Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-20
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
How to Be Pretty, Even it
You Have a Cold.
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW
SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL ADVICE
THAT WILL HELP.
Useful Receipts for the Patient Who
Suffers From the Annual
Fall Misery.
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW

Written for The Evening Star.
Here comes the fall descending upon you.
and. in spite of every warning and lecture
you have acquired your fall cold. or VIII
soon do so. The good people who write
and read long discussions upon the proven
ton of colds must feel discouraged. They
preach year in and year out. and the colds
go sneezing and coughing on as cheerfully
and uninterruptedly as ever before. quite
as In the days before hygiene was made
science for the study of every primary
school child.
You wouldn't feel quite at home without
your colds. You would consider yourself
abused If you could not set your shoes wet
as often as was pleasant, and sit in the
wet shoes afterward. You would feel In
jured If anybody made you put on long
seeved underwear just because the weather
had turned crisp. You must have the prlVl-
lege of sitting in a strong drausht TO rest
when tired and overheated. There's as
much use in telling you how to ward off
colds as there is in telling you how to avoid
Cup.d's arrows. All that you want to Know
is how to be pretty now that the cold IS
upon you and you are red-eyed ana red
nosed and rusty in the joints.
In the first place, now that the cold is
upon you. it is just as we'll to take precau-
tons while you are in a docile mood Even
| though the horse is out, there Is no reason
for not locking the barn door 1t Is very
easy matter to prolong the cold now that 1t
has gained foothold.
Within the first twenty-four hours almost
any cold can be broken up if you give your
self over entirely to the business of doing
So After this time it is usually impossi-
BILE to do more than modify 4. If you have
the opportunity to seize 1t in time, go TO
Turkish bath, or take the best substitute
YOU can at home The bath In either case
will he than If do not go
to bed Immediately afterward and stay
there, muffled and perspirng. for a long
sleep.
Bath, Drink and Bed.
If you take the bath In your own tub.
make it as hot as you can comfortably en-
dure. have a big tumbler Of hot and strong
lemonade ready to bolt at the end, and
jump into bed before any chill can strike
you. Be sure that every possible draught
Is excluded from your bed room. In the
morning you may feel shaky sensation II
the cold was severe, In it's onslaught. but.
If you have restful day, you will see that
the storm has passed.
But if the cold has settled down and Will
not let go it's hold and If it is impossible
for you to nurse 1t and so shorten Its dura-
ton, then you may mitigate the annoyance
in many ways and prevent the distressing
symptoms from writing themselves all over
your face -.-'
If the cold settles in the head. stopping
the nasal passages, you must take steps to
relieve the Inflammation, otherwise you
will be caught breathing through your
mouth. and nothing could possibly be more
disastrous to good looks Simple vaseline
works like a charm in this matter. Rub
the upper part and sides OF the nose with
it. including the space between the eye
brows the forehead just above them ana
the temples Rub hard and make the skin
absorb all the yvaseline 1t will. In doing
this at night you may leave the vaseline on
the skim which will absorb more OF 1t dur
ing the night. and 1t is well to leave 1t on
as often as you are not to appear IN public
Immediately afterward. If 1t must be re-
moved, battle It off with warm water. Dust
on a little powder to remove the oily look.
Repeat the process as often as the nasal
stopping recurs. At the same time. gently
rub little vaselne on the inside OF the
nostrils as far as you can reach, and snuff
1t up further. 1t allays the Inflammation
and soothes the smarting which often
occurs.
There is usually much chapping Of the
Iips and outer edge of the nostrilS. Moth
ing Is better for this than the old-fashioned
camphor ice. Buy it of a reliable druggist.
scrape off bit with the finger nall soften
it over the gas and apply it to the chapped
skin at night
From beginning to end see to 1t that the
system is kept thoroughly cleansed. On
this depends the Fastening Of the cold and
the salvation Of the complexion There Is
a great tendency toward clogging of the
nores Eat fruit. either stewed or fresh,
drink hot water before breakfast and re-
sort to medicine If absolutely necessary.
Give the face warm bath every night to
cleanse the pores, rub 1t afterward with a
coarse towel Rub in cold cream, as much
as the skin will take, wiping off all that is
left outside. Avoid powder as much as you
can during the cold. for 1t has an inciina-
ton to clog the pores when they are not
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keen the system clear. Lemonade will be
of great benefit. pears are good. prunes are
excellent Exercise mildly each morning.
but only to keep the system in working or
der. not in a way to be firing or to induce
overbeating In general, rest as much
YOU can during the sickness, for all the
Vitality that can be saved is yours to fight
the cold with
Unbecoming Malady.
Perhaps you are a victim of fever blis-
ters. the unbecoming malady known as
cold sores They are trial to any woman's
vanity. They cannot even be covered by an
oId-time beauty patch. But one need not
suffer from them long Usually powdered
borax will drive them away in haste.
Moisten the surface of the blister so that
the powder will adhere. then plaster 1t on
it As oh Blister yeu
try this lotion: " ounce ointment rose
water. grains camphor. " dram subni-
trate bismuth. " dram powdered arrow
root.
If your eyes are at all weak they prob
abIy succumb to a cold at its first
nouncement and the most expressive orbs
lose all their beauty under such circum-
stances They turn red. the lids become
swollen, there Is a general ''weepiness'.
about them Be very careful of them for
a few days Serious eye troubles have Of
ten resulted from using xs,r them during Pc
BODY bod If is different. They can put up with
a strain and recuperate later on when they
have a chance But the eyes are unforgiv-
ing: they never forget An injury and often
pay you back severely later on
Reduce Inflammation.
There is no better wash to reduce the in
fiammation and Danish redness of eyelids
than a mixture Of two ounces camphor
water and two grains borax. To battle the
eye balls and lids both thoroughly there is
no means to compare with the eyecup. 1t is
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