The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-31
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Tie center parting of the hair with
the wide Recamer chignon and wide
puHs at the sides comport well with
lhe Dig millinery Of the day. Women
with small delicate features find it
especially becoming. The ears are hid
Den under the side arrangement, and
the hair at the back is loosely twisted
al the nape Of the neck or else Just
peIow the crown, according to IFS be-
comingness
Q the open air girl the difficulties
connected with the preservation of the
complexion during the summer months
are many, but they are by no means
lhSurmountable. With a little care and
1orethought one may play tennis and
boat and yet keep a peachlike com
blemish caused by exposure to the sun
must be removed, for it left until the
season is over the chance of entirely
removing IL will be much smaller. the
progress much longer.
The surest way of preventing the
skin from becoming permanently tan
ned is the use Of the following lotion
night and morning: Take two ounces
Of fresh lemon juice half a dram of
powdered hOraX and Of
sugar. Mix together and allow it to
stand for twelve hours: then rub on
lne lace or hands as required night
and morning, after washing. Let this
remain on the skin for a few minutes.
wiping off, carefully with a soft cham
OILS leather and busting lightly with
good toilet powder. Bathing the face
frequently with elder flower water is
an old-fashioned remedy.
= A girl who suffers much from tan
which, instead of browning her to
meerschaum tints, makes her look bill
lious, finds that she can keep her skin
comparatively white and also remove
tan after day in the open air by bath
ing with water in which enough ben
zoIn has been used to give it a milky
look.
The cure of freckles is by no means
so easy as that of sunburn. but an in
expensive cream can be made at home
which, If peTsevered with, will remove
freckles of long standing.
rake four ounces of pure olive OIL
two small cucumbers and elise I'D the
latter without peeling them. Place the
oil in an earthenware jar and heat il
thoroughly Put the sliced cucumbers
In the oil and let them stands for TWEEN
ty-four hours Strain through muslin
and pour in small ointment pots, coy
erlng with preserve paper. When u.s.
ing rub carefully into that portion of
the skin where the freckles appear and |
leave on for a few minutes while |
dressing i'm the morning, wiping off |
afterward with a cloth. Apply at bed |
time and leave on all night
Sunburned hands may be bleached at |
night by the use of a paste made by |
mixing two teaspoonfuls of almond oil |
with the same quantity each of finely |
sifted oatmeal and powdered borax |
Beat all into paste and smear over |
the hands, covering them with a pair |
Of old, loose-ftting gloves
Although the sun and wind have an |
injurious effect upon the complexion |
they act as an excellent tonic to the |
hair, and the summer girl who wishes
10 brighten her treSSeS and increase |
their growth win do well to expose |
them as much as possible to the rays of
the sun. A celebrated beauty whose
hair is much admired confided to me
the secret Of her treatment of it. Every
day, weather permitting, she sits with
her hair loosely shaken down and her
back TO the open window, allowing the
sun and air to play upon her hair for
At least a half hour, often longer, and
TO this she attributes it's growth and
the beautiful bright lights in it.
To free a use of water has been
known to cause badness. Immersion
in sea water is especially bad, and
certain young woman who had 2 long.
delightful summer of bathing 4&year
ago is mourning the loss of her hair.
which literally roted off through being
so constantly sOused.