The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

THESE are sad days of reckoning for
the summer girl. After dancing mer-
rily 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 doctoring. The
face that looked merely healthy and
boyish in its tan in the country, ap-
pears heavy, coarse and masculine.
In the environment of her dainty
room at home, she becomes possessed
of a 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 manicuring now
that she is back in town. The hair
mat blowsed and tumbled coquetish-
~ about her face on the shore, looks
bleached and coarse above her even
ing gowns. Her figure has lost some
OF its finer curves. Her waist is a
bit too big and her ankles look large
and unshapely above her dainty dane
ing shoes. More than that, she has a
general feeling that she needs groom
ing.
AS a matter of simple comfort, she
OF canvas shoes and walking in the
sand have caused her feet to swell.
Before retiring at night she should
oathe her feet in very hot salt water
using coarse table salt in the propor-
ton of tablespoonful to a point of
water. This will reduce the swell
ing, and if she will add to her cold
bath in the morning several table
spoonfuls of salt the cold salt water
hqUn
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. Rubbing the ankles
at night with any good liniment and
oandaging them tight with surgeons
gauze will tend to reduce their size.
Care of the Nails.
Digging in the sand-and what sum-
mer 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 for hands.
In her efforts to get rid of this sand
by ordinary methods, the girl has sim
ply increased the injury to her fingers.
The nails should be soaked in tepid
water and the sand should be removed
with finely pointed orange stick, new
er with metal. If the fingers have
grown stubby from much outdoor ex-
erclse, they can be reduced to their for
mer tapering beauty by constant, gem
tie rubbing toward a point This can
best be done after soaking them in tep-
i'd water, and if practiced assiduously
night and morning will do much good.
For general sunburn use this lotion
Six drachms of pulverized borax mixed
thoroughly with hree-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 inhamed this
preparation is most effective Boracic
acid, one drachm; distilled water hazel.
two ounces: rosewater, two ounces.
Use as a wash two or three times a
day. Bathing the face with warm va
ter would be beneficial, and you should
not eat spicy, stimulating, greasy food
or sweets.
Vinegar a Skin Tonic.
Pure vinegar is an excellent skin
| tonic, but acid vinegar is a thing to
be avoided. If to the discomforts of
| tan a girl has added an oily skin, she
will take much comfort from this To-
| ton: 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, throw
| ing the rose leaves away. The lotion
may be used either pure or diluted by
putting about a tablespoonful into a
| cupful of rainwater. Do not keep in
| a metal vessel.
If, instead of becoming oily, the
combined effects Of sunshine and wind
have made the skin harsh and dry, this