The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-16
THE WRINKLE PROBLEM
ONE OF THE HARDEST THAT A
WOMAN HAS TO MEET.

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Out-sun and Wind Made wrinkles.
The wrinkle problem IL the most serious
one Q ever has to solve In taking
care Of her good looks. Even the weight
question Is simple compared to 1t, for
whereas q woman can always control her
pounds It 10 not always that she can cub
due her wrinkles.
Wrinkles come into q woman's face at
varying times in her life. There are chill
dren who show wrinkles between the eyes
These are almost always due to defective
eyesight, and II the eyes are properly at
tended to the wrinkles will 60.
Wrinkles can frequently be counted In
the forehead Of q girl Of 1s and the debu-
tante when she stands by the side Of her
mother shaking hands may have wrinkles
travelling across her brow. These are
tho Questioning wrinkles, the lines thai
come from peering into the future.
At 20 most women have wrinkles; at Sc
almost all women have them. At 40 wrinkles
may be said to be universal. and it is not
until abe has passed the 20 mark and be-
gins to long to look young again that
the average woman realizes that 1t is the
wrinkles that make her look old.
There are smiling wrinkles and wrinkles
OF character and beauty. so it is said. but
no n believes II. In the eyes Of the world
all wrinkles are ugly.
Wrinkles come in the forehead from
various causes. One OF these is tight shoes.
Put on q shoe a number too short or q letter
too narrow and the forehead will begin
to wrinkle. Tight shoes are responsible
for the set lines around the mouth as we'll ss
for the deep wrinkles between the eyes.
b woman who has indigestion will
have sacs under her eyes and little burrows
at the corners. The woman whose head
aches all the time will no We burrows stretch
ing upward from the corners Of her mouth
to her ears.
The forehead lines are 90 numerous and
they come from 30 many causes that 1t
is difficult to classify them. The cynical
lines run from one aide Of the forehead to
the other. Lifting the eyebrows often
in surprise will cause these line to 60 across
the forehead.
Then there are tbs lihes that run up
and down between the eyes. These lines
are caused by disappointment, bad temper
and all the other disagreeable things. The
forehead is q great index to character. II
your forehead lie smooth your character
is likewise. II your forehead IL furrowed
1t is pretty safe to say that your dispo-
sition Ii furrowed also.
There are wrinkles that are very deep
but can be taken out easily. Sun wrinkles.
which are caused by q drive in the sun
without suitable protection. can be taken
out in O night. The same is true Of wind
wrinkles. blown into the face on a rough
day. They oar be taken out with the fin
ger tips and massage cream.
There Is a. woman whose skin IL pink
as a rose leaf and as thin as paper. 1t
is always out Of repair. for the reason
that 1t Is 80 delicate. Yet she coaches,
drives. walks, COLTS and does other athletic
things without regard to her skin. because
she knows abe can easily cure 1t. Her
greatest remedy is cream Of milk.
an outing she has brought to her a bowl
Of real cream. With 1t are a basin OF hot
water and q little soft white facial scrub
bing brush. With-these the woman repairs
her damaged skin.
With the hot water she daubs her face,
putting it on gently with the brush. She
does not scrub. but applies the hot water,
letting II trickle Of her face into the basin.
She thus heats her skin thoroughly.
Next comes the application Of cream.
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face until her warm skin is covered with
it. She now lies back upon the cushions
to let the cream dry on the face. Il takes
about three minutes.
She applies more cream, this time massag-
wrinkles which looked 80 deep and menao-
ing. II Is the work OF perhaps ten minutes
all told, but 1t Is pleasant and cooling
and the results are satisfactory.
Finally the cream is lightly dashed of
ready for its cloud OF powder. II a wrinkle
remains In the forehead or around the
mouth 1t gets another dose Of cream, and
the fin ger tips travel gently over 1t. sending
the cream into the o~ountenance. By
dinner time her face Is clear and smooth,
not a wrinkle remains.
The wrinkles that run around the mouth
are Of an entirely different nature. They
are the wrinkles very likely of age. and
It Ia more difficult to take them away,
These marks must be treated over night.
The woman with these lines around the
mouth and perhaps a network extending
up to the top OF the ears must 20 to work
upon them with all diligence. Night is
the time n the best hour is the retiring
hour.
The material is skin food OF any kind.
One can make it oneself or one can buy
1t. 1t must be rubbed into the pores In
the hope of filling. in the hollows. The
flesh is first heated. Indeed in all cases
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warm, 30 that the skin food will sink in.
The secret lies in rubbing the wrinkles
In the right way. Ones skin is like fur
to a certain extent, for there Is a right
way to rub and a wrong way. The right
way Is across the wrinkles. 80 that they
are not made deeper.
Suppose there are deep lines extend
ing around the mouth and enclosing IL
as in parentheses. The idea il to Ali them
by pumping the flesh.
The skin is heated. then the finger tips
are dipped in skin food and then the massage
begins, The motion must always be at right
angles with the wrinkle.
The process is the same as that employed
in taking the creases out Of a piece Of paper.
Imagine that your skin Is a bit Of tissu
paper n that you are rubbing the creases
out OF it You would rub across the lines.
and be careful not to make the crease
deeper. With gentle finger tips you would
go over them. rubbing them out with your
highest strokes,
One treatment a night for q month will
make all the difference in the world in a
PERSONS looks. The skin at the end of a
month will be lighter in tone and the wrinkles
will be nearly II not entirely gone.
The woman with a deep wrinkle in her
face would do we'll to try the brush method
upon IL before treating her skin with mas