Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-10
BALMs FOR THE SKIN.

From the Kansas City Star.
In the summer more than at any other
season of the year a girl requires those
little accessories to the toilet table and
bath which keep one cool and preserve the
delicacy of the complexion. In cities it Is
an easy matter to provide cucumber
creams, almond and benzoin lotions TO
whiten and soothe a skin Initiated by sun
and wind. But in the country this does
not seem so easy. The wise girl will o
TO nature for her healing and identifying
balms, and nature never fails her. Here
are some simple and effective toilet ar
ticles to be found anywhere:
Fresh cucumber peeling will soothe,
whiten and soften the skin. Alder bios
SONS, stepped into a tea, make an excel
lent lotion for the complexion, and help
1t also when taken as a tea. Raw toma-
toes, rubbed over face, arms and neck,
greatly ~beautify the skin, and nothing
gives a livelier tint to the complexion than
a rub with watermelon, either the center
or inside of the rind. Tea made from
sleeping the leaves of orange trees quiets
the nerves and induces sleep and helps
clear the complexion. The same happy re.
suits are obtained by drinking water in
which orange blossoms nave been boiled
This decoction may be had in drug stores.
while any one can make the other in three
minutes time.
In this season of frequent rain a girl
need never be without rain water to wash
face and hair in. 1t is extreemly bene-
fetal to both hair and skin.
Drug stores sell all manner of lotions
to clear the eyes and relieve irritation
caused by sun, dust and the glare of sand
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good, as simple and as identifying as ma
lures remedy, handed down by lovely
Spanish senoritas for hundreds of years.
To secure this lotion, cut a small incision
in the side OF a grape Vine, insert a tiny
hollow tube of wood or straw, with a
fiat end TO the incision, and hang a little
vial just under the end of the tube. In
the course Of twenty-four hours a surpris-
ing quantity of sap Will be found in the
bottle, and this acts like a charm, exter'
nally and internally, upon inflamed eyes.
The spring is the best season in which tc
secure this sap in quantity.
One can never have too many bath bags
for the summer. Make a number OF
cheesecloth bags, and ill each will a mix.
ture Of oatmeal, almond meal, F~1orentine
orris, powdered, and, if the skin is tanned,
a little benZoin when the bag is put to
use. Such a bag is wonderfully refreshing
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the skin. Lemon juice squeezed over it in
the bath will relieve sunburn and help dry
an oily skin.
Now that women wear bare arms to the
elbow, thin-armed girls will be glad to
learn that they may secure plump arms
by rubbing olive oil well into the skin
every night: it is absolutely necessary to
get pure olive oil for the purpose since
any other kind will cause hair to grow
upon the Skin, and pretty nearly all cheap
olive oils are made from cotton seed. They
are wholesome to eat, but not good for
the skin.
In getting lotions and creams for the
toilet, keep as close to natures remedies
as possible. They cannot harm the skin
and injure the complexion. For this rea-
son rice powder is safe and cooling, while
prepared chalks dry and shrivel the skin
in time and many powder preparations
contain chalk.
Very beneficial to the skin is a bath of
lavender water. 1t should be of good quail
ity. 1t tones up the skin and seems to
magically smooth away tired wrinkles
from the face.