Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
DAYS OF RECKONING
Summer Girls Must Pay the
Fiddler for Outdoor Dancing.
REMOVING BLEMISHES
REDUCING THE ANKLE AND RE-
SHAPING FINGER TIPS.
Complexion Comforts and Two Good
Exercises for Cutting Down
the Waist Measure.
REMOVING BLEMISHES

These are sad days of reckoning for the
summer girl. After dancing merrily
through two months of outdoor life, she
now takes a full-length view of herself In
the mirror and discovers that she will have
to pay the piper by a course of beauty doc
toring The face that looked merely
healthy and boyish in its tan In the coun-
try appears heavy, coarse and masculine.
In the environment Of her dainty room at
home she becomes possessed OF sudden
desire to get rid of her tan. Hands Which
were supple and graceful on the tiller Of a
sailboat seem sadly in need of manfcuring
now that she is back in town. The hair
that blowsed and tumbled coquettishly
about her face on the shore looks bleach
ed and coarse above her evening gowns.
Her figure has lost some of it's finer curves.
Her waist is bit too big and her ankles
| look large and unshapely above her dainty
dancing shoes. More than that, she has
general feeling that she needs grooming.
AS matter of simple comfort, she starts
with her feet The constant use of canvas
shoes and walking in the sand have caused
her feet to swell. Before retiring at night
she should battle her feet in very hot salt
water, using coarse table salt in the pro-
portion of a tablespoonful to pint of
water. This will reduce the swelling, and
if she will add to her cold bath in the
morning several CdDleSDOOn1ulS OF SAT- the
cold salt water will have a tendency to
make the flesh firm.
She should Immediately lay aside her low
shoes and strap her ankles very tightly by
means of the laces on her high shoes. Rub
blng the ankles at night with any good
lniment and bandaging them tight with
surgeons gauze will tend to reduce their
SIZE
Hurts Her Nails.
Digging in the sand-and what summer
girl doesn't love to dig with her bare
hands?-is injurious to the nails Fine sand
forces it's way between the nail and the
cuticle and reduces the depth of the pink
oval which is the chief charm of well-cared-
flor hands.
In her efforts to get rid of this sand by
ordinary methods, the girl has simply in
creased the injury to her fingers The
nails should be soaked in tepid water and
the sand should be removed with finely
pointed orange stick, never with metal If
the myers have grown stubby from much
outdoor exercise they can be reduced to
their former tapering beauty by constant
gentle rubbing toward a point This can
pest be done after soaking them in tepfd
water, and If practiced assiduously night
and morning will do much good
For general sunburn use this lotion. Six
drachms of pulverized borax mixed thor
oushiy with three-quarters of an ounce
OF pure glycerine and twelve ounces of
orange flower water. Twelve ounces of
the orange flower water is equal to twenty
four tablespoonfuls.
If the skin is badly inflamed this prepa-
rauon is most effective: Boracic acid one
drachm; distilled witch hazel two ounces.
rosewater, two ounces Use as a wash
Two or three times a day. Bathing the
lace with warm water would be beneficial,
and you should not eat spicy, Stimulating
greasy food or sweets
Use Pure Vinegar.
Pure vinegar is an excellent skin tonic.
Out ACID vinegar is thing to be avoided.
II to the discomforts of tan girl has
added an oily skin, she will take much
comfort from this lotion: Dried rose leaves,
one ounce; white wine vinegar, one-half
pint Pour the vinegar upon the rose
leaves and let it stand for one week: then
strain and add the rosewater, throwing
the rose leaves away. The lotion may be
used either pure or diluted by putting
ABOUT tablespoonful into a cupful of
ralnWater. Do not keep in metal vessel
II instead of becoming oily the combined
eHects OF sunshine and wind have made the
SKIN harsh and dry, this mixture will prove
most healing: Lanolin one ounce; almond
OIL, one ounce; simple tincture of benzon,
half ounce. Mix the three ingredients thor
oughly together and rub into the skin at
night before going to bed.
The most permanent injury to her beauty
II she has been much in the water has
bly, been done to her hair Sea water
and strong sunlight do not bleach the hair
evenly, but streak it and give it a heavy.
matted appearance
When She Comes Home.
The appointments of the average sum-
mer girls room in a hotel or boarding
house do not afford her the needed op-
portunity to care for her hair, and imme-
diately on her return to town she should
take it in hand. If her hair is oily and
Streake0 she will
dandrun than usual on the SCALP For
TINS let her beat one egg thoroughly and
aod II to pint of tepid water. STRAIN
through a fine bag or sieve so that no
particle of the egg can stick to the hair.
Rub this into the scalp thoroughly so that
the dandruff will be loosened; then sham
poo the head with warm water in which
mas been dissolved a SaltSpoonful of DOW
dered borax and plenty of pure white soap;
rinse the hair thoroughly and dry by pat
ing 1t with warm soft towels and by fan
ming.
Do not dress the hair until IT is thor
oughly dry, and even when II seems free
from moisture lift it from the scalp and
shake 1t constantly. The more air you give
the halr and the more ventilation the scalp
has, the less oil there will be in it. If the
hair is in very bad condition, two sham
poos during the first week are not too
much; after that a weekly shampoo may
be given.
The 100 Strokes.
On the other hand, if the hair has become
dry and harsh rub vaseline into the roots
and brush the hair the proverbial one hun
dred strokes before retiring. Scalp massage
Is an important factor in reducing the hair
to its normal condition. 1t will really pay
the returning summer girl to visit first
class scalp specialist and have her hair
treated for several weeks
Ii this is luxury beyond her purse then
let her massage her own scalp each night
Loosen the hair from the scalp by shaking
IL nightly from the ends. Then, starting
where the hair joins the forehead press the
finger tips in circular motion toward the
crown or imaginary center of the head.
This should be an alternate movement with
the fingers first light, then deep. The sec
ond movement starts from the junction of
the hair with the scalp. just above the ears
and working toward the same central point
and the third starts at the nape of the
neck. In this way the entire scalp is
worked.
A very simple exercise for reducing the
size of the waist is this
Reducing the Waist.
Stand with the heels together, the toes
pointing out slightly, the body erect, the
chest high, the head straight and the chin
In. Hands are at the sides, palms forward.
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