The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-03-21

tion in applying the buttermilk is the
one to be employed, especially the
forearm, as it will tend to develop and
make it rounder, and the motion
should be toward the should.r; that's
q great help to circulation.
''But for the face any motion that
is ct all similar to massage is to be
avoided. It seems almost outrageous
to make the assertion that message
has ruined more skins than any one
thing, and yet good authorities say
that it 10 q fact that has been proved
again and again.
lit 10 not by any means the cold
Dreams used that producs the unsight-
ly hairs on the face thai have worried
so many womeu," said one authority;
lit is the massage that stimulstes to
unwonted activity the glands that
supply nourishment to the hairs.
"The head is massaged to produce q
more luxuriant growth Of hair, aud, il
there 10 a tendency toward hairy
growths on the face, why should it
not produce the same result there? If
a cold cream is made without animal
fate Of any kind in may be applied to
the face and then wiped off, with very
good results, and be perfectly harm
less, but massaged into the skin it
will cause hair to grow if there is the
slightest inclination in that direo-
tioD."
To bs.the the face with buttermilk,
pat it in, almost slap it in, but do
not massage it. Buttermilk is an an
imal product, which, to be sure, all
fats have been removed, and even
when dried on the skin it will not
show the least bit oily, buff used as
medium for massage it will be just
as apt to make hair grow as if it wero
still full Of the original fats contained
in milk and cream.
AS skin food buttermilk has no
reer, it is asserted: it is q tissue
builder, feeding the starved cuticle
with healthful nourishment, soften.
iog the harsh, dry shin and acting as
an astringent upon the fabby, relaxed
one.
There is no broad and easy high
road to beauty; if you don't happen
to possess it as q birthright, it must
be acquired, in many cases, by self
denial, watohfulnees and never.ceas.
log care Of the body. But tho game
10 worth the candle, and in this day
and age, with nine women ont OF ten
having clear, beautiful skins, glowing
'heeks and red lips, weil.poised bodies
aud wsll'groomed heads IL behooves
The tenth to DO mp and doing 10 keep
pace with her aisters.
Cosmetics swere never more plenti.
'ul nor Of better quality than they
sre now, nor have they ever bssn 90
natural in appearance, and yet never
before were Gwomea more ehasy Of
heir use, more anxious to obtain the
'eal 5eapties Of skin and complexion
Thssh Cosmetics only simulate.
Beauty culture must be BY sys.
'smatic uprocess, not = hsphaaard,
'pasmodio attempt, else the tisne
'pept is wasted and the effort in vain.
It is the nightly bnttermilk bath that
works the wonders, not the weekly,
I'd :he::@ilk that is absorbed by the
pores seems to tone up the whole
system, the skin having first been
rendered absorbent by the warm
bath.
After the body has been thoroughly
|aved, the buttermilk should be left
on for few minutes, and then care
FULLY driedlwith a soft towel by pat
ting(n rubbing) the whole body and
the face, just as little baby is dried
after it's bath. The flesh will glow.
and your sleep will be the most re-
freshing you have had since you were
. child, and you will wake the next
and wonder where in the
world that velvety skin and those
pink cheeks came from, and even
your eyes will look brighter.
Every season has its special perni-
cious effect upon the complexion, and
tho woman who has learned the secret
Of refreshing her skin with butter
milk finds in it her weapon to conf
bat the tan aud sunbnrn Of summer,
and the rougneniDg and ohappipg
winds Of winter, as we'll as the sudden
changes Of temperature Of the inter
mediate seasons. After any outdoor
snort. after dances, after eYer.exer.