Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-10-18

Correspondence on topics OF Interest 70 the hui
u solicited. Address: Editor HONEnAKrss
Fashion and Old Fashion In Hair
and Other Things.
The old fashioned girl Is in style again.
She is to be recognized among the 1880
types, among the 1850 women and among
the girls who lived IN between these
periods.
To be fashionable one must be old
fashioned. Fortunately for the woman
who would look old-fashiOned, the
styles of the good old days were becom-
ing to the average feminine face, and so,
the woman who is getting herself up as
grandmother used to get herself up,
stands very good chance of looking
pretty.
Curls were in style in the old days and
the old-fashioned girl of to-day must
curl her hair. Upon her glossy hair the
old-fashioned girl depends to great ex-
tent, and, to bring it out at its best, she
will want to make it very shiny. The
glossy haired woman is the mnch.ad-
mired woman.
There are applications to make the
hair shine, but they also make it oily.
1t is much better to apply something
which will not cause the hair to become
greasy. Brushing three or four minutes
with brush that is not too stiff will
make the hair glossy. So will sham.
poo in warm water and plenty of soap.
A good shampoo mixture to make the
hair shine is made by dissolving table
spoonful of shaved CASTLE soap in half q
cup of hot water. Add teaspoonful OF
borax and about a third of teaspoonful
of bicarbOnate of soda. Scrub into the
hair and rinse off with many waters. In
the last water put a tablespoonful OF
powdered borax to basin of water.
The hair to be glossy must be dried
and dried and dried again. Then IL
must be shaken in the air and brushed
until it is glossy. That is the way to
produce the glossy locks that are SO
much liked.
The woman who wants pretty eyes
will not have them circled with dark
lines. Nor will she have great eye sacks
under her eyes.
The pretty girls eyes are never heavy
in the lids. They are never laden under.
meath with great bags. They are never
red as to the lashes and the brows are
never unruly.
On the contrary the eyes of the pretty
girl are of the shining variety, beauti.
fully clear and of the kind which car
open widely and look one right in the
face.
To get eyes like this one must not
abuse the eyes. The girl who sews late
at night, the girl who rubs her eyes. the
girl who let's her lids and lashes become
neglected, cannot hope to have pretty
eyes.
To make the eyes large do not try to
massage around them. But, on the
contrary, try to diet. Make the face
thinner and the eyes will soon increase in
size. As one grows thin the eyes grow
bigger.
The eyebrows should not be neglected
The woman who wants nice eyebrows
can heat a little almond oil and apply II
nightly to the brows with small brush
In this manner the eyebrows can be in
fluenced. Often they are inclined tc
grow straggly. But by painting them
with brush regularly they can be train
ed into shape.
The secret of pretty eyes is found In
their care. Do not strain them. Dc
not read by faint light. Do not press
upon the balls of the eyes. Do not weal
a veil with spots that come over the
sight of the eye. Do not get into the
lah of cn,,tnfinn Avoid orio o. ms
of the eyes. Do not look into strong
light and never tax the eyes by looking
sideways, or by gazing at things toe
long or steadily.
Rocking while one reads and reading
on a moving train are both very bad fol
the eyes, as the rocking and reading con
stantly changes the focus.
The eyes should be bathed after you
have been out in the dust. The bes
method of doing this is to fill basir
with warm water. Into this put tea
spoonful of borax. Dash the water into
the eyes letting the water enter them.
To get very nice skin it is almost
necessary to live much in the open air
The girl who sits in warm room all day
will have a stewed look, and, here, again
the old-fashioned girl had chance fOl
herself. Her rooms were cool and there
was an absence of the Overheated at
mosphere of the modern home.
The old-fashioned girl took care Of
her lips. There we're old-time remedies
for keeping the mouth ripe looking
Smooth red lips were the, property Of
the pretty girl in those days and to keel
her lips nice she rubbed them nightly
with camphor ice and daily with lotions
of glycerine aud rose water.
Buttermilk was favorite face beauti
fer of the bellies of the olden days ant
the soft clear creamy complexion witt
cheeks like roses could be traced to the
good influence of the daily facial bath Of
buttermilk.
The girl of those days did not despist
face powder. She had a very simple
formula for face powder and this she
busted on her skin before she went out
The girl of those days had very pretty
neck. But this was due to the fact tha
she did not do up her throat in tight
stocks nor did she choke herself in me
tallic collars.-McCalrs.