The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
OFF WITH TAN AND FRECKLESl
BEAUTY DOCTORS NOW AT WORK
on DAMAGED COMPILATIONS.

Needed TO Restore Their Pink ana
White Compilations Cures for Frociklee.
One OF the sights OF the town just now
Is the unusually large number OF young
women--of women Of all ages in fact
one sees in the streets with a complexion
OF copper brown, lobster red or any in
tervening shade-a complexion, in snort,
which makes the average country girl
here on a sightseeing tour gasp
The average girl born and brought up
In the country will rarely take such liberties
In summer with her complexion as the New
York girl apparently delights to take. But
then, as one country girl confessed. one
reason for this caution is that in country
villages one does not find beauty doctor
around every corner.
The country girl must depend more or
less upon nature, which is nothing II not
slow, to remove obnoxious shades OF tan
and lobster red imprinted upon fair faces,
and to restore the rose and lily tints coveteo
by every sane woman, whereas the city
girl can and does pass nature by and en-
list instead the services of art, or, In other
words, Of beauty doctor. Art comes
higher. but its processes, when 1t comes
to a matter Of restoring a womaI.'s com
plexion, put nature quite in the shade.
"Do you imagine for ono moment that
motor boating, sailing and automobiling
would have such tremendous vogue
with the smart woman II there we're no
skin specialists in New York; asked
facial massage operator the other day. But
for us none of those amusements would
have much Of show with women Of fashion,
or with any other woman, for that matter.
"As it is, find that there Is no other
woman on earth quite 30 reckless OF her
complexion In the summer time as the
New Yorker. The English woman? Oh,
no. She, it is true, Is wonderfully fond
OF outdoor life and sports, but 1t is not
often that English women Of fashion are
seen tearing around bareheaded.
-The English woman is sporty, but she
hasn't the least idea of sacrificing her skin
to her sports That's why her natural COM
plexion outlasts. az rule, that Of the Ameri-
can woman.
Il am not lamsnting the recklessnees OF
the New York woman by any means. From
now until the end of next month at least
we shall be rushed with work, most Of which
is fixing up damaged compilations.
"The average customer who comes in
| for treatment is tanned an even brown
rather than red, and her akin feels like a
piece OF leather. There are others who
| have a notified appearance because OF a
thick crop Of freckles. Either Of these
skins is east or to deal with than the COM
plexion OF purple red which is beginning to
peel, for in the latter case the injury goes
deeper than the outside outicle.
| Il am treating a case like that now. l
began Yesterday and the young woman
will have to come to me every day for at
least six weeks. Do you know what that
Young girl did2 She used to 60 In swimming
every day, sometimes twice Q day, come
| out OF the water and lie in the hot sun face
uppermost.
sSome one had told her that by letting
her face peel she would have lovely COM
plexion afterward, and in order to make
quick work Of the peeling she wet her facs
| frequently with salt water. A. result
she burned 30 deeply that In order to restore
her skin to anything Like . decent oondi-
ton shall have to remove all three layer
OF cutiole which protect the real akin and
then, after the first layer Of new cuticle
forms, remove that too.
Il do this very gradually with a cream
but for q month at least that girl won't
be pretty to look at and she will suffer Z
GOOD deal, too. 1t is the quickest and best
remedy she can have, however. Without
aid she would be almost disfigured all winter
long. Her skin is the sort which can
| stand such rough treatment as she gave It
Can ! take of sunburn and freoklea
without peeling the skim Why, certainly
can although peeling is the most effective
way and one which is pretty sure to take
OF the little wrinkles too, which como In
summer from squirting the eyes In the SUM-
shine,
now whose skin is almost like q pieoe Of
leather from the effects of an automobile
tour In which she rode hard against the
wind for several hours every day for mers
than Q month. She is burned deep, rief
brown.
sThe first thing did--and this ! do in
nearly every case of burned skin-wai
to steam her face, 30 as to soften and craol
the akin. Much steaming Is decidedly
bad for the akin, and If not very carefully
done 1t VIII :n;ure the face muscles; but Il
Is almost indispensable as preliminary
| step. Before exposing face to th6 steam
l cover it thickly With cold cream and
protect the eyes with little wads OF cotton.
Some women can stand the hot steam
nearly twenty-five minutes, and Others
can't endure II without suffering for more
| than ten minutes. BY first covering the
face with cream, the skin can endure q
much higher temperature OF steam ane
for q longer time.
After the steaming wash on the fact
with more plain cream, and / rub somt
very gently into the open pores 1heI
send the patient homo with her fact
well protected from chill.
@The next day after the steaming the
patient comes again. She must com'
regularly for seven days, and at every visi
: message her face with q cream which
contains bleaching ingredients.
sNone but q novice imagines that skil
can be cleaned up without the aid Of acids
There Is no disguise about 1t. Our Gus
toners for the most part are quite awar'
!. that nearly every bleaching cream con
tains corrosive sublimate and arsenic, bu
they don't bother their heads about wha
the stuff is made Of, 10 long as 1t does tn
; work.
: sYss, I suppose q long course Of treat
ment With such creams might injure wo'
mans skin, to say no thing OF her health
} but then, you soe no facial operator eve
gives long course OF treatment with them
The peeling, process Is done with powerful
} acids, which literally burn on the cuticle
but the proc cess Is soon over.
1.-THE badly freokled skin Ia one of tn
! most troublesome we have to deal with
; Freckles have gone out OF fashion, ant
fashionable girls nowadays will have nom