Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-11-10
COMPLEXION AND TRAVEL.
How Ones Beauty and Temper Car
Be Maintained in Spite Of the
Dust and Dirt.

Even more important than a knowl'
edge Of how to appear we'll groOmed
when at home is the understanding OF
how TO make the best of oneself when
travelling. II Is al such a time as this
that ever more care than usual Is nee.
essary, for what with dust and Crime
and perspiration the average wOman
o loses all claims to beauty. Lack
Of proper sleep Is also often added to
the already long list Of discomforts,
and SO. unless my lady Ia really very
clever, she is apt to discover that she
resembles nothing even approaching
good looks when she alights from the
train to greet her loving though criti.
raj friends.
Much of the modification attendant
upon such a condition could be avoided
by the expenditure Of just q little ex.
ira effort. For instance, a small case
should be included in the list of neces.
sites, and this should contain six or
eight wide-mouthel bottles in which
the creams, powdor and lotions may
be carried. II the journey il TO be q
long one, the lotions may be carried in
a concentrated form and used by add
ing an extra amount of water on the
train.
OF COuIse It goes without saying that
the wise woman of today Is sufficiently
Informed to avoid the use of soap and
wafer entirely for the purpose Of clean
i1S her face at such times. True,
crime and tiny bits of coal and Gin.
ders will fly about and imbed them.
selves in the skin in the most DELHI.
crate and ta~ntalizing fashion, and natu.
rally the first impulse of the afflicted
one is to vanish in the direction OF
the lavatory for the purpose of remov.
ing these ~disfiguring additions. Tn.
fortunately, however, the use OF so
much scrubbing and rubbing only
serves to irritate the skin, makes the
face tender and thus renders it impos.
sible to keep the complexion in any
thing like a pleasing condition.
The use of the lettuce cream for
cleansing has been 50 often described
that 1t will not be necessary to repeat
the description, but there are other
methods with which the readers arc
not so familiar, and one of these is in
me use of pure almond meal mixed
with a simple solution, the formula for
which has often appeared before. This
remedy is made by adding to six ounces
of rose water the juice of one lemon,
one dram OF boraX, and one-half dram
of Giycerin. A few drops of tincture OF
benzoin may also be added II desired.
1t is employed by mixing it with the
almond meal into a thin paste, and
then spreading it carefully over the
face and neck and allowing it to remain
for a few moments. This can easily
be arranged even when travelling by
first Of all cleansing the face with the
lettuce cream and then applying the
paste, and allowing it to remain while
the greater part OF the toilet Is being
completed. This paste may then be
washed off carefully, a good powder
busted on, and the skin will look as
refreshed and improved as though q
good masseuse had been expanding eff
forts upon IT.
For those who have not the patience
to experiment with the paste and who
persist in frequent additions, the al.
mond meal itself. sprinlkled in the wa
ter, VIII be found to be excellent in
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