Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-08-03
COMPLEXION IN SUMMER.
During the Days Of Persistent Sun,
/ Face Often Needs to Have Oils
Rubbed In Thoroughly.

Face Often Needs to Have Oils
Rubbed In Thoroughly.
The skin tans and tOughens just as
leather does with each successive ex-
posture to the sun unless something is
done at once to counterfeit it. The sun
and wind will dry out every particle
Of oil from the surface of the skin,
and a tanned skin is one that needs
nourishment first of all, declares Mar
garet Hubbard Aver, in the New York
World
II the girl who spends her days oD
the beach would rub into her skin an
extra supply of soothing cream in the
morning the sun will have less effect
on it and she will suffer no burning
sensation.
Cold cream can be used for this
purpose, or even better this one made
of cucumbers:
Almond oil, four ounces.
Spermaceti, one ounce.
White wax, one ounce
Cucumber juice, two ounces.
The cucumbers should be quite ripe,
'cut and pounded to a paste and then
strained
A little of this is rubbed we'll into
the skin and what is not absorbed is
wiped off with soft linen. If the face
is then lightly powdered it will not be
noticeable to the eye and yet will keep
the skin from burning. After the
cream is washed off in the evening the
washing should always be done with
warm water. If the face is sunburnt
apply the following cooling lotion:
Tincture of benzoin, one-half ounce.
Tincture of vanilla, two drams
Rose water, triple, one and one-han
pints.
Mix the tinctures and add the rose
water very slowly, to prevent curdling.
1t should be milky white.
Where one does not wish to use a
lotion cucumber juice will be found
soothing. Dip piece of linen in the
juice and leave it on the face as long
as possible. The natural arsenic in
the cucumber gives it wonderful
bleaching powers.
The above is all for cases of slight
sunburn. Where the summer girl has
tanned herself to a beautiful but sell
dom becoming golden brown and wish
es to change her color she has to resort
to much more heroic methods The
strong beaches all contain a certain
proportion of corrosive sublimate Obi
chloride of mercury. When the bleach
is properly made and used as directed
it is perfectly harmless and will keep
the most sensitive skin fair and white
it constantly used. It is always best TO
pour out little of the fluid-just
enough for use-into a china or glass.
dish and use it out of this Never let
it touch metal of any kind and keep it
away from the finger nails, as it is like
ly to discolor them if frequently used.
A good lotion of this kind which will
remove tan and yellow discolorations
is composed of ten grains corrosive
sublimate, two ounces distilled witch
hazel and two ounces of rose water
This should be kept out of the reach
of ignorant persons and children. A
little Of this bleach mopped over the
face whenever the summer girl is at
her dressing table will keep her COM
plexion white, and compress wet with
it and put on the neck at night will do
away with the wonderful tan decora-
tons the sun burns on her skin
through the laces of her lingerie
waists.
What the summer girl breads most
of ali are freckles- do what she
may, once she has allowed the dark
little spots to form on her pretty nose
and forehead, it is the most difficult
thing in the world to get rid of them.
l know several young women who have
resorted to the face-skinning process
merely to rid themselves of their too
affectionate freckles. AS everyone
knows, these discolorations can be
slightly bieached by external agencies
and the slight summer freckles made
to fade away, but the cold weather
freckles-alas! that is another story.
The longer freckle has been allowed
to stay on the face the harder it is to
get of, and good way to show them
how unwelcome they are is as follows:
Go through some calisthenics or any
exercise that will induce free prespira-
ton; then massage the spots briskly
with an ointment composed of oleate
of copper, ten grains; ointment of OK
ide of zinc, half an ounce. Leave this
on all night.
The summer girl suffers often from
an irritation or chapping of the skin
due often to the materials of ner
clothing. For this light rash nothing
Is more soothing than the application
of the following preparation:
Elder flower water, seven ounces;
glycerin, one ounce; borax, one-half
dram. Apply whenever necessary.
For Hang Nails.