The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-03-16

are very few women who would think
it so, or who thinking so would he
able to give the time to achieve the
result Too few find it feasible to fol-
low the.rule by which Patti declares
she has held her youth with her so
long-three square meals "a day,
eight hours sleep at night and three
hours exercise daily in the open air
1t would be a good thing if every
W oman could allow herself this treat
ment, but it is not for those who
must work in their homes OF else
where.
The benefit to the skin must lie
wrought from within outward, not
from without alone. That is, the
body must be kept in good WORKING
order by vigorous exercise and proper
food and then the foundation will be
laid for a good complexion Not all
the external applications in the world
will help without these fundamentals.
But when these are secured, there are
other things to be done to preserve
the complexion in order to make the
face attractive.
In the first place, the face must be
kept clean. Not only by mere wash
ing with water and cloth or even by
the use of soap and water, but by
so netting more thorough than these
The surface soil may be taken from
the skin Dy the ordinary washing, but
to get the dust from the pores a
more radical course must be followed
An unguent must be selected that will
soften the skin and coax the dirt from
its interstices.
Too much care cannot be given
to the selection of the cream or skin
food or whatever it may be that is
used for this purpose. Cold creams
by the score may be purchased but a
large proportion of these do more
harm than good, especially If applied
to a delicate skin. Either they make
it so tender that it chaps and scales
readily, or else they promote a
growth of hair, or they coarsen the
skin But there are good cold creams
and if one will take pains 1t is not
hard to make a choice.
In order to get the best result for
the face it should be cleansed at bed
time. First it should be washed
with a soft cloth dipped in warm
water and rubbed on a good soap,
or dipped in almond ueal To some
skins the latter is unsuited and their
owner would do we'll to confine them
selves to a good soap Highly scented
soaps should be avoided. A sponge
should not be used for the face,
pleasant as is the touch of It. The
best judges say 1t is impossible to
keep a sponge entirely clean, whereas
the cloth can be made anti-septIc.
When the face has been washed-and
the cloth should 60 into all the cor
ners and be applied again and again
the face must be rinsed in warm
water and patted dry with soft
towel. In washing or in wiping
stroke the face upwards
Now comes the cold cream A
little should be taken on the finger
tips and rubbed into the SKIN, with
outward and upward strokes from the
middle of the face The rubbing
should DOT be too hard and yet there
should be enough pressure brought to
produce a glow and to stimulate the
circulation. Each part of the face
should be treated in detail. The fore
head should be stroked from the mid
die towards the temples and up to
wards the hair The temples should
be rubbed and the corners ABOUT the
eyes where the first fine wrinkles dis
play themselves should receive special
All around the eyes the
flesh should be massaged and the cold
cream rubbed in thoroughly. The
lower part of the face, the skin about
the lips where the smile or the
droop of the mouth has left lines must
be treated. Afterwards the cold cream
must be wiped from the face with