The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-04
Secrets Of the Pink Cheeks and
Bright Eyes Of Old Time Bellies.

two-ounce bottle OF the oil Of sweet al.
monds to the druggist for the purpose OIL
getting a drop Of the altar Of rose added te
the. oil. The whole is then taken home
and set in bowl Of boiling water.
then added and the mixture is beaten will
an egg heater or with an egg whip. as II
cools There will be a quantity OF nice
creamy mixture for the skin.
Benzoinated cold cream Is thing that
by taking homemade cold cream and
melting. it in a double boiler. To this there
was added little benzoin in the proportion
OF six drops to an ounce Of the cream;
Into this also there was stirred little
powdered borax. The result was cream
The scented bath is almost necessary for
beauty. One way is to take a tub of water
and pour into It a pint Of the best bath
vinegar and to this add little OF the milk
OF cucumbers and the bath Is ready.
Exercise Is OF immense benefit in treating
the skin. A woman should exercise until
the skin Is In glow. She must exercise
until she can feel that her lungs and heart
are stimulated. Then she is ready for the
skin lotions and for the scented baths
The exercise upon which the bellies OF
other days depended for their beauty was
dancing. Dancing and horseback riding
were the two diversions
The belle OF those days rode horseback
IN the morning and afterward sat upon the
bread, coffee and oranges.
At II she had a mint julep and glass OF
sherbet, and at noon she ate her dinner.
Afternoons she rode horseback and slipped
sherbet and her tea was very much like
her breakfast
Evenings she danced and ate ices 1t
was pretty much the same day after day,
with a few hours given over to beauty cul-
ture in between times.
The girl Of to-day who wants to acquire
beauty can. for one thing, take the very
hot foot baths which are supposed to clear
the complexion. She can hold her feet in
hot water in which there is little violet
ammonia, which she makes for herself
by adding a few drops OF ammonia to q
quantity Of violet perfume.
she can get them at home II she cares to
do so. They are tiresome to the body,
but they do clear the skin, and they are not
80 very weakening II one understands how
to exercise afterward
girl sets out to be beauty, she must
know how to make the most Of her natural
charms The old-time beauty studied
poses
She would look at her face in the glass
and select her best feature Often 1t was
a cleft chin, or maybe it was a prettily
rounded cheek. Then she would make the
She would sit with her finger tip upon
her cheek in picture pose, or she would
point daintily toward the dimple In her
chin, or she would rest one pretty fore
finger on the spot which is just below the
corner OF the mouth 1t was very charm
ing trick Of manner, and it wrought havoc
with the SWANS.
The girl Of these days has a neck which
is perennially spoiled. No sooner does she
repair it than it is spoiled again. She
wears chokers and metallic bands, and
now she is tying the disfiguring black velvet
around the throat. No woman can do this
and keep her throat nice.
To make the neck smooth and round
and pretty again requires great endeavor.
The neck must be massaged withhold cream
and it must be heated and massaged again.
1t must be continually treated and mas
saged again and again, or the lines will be-
come fixtures
The girl who automobiles, II she would
preserve her skin, covers her face with q
GOLD cream: She lays it on very thick and
over this she spreads a thick layer Of face
powder. using the very best she can buy.
she looks as though she was whitewashed,
Then she puts on her big automobile veil.
The result Of protecting the skin by
cream and by powder is soon apparent
The cuticle is covered and tho skin remains
soft and nice, Dust cannot get into the
pores and wind cannot chap 1t. The skin Is
preserved and the trip does the face no harm
at all
On her return from her trip the woman
who has protected her face in this way
can remove all traces Of powder with
cold cream. She must cover her face with
made, and must let 1t stay on at least is
minutes. She then takes It of with soft
cloth, and there will remain nothing but
the smooth, clear, pink skin.