Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-10
CLEAR COMPLEXION.
Wonders Done by Exercise and Right
Diet.

Girls going into camp for a couple of
weeks, whether at seashore or in the woods
nave particularly good chance to improve
| their compilations, just as there are equally
advantageous conditions for injuring them.
Too much sun is not to be INDUCED In by a
girl who values the texture of her skin.
She does not need to brown herself like a
berry nor become speckled with freckles to
demonstrate later to an Indifferent world
that she has been living out of doors The
fact will prove itself in the healthiness of
her color, the clearness of her skin and the
general look of health and vitality that will
pervade, and which is most attractive
The first help toward this Improvement
comes with the exercise that one takes in
camp. Consciously not, she takes a great
deal Of 1t out of doors, and muscles are
brought into play that may have always. or
for long time before, been useless. This
with the stimulation of getting her blood to
circulate. will make her eyes bright and
skin clear, and. always providing that she
protects her complexion, is the best thing
In the world she can do
Nothing that l have yet heard of sur
passes or is quite as good for skin protec-
ton of the face cold cream and a liberal
application of powder over II. The mask
thus formed keeps off not only sun but
dirt. If with this a girl will wear a sun
bonnet she can be certain Of looking bet
ter In the autumn than she may have ever
before. Sunbonnets, by the way, are pretty,
and to most girls extremely becoming
l wish could persuade girl in camp to
wear big gloves to protect her hands If
holes are punched in the leather palms one
does not feel any extra heat, and gloves do
make such a difference In the look of the
hands l do not. however, expect that many
will do this.
The kind of food a girl will have has a
great deal to do with the cearness of her
complexion. and If she goes in for a GER
tain kind of camp cookery her skin will
show it later. Coffee galore is not good
for her. boiled food and heavy cakes
with syrups or molasses. In the woods
the end of the season. Almost without ex-
ception farm may be located where fresh
vegetables and milk may be secured. That
milk ordinarily does not agree with one has
nothing to do with woods life When one
Is exercising as then, fresh milk is easily
digested and extremely beneficial.
At the shore fish OF any or all kinds
should be substituted for meats. Fish,
eggs and milk. indeed. are the three best
staples for camp food when one can get
them.
AS for the kind of exercise which is best,
that is difficult to say The danger of
doing is slight, and that goes TO bed
dead tired at night is excellent, for sleep
under such conditions Will be refreshing,
the fatigue being merely physical. Swim
ming. rowing. walking and bail playing
are all fun and all good. chopping wood
not only strengthens a girl. but helps her to
De graceful in motion. Carrying water adds
strength to her back.
You will DE attracted at once in the au-
tumn by the freshness and brilliancy of a
girl who has spent part Of her summer in
camp if she gets from IL what she should
,lear skin, shining eyes, grace and health.