The Republican journal., 1906-08-30

I JOURNAL, THURSDAY,
HOUSEHOLD LETTER.
The Beauty Specialist and her Work. A
WelLsroomed Appearance. What Can
be Done by Intelligent Care. Comfort
for Plain Women.
[Correspondence of The Journal
Every woman, if she could, would
like to be beautiful; and failing that to
be possessed of what, for want of bet
ter term. we call charms or "fascina-
ton" In these days, when belleship
is so often obtained by cultivating the
few good points that a girl is born with
until the ugly ones are lost sight of, it
is no wonder that "beauty specialists"
flourish and grow prosperous, until
there is hardly hamlet that does not
contain at least professional mani
cure or similar improver of natural
charms.
PRETTY HANDS THE RULE.
Those who remember conditions
decade since cannot fail to be impress
ed with the revolution that has been
wrought in the appearance OF Womens
hands. Twenty years ago it was the
exception to see we'll kept hands and
the manicured nails outside of the
small circle of women who used their
hands only for embroidery, or other
light needlework; now such Gladly
hands" are the rule.
Even the woman who works at the
most trying of household tasks has
found that with the aid of rubber
gloves she can protect her hands and
keep then as dainty in appearance as
if her tasks were of a less laborious
nature. Everywhere women have come
to realize that it requires only very
little intelligent, persistent care to &C
complish this desirable result, and that
while manicure's services are deslr-
able they are by no means necessity.
A GOOD COMPLEXION.
Nothing is more characteristic of a
modern belle than her thoroughly well
groomed look. 1t is here that SO many
women make failure Take an aver
age crowd of we'll dressed people, men
and women, and the men as a rule have
have much the clearer, better looking
compilations. "There is a reason"
as we'll known advertiser is fond
of remarking. Men of this class
shave every day, and cover their faces
with a smooth lather made from the
purest soaps. This is allowed to re-
main for some little time, and is then
scraped off, removing, not only the
growth of beard, but also every sort of
impuritv that may have obtained a
Judgement in the pores of the skin.
There is a wide spread belief among
women that soap on the face is thing
to be avoided. Never was there a
greater mistake. Pure soap is the best
cosmetic made, but it must be of the
purest, most delicate sort, and there
are, of course, always exceptional
skins that are injured by soaps that the
ordinary person can use with impunity.
FOR sUNBURN.
Nothing is better to relieve sunburn
or other irritations produced by ex-
posture, than to mask the skin in a
lather such as men use for shaving.
Let this remain for ten minutes and
wash off with water as hot as you can
bear; then apply a cooling cream or
lotion that is known to agree with
your skin. Creme Simon is one of the
best and has been used for generations
| in Europe and here. A cool toilet vim
egar is desirable, but as rule the
woman who INDUCES promiscuously in
cosmetics, ruins her skin, even if she
escapes worse results.
BEAUTY BATHS.
The best beauty bath is the one that
cleanses the pores most thoroughly. Ii
the water is hard it is well to add a
little mollient ammonia, borax, or even
common washing soda; though if the
latter is used, care must be taken not
to overdo it, A piece the size of a
pigeons egg will usually be enough fol-
a bath-tub full of water.
Bran bags are also good for the same
purpose, and are simply cheese cloth
bags filled with bran, used as wash
cloths. After warm bath, before one
drys off it is well to rub the skin either
with the tips of the tingers-used flat
or with rubber bath brush using con.
siderable pressure. TO anyone not
familiar with the Turkish bath, it will
be surprising to find that after the skin
has been seemingly perfectly cleaused
with soap and hot water, it yields rolls
of soiled material to this massage.
These disturbing and surprising rolls
are made up largely of ''old skim" the
outer cuticle that nature intends
should be rubbed away and replaced by
the newer layers which are constantly
building in healthy skin.
The gentle massage aids this natural
function, and goes long way to secur-
ing rosy, delicate complexion.
CARE OF THE HAIR.
In an article like this it is impossible
to more than indicate few of the
points that 60 to make a woman look
we'll groomed, healthy and happy, for
happiness is in large measure depend
ent upon these two qualities, especially
feminine happiness.
1t may be set down as an axiom that
no part of the body will be in healthy
condition unless it is kept clean. The
hair is no exception to this rule, and
brushing with clean brushes and wash
ing at least once a month is in most
cases necessary if this distinctively
womanly crown is to be kept looking
its best and preserved after youth is
past.
A good tar soap, one that is standard,
is best for shampooing, and a gentle
massage of the scalp with reliable
hair tonic is the proper way to finish
up the process. One of the important
features of a shampoo is the rinsing.
Use the soap generously, scrubbing the