The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
FOR MADAM AND MADEMOISELLE
By SUSIE SNmTHERS.

by bending too long over a desk with
| insufficient fresh air and exercies TO
Keep her system IN good condition.
The complexion is easily affected by
the nerves, by the liver and by impure
air The girl who lives in a state Of
nervous excitement can trace the eff
ieets upon her face in a roughened
muddy skin and ugly lines about her
/ face
| y bad digestion adds to the mischief.
and yet how few business women eat
the proper kind OF a lunch or indeed.
/ attend properly to any OF the three
/ meals q day. A hurried but heavy
J breakfast. followed by hasty walk. or
ride IN crowded car 10 the office;
4uhch taken at irregular hours, and
not sufficient or digestibIe when par
taken OF, followed by a heavy dinner
| upon reaching home at night tired and
shopworn That IS not the way TO have
clear fresh complexion. nor is the
employment at fault In this case.
another mischief wrought upon the
| skin is the neglect of toilet ntceties
| Inc CRIME Of the street works into the
| pores OF the face and hands and is not
! carefully removed at night. A sensi
! i've skin is hopelessly ruined by ne
gIect as by too much care. Impure
soaps, uasanitary toilet perquisites and
ignorance in knowing how to cleanse
the face and hands properly all result
in ugly skins.
The woman in business will do well
10 Keep few little toilet accessories
safely laid away in a box in her desk
II she has no locker in which to store
them A cake of good soap which she
knows agrees with her skin, a small
towel an orange stick and a comb
should be included in her list, supple
inented by whatever else she finds ne
| cessary to her comfort and cleanli-
ness The office lavatory is no place In
which to make an elaborate toilet. but
an occasional cleansing of the hands
and wiping off the face will do wonders
TO keep them both in good condition
1t is at home that the business wom-
an must look after her personal ahlu-
lions most carefully. Before dinner at
night she should, If possible. have
rev minutes to rest remove her office
dress and redress her hair after wash
ing her face and hands. A change of
rainment is not only the sign manual Of
her release from Office work. but It
rests her before eating a heavy meal
BEFORE retiring at night she should
thoroughly cleanse her face and neck
with good cold cream, even if she can
not take regular bath every night.
But the aI-over scrub with water hot
enough to be comfortable and pure soap
VIII aid the many pores of the body to
throw OF the effete matter induce rest
ful sleep and do more than all the cos
metics in the way of clearing the skin.
Give the nails a little attention, take
down and brush the hair and try to
perform all necessary duties which
need not be postponed until morning. so
the body and mind may be at rest and
the toilet not hurried or neglected In
the morning. If too tired to sleep try
drinking a glass OF hot milk before
getting into bed.
Upon rising in the morning draw
several long, deep breaths of pure air
at the open window and take q good
stretch If there is no time to indulge
In further exercise. If near enough to
your place of employment walk when
the weather will permit, or at least
part of the way. to get the benefit OF
the fresh morning air
The woman who can stand it will
find a morning plunge or cold shower
most invigorating and she should allow
sufficient time to rise and dress com
fortably before breakfast. To dress
hastily, breakfast while half awake and
hurry away to work is a most uncop-
Portable and unhealthy thing to do and
the evil effects are dull headache and
untidy feeling which last well through
to the lunch hour.
Go to bed early as not to feel
stupid and unable to rise next morn
ing. This may be a drastic rule. hut
1t is an important one
The business woman need not think
that she must give up her friends and
her home life because of combining
hours. If she Is tactful and cordial
her friends VIII not lose sight Of her
and will arrange to see her when bust
ness does not interfere. At home she
must take an interest in the affairs Of
the family to keep herself from becom
ing mere calculating machine. The
writer knows many women who take up
course Of reading, attend lectures and
concerts and fairly educate themselves
outside of very arduous office hours
They keep themselves young by it and
they manage to avoid late hours except
at the end of the week, and they are
improving themselves mentally and
physically and so adding to their com
mercial value.