The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-03-21
How to eet a Typical American Face.

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her ways as she is in her looks. She
Is wonderfully graceful. That goes
without dwelling upon it, and she Is
tall and slim.
But these traits do not stamp her as
a type. There are other character
lstics which are noticed about her. And
these are that she shall have wide
smooth forehead, not too high, but
perfectly free from lines. She must
have cheeks that are well filed out
even plum, and shaped SO that they
make an outline that. while plump and
full, shall, nevertheless, be an oval.
Then. besides these, which would seem
to be enough Tor any girl, she must
have d rounded chin, with a tip that
is Just the sweetest thing in the world.
Her neck is full too. for she is pref
ty in decollete, the American girl. but
ii is her forehead, her chin and her
cheeks that come first among her de-
lightful Characteristics.
The American girl, when you find
her in her perfected state, is the pref
test girl in the universe. She looks
not fragile, but healthy, and the air
of health is not on the surface alone.
but is found in the subsurface, so to
speak. and it will bubble up in her
abundant life and spirits.
1t is claimed that every free born
American girl can make of herself an
American type. us Clleli tlN Ael iSAiNS dAC
so simple so easily acquired, so man
ageable and plable. as it We're, that any
American girl with a fair start can
turn herself into a type without
great deal of trouble.
To do this she must make her fore
head SMOOTH; she must make her
cheeks full and plump; she must make
her chin round.
After this come the sparkling eyes,
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mouth, and the other pretty points of
a womans face.
But the first and main thing is the
forehead, for if this be lined or creased,
or if 1t be furrowed in those queer
hilocks which sometimes mar a wo-
mans face: or if it be spotted or freck-
led. or if it be filled with open pores
or touched with blackheads. then, in
deed, is a woman's beauty spoiled. Yet
the treating of the forehead is the
most difficult of all things. The skin
is thick upon the forehead and it is
tough. 1t is also, in the majority of
cases, much abused. A woman will
take care of her chin and her cheeks,
and will treat them scrupulously,
while her poor forehead, half hidden
under its hot padded pompadour, will
steam and grow yellow and dull while |
the rest of her face is young.
The habit of lifting the brows when |
one is talking is bad: so also is the |
habit of frOwning. The latter is one |
that many people perform unconscious |
ly. Often a woman will have a per- |
petual scowl without knowing it.
The steaming of the forehead is the |
first step in the cure, and for this |
there must be a basin of hot water. !
resting in another basin, with the outer |
one kept boiling.
The steaming of the face does not
mean its parboiling. by any means.
But it does mean the thorough heat
ing of the skin until the cuticle is in
such "A state as to permit the rubbing
out of the blackheads. II the Skin be
heated hot and kept hot for five min
utes. and if, at the end of that time a
thorough lather of soap and water be
applied, it will be found that when
the lather is washed off, the black
heads will come off. too. And the fore
head will be nearly clean.
But 1t is massage that does the most
and best for the forehead. Do not at
tempt it yourself but get an operator.
Let her dip her fingers in warm al
mond oil. and let her pass them gent
~ over your forehead, going from side
to side, right along the lines of the
burrows.
Let the masseuse, be she amateur or
pretend that she is
Let her put her fingers in the creases
and rub them away. A hard strokei is
not necessary, but there should be long, /
gentle strokes of the kind that will, in
time, take out every wrinkle.
The masseuse must, in the language
Of the slangy girl, get busy" every I
day. She must not neglect her task !
as long as a single wrinkle remains.
and she must put into the work at '
east fifteen full minutes every day c
Even after the wrinkles have gone she
must act as nlasseuse occasionally, and Q
must warm the olive oil. dip her fling f
ers into it, and massage the fore t
head of her patient at least twice a
week a
The typical American girl. the girs n
# Wenzell and of Gibson, of Chrsty t
md of Stanislaus, has full. round t
heeks. They are not pudgy, by any c
means, but they are full and plump and Il
retty. a
To get these round cheeks requires.
rst, The services of a dentist. who will II
scertain if there are missing teeth. or h
his services are needed in the way
f building up, browning. bridging or. a
erforming any of the other delicate W
AXIS Of modern dentistry. His work. II
there De any, must be done on re- n
ent lines e-
If this is done, then comes the mas d.
euse again, and this time her duty is CT
OF to rub the cheeks, but to spat ST
hem. "Spatting" the cheeks Is done B
18th the two middle fingers They are cl
ipped in hot water and the cheeks al
re gently patted with the fingers. The T
ps strike the cheeks just in the mid m
le, right at the dimple spot. and the it
KIN is stimulated and Redeemed al
Spatting the cheeks every day is a fo
0od thlng for them. 1t is much bet m
r for the skin than rubbing them al
18th towel and it serves not only
massage but as FRACTIONAL agent. &C
Cheeks that are religiously spatted to
'ery day in the week are always red; lie
ley are always cool and soft to the OF
uch; they rarely have frecFles upon m
lem, and they are meter pimpled or in
'vered with blackheads. SO much will of
'atting do for the cheeks.
The typical American girl has DC
)inted chin. For this there is a new al
The chin is massaged att W
ard. CT
A bunch of absorbent cotton is DE
pped in hot water and the chin is co
bbed gently with it, always from the ca
ies upward. This viii slightly pink
e chin, and it will at the same time w,
t as deterrent and discourage the til
'uble chin. &c
ne uouple CHIN cannot long remain m
the flesh at each side of it and I'M
T it be rubbed upward and away tn
ON the neck, daily, and if to the Te
assage there be added a few chin Ju
listhenics to give the neck and m
uble chin the exercise they need, so re
uch the better. trt
The Frightening of a girls eye de- tn
nds upon sleep. her state of mind. te
d her general health. No bright eve
er went with a sick body, and no st,
e was ever brilliant that flashed wi