The Washington bee., 1907-11-02
AIDS TO BEAUTY
PRACTICAL LITTLE HINTS FOR
THE WOMAN w gARES.
Perspration HelFs - Keep the skin
Clear-Eow to Cure a Dry
SKIN Tc Remove
BsCk-eads.

B.sC eads.
Keep Skin Clezr - Perspiration
/ opens the pores arisnly. and hence
| IS pine tes.t-Aer Damp air and
fog are kiaG-y TO the complexion and
are held to be largely responsible for
the fresh pisuancy Of the young
English girls complexion. The fog
| seems 10 lie close against the cheeks.
soft and luscious. ike kisses from vel
vety lips. You will find thar every one,
| be II man, woman, or child, who
drinks quantities Of water will have a
! clear and soft skin, as pink and white
as a baby's. Water. if drunk in great
quantities, will cause perspiration.
| which clears out the pores and makes
them healthy. II also bleaches the
skin. 1t prevents the skin from becOm-
ing hard, dry and close. and is thus
indirectly a preventive of wrinkles.
The stout woman need not fear 10
drink water because she thinks it will
increase her weight, for it will not un-
less, Of course, she drinks it with her
meals. Il is a mystery why women do
not drink more water. for every doc
tor will advise his woman patients TO
drink lots of water. 1t is such a sim
pie remedy and is so much easier to
take than medicines. Still, it IS almost
impossible to make many women be
Heye that they will derive benefit
from anything but medicine.
To Repanna RIarLha.Ie DIoo1yl.,5c
are the result Of the skin failing to
throw off all its impurities. The per
fectly cleansed face has no black
heads. Many who are afflicted with
blackheads deny this, as every one
likes to think they are clean, but few
OF US know how TO cleanse our faces
properly and thoroughly. Not enough
can be said about the nightly scrub
with the flesh brush and soap and
about the morning wash. Wash the
face every night, even if you are so
sleepy and tired that nothing matters,
so long as you get to bed If the habit
is formed, the task will soon become
a mechanical one and will be part of
the duty of undressing. There is no
hope for the girl who is too indolent
to do this. She must accept her lot
and the blackheads with it,
Different skins need different treat
ments, but one knows no end of
women who gayly go to the nearest
drug store and buy a cold cream, sim
ply because some OF her friends have
recommended it, Probably her friend
has a dry skin. while she has an oily
one, but that does not make any diff
fnrence it's a good cream, so she
uses it.
Eat Oil for Dry skin-Women who
suffer from dry skin will be wonder
fully benefited if they will take a
tablespoonful -of olive oil after each
meal. BeRZOin, which is far too as
tringent for many compilations, is ex-
cellent for dry skin. Bran bags Will
have a wonderful effect upon the too
dry skin. To make some fine meal for
bran bags at home, mix four pounds
of fine oatmeal and two quarts OF
clean bran together and also one and
half pounds of powdered orris root,
one and half pounds of almond meal,
and one-half pound of white CASTLE
soap ground up. Three ounces of
sachet powder OF any kind to suit
ones taste may also be added
These are simple lUxuries and they
make the skin eXquisitely soft and
fresh. They are used exactly like soap
and make a soft and fluffy lather
The bags must be stuffed so lightly
that they may be rubbed over the
face just like a wash cloth. Each bag
may be used three times. After each
using it should be thoroughly dried in
the sun. 1t is best to make a large
quantity of the meal and put it away
in closed jars. only filling five or six
bags at a time. The bags should be
made of soft cheese cloth.
The almond meal is made as fol-
lows: Powdered orris root. four
ounces; wheat -four, four ounces; cas- /
tile soap, finely powdered, one ounce;
pure boraX, one ounce, oil of bitter al
mOnds, ten drops; oil of bergamont,
two drams; -tincture Of musk. one
dram. Put into bottle or jar having
perforated top and shake well so as
to mix the ingredients. When ready |
for use first wet the hands and then
shake a quantity of the meal through /
the shaker top of the jar Rub the |
hands together and also over the face. /
and a delicious latheT will form.
Don't Have Rough Hands-Wash |
your hands in sugar water; dry them !
with corn meal, night and morning. |
j. B. GILL.