The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-17
HOW TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL SKIN


Give me a prescription for my com
pleXiOn said she.
Upon a slip Of paper the wise ma
wrote: Get into a perspiration ever
day EXercisei Exercise! EXercisei"
No better complexion remedy coul
be given than is embodied in this pre-
scriptiOn. It is the beginning of beauty
Outdoor workers, however careless, ar
usually blest with a good complexion
Take exercise. Get into a glow. S,
shall you walk forth into the path
Of beauty and have a skin clear anC
admirable. Incidentally you gathe
health, for health and beauty are hand
niaidens
And what gives a woman, in the
first place, a bad complexion?
Cold feet and some women have
them all the year around. will do it
Chilly knees-and you would be sur
Irised to know how many suffer from
this simple i'll. may be responsible
Tight lacing. often done unconsciously
will induce a blotchy face. and tight
collar viii bring mottled look to the
surface in a short time.
1t is a great deal easier to get a
poor skin than it is to get rid of one.
You can cultivate a greenish. bilious
hue in weeks time, but il will take
you two weeks to get that color away.
The face that is inclined to be purple
from too much color is as bad as the
one shat is inclined to be blue from
lack of it. And then there is the
freckled skin and the rough one. al
ways chapped.
In these days one does not often find
the pimple and the boil upon the face
is still less frequently to be seen. Elk
cept where there is a skin trouble. in
which case the victim stays in the
house or among unfortunate folks who
do not know how to treat the skin.
there is no such thing as the face that
II mass of pimples. And for this
one can be thankful. for the sight was
never a pleasant one.
But the peach blow skin is by no
means the commonest thing in the
world. and those who have perfect com
pleXions are rare. Though it can be
GAINED that this blessing and great
beauty is within the reach of all.
beauty doctor once received I. call
from wealthy patroness. Doctor"
said She I will pension you if you will
stop Dracticing"
'Madamei" exclaimed he.
mean what / say replied the pa
uent. You are healing up all the poor
compleXions. and soon I shall have
nothing to boast of. I shall no longer
DC queen, for there viii be thousands
OF others as good looking as l."
Then there is the blackhead. and on
lLls point there are many queries
A reader writes about her skin. and
asks specially about blackheads. How
shall she get rid of them?
In all complexion ills there is moth
ing quite as easily cured as the black
mead. There is really no need for hav-
ing even one on the face, and the rem
edies are simple and within the reach
OF every one.
For the blackhead the treatment
Is cleanliness. The black spot is caused |
bE the settling of dust in the open pores |
o. Ihe SKIN. rake away the dirt, and |
keep 1t away, and the speck is gone.
10 90 back TO the beauty prescription. |
Begin your treatment for blackheads |
~ getting into glow. Exercise. Get /
Z at simplest of ali gymnasium imple- |
Inents. a wand, and go to work with If. /
ny hitting 1t high with the arms spread |
VIDE apart Then lower il. and. mt |
ing IL over your head, see how far Won /
I'm spread out your arms upon il. and
now beautifully it exercises your lunes /
and chest
When you have brought yourself into
d IulI glow, then begin the blackbead
treatment Wash the face with hot
MdIeL' hoidlng on the cloth until the
face feels warm.
Now spread the afflicted places wen
with a good cold cream. various recines
Tor which have been given from time I
TO time 'iiiie
With a soft cloth take off the cream
/ WASH the face again with hot wa
Ter TINS lime putting a little powdered
RoraN IN the water to soften ii.
Let the washing operation take an
hour' Tor the cold cream should be left
en- at least half that time.
tie sure to remain indoors after the
. ca fAent and do not go near an open
MlnqoW, Tor the skin Of the face is pre-
flsely like the skin of the hands and
VIII chap just as easily
You are not in the habit of exnosinp.
the hands to the air directly after
washing them. Nor must Won exnose
The face. l'oSe
Last Of all, if you have been vigorous
with the towel, you NAV anoint +be
ace ever so slightly with cold cream
ana let 1t remain on. Cucumber cream
s best for this as it does not leave a :
'hlhe' Ihere are many brands of if | +
ma every druggist handles a good one. ,
Your blackheads will now be all eona
lnless they were pronounced, in which
.ase they viii yield at the next treat +
nent
For the face that is inclined to break Z
ut there must be an entirely different +
ct OF remedies, for the course that is !
'ood for one viii injure another. The I
OFT delicate, rashy skin must not he :
crubbed nor must il be irritated in any {
way. It's treatment must be all of a
oothing nature +
Begin then by amounting such a skin | :
very night with a cream whose basis 4
: the old-fashioned mutton tallow. e
Nothing has ever quite equaled this as i
SKIN food. Let your cream be soft O
no scented with rose or lavender. Do il
OF use camphor in it. for you do not p
ant an irritant. but a soother. I
such skin should be perfectly clear q
Dr. II is the sort which viii take on the C
peach blow hue in time. And the rea- a
On why 1t is not like a peach now NAV p
e internally. D
A course of diet is necessary. with A
zercise Let the woman with the g
ashy skin practice vaulting with the
ana; let her stand upon one foot and
alance herself; let her attempt little
,ats OF daring such as flying from an o.
-toman, wand in hand, and leaping Ia
no the air, and raising and lowering ir
er body with the wand always as a Il
alance pole.
With her skin in a glow she can take "a
lie hot bath. though without scrubhine nd
he face. And, as a bath accountant Sc
ent she could use the flesh scruhbinp 81
rush which is so excellent a thing for al
1ening the pores.
There are no special rules for using az