The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10
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But to see her were to love her"
Burns.
The charm of a face is not wholly
dependent upon perfect complexion and
regular features. I have known a girl
with yellowish skin and a wide mouth
and a very irregular nose to be simply
fascinating because of the spirit that
dwelt behind her face, animating her
expression and lighting her eloquent
eyes. And 1 have known a young
woman with a complexion like rose
leaves and features like a Greek
statue to be quite lacking in that mys-
FERROUS and subtle quality of charm.
No woman need be discouraged be-
cause nature has denied her a ply
sically beautiful face. Nature has not
denied her the right to cultivate a
beautiful spirit, and that, believe me, is
the first and most important essential
to a really charming face. 1t is the
character and emotions your face eX-
presses that make it lovely or other
wise. How little we understood when
we were children that old saying so
often sagely pronounced for US, Hand
some is that handsome does" Yet it
is true We are far from unbeautiful
if our faces reflect a lovely and lovable
spirit.
An extreme instance Of this is a
young girls face I looked at for a long
while today. 1t was disigUred by some
skin trouble that marred one cheek
with red blOtches. Yet the girl was 50
charming 1 could not take my eyes of
her. Such radiant animation dwelt in
her dark eyes, such joy in her soft
laugh and her whole happy being! She
was infinitely more charming than her
perfectly-featUred and faultlessly COM
pleXiOned companion, who displayed
about as much expression of spirit as
bisque image might be expected to
show
It's the thing we really are, and not the
mere thing we look. that makes US beauti-
full. sisters; and if we want to be truly
lovely we must set about making that in
ner spirit joyous and lovely, so 1t viii
shine through.
But now about making the best of that
face we have.
If you want your complexion to be clear
and smooth and soft you should not omit
a daily friction bath for the whole body,
and particularly for the face. All the soap
and water in the world viii do little good
without thorough rubbing. which sets
the face in a glow. Many of the indiffer-
ent compilations We see are due to the
| halfway habit Of merely wiping the face
dry, instead Of briskly rubbing it. The
.
foods and face creams is the rubbing mo-
ton necessary to get them on. This brisk
massage Of the face stirs the blood into
healthy circulation, keeps the pores free
and unclOgged, and makes the flesh firm
If one had to choose between a mere sop
ping with water and wiping off, and a
brisk rubbing with a dry Turkish towel
the dry towel would best serve the ends
Of both cleanliness and beauty. The rub
bling is really more important than the
water
Every face must be a law unto IT.
self as to the amount of soap and
water required to keep it clean. Soap
! benefits some skins and Injuries others.
| The naturally oily complexion can stand
more soap than a dry skin. A little
more money for the sake of procuring
a perfectly pure and fine soap is well
/ spent.
But whether you use soap or not,
scrub your face thoroughly in warm
/ water every night before going to bed;
| finish with a fine cold dash briskly
Shaping the face with the hands; then
/ thoroughly rub with a Turkish towel
| placed over the knUckles, using a
! kneading, rotary motion, upward and
/ outward
! Cleanliness, a good digestion, and
| sound health, should enable you to flip
your finger at all artificial aids to
/ beauty" If your complexion is oily
/ and greasy you are probably eating
/ too much fatty food, and neglecting
/ the daily sponging Of the body. If
| the pores of the body are not kept open
/ by the daily rundown, too much of
/ their work is left to the pores of the
| face and this shows in the bad com
/ pie xion. If the digestive apparatus is
/ out Of order, its signal Of distress APP
/ pears in the sallow and blemlshed
| complexion, that all may know you
| have eaten unwisely and DO not know
/ how to manage your own machinery.
/ Diluted lemon juice is good as
/ tringent for enlarged pores. Almond
meal helps to soften and whiten the
/ skin. A spoonful of violet boraX In
! the rinse water will help to correct
an oily skin, and diluted listerine is
also said to be good lotion for ex-
/ cessive Oiliness. A pure face cream
I may be rubbFd in to prevent sunburn
/ heal chapping, or supply oil if natural
/ oil is lacking. Only the best powder
/ should be used, and it should be
/ cleaned off later, for powder IS merely
j white dirt instead OF black, and II LETT
4 on will clog the pores as effectually.
II Few women realize how serviceable is
| a plafn chiffon veil when riding on trains
OF driving over dusty roads. BY protect
ing the face from an urspeakable amount
of dust and dirt, It wonderfully prolongs
the freshness and beauty OF the com
! plexiOn. 1t has good sense TO commend
it, and that cannot always be said OF tnt
figured and dotted wells worn merely fol-
ornament. whose chief effect is to impair
PERHAPS the eyes are the most telling
feature Of a charming face. Their clear
ness and brilliance depends much on gen
eral health. To keep them at their best
do not read on moving trains, or iying
down, or in a. dim light. DO not use then
without glasses when you know YOU
ought to wear glasses. When reading OF
working in a strong light let the light
come over your shoulder and not directly
into your eyes. Rest them by closing
them for a while when weary or over
strained Sound health and care of the
eyes ought to postpone the wearing o.
glasses for many day, unless some rea
defect of vision exists. But do not mag
Inc that eyeglasses or even spectacleI
need spoil tile charm of an otherwise de
hghtful face 1t is much better to have
the clear eyes behind the glasses, thar
and headache.
For the teeth you need a good cleansel
appropriated chalk and orTis root Is ~