The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
The WRINKLES OF CHRISTMAS
LINES on THE FACE MADE BY
SHOPPING WORRIES.

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Made 20 Go by saying "Eeny. Meeny.
MiDy. Me-" and Using Lotions Favored
by Patti n Used at skibo Castle.
Each Christmas present makes a
wrinkle" said a woman seating herself
with a weary sigh in front of her mirror.
Il call them my shopping wrinkles. and
I get enough of them every Christmas to
last a whole year.
They are of three varieties. There Is
the calculating wrinkle. which comes be-
tween the eyes. That is the wrinkle l get
when 1 count up my change and find l
haven't as much money left as l thought |
ought to have.
Next there's the genuine worry wrinkle
which comes around m mouth. 1t Is deep
and dark. and it makes me look 90. IL
comes when l know 1 am forgetting some
thing important.
Then there are the wrinkles around the
eyes. They can be traced to late hours and
Christmas festivities generally.
IF a woman is 30 they make her look so.
II she is so they make her look go. 1t is
good-by to good looks as soon as you get q
set OF these eye lines.
This wear I was clever. I took time by
the forelock, and made my preparations.
I expect to get through the holidays without
the Christmas wrinkle to any great extent.
But what IL has cost me in time and money,
in study and forethought, none but myself
md my conscience could tell.
NV initial move was to get a good dress
| ing table. On It is a three winged looking
glass. On top are candlesticks which light
| up the mirrors and give a woman a good
view Of herself. With this installed in my
room I felt that I could at least keep myself
informed as to my wrinkles.
"A three winged mirror Of this kind is a
blessing. II apprises it's owner OF the APP
proach Of her first gray hair; it warns her
Of a bad compilations; il tells her when her
teeth are not quite "a sparkling as they
ought to be; and az for her wrinkles, 1t
defies them.
We'll, each night before going TO bed l
sat myself down at my table to repair the
ravages OF the day. Some days l was
obliged TO go over my wrinkles twice.
There was the wrin kle I got the day
1 bought my mother a piano player, In
choosing it | listened 20 ffty-seven varieties
and this brought a set Of tiny lines around
my eyes.
Il picked out an expensive one. and this
brought two wrinkles between my eyes
Later I changed it for another and by the
time l got through l had a set of Transverse
lines across my foreh cad which would shame
g~randmamms.
For these l took a new treatment. 1t
is called the fire log treatment. l sprinkled
some scent upon a hot log and when :he
fumes arose | inhaled them. This l fol-
lowed by steaming my face with a perfumed
vapor.
Into a basin OF boiling water l threw
some lavender flowers and while the steam
was rising / held my face over the water
until the skin was soft and mois st. This
treatment is wonderfully good for the
nerves and the skin. 1t quiets one down
and makes the nerves steadier.
Streaming the face with perfumed vapor
is one Of the best Of all treatments for
wrinkles for the reason that the perfume
acts as a sedative and the heat makes the
skin soft. Don III p respiration comes
and the pores are opened-the first step
toward drivin z away wrin kles.
my Christmas wrin kles are 40 ueep
and so persistent that I hav 3 20 massage
them a great deal. Here is where my
three winged mirror comes in nicely.
Il begin about s in the afternoon, after
ahsrd days shopping and L massage until 9
1 light up my dressing table, seat myself
in 'front.' OF it. spread out nv creams and
lotions and go TO work.
1T takes a lot Of at cam and vapor and
hot water to take out a shopping wrinkle
but after a while YOU will see it begin &c
fade. Then is the time to spread on the
cold cream.
Il make a very nice cream Of equal parts
OF white wax, spermacetti. mutton tailov
and almond oil thinned to the consistency
OF cream of milk. This n massagec
patiently into the skin viii do the work.
when Patti was at Craig v Nos wen
/, to Wales W ith a party Of other American
= tourists to see her. Wales il hard on thu
= complexion. There are high winds, anC
: the dust drives against you heavily.
when we arrived we were shown into q
Q little reception room to recuperate. Their
: a maid brought US a great bowl Of lotioI
to rub upon our faces and hands. II smellec
o so sweet and did the work so well that
begged the formula.
a There was nothing in the world in th'
v lotion except some orange flower, abou
: four ounces, and a dram Of benzoin. Blu
: IL made an excellent face wash. Will
. the maid was telling me about 1t l remem
bered hearing that Patti never washed heI
face in plain water since she was a little
q girl. and that her complexion and lack O
wrinkles was due TO her lotions.
y -Cn my table there IL another lotioI
which I call my automobile lotion.
h procured IL from a friend who had beer
y stopping at Skibo Castle. / give it to yol
A Just as Il was given to me by her:
ITO one ounce OF rose water add on
IL ounce OF orange fower water and TO thi
add a teasp oonful of borax powder.
" Go over your face with this, using a bi
Of old shirting, soft and half worn out
l. Il Is the best thing in the world for an auto
mobile skin, full OF dust and dirty pores.
Il had a Christmas wrinkle last yea
right between my eyes that almost de
d stroyed my looks. Il was so marked tina
II to get rid Of it l had to resort to exercising
the facial muscles.
! These exercises are important. The,
N are not hard to learn.
n There are words to be repeated and tn
u words are eeny, meeny, miny, mo. You mus
% say them with all the force Of your facia
muscles.
"a You seat yourself in front OF a mirror
d look yourself right In the face. oontrac
your facial muscles and repeat these words
q You say them as hard as you can, bringing
back your facial muscles with a snap ate
you have said them.
slIaaD Ia n fine thing for the ahonpinl