The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-11
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Cold cream makes a capital SubStt
tute for soap and water on a chilly
April day. Apply with a soft cloth or
wash rag. Then, if one is in the habit
of powdering, wipe the cream off with
a soft, clean handkerchief and lightly
dust the face with powder. The cream
will prevent the powder from entering
the pores and injuring the skin. Wom-
en- seem to forget that ones face Is,
after all, a part of ones body, and that
the general laws which control the lat
ter are equally at work in the skin and
muscles of ones face. Many a woman
who is otherwise eXquisitely clean has
a dirty face, and wonders why her arms
and chest are so beautifully white and
fine, when her face is coarse in the
pores and yellow. 1t is one of the
irOnieS of fate that biliouSneSS, freckles,
pimples, nervousness and dyspepsia
pass the rest of ones physique by but
leave their unmistakable traces of what
| is supposed to be the center of attract
iveness, the face. 1t sometimes seems
impossible to please nature. One may
live hygienically, exercise and eat con-
scientiously, and yet have to acknowl-
edge that people who do none of these
| things have clearer compilations, hand
somer hair and rounder arms than she.
No woman, however, can hope to have
! a pretty skin who fills the pores with
powder.
For bringing fresh color to the face,
| 1T is recommended to battle 1t in tepid
water, then apply a lotion made Of
equal parts of rosewater and glycerine,
with a few drops of spirits Of am
monia added. Rub it thoroughly into
| the skin, then wipe with soft, finA
| towel.
A little alchohol diluted with rose
water is. recommended by a beauty ex-
pert for removing the oily appearance
from the skin. "On the brow, chin and
about the nose, where the oil glands are
the largest and most active, sponge
most thoroughly" she advises. Two or
three times day will not be too much
for an oily, fat skin, but with dry,
fine skin once a day should be enough.
Alcohol is drying, but stimulating.
Rubbed into the flesh it increases the
surface Notwithstanding that Is
/ essential If the skin Is to- work actively
| and possess a healthy color.
Green liquid soap. which is recon-
mended by skin specialists for fine
| SKINS or for those which have the pores
| extended, can be made at home. Take
equal parts of glycerine, water, alcohol
and green CASTLE soap. Shave the soap
| into the water, and stir over the fire
| till the mixture is smooth. Add the
glycerine, and lastly, after the kettle Is
| removed from the fire, the alcohol. Add
a tablespoonful of eau de cologne, If
! perfume is desired.
| Ounce seed curling fluid Is an old
faVorite, and each recurrence of warm
| spring weather sends one in search of
| some such recipe for keeping ones
| locks in fluff. Precipitation Is death on
| waves and frizzes. To make it place
thirty ounce seeds to simmer in a pint
of distilled water for two hours. Strain,
add half a gill of brandy half a gill of
alcohol and a teaspoonful of eau de
cologne. Under ordinary circumstances
there will be enough in this formula to
| last a season, if bottled and carefully
| corked. Moisten the hair with the fluid
instead Of water before using the cur
ling iron or putting it up on waving
| pins.