skin.
Freckles. however, are of two kinds,
transient and permanent. For summer
freckles this lotion il very effective:
An ounce of alum, two tablespoons of
lemon juice, a pint OF elderhower
water. 1t Is quite harmless. and may
be applied twice daily,
And right here let me tell you that
in summer the lemon is woman's best
friend. Every woman should have a
bottle OF diluted lemon juice upon her
toilet table. 1t is cleansing and
nothing will So quickly whiten the
skin. A paste made of powdered mag.
nesia moisteEed with lemon juice will
Written the most rebellious skin IL IL ia
used constantly. Powdering the face
with pulverized rice protects the skin
from the ELECTS of the sun. And il any
woman has the courage to wear a
chiffon veil of dark blue, brown or white
(never blaok) in summer she may be
sure of preserving as much Of COM
plexion as she started out with in the
spring, for the skin should be cared
for the year round, and the use of
lotions at intervals will not bring about
the desired results.
With the facial treatmen milady must
be careful of her diet. Before break
fast every morning a tenspoonful Of
phosphate of soda in cup Of hot water
is most etfioacious for cleansing the
stomach and preparing 1t for the food
of the day. / wonldrecommend very
light breakfast; toast or bread fpre-
ferably brown) cafe au lait, honey,
poached eggs and fruit; but never any
salt meats Oh salt fish OF any kind.
Avoid sausage, pork and ham as you
would the plague.
Eat a light lunch, take fish in pre-
ference to meat, mutton rather than
beef, plenty Of green vegetables and
very little stimulant; II stimulants
must be taken in warm weather olaret
ia the least harmful. A heavier dinner
may be INDUCED In, but the woman
who is endeavoring to keep fair com
plexion or to patch up neglected one,
will avoid all greasy and sailed food,
pastry and strong etimulants,
The sterner sex are all amenable to
the effects Of beauty, but they would
rather not know its secrets. The fas
cination of a trick is gone for them
when once they have learned how it is
done. But what pity 1t is that we
mortals can be beautiful such brief
spun. Few women retain the fulness
of their charms long after 80 Though,
as rule, time is kinder to blondes
than to brunettes, he is good to none.
| What did / hear you ask me about
rougef Shocked are your Surely there
is no moral harm in trying to Look one
best, and great deal of nonsense is
talked about paint, SO. n-generally
by the people who do not scruple to
lace tight and who spend hours coloring
| their hair.
Some OF us powder our hair with gold
or diamond dust to enhance our charms
and do not see Why if IL pleases us We
should not powder our faces with pink
and white if-but that little word must
be carefully weighed-it enhances our
beauty. Ii one must use rouge one
must learn to put 1t on artistically. l
am going to give you recipe given
me by my grandmother who was noted
for her beautiful complexion. Yet on
second thought l wont, for some dis
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