The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-21
Uomdn's UorId

GERS, and the woman who is treating
her face must be careful to selclt a
/ good powder. And the same is true of
soap, which, while an excellent thing
Tor the skin, must be of the right kind
or II will do more harm than good. A
good soap, made into a stiff lather and
spread upon the face, will, when
washed off. bring with it many imper-
| fections. This is the latest and most
| modern of beauty'S facial recipes. And
| combined with good recipes for the
skin, it will produce beauties which
would be second to none in a beauty
competition, with all the beauties of
| all the ages as contestants.
The care of the mouth assumes an
| immense proportion these days, when
the wind is cutting and the lips chap.
| Winter or summer, the wind and even
the air are enemies to the mouth. for
in the summer the lips blister and
crack and in the winter they become
sore and withered.
Cherry Lips Gained Only by Care.
This withered state of the lips is one
that is peculiarly difficult to deal with,
for the lips grow gray and all redness
leaves them. The wind bites and the
lips seem TO lose their life in the teeth
of the elements. Either the lips are
blue, or they are gray, or they are
parched and chappeG, and there is
cracked appearance which makes them
as disagreeable as they can be.
Lips, TO feel right, ought to be smooth.
To be pretty they ought to be a bright
red; they ought to be full and not
dry; they ought to be shapely, which
they cannot be if they are sore, and
c1,n to,
indicate that they are not in a healthy
condition.
A pretty girl walked into a drawing
room the other day. Her cheeks were
plump and rosy; her hair lay in pretty
waves upon her forehead; her eyes
were bright and clear, but her lips
spoiled the picture. They were chapped
and ragged; there was a great crack
in the lower one, while upon the upper
lip there was a big fever sore, showing
that they were in far from a healthy
state. Lips such as these are never at |
tractive.
Slight Defects Destroy Beauty.
Another young woman might have |
had pretty lips but for her habit of |
pressing them together into a hard |
line. Still another would have had a
pretty mouth, but her upper teeth pro-
truded, and this took away the sweet
ness of the face, giving it an uncouth !
look. Still another young woman in
that assemblage had a mouth which
would have been pretty but for an I'M
fortunate habit of keeping the lips
separated. Any of these young women
might have been pretty by remedying
some trif1ing fault of the mouth.
And this shows how easily beauty is
it can also be restored. And often it
happens that woman without beauty
is transformed into pretty one.
In a certain family there was a girl
with tolerably good features and a
pleasing expression. This girl after
reading a beauty talk. went to work
upon herself and her looks. Her hair,
which was drab. was transformed into
a lovely bright brown; her eyes, which
had long been red and devoid of
winkers," were coaXed until there
was an airy fringe around them, maxi
ing the eyes sweet; her mouth, which
was a little askew. was treated by
cosmetic dentist who replaced missing
eeth and made the mouth straight
again; her wrinkles were massaged
lway and her complexion was made
ike the peach.
One day the family awoke to find
hat it had a professional beauty in the {
louse, and from that time on each I
member devoted herself to the getting 4
f good looks. Bead work and crochet '
we're neglected, brasses went un-
coured, and power work was thrown
side. for the whole family had gone !
nto the business of self adornment
md a year later all acknowledged
hat it was good investment of time. i,
Juice Fine Cosmetic. :
The juices of ripe fruits make an /
xcellent cosmetic. Ripe Strawberries
an be rubbed upon the face or the T
erries can be prepared into a straw s
cry wash. There was certain q
eauty who used to macerate pint of
erries daily and add them to little !
1ftened rain water. This she strained |
nd heated and then she added it to
er bath. Sometimes she used the ber- Z
es stronger, taking the pure juice. 1t -
as expensive, as she was not a coun- =
y girl, but how well it repaid her. 1t o
as cheaper than rouge and better +
ian medicines. "
The old bellies relied upon strawberry q
lice to clear the skin for the rest of II
lie year. They rubbed the berries on f,
le face and let the juice dry on. This, a
the case of an olive skinned belle, | "
i'll create an attractive flush. Il
The juice of the berries will take Il
way freckles and the color will tint 7
e skin. But the blond skinned girl
ust beSare. The ripe berries may
AXE her too pink and she must, there
re, experiment a little with her skin u
fore she goes ahead.
The girl who gets the most out of y
ring viii scent her hair with the e
tails of spring flowers and she will "
her jars with buds and leaves Of ~
fragrant kinds to be opened and -
ed as disinfectant for the house in IN
e winter time. n,