The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-02
CARE OF THE SKIN.
roo MUCH SUN IS QUITE AS BAD
AS TOO LITTLE.
Some Valuable Suggestions from an
Authority on the Proper Care OF
the CompIexion--The Ell.
feet of Lotions.
BY G. Elliot Flint
(Author Power and Health Through
Progressive Exercise)

/ The tan craze so prevalent last
bespeaks love OF athletics and II
makes one look healthy. But now the
fair ones are discovering that too long
exposure to a summer sun rather
coarsens the skin
The change. from a beauty view.
| point, Is not wholly 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 IL
recognized when we observe the pale,
| salloW compilations that prisoners ac'
quire after even a short confinement,
says the Chicago American. Plants
that grow in dark places are almost
colorless, whereas those exposed 10
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, viii
keep the skin of those parts soft and
pliable and prevent chapping. EXer.
else. by Inducing PRECIPITATION and thus
getting rid of no2ious secretions does
much for the skins health. In fact
anything that tends to raise the gem
eral body tone. such as proper diet.
plenty Of fresh air etc. conduces 10
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 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 1t
the streak, ruddy weather-beaten APP
pearance that we see in the coun-
tenanees OF most mariners.
Tine Importance to health of expos.
ing the body for few hours, however.
each day to the sunlight cannot be
too strongly insisted on. The SUM-
having remarkable germicidal power
destroys all disease germs and rooms |
into which 1t occasionally enters are
more healthful than those into which |
IL never enters. The suns actinic or
chemical rays are great beautitiers
When the complexion is coarse, COW
cred with blackheads, and OF sallow
color, II is because the epidermis Is
of undue thickness. The rosy lips
parts where the outer skin Is thin-of |
many yellow-complected persons show |
how essential TO beauty is a thorough, |
though not excessive, desquamation |
of this first layer Rubbing the face |
with a coarse washcloth |
wet with soap and water will make |
one as rosy as baby. Still another |
way 70 thin the epidermis is by dry |
friction with a coarse towel. If never |
rubbed even metals become incrusted |
and dullloohng
And friction has more than super |
fetal effect on the skin. BY bringing |
blood to the surface Ii enlarges the |
capilaries which, as have said. the |
arteries supply 10 the derma, and this |
heightens the skins col |
or. Again, the increased flow of blood |
effects a more thorough destruction |
of fat: that is characteristic of youth. |
While massage has somewhat the |
same effect. It is not so pronounced /
as when II is combined with friction. |
The claim has been made that scrub |
bling the body daily with flesh brush |
prolongs life. the argument being that |
friction. by rousing and aeeelerating |
the circulation in the minute vessels |
Of the perlpheral parts which are es-
pecially prone to decay In old age, |
energies them and thus cOndnces to |
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 .air-skinned persons who
have been exposed TO the sun. the
frequent application OF dilute spirit. or
lemon juice. or a lotion formed by add
Ing acetic hydrochloric. nitric or sui
phuric acid. or liquor OF potassa to
water. until IL Is just strong enough
10 slightly prick the tongue" has been