The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-24
To Remove Freckles From the Skin.

And all His bliss untold.
Refuse not then our offering
Our flowers, white, red and gold
To Remove Freckles From the Skin.
(darian Martineau in Chicago Tribune)
Once upon a time-this is true fairy
story-there lived girl with freckles!
Her skin was pearly white, one of
those clear nice skins that invite. Her
hair was light. the kind of hair that
usually goes with fair skin. But she
had freckles. They were scattered over
her forehead and her chin and her
cheeks.
And they were on her nose. On the
tip there was yellowish blotch that
looked as though you had touched it
with a daub of light yellow paint Oh,
such freckle!
Now this girl knew that she could
go to a skin specialist and have those
freckles cut off. literally shaved off.
That the skin would soon heal and in
a month there would be no scar. But
she was a timid girl and shrank from
the pain. Besides it cost too much.
Then she thought of the acid cure.
That is a method by which the freckles
are burned off. 1t certainly hurts and
She wanted to take the freckles off
herself, and then she could stop if it
hurt
Now she read somewhere that it
could be done with a cut lemon. This
is what she had read: Lemon juice is
the handmade of the woman who would
have a white skin"
So she procured a lemon and cut it
in halves. Then she took some hot
water and steamed her face. She set
the tin basin containing the water on
one corner of the stove to keep it hot
and she made a little cone of a towel,
and putting it over her head, breathed
the warm air.
She did not let the water boil so as
TO injure her lungs, nor did she steam
her face until she was exhausted. She |
merely brought out the perspiration |
and got the face hot.
Then she rubbed the skin with half |
the lemon and Immediately washed it |
off with hot water. Finally she anoint- |
ed her face with cold cream lightly and |
did not wash it off that day, for there |
was not enough to show.
Every time the girl went out she
wore veil, and she was careful of her
skin. 1t took only three applications to
Danish the freckles. But, of course, be-
accumulate them some day, unless she
is careful and removes them while they
are faint
The little sun spots are annoying.
but, really. they are not a great disfig-
unless they are large and deep
in color Then one should remove
them, beginning at the simple remedies
and travelling through all the grades
into the methods that are actual opera
tons upon the skin. One would be sur
orised to know how many good prepar-
atoms can be purchased at drug stores
5or removing freckles. Select a good
druggist and put your faith in him.
But the most important thing is the
keeping of them away, the preventing
# their return. This can be done only
~ care and eternal vigilance.
There might be another tale told of
girl who wanted a perfect skin and who {
vas afflicted with blotches and black
heads. Her face and neck were rough,
md there were those unsightly little ;
pots everywhere.
For these she steamed the face and 3
hen washed it with hot water Q, the :
results of proper steaming
nd the harmful ones of Steaming i'm
roperly. One should remain in a warm
DOM at least an hour after the steam \
etter TO lie down and throw a warm | I
owel over the face.
BY "steaming" is not meant the ac- Z
ual putting of the face into the direct !
apor of the steam, but the process of
gliding the face where it becomes .
Gated from the first vapor that is 7
iven off as the water comes to a boil. T
should not2ctually boil, for this may 7
e harmful to the eyes. I
The putting on of hot cloths one -
tier another. will do just as well. but 4
. IS tedious and one requires an as 7
istant to wiring out the cloths. T
KINDRED TO the care of the face is
nat OF the neck. Color and grace count 7
'lth the neck, and particularly color. y
NOW that the vogue for the long neck y,
IN there are many little exercises for :
ne lengthening of the neck. The T
-retching process is the best. 1t is A
ertormed by lifting the chin as high | I
possible and throwing the head as "
II back as one can. IT really does not !,
i'd anything to the length of the neck. y
at least one does not see how il It
luld really do so. But it gives grace. If
I'D this Increases the apparent length. | T
Let woman be able to turn her. head
shtly, and to lift her chin we'll and n
er neck viii seem to be longer than +
lie neck of the one who sits with chin II
gid and almost immovable.
1t would surprise you to note how
W women ever turn the head really N
Id how little you turn your head
)urself
The practice of wearing the high
ock has become such a national habit
at the women have stiffened in the
eek and really cannot bend or t1lrn n m
ne slightest attempt gives them that Sc
stressing malady known as stiff tn
ok. dr,
So. in trying the beauty exercises. he els
reful Be moderate. Lift the chin tn
)wly and do not exert the muscles TOO no
on. Remember that a "crick' in the
OK VIII be the price of any indiscre- a
IN of this kind de
There is probably not one woman in is
hundred who does not dread the pI;
uble chin. This often begins to show DO
ieif at the age of 80. and bv 35 most is
1men have it in slight form: bv 40 ex
Is pronounced. From that age son the
ms multiply until in later life thew FRI
g frequently known to lie in little I ad
Ids, disfiguring the lower part of the ev
&c. ~;
The cause of the double chin is two an
ID one. First. it can be laid to in ia,
easing avordupois. Second. to the Or,
bit OF wearing the high collar. which
lders the neck movements fmpossihIe "a,
q allows fat to accumulate for lack So,
exercise. ~ ~
the double chin is, at all stages. re- on