Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-04
Copyright, 1904, by Christine rerhune nenIcE.

ny Copyright, 1901, by Christine Terhune IIerrick.
a. was there ever a woman who die
-, not wish 10 be good looking? II so
II she must have been. In the childish
q. phrase. too good TO be true" That
In IL, unless she was already 30 pretty
70 that she felt she had nothing more in
n, that line to ask q Fate
" Even the beautiful woman must
m take care OF her good looks. Nature
"A may bestow these but she does not I'M
~ dertake to keep them In order Once
a, In rare season one finds woman
n whose complexion seems to take care
= OF Itself. but she In such an exception
= that II Is hardly worth while to bring
= her case into consideration. The ma
4 Jority or women have to work to keep
y their skins In order and their efforts
4. must be the more strenuous II they
" have been careless of them In youth.
n When ! speak of care Of the COM
a plexion l do not mean that one must
= devote herself too constantly TO this
! work Very few busy women can af-
ford to give the time that complexion
specialists declare essential to the
preservation of beauty. when one
sees woman who does all demanded
; of her In this line. she is not likely to
have leisure for anything else
l know one such woman. In her
girlhood she was the acknowledged |
belle OF her native place. Her COM
plexion was like rose leaf. her figure |
was exquisite, her features were regu-
lar. Having won the reputation of
beauty she felt she must live up to IT, |
She has done so and II has taken all
her time. AT ferty-five she Is still en-
gagged In preserving her charms. She
never rises until eleven o'clock, She
IL most dllgent In the care OF her
diet The time she spends upon facial
and bodily massage leaves her little
for anything else. Verify. she has her !
reward. Her golden tresses are plen-
tiful and smooth, although there is a {
touch Of something not entirely due {
to nature In their coloring. Her rose 9
leaf tint of skin is still to be seen. al J
though II may not be as fluctuating l
as when 1t was altogether home made.
Her figure she has been able to retain I
by dint of exercise and she is still a I
beautiful woman. But has II been n
worth while? There are very few d
women who would think It so, or who v
thinking so would be able to give the f
time to achieve the result Too few C
find II feasible to follow the rules by y
which Patti declares she has held her d
youth with her so long--three square G.
meals day. eight hours sleep at a.
night and three hours exercise daily Il
in the open air. II would be good ~
thing If every woman could allow her
self this treatment, but Il Is not for n
those who must work In their homes 81
or elsewhere ra
The benefit to the skin must be h,
wrought from within outward, not B
from without alone. That is the body d.
must be kept in good working order ey
by vigorous exercise and proper food he
and then the foundation win be laid he
Tor good complexion. Not all the br
external applications In the world viii
lelp without these fundamentals. But
when these are secured there are
,ther things to be done 10 preserve
he complexion In order TO make the ue
ace attractive w
In the first place, the face must be ~
,ept clean. Not only by mere wash ~
ng with water ana cloth or even by -
he use of SOAP and water but by re
more thorough than these. eIe
he surface soil may be taken from IN
he skin by the ordinary washing. but 6o
D get the dust from the pores a more sig
adical course must be followed An Oh
nguent must be selected that VIII ma
often the skin and coax the dirt from ne
s interstices rag
Too much care can not be given TO nm
he selection Of the cream or skin ali'
,od o. whatever II may be that ls me
sed for this purpose. Cold creams by zen
lie score may be purchased but a oa
rye proportion OF these do more ~
arm than good especially II applied Us
: dalicata SIN, Ei,har ,ba,, r,nt,a int
81 tender that II chans and scales Wa
adily, or else they promote growth .ne
hair or they coarsen the skin But COT
are are good cold craams ana ~ one WHIT
nj take Mains II is not hard II MAYO che
cboioa and
In order IN get tho hest resuI, for ton
e face 1t should be cleansed at bed IN
soft cloth dinned In warm yyatar ton
a rubbed nm eood soan ar dinnad wy,
almond meal. To some skins the Yen
tier is unsuited and their owner elgn
,uld do well to confine themselves stdil
a good soap. Highly scented soaps repe
I ba usa5 for tho faca niaosant &c have
the touch of II. The best Judges ever
Y IL Is impossible to keep a sponge -
tirely clean. whereas the cldh can
made anti-septic When tie face
s been washed-and the cloth
ould go into all the corners Ind be "Be
Piled again and again-tht face
lst be rinsed in warm watar and
tied dry with a soft towel In wash al
or In wiping stroke the face up ~
rds. -
VOW comes Inc cOlQ cream. ntIle :
,uld be taken on the finger TIPS and
,bed into the skin, with Outward
upward strokes from the middle
the face. The rubbing should not
too hard and yet there shoild be
ugh pressure brought to produce
W and so stimulate the circulation.
III part of the face should be treat
in detail The forehead shoid be Used
oked from the middle towards the traine
lples and up towards the hair. world
, temples should be rubbed aid the I.oL,
.;rI.,o 49, t...,,.a Rash
,,d racai,a s,aniai ottanttnI Az Shaw
80 ~ a,,os ~ ar oho,i5 - ratio
,s ,,a "a a. 'ie ia ora,,n ',,hhs Burn
thoroughly. The lower part IL the Inc
, the skin about the lips and where IL a
,af. IL, " NC Va up " ~ Is not
as The co1a oroo,s, ,,,,,st ~ t,inaa most
! the face with a soft cIoti and 25c.
skin again washed and driG. If
very dry in tendency littlemore
very little more-cold cream may
'ubbed In and left on over light,
the best judges are against leav- I'D,
the grease on the face all night. ~!
lis is not very troublesome BUSH
although it may seem a bTden
tired woman when she gos to
But like every other care o. the
1t is a matter of habit and bnce
olished, the custom of giving five
ties at bed time to beautiting
IS to be taken as matter Of
sc. If woman thinks the res
ton of her complexion vbrth
: she will not grudge this shall
int of time bestowed upon It.
lave spoken of this sort of ting
done for the preservation ofthe