The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-07

It was one windy day in San Fran cisco. typical afternoon there With the fog blowing in from the Pacihc in great clouds that came down as low as ones face and gave it a bath of in finiteIy fine spray. Mary Mannering had arrived in connection with mushy play which was getting upon her nerves after long months of it in the eastern Fcities.
 .sYou're looking well and not bit worn with our much-detested Janice, I remarked, as she stepped into her cosy little hotel apartment.
 She was rosy and crisp with a walk in the cool air and she looked the pie. ture of freshness and young enough to be as foolish as her despised role.
 Tt is this air that has done it," she said. q really am worn out with a season of this play, but the atmosphere puts my complexion back in England, and know look blooming. So does every woman I have met"
 What makes it? The sting of the windg'
 NO, no, tNe fog. of course. Didn't you know there is no such complexion treatment in the world as dose of tepid fog? What is 1t but a gentle steaming, far better handled than any beauty doctor knows how to handle her steam apparatus? Many dermato- logist has tried to initiate natural fog. and many directions, for homemade one have been offered to the public, but nothing compares with the genuine fog.r
 ssWhat is the exact effect produced?
 sThe warm dampness softens the skin and opens the pores, cleansing them. It is clogged pores that make dingy complexion A dash of water, such as many women indulge in every morn ing. merely fulfils the letter of the law. This skin needs a genuine soaking, and that is what it gets in a fog English women have beautiful skins. The air is not drying, as it is in so many parts of America There are some climates that parch one in a cruel way, making the tender cuticle roughen and look sort of--what shall I call it?-frayed, all the time"
 If it be fog that cleanses and fresh- ems the skin most satisfactorily, then it is worth while for dwellers in un- befogged places to discover the best possible imitation that man can make.
 At first glance one would naturally say that the steaming process is near est. But think of what the face steam ing method is. Water is brought to the boiling point. the steam is allowed to escape through a channel, the pa- tient's head is enveloped in a towel so that the steam can be concentrated on the portions of the skin to be treated. The steam is very hot and the applica- tion unnatural. No fog ever comes against your cuticle. boiling hot and in gusts like the blasts from a sud- denly opened furnace
 There is another method of cleans ing the face which approaches the conditions of a fog more nearly. Try 1t.
 Lay a large towel over your pillow, { dress yourself in a negligee that can be spattered without harm. lie on your back with a bowl of hot water on the table beside you. Have an extra towel in readiness in case you should find the water dripping during the process. Provide yourself with a soft cloth two or three times as large as a handker- chief
 You are to dip this cloth in the wa ter and apply it warm, not hot, to the face. It must reach every spot of the cuticIe. Perhaps you will find 1t more convenient and rapid to use several cloths. applying to forehead, cheeks and chin at the same time. Let the cloths lie in position until they begin to dry. then wet and apply again. Let the process last for as much as a quar- ter of an hour.
 It is well to take this treatment In your hour after lunch when you rest --if you happen to have such an hour. or half an hour. You will find the warm, damp cloths extremely restful. If you have no time during the day, let the treatment take place at night. but it Is better not to have it come immediately before or after the face scrub. which should be the good night process.
 This form of steaming is most bene- ficial in cases of blackheads. These tiny black dots you know, are nothing more or less than the unclean matter that has accumulated in the pores-oil and dust commingled. The mixture hardens, blackens and the spot ap-