The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-06-11
THE STRAWBERRY
AS A COSMETIC

AS A COSMETIC
Marian Martineau in Chicago Tribune.
The stra wberry, that supreme table
deicacy and staple, can be turned TO
good account by the woman VINO mas
bemishes on her face. Even the belle
who has no blemishes can use it, for
if will preserve her beauty and fortlfy
her for the season to come.
The strawberry properly used is the
host cosmetic 1T clears the system,
rIeanses the skin, takes off spots, re-
moves freckles and gives the complex
ion that pretty glow which is the de-
light of those who love beauty.
Ii can be taken internally and it can
he applied externally, and in either ca
pacity is good.
But best of all. at this time of year,
is the strawberry when applied eXter-
nsly. for there are those who cannot
nsrtake Of the fruit freely for fear of
rash, and there are others who cam
moi touch it at all because for some
reason it acts as poison upon the
stomach. And, where the straw berry
does not agree with one, it is a poor
food indeed. One of it's properties is
that Of a strong acid, which permeates
the system and utterly destroys the
neace of mind of the person with whom
the acid does not agree. There are
people who can never touch a straw
berry as a food, for it acts in the most
terrible manner upon the blood.
But as cosmetic the strawberry is
above .reproach. If the berries can be
eaten it is good thing to take them
ON rising. A pint of Strawberries, eat
en- with plenty of sugar but no cream,
makes good appetizer for the break
fast that is to follow. The ideal beauty
breakfast is a pint of strawberries well
sweetened. but eaten without milk or
cream. This should be followed by
cereal and a well cooked hot bread.
Al a sanitariuln for wealthy invalids,
where people go as much for their COM
plexion as for more serious ills, they
give the patients large dishes of oat-
meal or other cereals, with freshly
sliced straw berries laid in a thick layer
over the top. The whole is now sweet
ened and eaten with fork. They also
spread hot breads thick with unsalted
butter and with this delightful dish
they serve sliced strawberries, or large
berries on the stem.
As q cosmetic the strawberry is fine.
Those who have freckles and spots,
blotches and blemishes, can take the
berry and cut it in two This berry,
rubbed upon the blemish, will turn into
an acid which will take off the spot.
Obstinate spots can have strawberry
iuice applied to them and left on for
half an hour and afterward washed off
with hot water.
There is in society young woman
whose skin is a deep olive and whose
arms specially are a ripe olive brown
AT times, when she is bilious or out of
condition. her arms are almost brown.
This young woman cuts strawberry
and rubs it over her brown arms. Then
she takes and washes off the juice with
basin of hot water with a teaspoon
full OF borax dissolved in the water and
about five drops of ammonia. She is
careful 10 not get this into her eyes.
And. TO soothe the skin, she follows the
arm bath with an application of cold |
cream.
For the face the ripe mashed berry |
makes an excellent bath, but it cannot |
be used by all alike. The brown |
skinned beauty will find her complex |
ion wonderfully improved thereby. The
acid will cleanse the complexion, while /
the rosy glow OF the berries will inn
part pleasing tinge to the skin.
There are olive beauties who depend |
TO season. They use the first berries /
that come and keep on with the berry |
bath until the last bit of the crimson |
fruit has disappeared from the fruit /
stalls. They claim that it gives them !
the half rosy look which is so essential |
To am appearance of youth.
A fresh complexion is necessary to |
the woman who wants to keep her /
youth For no matter how well pre- |
served she may be otherwise, a sallow /
skin viii surely give her away. If she |
be dark skinned or yellow skinned, or
il her face be muddy, she viii find
ready relief in the fresh juice of the
finest berry Of spring.
Those who are too fair to use the
clear juice of the berry can make
nice complexion bath. Take half a cup
Of ripe berries and squeeze the juice
into a basin. straining it through a fine
cloth. To this juice add a pint of boil
ing water and a cup of red wine vine
gar. This makes a nice bath for the
hands and arms. and it is excellent for
{ he face though the eyes should be
kept tightly closed while using it. 1t
can be daubed upon the cheeks and
forehead without touching the eyes.
There was an old lady who made her
fortune one summer at a famous water
ing place selling cream Of Strawberries
for the complexion. Her jars of cold
cream sold as fast as she could make
hem. Each jar contained the juice of
berries skillfully compounded with heal
ing lotions.
The recipe for this cream, as begged
from her was this: Taking heaping
tablespoon of mutton tallow, she would
put il on the fire to heat. and into it she
would stir about tablespoon of pow
tlYAd IA fT1pa1 fine -four
Then TO this she would add half
cup Of strawberry juice, stirring vigor-
Uusly over the fire until it was all OF a
ream Finally she would pour it into
jars and set away TO cool. 1t was
about as thick as corn starch and
soothing TO the skin. The old lady
.ould never give the directions accu-
ately, for, as she wisely observed, ta-
teaspoons were of different sizes ana
some kinds Of oatmeal mixed better
han others.
There was, in the days of the beau
les of tie last generation a terribly
'Ntravagant belle who ordered her
maid each morning to bring her the
uice of a quart of ripe berries. The |
maid strained the juice, added tea
spoon of boraX powder and heated the
whole just enough to be pleasant 1t
was good enough to drink, but the J
'llt bdAllNl lltl LdNt IA IL iiti iitth anu
Ter arms. letting it dry on the skin. In
1fteen minutes she was ready for her
oath, which left the skin rosy and
lngling from the acid wash.
Nor are strawberries the only prod
act Of spring that can be used for the
oeautifying of the complexion. The I
beneficial effects of spinach taken in
,ernally are wei known. The summer {
woman who wants a complexion as {
clear as cream and as ripe as peaches
mould eat spinach. She Should take
u well cooked. without the addition Of
10 boiled eggs and with vinegar. !
" atercress and all sorts of greens, not I
oIEetflnp the nr.n-. nutritious and f.R- | s