Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-30
DEW BATH LATEST FAD
WITH CHICAGO WOMEN

TO come. In years gone by Chicago
has imported most of its really sue
cessful fads from the east and across
the Atlantic, but this one grew and
blossomed on native Illinois soil. and
as soon as society gives it vogue it
is sure To leap into instantaneous
popularity, for society's approval is
all that is necessary to the success
of fad.
This absolutely new thing in fads
is the morning dew bath for the com
pleNion, and il threatens TO outclass
even the beauty doctors themselves
Some morning. if YOU happen to be
up i'm time To commune with the sun
as it slips up across the lake. and.
looking over your back fence you
behold a woman, young or old. kneel-
ing in the center of a grass plot with
her face in close proximity to the
earth. don't call the police. This is
the fad. As a complexion producer
ii is said to Surpass anything in the
lsqueegee line yet introduced. and the
best thing about the new complexion
producer is that il is easily within
the reach of every woman who can
find grass plot large enough to
envelop her face.
These morning dew baths for the
complexion were something of n Sc
cret until recently. The idea was
such a capital and original one that
those who made the unique discov-
cry that green grass, freshened by
morning dew, contains the skin in
MIGRATING ingredients for which the
beauty doctors charge money, held
their tongue with considerable per
sistency. But the truth leaked out
in Elgin, III. Miss EvangeIine
Brusk. young woman residing in
that place. has enjoyed some local
fame on account of the beauty of
her complexion. Indeed. she has
been the envy of her friends on ac-
count of this supposedly rich gift of
nature.
The expose, however, came one
morning not long ago, when neigh
Dor arose early to catch a train out
of Elgin. He lives next door to the
Brusk home, and as he was passing
down his back steps he was consid-
erably surprised to see the young
woman crouching on the lawn and
gesticulating in unseemIy fashion as
run her hands across the grass. and
then bury her face i'm them. and go
through all the motions of washing.
1t was 4 new one on the Elgin man.
because he wasn't up in dew baths.
His curiosity was aroused to the
point of investigation. so he crossed
the lawn noiSelesSly and, walking up
behind the intently occupied young
woman. he surprised her with Il
question.
Such interruption was unpardon-
able. Without replying, the young
woman jumped to her feet and fled
to the house. But this was enough.
for it was in reality the beginning of
this new beauty fad, which seems
likely to Guido anything in the way
of novelty for women's faces that
ever has been imported even from
Paris, New York. or London.
There really is nothing to the dew
complexion bath but dew and grass.
yet in addition to its compleNion-giv-
ing properties the early morning con-
tact with nature is said to be eNhila-
rating. In the first place. to derive
the full benefits a young woman must
be up and out before the world is
astir. as dew will not wait for her
to finish a morning nap. This in it.
self is one step in the direction of a
good complexion. and when dip in
the cool, refreshing grass is taken
into consideration along with this
first natural consequence it appears
that there is more to the dew bath
| than is evident.
L. . h.
ty doctors and complexion special
lists.
Dew baths for the compleNion,"
said one of them when the fad was
mentioned to her. Il never heard of
anything half so silly. The idea.
Washing ones face in green grass to
improve ones complexion! Oh my!
What an idea, Ridiculous. Dew
baths with some such treatment as
we give might he all right. but
haven't much faith in gree grass as
an effective beautifier. Preposter-
ous,"
And the complexion specialist
laughed herself out of sight. Ply
sicians. however, being less directly
interested in the abstract question of
complexions. are non-committal.
Il wouldn't like to commit myself
for fear of mourning the ill-will of
the women" said one doctor. If
some young woman has found that
dew bath in the early morning air i'm
proved her complexion She ought 10
know what she is talking about. At
least | wouldn't care to contradict
her without first having given myself
| over to an investigation. Grass nat
uraHy absorbs. through its roots.
many of the natural properties of the
earth. And. as every one knows.
dew falls on grass. so ii may be that
there is something beneficial i'm this
coordination? Who knows? l, for
one, wouldn't like TO say
To Whom it May Concern.