The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-01

until all the cream on the throat has been absorbed by the skin.
 The, application of the cream is
 made At night after the neck has been bathed with warm water and soap. Use any soap which has proved Itself pure; if you are in doubt, resort to castillo, always a sate one to cling to :. If It's undisguised soapy smell is an- noying, you will soon lose It in the application of the cream. In general. q soap without perfume is the safest but all perfumed soaps are not harm fui as some stern lecturers would have you believe. Your own taste will prevent you from choosing any but u delicately scented one.
 After the bath. rup the neck witb the face brush made from camefs hair. Give particular attention to the upper part of the throat just below the jaw where bIackheads and pimples are inclined to form. If you have many pimpies there you must not use the brush until you have healed them, for 1t will infiarne them. First treat them with a good cream such as the fol- lowing: Five grams sulphur precipi- tate, 6 grams sweet almond oil, 5 grams lanolin, 2 I-2 grams oxide zinc. 10 drops extracted violet. Apply spar ingly. As soon as they are healed you must use the brush vigorously to pre-
 vent more following.
 If the blackheads are promin ent.
 press them out gently with an old- fashioned watch key or two finger
 nails. first covering the skin with 9
 bit of thin cloth 10 prevent the nails
 or the key from leaving a mark. Ap- ply carbolated vaseline Immediately to the spot to heal, A Dlackhead IS pressed out more easily if you will first rub bit of vaseline into 1t. The third massage motion should work the cream into chest, shoulders ,. and neck as far as they are exposed by the ball gown. Place the thumbs | in the arm pits. then with the fingers of both hands work with . rotary
 movement on chest and neck. After you have covered as much space as you can reach in this direction, plant the thumbs upon the shoulders and work in the same way, changing the
 position of the thumbs as often as
 necessary and continuing all the way | around the neck.
 You should not wash off the cream
 until next morning, when the nect
 should share with the rest of the oody
 in cold splash Take up the cold
 water by the handful and throw u over the throat and chest. If the skin
 
 through massage, wipe off what Is left
 with a soft cloth so that you will not
 be in disagreeable greasy condition. Women who have a tendency to
 blackheads and pimples are troubled with them upon the back, and they usually appear between the shoulders where an evening gown reveals them. They should be treated just as they are on the face and throat. Heal the pimples by applying a particle of the cream to each one. then use hot water,
 soap and a brush. You may use the bath brush here instead of that intend ed for the complexion. It Is harsher, | but will do no harm to the less deli- cate skin between the shoulders. If It 1 Is difficult to reach, let some one help you with the treatment.
 If the neck is fabby, you may use exercise and massage; then, at the end of the massage, wipe off the cream and apply the following paste which makes the flesh firm. besides whiten- ing 1t: Whites of eggs, 1-2 ounce of alum, 1-2 pint rose water, 1-2 ounce sweet almond oil, beaten together. The con nsistency, as soon as mixed, Will be thin. Now add almond meal until the consistency is that of paste. thick enough to spread upon the neck. Lay over It. a piece of soft cloth, fasten in place and sleep in this way. Wash of the paste in the morning with tepid water and soap, then give the neck cold dash
 If your neck chances to be still dinKy as a result of the summer sun burn and tan. use the following paste instead: Whites of two eggs. l ounce