The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-09
CURE FOR SUPERPLUOUS HAIR.
FOUR WAYS or REMOVING THE
DOWN THAT DISFIGURES.

| DOWN THAT DISFIGURES.
The Shaded Upper LIP Considered Poin,
| OF Beauty in Spain, but Not Here-A
| Caution About Cold Cream-Defecti
OF the Face May Easily Bo Rectined
very few women like to have hair or
the upper Hp," said beauty doctor, "ano
| we are kept busy removing 1t. Hair comes
| on certain upper lips by nature. The
| growth Is not heavy one, nor Is 1t OBJ
jectionable from most points OF view. But
the fact Is that 1t is unfeminine, and women
do not like IL.
Gold cream is apt to make the hair grow
and the woman who rubs her face every
| night with an oily lotion for the skin will
be rewarded by little growth of down,
which will increase until she has very
respectable mustache.
An cold creams do not make the hair
grow, and there are ways Of making cold
cream 30 that 1t actually disoourages the
hair But, on the other hand, there Ia
cold cream which encourages the hair to
grow, and a woman who has a nice, smooth.
kissable upper lip may have woolly one
before she knows 1t.
Hair comes upon the upper lip gradually.
The growth is light at first and 1t seems to
creep up without ones knowledge. A
woman has no idea OF its existence until
some morning when she looks in the glass
and sees that her upper lip is spoiled.
Now, II she lived in Spain, she would
regard 1t as a great addition TO her looks.
The Spanish woman contemplates a little
hair on her upper lip with delight. 1t
affords a shading to her face, as it were,
and makes her more interesting and more
attractive.
@She will nurse the first sign Of hair with
many stockings and with such encourage
ment Is can be given by olive oil and by
gentle brushings. But it is not until she
has substantial growth that she regards
her beauty as complete.
But in this country 1t is different. And
that which affords the spanish woman
much satisfaction Is viewed with horror
by the American woman.
@Then there are women who have trou bi I
with their eyebrows. Beetle brows browj
that meet between the eyes, give menacing
expression.
aVery long eyebrows are never nice.
One woman, otherwise pretty had eye
brows half an inch long and inclined to
,,rl. She had to brush them many times
day to mi AXE them lie down.
had trou bles of another kinda neat little
pair of sideboards. They were heavy
well shaped and deep In color. They
would have graced the cheeks Of the most
ambitious freshman in Harvard.
There are h, ndreds Of women troubled
with downy growth upon the arms.
There are all sorts OF ways Of curing
defects Of this nature. With down on the
arms the quickest way tn most cases is
the best way.
I'VE begin with a scru bbing with soap
and water with a little ammonia in the
water. Then we rinse the skin In boracic
acid. Then comes the cure.
with big soft brush we paint the arms
with peroxide of hydrogen. Into each
saucerf! Of peroxide We stir teaspoon Of
ammonia; if the ammonia causes the skin
to smart we add peroxide.
"The peroxide is perfectly harmless to
the skin. In fact, 1t is an antiseptic. But
1t bleaches the hair. Arms that were dis
figured with a growth Of dark hair are
soon, bleached by it until the hair is sun col
aThe ammonia is added to kin the roots
Of the hair. The roots Of the hair die of
and so the hair disappears from the arms.
q little patch of hair on each side of her
face We treated 1t with peroxide Of hy-
drogen and ammonia, bleaching 1t and
gradually killing the roots. 1t took three
or four months, but that was nothing COM
pared to the long martyrdom which she
Peroxide Of hydrogen Is good for the
hair, BIT unfortunately it bleaches it.
That Is the only reason 1t Is not used
by women Of good taste. It beaches the
hair and makes artificial blondes.
Women with light hair can use little
peroxide, and it viii do no harm. But once
let the dark haired woman use it, and her
peace Of mind is gone forever, or as long
as she attempts to be a blonde.
Another method Of dealing with SUPER
fiuous hair on the face Is to pull 1t out with
tweezers and then apply ammonia to kill
the roots. But that method is painful. A
method somewhat similar involves the use
Of the electric needle.
THE cost OF electric treatment Is consid-
cradle, but it is well worth the money
upward usually great deal upward. But
II you are the owner of a set of cords, an
electrode. battery and a needle, you can do
1t yourself for nothing at all. 1t is very
simple, much simpler than is supposed
by one who has never tried 1t.
4There Is still another way Of removing
hair from the face, and that Is by the salve
stick. This is a preparation which, when
heated In the gas, becomes soft. AS soon
as 1t is melted. you take 1t and clap it upon
sThen you let It lie there until it hardens.
Now YOU take and pull it Off, using one
quick hard Jerk. It comes away, brin ging
with 1t hairs and all 1t Is also tear bring
ing process, but 1t is quick and always
Affective, as 1t pulls the hairs out by the
roots,
There must always be something ap-
piled after the hairs have been pulled out,
or they will come right back again, and,
often they are sitter and coarser and
darker than before.
sour experience in this line OF business
goes to prove to US every day that there
Is no sense in having superf1uo us hair upon
the face. 1t can be very easily taken of,
and the woman who goes through life q
martyr to this unhappy cause is more to
be pitied for her ignorance than for her
misfortune.
"The very worst face can be made smooth
and pretty In a months time, and most
cases can be cured in great deal less.
The trouble Is that people will not be
bothered. They are anxious to be beauti-
full, but they will not 20 upon beautys
quest with an earnest heart and a deter
mined spirit