The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28

Freckles in those days, as now, were
much disliked. 1t is doubtful, though.
if freckles have ever greatly marred a
woman's beauty. The fine, soft, sensi-
tive skin which freckles easily is so
very white and so very pretty in tex
ture as wholly to counterbalance the
freckles.
Again, freckles are found only upon
the skin of the young, so that to own
freckles is an absolute guarantee of
some degree of youth.
Again. going further in the argument
for freckles, it can be asserted that the
freckled girl always has nice hair
which is usually inclined to curl, and
that nice hands, even though they may
be freckled, go with fine, white skin
and curly hair.
Still. those who do not want freckes
can protect the face by not going out
for at least an hour after washing it
and by bathing it with the freckle To-
tions.
No better thing was ever known for
wind chap than sweet clover pomade,
which was made in old colonial days
out of lump of mutton tallow melted
over hot water with an equal quantity
of sweet oil added. While this was
slmmering, sprig of clover was added
and a drop or two of rose altar.
One drop is enough to scent as much
of the pomade as would fill a large cof-
fee cup. When partly cool the clover
leaves were fished out and the pomade
was poured into its permanent recep-
tacle.
In those days they had a very nice
little homemade jar for cold creams
and pomades jar which was pretty,
easily made and so cheap that it could
be thrown away when the pomade was
gone. 1t consisted of an eggshell with
the contents blown out.
The shell was washed clean and, If
altar of roses was plentiful, half a drop
was put into the shell. The cream was
then poured in and the shell was stood
upright by burying it in cornmeal UNI
! ill the cream had hardened. The whole
was then suspended with ribbons at
the side of the dressing table.
All beauty creams should be made
in a double boiler, for the fats and
the oils and the other ingredients
scorch easily, and to burn them is to
ruin the cream. A tiny egg beaten is
needed also, for the creams will not
mingle well unless they are beaten
while they are cooling.
The Importance of allowing all To-
! tons and creams to stand is not fully
appreciated by the amateur. In mix
ing perfume it sometimes takes two
months before the odors mingle suffi-
GENTLY to give forth what is called
the bouquet.
1t is weeks before the ingredients of
a simple pot of cold cream become
| properly mingled. The principle is
the same as that upon which the house.
wife works when she makes a fruit
| cake, plum pudding or a nhince pie.
| She sets it away to get seasoned.
1t takes weeks for the spices to per-
meate the cake, the pudding or the
pie, and, in the case of a fruit cake,
| the longer 1t stands the better it is
| supposed to be. And so with creams
and perfumes.
1t was noticed long ago that the
| pretty girls of the South, who rode and
! drove in the sun and the wind who
! boated, sat upon the verandas and in
vited sunstroke generally, came out
with an excellent skin at the end of
| the season.
One day a Northern belle discovered
on the dresser of a Southern beauty a
bottle of fluid which was labelled Gu
cumber cologne, and on being pressed
the pretty girl gave up its secret.
Cucumber cologne, which has been
famed for more than half a century,
| is made by taking two ounces each of
| spirits of cologne, orange juice, flower
! water and rose water.
| A pinch of powdered borax softens
| this and six drops of benZoin affords a
| tonic for the skin. This can be shaken
up in bottle, set away and used upon
the skin after It has been exposed to
| a sharp wind.
A Southern nanny, whose beauty
| preparations were famous for miles
about, used to go to the great wide
| hallway where stood a stone rose jar
and dip a generous hand into the fam
lily roses, bringing up leaves, spices,
scent and all. This she would cover
with wine vinegar and let stand in the
sun, shaking it occasionally
Finally she would add twice the bulk
of vinegar and an equal amount of
cologne. To every pint of this she
would put six drops of ammonia.
This made a most refreshing bath
vinegar to be used in the proportion
of a coffee cup to half an ordinary
| tub of water.
The bellies of to-day have a fad for
| bathing in a milky bath, made so, not
| by the addition of milk, but by few
| drops of benzoin. This, with a bath
vinegar makes an ideal freshener for
| tired nerves.
1t was very seldom that a belle of
the old days had cheeks of poppy COL
or. If scorched by the sun or torn
| by the wind, they were bathed in
sweet oil and lime water, and after
ward a little pure sweet oil was rub
| he'd intn Them