The National tribune., 1907-01-24
TIE FAMILY.
Ey sENoRA SARA.
a GOOD CoMPLEXION.
To Wash or Mi 10 wash the Face is
the Question.


tractiVe. There are exceptions to this
order. who declare that the face is IN
important L The figure is good, but IS
a rule. the woman who has pretty
face feels that the gods have not dealt
ungeaeruusiy with her.
without "a good complexion all other
beauties fai! to show to advantage. y
pair of magnificent eyes are never at
their best set in a sallow, unhealthy
looking face. aud perfectly nodded fea-
lures, if covered with Z greasy, blotched,
colores5 SKIN, DO not snow for half
their value.
on the o-haI' hand. a clear, pure com
pIeXion Wt5i. % great extent, atone for
irregular textures. IN consideration Of
this. it is 2 great comfort 10 reflect
how often it lies within a womau's
power to materially benefit even a poor
complexion.
As . matter Of course. the bathing
that inyiS9Tates the whole body cannot
fail TO produce . salutary effect upon
the f.ce. Eut more t"sn this may he
done.
1t has passed into a pro- seTb. in speak
ing of slstteraly 60 ccrelesS woman,
to say: She does not know enough %
wash her face
How man. neat women know how 10
wash their faces in the right way?
1t is one of those processes commonly
supposed 20 come. as Dogberry said IF
reading and writing, by nature. \
woman washes her f2ce in hot or cold
water, as the fancy strikes her, with the
hands or with cloth or sponge, with
soap or without, when she is going out
in the wind or when she is coming out
of the sun. She dries it gently with
soft towel or poIishes it off with a
rough one. according to her fancy.
She never stops to think of the harm
she may he doing her complexion by
nj fa.
some skins that viii stand such rough
handling and show no i'll effect. There
are very feT' that would not be bene
fitted by tenfercr- care.
The woman who has due regard for
her complexion will not wash her face
lust before going out or Just after COM
ing in. The temptation is great to dash
water over the face when one is heated
by exercise in the open air, but the tenn
porary relief VIII be forgotten in the
dry, burning sensation that viii speed
fly follow. IF the face must be cleanEed
at such a time. it should be carefully
wiped with q soft cloth, and perhaps
powdered lightly.
On the same principle, the woman
who has become overheated in house
work or by other indoor exercise will
be wise if she delays washing her face
until the skin has regained its normal
temperature.
'ootEie Ct4l4DieHloil SpettdlistS ~ tAE-i
farther than this. and say the face
should never he washed. At least one
woman in Kew York affirms that she
has not washed iier face in seven years.
She has a beautiful skin, and Whsn
corhplmer5ed upon it. she says: An.
you should have seen my gr3ndmosa-
er's skin. j.. = hen she was. seventy. Ii
was like a rose leaf, and she-had Ho<.
washed her face for tyenty-siX years.
Similar stories are told Bf NINE ,t4-.5{
and other peEsons OF Remarkably fine
cornplexions, but the Jr1ih of these IS
not poupIed for byzraIiable 5atahofiti-s. ;.
On the Other iiand.stt4aTe is Il &vc.Tl Ill
liviAg in Nay. GTk Ebo makes 4a- pr3sr-
tics OF washing her face every i4silt
with soap. amt hot water. She IS Gy5sT
1iffs.Se5aTs odd. h4T sIi-s!S Sat tin -sIn 834 q.
and the 'S-sigriFig ss delicate IS. tEsz5t
OF a young gGri- \ Eriafld of hers. VINO
IS about rh5. eaiffe age, and has COM
pleKion riValIng the others, puts only
clear. pure water on her face. and ha:i
not toucfed it with soap in fully tweA-
ty years.
The weight of evidence is with the
people who Use soap. but all agree in
saying that only the pure=t soaps must
be e.nployaa, and that every particle 81
it must be riGSrd of. Authorities o-i
the matter assert that tue face should
not be washed oftener than once a day,
and that The Gatsr should never BE-
dashed over il. as is lac delightful and
reprehens.iiiie prac tice cf most T2eH a al
scGne. Wensvl. Very little water should
be used, aGd il should lie applied with
q soft cloth. a fine ''Eaby" sponge. or
one of the hiEh-priced facial sponzes.
Hot water IS said to have a tendency
TO produce. wrinkles. but this statement
is open to doubt Hot or warm water
clear nses the face more efectually than
the cold. and Z spoagiag of with cool
10 IL e
ably obyiate any possible evil Ell ct
IL the-c as an:- pr.liiectiCn toward
erupiions of the skin, warTa water IS -
be recomu ended. In Winter cold water
is sometimes preferable TO hot, Is tiie
latter by Masking the face tender, raH-
ders it pGry. liable "a become ciEarpeI
When co3l W targiS used. il should be
soft, and hard water should have al
ded to il 4 ii;t'c boTa,r o. few drops
of diluteS ammonia.
Nothing Il. hcttcr for r.as!ling the faae
than rain wafer. ard there IS super
stition. tlIst that Which f7Ils in May .hr
June is especially beneficial 10 the com,
picxion. AFTER the face has heah
washed Il should bc dried gently ana
very thoroughly. 3 soft towel is better
for this purpose than a rough one BY
many people fine huckaback IL pre-
ferred To damask. Either will serve
the purpose.
People who are too intense about the
things that they undertake to do,
whether Il lie social, home or business
affairs that occupy Their attention. are
the individuals who furnish physicians
with all their interesting cases Of reT-
vous Drostration. Such people live Up
their nervous vitality faster than ma
ture can t-Jild II up. and the result is
phy sicai wreck, just about the time
when one should begin TO enjoy life
We live too FAST all the time That ;s
a fault Of the American people, I.a-
tional fault. If y0u plcase-and Il is no
use whatever to tell an American 10
':so slow he can't Go It. He'd mach
rather be toi@ 90 stem rely. Pu; If he
would move fast judicfously he wofIld
accomplish 'ust - muc:l and live longer
American yper ana women Gre given 10
Boiling their food, for instance of
the surest end snecdicSt WAYS Of wear
ing out the nhssiral man. II men and
women would only eat more SLOWLY,
drink less ;ce water and less liquid
generally with their food. and then con
sent TO sit quietlg fc- fifteen moments
after eating they would be surprised N
the change for the better -tiat would
ensue almost immed atelv. II tal<ca
about half an hour for the process of
digestion 10 get properly started. aaf
IL ovcrheatcd by brisk walk ar chilled
by a cold one. or If brain work l. be-