Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-01
YOUR COMPLEXION.
BY MARY ANNABLE rAsroN.


1t may be fashionable to be red and
brown of complexion, to look healthiiy
tanned and prettily rosy, but 1t Is not
one bit good form to have a weather
beaten skin, that is freckled with the
mid winter suns, wriDkled with keen
f.. sty winds ard open pored from CART
less treatment.
The athIetic-lookiug girl "hss 1t" when
1t comes to fashion ia coloring. 1t Is
quite gone out to be pale and of delicate
appearing, but the athletic girl really takes
q great deal of care OF her skin, and
has whole toilet table covered with pure
creams, lotions and powders.
Many of her cosmetics she makes for
herself, to make sure OF the purity OF the
ingredients, and all OF them are tested
preparations, so that no injury could come
10 her skin from their frequent use.
She has a few rules Ia caring for the
skin that she never breaks, and these
every outdoor girl would d well to fol-
low;
She never washes her face Just before
going out in the cold or just after she has
been oat. II her skin is dry she rubs q
very little cold cream well into the skin,
wipes he face With a soft cloth aud dusts
it over with little pure powder before
venturing out. II the skin Is oily, this
preparation is not necessary.
Coming in from the cold aud dust of a
winter day, for icy dust is the worst for
the in, sus ~ b. he skin well with cream,
leaves it on for few minutes, II prseti-
cable, then wipes with a cloth aud powders
very lightly. The amount OF soil that she
will remove with the cream will astonish
her the first time.
The best home made cream for washing
the face or softeniDg IL at night is pre-
pared as follows:
Cold cresm-0ne ounce of spermacsti;
one ounce OF white wax; five ounces OF
best imported oil Of sweet almond; one
aud one. half ounces of rosewater; twenty
grains Of powdered borsx. Dissolve the
borax In the rosewater, and, IL the
weather is cold, set the bottle In a pan OF
moderately warm water, melt wax aud
spsrmaceti, add almond oil and heat
slightly; remove from the fire and pour
Into rosewster quickly; beat to a foam
with an egg beaten. When partly solid,
add two drops OF oil of rose. Cease beat.
lug before firm, aud pour into porcelain
jars, which should be kept cool.
The girl Sho makes speciality of keep
lag her complexion in good order, always
washes 1t at night in warm soft water "a
very little borsx in the water "ill make it
soit) using pure CASTLE or olive oil soap.
The skin is well rubbed with a Turkish
toweiiug cloth, ana dried thoroughly.
Tnen it is masssged with cream which is
lett on all night. In the morning cold
soft water is dashed over the skin, which
is dried with a crash towel.
With an oily skin the cream Is used
only every other might; the sIterua t
night alcohol is pstted on and left to dry
And the water is used very hot instead OF
W rm.
Dry skin cannot have too mach pure
cream and wrinkle emolient Is also
advisable. Homemade II lie apt to be
more efficacious. Try the following for
skin wrinkled BY wind or worry.
One ounce OF spermsceti, one halt
oa1ce OF white wax; QUE ma I ounce OF
cJcoa butter; four ouHces of oil of sweet
almond; Two ounces OF rosewster; hatf
al ounce Of powdered borsx. Melt the
butter. wax aud spermt cati, add q mond
oil and heat slightly. he move from firs
and pour in ro.ewster in which borax
has been dissolved, beat until creamy
with an egg beater, then add a few drops
OF perfume. Use every night 10 place OF
the cream for a week; then the cream for
the same length of time, an so on.
girl who freckles cnronicalIy and vio-
lently simply cannot rid herself entirely
OF the fiecks OF gold on her skin, and
they are not nearly so unfas hionab.e now
adays. In fact French women cultivate
them. But II you are outdoors much and
d1n't like them, try using tue follow ing
lotion every night, after the bath OF SOAP
and warm water: Borsx, one drachm
diluted acetic acid, one fluid ounce; rose.
water, one fluid ouHcs.
Any pure rice powder is non njarious,
and they are much cheaper to buy than to
make. But they must be pure. Go to a
reliable druggist and get him to recon.
mend some guaranteed brand. Powder
with the slightest white lead in 1t is ruin