Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17
GOOD SKIN rs A CLEAN ONE.
Fresh Air, Water, Soap, a Brush and
a Big Towel Are Best for Complexion.

Written for The Star.
1t sounds rather blunt, in so many words.
to say that the average girl with muddy.
bad complexion does not keep herself thor
oughly clean; but 1t is true. 1t Is always
the truth that hurts. Without DOUBT,
the exceptions prove the rule, and the rule
is: Keep clean to have a pretty COM
plexion."
And keeping clean does not mean merely
to wash the face once a day, battle every
s0,often, and keep a general outward clean
ly appearance; 1t means keep the pores IN
every part OF the body absolutely free from
dirt, and drink quantities of water to keep
the inside of the body clean. Under such
treatment. combined with plenty of fresh
air and exercise, the most unruly skin Will
become pink and white and fresh-lookiug.
During the last five or six years there
have been so many creams and lotions put
on the market and advocated instead or
water for the complexion that many girls
have almost ceased to wash their faces IN
the good, old-fashioned way. Let them use
cream if they will, but not to the exciu-
sion of plenty OF water and soap, good
brush and big. soft towel.
Often the face looks perfectly clean when
fl is very far from that state, and a clean
cloth, some water and soap will disclose
this fact.
The best water for the face is soft water,
and this may be obtained only by catching
est about having good complexion Will
try to catch a quantity of soft water and
keep IL for her face. Failing this. the
water should be softened with borax,
teespoonful to every pint. The face should
be sponged with hot water and then scrub
bed gently with a flesh brush and good.
pure lather from soap Then the soap
must be rinsed off with lukewarm water
and gradually bathed In cooler tempera-
lures until 1t is splashed vigorously with
colo water. This not only cleanses the
skin. but II starts the circulation and gives
a good color after while.
The average face towel is not large
epCugh to be of much service, and ii is be-
cause the skin is not properly dried that
f. becomes susceptible to wind 1t takes
many minutes to get the skin thoroughly
dry after washing in warm water.
II Is true that during cold or windy
weather the skin will become dry ana
parchment-like, but the following meal bath
viii take out the smart and soften the
texture:
One teaspoonful of powdered soap, one
tablespoonful bran, one tablespoonful very
fne yellow cornmeal, one teaspoonfuI or
rls root powder. All this Is mixed together
In a piece of linen and tied up, sack fash-
ion and dropped into half gallon of soft
water with a teaspoonful of borax Put II
on to boil, and after II has begun to bubble
lift out the bag and let the water coo.
Then with 1t wash the face and neck thor
oughly.
Blackheads cannot grow in q much
washed skin.
The necessity of drinking water as soon
as q. girl rises In the morning and tusg
befote SHE retires at night cannot be too
strqnglyi impressed upon her. 1t washes
out %he inside canals and thereby clarifies
the blood by giving the food when it is
swallowed a clean passage to travel
through And when the blood is clean the
skin cannot be muddy or impure