Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-03-13
An Enterprising Cleanser.

Mrs. Wide Awake lived in the
country, and every time she drove to
town she was impressed by the great
number of skyscrapers springing up
on every side. Her housewifely heart
ached to think Of all the floors to be
scrubbed, windows washed and wood
work wiped before each huge build
ing would be fit for occupancy. Mrs.
Wide Awake was greatly in need of
ready money. There was not lazy
bone in her body. One day on the
homeward drive her eye caught the
name of the contractor placarding the
highest building. Bringing her old
gray mare to halt, she hailed hod
carrier, and in a moment the con-
tractor was at Mrs. Wide Aawake's
side.
Il was a-thinking," said the rural
woman, ''that it will take a heap Of
elbow grease to put this building in
livable shape"
you're right, it WILL" was the con-
/ tractors CHEEKY response.
"What will you give me if clean
that whole pile from top to bottom and
put it in apple pie order for the ten
ants? ?"
There was no mistaking her earnest
ness aud her shrewd sense. The con-
tractor fell i'll With her plan, and Mrs.
Wide Awake continues to do a thirty
ing business cleaning up new build
iEgs ready for occupancy. She has a
large force Of scrubbers in her EN-.
ploy; she inspects every room, hall
way, window and bit of woodwork
No military officer has greater discip
line Of his troops than has Mrs. Wide
Awake of her scrubbing brigade. She
is paid a certain sum for each room
She keeps track Of building permits
and the moment one is issued she in
terviews the contractor, and gener
ally before the iron framework is VI
Mrs. Wide Awake has the contrac
for putting the building, as she ex
presses it, ''in apple pie order" For
merly this work was in the hands o
the janitor, whose services are gener
ally secured before the building
completion, and it is still to larg
c---oa., for Mrs. Wide Awakes are no
as plentiful as they might be.-Ney
York Tribune.
The Care of the Face.
An important question is that Q
l keeping the face free from all super
$ fetal impurities, including the fri
e quently abnormal flow of oil from th
glands as we'll as the dead particles {
i the scurf skin, which is always n
5 newing itself. The best way is b
1 friction and soap and warm water.
: A camels hair face scrubbin
brush enables the clogged pores
/ throw off the hardness and congeste
e secretions, and the friction from it
q the best stimulant for the skin.
t. To use the brush dip it in water .
S warm as can be pleasantly borne, 500
it and scrub. Be careful to rinse 9
the soap out Of the pores, for to clt
the pores of the skin with particl
e OF soap would be quite as injurio7
IS as to distend them with any 9th
IS foreign substance. Use the scrubbil
1T brush at least once in twenty-fo
st hours.
u Face steaming has done more ha1
le than good to the complexion of "
re mankind Face steaming exhausts t
s, natural oils upon which the skin
De pends for it's elasticity and softne
~ ard frequently leaves the cuticle
le AID parched.
la Needless to say, fresh air and
healthy life are the finest complex
producers known. yet by themsel,
they seem Of little true value. 7
ay country bred girl, notwithstanding
1t. rosy cheeks, is often far less T
be than her town bred cousin. I
of former uses poor soaps and pays
aa r., ~. M attention tO ti,a carp <.f