The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-08
THE FACE AND
 THE POWDER London Rules for the Care of the Complexion--Pow-
 dering the Face AN OPERATION TO BE Conducted Slowly and Care fully---The Use of
 Rouge
AN OPERATION TO BE

Sne teaches how to do it SD that the powder is not visible.
 She shows her pupils how to apply It so that they shall present a smooth, beautiful complexion rather than the mottled skin of the woman who puts powder on her face because she knows it is thing to do. She teaches her pu- pills to powder the face as though powdering were rite to be performed slowly, thoughtfully and without in- terruption.
 Queen Alexandra is an admirer of the English skin The cheeks should be very pink and the rest of the face very clear in tone.
 There must be no blemish to mar the alabaster smoothnes of brow and chin. The face must be a shade deep CT than peaches and cream, with the most regular and perfect distribution of color.
 Once upon a time women had their faces enamelled. Nowadays the face is powdered scientifically.
 The powder proposition is solved by using just enough powder. If properly applied it does not show that 1t is used at all.
 Actresses understand how to use powder. They take plenty of time for putting it on. The matter of applying powder to the face is to them neces- sity, and they do 1t slowly, wisely and well.
 III the stage makeup it must be ap- piled heavily so as to be effective from distance, but the actress off the stage knows how to make up in the prettiest manner.
 The woman who understands the art of dress is generally an adept at mak- ing up. She studies 1t and understands <how to give her skin that youthful lIstre which is so much admired in woman
 To apply powder properly takes the right sort of powder to begin with. The powder should be just the tone of the skin. A dead white powder on a deep yellow skin IS productive of nothing but sorrow. On the other hand, the powder should not be too dark. Powder comes in three or four shades and you should match it to your complexion.
 When you powder remember that your eyebrows are prettier when there is no powder in them.
 In these days all women powder The powder box is fitted out in a very luxurious way, and the dainty woman has from three to six different imple- ments for applying powder to her face.
 The proper way to put powder on the face is by means of powder puff, which should be small and very fresh and dainty. When not in use the puff should be inclosed in a bag scented with sachet powder. This makes it always fragrant.
 The powder puff Is used for apply ing the first liberal dusting of powder to the face. Then comes the work with with the chamos skin, which is used to rub the powder into the skin to make 1t look natural.
 Few women think to rub in the powder and the result is bad The powder shakes off or clings in patches and the last condition is worse than though powder had not been used at all.
 The wise woman will begin the powdering of her face in a profess sional manner, working as the actresses work She will take a bit of cold cream and work it into the skin, using the tips of her fingers.
 She will remove it with a bit of silky cloth and then will work another bit of cream into the skin. By this time the face is a dull cream in tone This make a foundation for the powder.
 The next step is the warming of the face, and this is done by laying the palms of the hands fiat upon the cheeks to give them softness and life. It reddens the cheeks so that they keep their color for hours.
 The woman who is not averse to a touch of rouge can not apply 1t to her cheeks, It should be put on with a bit of fur and rabbits foot is the ap- proved thing. Only tiny portion should be used and it should be rubbed in until the cheeks are a clear pale pink.
 Now for the powder which is be- tOHulHS lU dll ldCeS' u IS, lel us sup pose, precisely the tint of the skin. The woman who is doing the powder ing begins at the nose and messages in the powder. She nuffs the big powder puffs over the face, and she works at it with a chamois.
 The nose needs two powderings; one at the beginning of the operation and one at the close. The powder does | not cling as readily to the nose, and i for that reason it requires two appli- 1 cations and sometimes three The chamois should be used upon 1 the forehead in a rotary manner so as to drive the powder into all the l little creases that come in the fore head, and it should be used in 1 rotary way upon the chin.
 The cheeks require a sort of spat- ting motion. The powder is spatted in with the palm of the hand and the fingers.
 The neck needs liquid whitening. one can hardly get too much on, pro- vided the skin will absorb it. With ! the face it is different; here one must use discretion.
 The woman who uses powder that Is too white for her face makes her complexion purple. There is some thing about the mixing of the differ ent shades which causes the skin to