Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

lsSSF=z. low neck gown? But when you do
tSaNksZl get IL out-oh, my Then is the time
that you begin to worry and gaze nt
yourself despairingy in the glass.
Then you reckon up all your past sins against
the mighty Goddess of Beauty and proceed to
do penance for them; but, alas, it is TOO late
now, the mischief is done, and you must either
present your unsghtly neck to the public view,
or else hastily run in yoke of lace, or, II your
neck is so bad that it will not even bear the
peek'aboo effect, you must put in something
heavier, such as liberty silk
But You hesitate to do this for you know that
your dearest enemy will size you up with sup
ercilious smile, and remark commiseratingly in
tone loud enough for your escort to hear, that
it is such pity you have grown so thin lately.
One such experience will be lesson to you
and you will then proceed to haunt the parlors
OF the beauty specialist, and to part with your
good money cheerfuly for the benefit of the
cause
But let me give you n word of advice. Don't
part with ii until you positively have to. There
are lots OF things you do at home that will
help whole lot, before you are driven to the
beauty specialist, and perhaps you won't have
to go at ALL
If your neck is full of unsighty burrows, you
may fill it out by means of massage. With the
assistance of your sister, some other kind
member of your family, you can have the mas
sage treatment at home in the privacy of your
own ROOM
Sit over water hot as you can stand holding
Turkish towel over your head Let this steam
ing process continue from three to five minutes,
and when it is be careful that you do not
expose the steamed portions to any but warm
air, otherwise your face and neck will be rough
ened
After the steaming process scrape off the ex-
cretions of the pores with bone scraper and
cover with an application of good cold cream.
Afr half hour the cream should have been
Il oughly absorbed and the skin be sufficiently
plant.
Let your sister, or whoever is going to give
you the massage, see that her nails are not too
long, and that her fingers are strong and supple
TREATMENT FOR DOUBLE CHIN.
If you have double chin, let your sister use
a rough movement. Let her use the palms of
her hands, and move them forcibly from the
centre of your double chin outward to the ears.
On the other portions of the neck let her use
a gentle, rotary movement, and tell her not to
ma ssage any surface longer than five min
utes
When the massage treatment is finished, wash
with hot water, and apply almond cream. In
the morning bathe with cold water.
vi course, you cannot expect to have beau
tfu neck alter such treatment. 1t takes
time to remove those hollows and you must not
expect to get what you want all at once Rome,
you know, was not built in day.
But let me warn you, if you intend to keep up
the treatment, against steaming your face every
time that you steam your neck. The face should
not be steamed more than once every two
apl
never in cold weather. So try to hold the towel
in such way that while your neck gets the
benefit of the steaming, your face escapes. But
more than massage is needed to fill
out those hoows. You must eat plenty of
fattening food. You must build up
your general health by means of exercise and
cold baths, and after each meal you should take
a tablespoon of olive oil.
If the massage treatment that have outlined
is too much of task, cleanse your neck every
night with good cold cream, applied with a
rotary motion by the tips of the fingers; remove
it at once with soft towel, and bathe the neck
in hot water This done nightly, together with
general health and fattening food, should have
the result of filing out the hollows
BEWARE OF TIGHT COLLARS.
Do not wear tight collars. They have the eff
feet OF discoioring the neck, and also of pro.
ducing wrinkles. Often the neck shows the an.
pearance of age long before the face does lust
from this very reason. For the same reasons
would warn You against wearing high stocks
Massage is great preventive OF these wrinkles,
and may even be the means of removing them
after they have appeared.
If the neck is discolored, it may be whitened
by means of peroxide of hydrogen applied with
a soft cloth night and morning.
Another good lotion for this purpose is the
Equal parts of rose water and CIV
cerne mixed with few drops of carbolic acid
Never use any but a pure soap on the neck
Beware of these scented soaps and do not think
of using unless you perfectly sure of it.
Wash the neck in warm rain water, or if this
is not available, add little benzoin or a pinch
of borax to the water you are using.
Do not forget that unless your neck is perfect.
ly white, you cannot hope to have it considered
beautiful Starch, boas, furs turnedup collars
all leave some sort of stain the throat
These stains may be removed by the use of pure
alcohol.
The throat may also be improved by means OF
some simple exercises. Bend the head forward
until the chin touches the neck then raise slow
ly Repeat this several times. Then bend the
head slowly backwards. and raise, repeating in
this case also several times. Then bend to the
right side and raise slowly, repeating to the left
Another good exercise is to raise the arms
slowly until you can touch the backs of the
hands above the head. Keep the body erect and
stiff during this process, and do not bend the
arms While moving the arms upward, initiate
the lungs to their fullest capacity and while
lowering the arms slowly exhale
When walking carry your head erect and your
shoulders well back. In reading or sewing hold