Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-01
CARE OF THE COMPLEXION.
Hints Regarding Woman's Most Cher
ished Possession.

1Sheu POSSESSION.
Womdn's browning glory may be- her
hair, but her most cherished possession
is her complexion. She burns her Grown
ing glory" with curling irons, imprisons
it in all sorts Of curling devices and i'll
treats it in numerous other ways; but
her complexion receives most tenderest
care-in fact, it is sometimes ruined by
kindness.
Lovely woman is right in this direction
(as she is in most others, for the com
peXlon IS to her what the background is
to the picture
A good complexion is Indicative of a
certain strength of character, for il
means that its possessOr is temperate in
her diet and that she doesn't permit her-
self TO be beguiled into keeping late hours
that Is, not frequently-even 10y the
most fascinating book or play.
OF course, we are all acquainted with
few Women-uSualIy very young ones
who do all sorts of foolish things, and
still have good compilations. simply be-
cause they were born with them. Sew
cral years may elapse before the indiscre-
tions practiced by these unapprecative
m0rtals have any apparent results; but
when the blemshes do make their ap-
pearance. it will probably take several
more years 10 remove them.
This is particularly true Of errors and
irregularities in diet. which produce that
- u.
One must be afflicted in this way for
quite 4 while before the entire system
becomes poisoned; but when this does
occur and rough. Sallow skin is the
result. much longer time will be re-
quirtd to remedy the evil than that in
which it was produced. The wise wom-
an will be careful in her selection of
food and will shun pastry, sweets and
pickles a she would poison.
While external applications can do very
little toward permanently improving the
skin, they can do a great deal toward
permanently injuring it. and cosmetics of
all kinds are to be avoided. If there are
occasions when one must use powder
and this column doesn't admit that there
are-prepared chilk, which can be pur-
chased by the quantity at any drug store,
is about the leaS injurious and most re-
fined article of the kind.
When one is particularly DESTROYS of
looking well in the evening and excellent
and harmless method of producing n
fresh, healthy color is to battle the face
for few minutes until it gl0ws) in very
hot water, completing the process with
several dashes of cold water.
The relative merits of hot and cold wa
ter for the skin depend altogether upon
what sort of skin it is. White hot wa.
ter will remove the undesirable appear
ance from an oily skin. vastly improving
it, its use upon 4 naturally dry skin win
produced cracked appearance, anything
but beautiful 1t is better to leave ex-
tremes TO the rash ones and use tepid
water.
The same is true Of soaps, in the choice
of which one cannot be too particular.
Those composed largely of tar or sulphur
are admirably suited to the skin which
contains. naturally, a great deal of oil:
upon dry skin pure CASTLE soap should
be used
When asked by his sister what to do
for her complexion, a weil-known physi.
elan told her, with true brotherly frank
ness-lnuch to her disgust-to keep her
face clean. This is a good prescription,
and if everyone will thoroughly battle her
face every night in warm or tepid water,
not emitting a liberal supply of soap sine
will find it one of the best of cosmetics.
To drink or not to drink tea and cot
fee has, SO far as the complexion is con
cerned, always been a question of the
greatest interest to the feminine mind
This, however, is problem which can
be solved only by individual experience
The writer knows one woman, blessed
with Il complexion that anyone might
envy, who has used coffee all her life:
another, who has touched neither of the
beverages for ten years, is still sallow
third, also the poSSeSsOr of a good skin,
uses both, but insists upon them being
veryweak
A weekly Steaming of the face is pro
ductive of good results in the way of per-
feet cleanliness; and glass of cold wa.
ter, taken regularly half an hour before
breakfast, is nm aid to beauty which must
be tried to be eciated.-Baltimore
News