Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-08
CARE OF THE SKIN.
TOO MUCH SUN is QUITE AS BAD
AS TOO LITTLE.
Some Valuable Suggestions from an
Authority on the Proper Care Of
the Complexon-The Eff
feet Of Lotions.
BY G. Elliot Flint.
(Author Power and Health Through
Progressive Exerc.se.)

| The tan craze, so prevalent last
year, is abating. A fine coat OF tan
bespeaks love of athletics, and 1t
makes one look healthy. But now the
fair ones are discovering that too long
exposure to summer sun rather
coarsens the skin.
The change, from a beauty view
point. is not wholly a bad one; and yet
the face may be too assiduously pro-
tected as well as too much exposed.
Nothing more beauties the complex
ion than judicious exposure to sunlight
and fresh air. The truth of this is
recognized when we observe the pale,
sallow compilations that prisoners &C.
quire after even a short confinement,
says the Chicago American. Plants
that grow in dark places are almost
colorless; whereas those exposed to
the suns rays are variegated with the
brightest lines.
1t is good occasionally to anoint the
entire body with oil or glycerin. The
application of vaseline, camphor ice
or cold cream to the hands, lips and
face at night, especially in winter, will
keep the skin of those parts soft and
pliable and prevent chapping. Exer-
else, by inducing perspiration and thus
getting rid Of noxious secretions, does
much for the skins health. In fact
anything that tends to raise the gen.
eral body tone, such as proper diet,
plenty Of fresh air, ETC., conduces to
beauty. Clogged pores and deficient
perspiratory action are common causes
Of colds, fever and diarrhea.
Sunbaths are extremely beneficial
to the skin; they first redden it, and
then it peels, disclosing the new, deli
cate membrane underneath. But
there is mean in the duration Of sun.
baths beyond which one should not go.
Constant exposure to a torrid sun de.
stroys the skins natural sensibility,
coarsens and roughens it, and, by
causing the obstruction and rupture
of its capillary arteries, imparts to 't
the streak, ruddy, weather-beaten ap-
pearance that we see in the coun.
tenances OF most mariners.
The Importance to health Of expos.
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each day to the sunlight cannot be
too strongly insisted on. The sun,
having remarkable germicidal power,
destroys all disease germs; and rooms
into which it occasionally enters are
more healthful than those into which
it never enters. The suns actinic or
chemical rays are great beautifiers.
When the complexion is coarse, GOV.
cred with blackheads, and of a sallow
color, it is because the epidermis is
of undue thickness. The rosy lips
parts where the outer skin is thin-of
many yellowcomplectcd persons show
how essential to beauty is thorough,
though not excessive, desQuamation
of this first layer. Rubbing the face
vigorously with coarse washcloth
wet with soap and water will make
one as rosy as baby. Still another
way to thin the epidermis is by dry
friction with coarse towel. If never
rubbed even metals become incrusted
and dull-looking.
And friction has more than a Super.
fetal effect on the skin. BY bringing
blood to the surface 1t enlarges the
capillaries which, as I have said the
arteries supply to the derma, and this
permanently heightens the skins col
or. Again, the increased flow of b.cod
effects a more thorough destruction
Of fat; that is characteristic Of youth.
While massage has somewhat the
same effect, 1t Is not so pronounced
as when 1t is combined with friction.
The claim has been made that scrub
bling the body daily with a flesh brush
prolongs life, the argument being that
friction, by rousins and accelerating
the circulation in the minute vessels
of the peripheral parts. which are es-
pecially prone to decay in old age.
energies them and thus conduces to
longevity. Friction was recommend.
ed by some eminent physician as
panacea for premature decay. At all
events simple rubbing with the hand,
or preferably with glove, will restore
tone and color to the most lax and
pallid skin.
To remove the freckles that often
appear on fair-skinned persons who
have been exposed to the sun, the
frequent application of dilute spirit. or
lemon juice, or lotion formed by add
ing acetic, hydrochloric, nitric or sui
phuric acid, or liquor of potassa to
water, until it is just strong enough
to slightly prick the tongue" has been
recommended.
New Hues Are Warmer.