Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-24

| lions in the world Will help Without
these fundamentals. But when these
are secured, there are other things to be
done to preserve the complexion in order
to make the face attractive.
In the first place, the face must be
kept clean. Not only by mere washing
with water and cloth or even by the
use of soap and water, but by something
more thorough than these. The surface
soil may be taken from the skin by the
ordinary washing, but to get the dust
! from the pores, q more radical course
must be followed. An unguent must be
selected that will soften the skin and
coax the dirt from its interstices.
Too much care cannot be given to the
selection Of the cream or SIX n food or
whatever it may be that is used for this
purpose. Cold creams by the score may
| be purchased but large proportion of
these do more harm than good, especial
Iy il applied to delicate skin.
Either they make it so tender that il
|
promote a growth Of hair, CT they coar
sen the skin. But there are good cold
creams and if one will take pains it is
not hard to make choice.
In order to get the best result for the
| fice, it should be cleansed at bed time
First it should be washed with soft
cloth dipped in warm water and rubbed
On good soap, or dipped in ALMOND
meal. To some skins the latter is I'M
suited and their owner would do we'll t,
confne themselves to good soap. High
ly scented soaps should be avoided.
A sponge should not be used for the face,
[ pleasant as is the touch of it. The
best judges say it is impossible to keep
a sponge entirely clean, whereas the clotll
can be made anti-septic. When the face
has been Washed-and the cloth should
| 20 into all the corners and be applied
again and againt the face must be rinsed
in warm water and patted dry with a
| soft towel. In washing or in Wiping
stroke the face upwards.
| Now comes the cold cream. A little
should be taken on the finger tips and
| rubbed into the skin. with outward and
| upward strokes from the middle of the
face The rubbing should not be too
hard and yet there should be enough
pressure brought to produce glow and
to stimulate a circulation. Each part
of the face should be treated in detail.
| The forehead should be stroked from the
middle towards the temples and up
towards the hair. The temples should
| be rubbed and the corners about the
eyes where the first fine wrinkles dis
play themselves should receive special
attention. All around the eyes the flesh
shonld be massaged and the cold cream
rubbed in thoroughly. The lower part
of the face, the skin about the lips and
where the smile or the droop of the
mouth has left lines must be treated.
Afterwards the cold cream must be
wiped from the face with soft cloth
and the skin again washed and dried.
If it is very dry in tendency a little
mOre-a very little more-cOld
cream may be rubbed in and left on
over night, but the best judges are
against leaving the grease on tie face
all night.
This is not very troublesome business,
although it may seem a burden to
tired woman when she goes to bed.
But like every other care Of the body
it is matter OF habit and once estab-
lished, the custom of giving five min
utes at bed time to identifying comes to
be taken as a matter Of course. If a
woman thinks the preservation of her
complexion worth while she will not
grudge this small amount of time be-
slowed upon it.
[ have spoken Of this sort of thing
being done for the preservation of the
complexion. If it is necessary to wom-
en- who have good skins in the first place,
it is much more essential for those who
are not blest in this respect. or who
through carelessness have let their skins
fall into bad state. They will not get
off SO easily as the women who have
naturally good skins or who have taken
proper care of them. To redeem their
looks they must follow the process [ have
described above and do even more. They
must take up facial massage more thor
ough.y, rubbing the lined forehead
round and round with the finger tips,
always stroking upwards. This circu-
lar movement is to be given to the
cheeks and about the eyes as we'll.