The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-27
Sun-Burut Girl After Applications
Finds That Tan Just Wears Oft
Cucumbers Lemon Juice Butterk and Peroxide aDeluson
and a Snare-Cut Out of Seeing Her Best Beau By
Old Maid Aunts Advice-Young
America Triumphant
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

fruit, and Immediately began the lemon
cure. The next day 7 felt like some
body had handed me three dozen, instead
of one"
"And didn't it do any good at ALP I
inquired.
mot any more than If l had used so
much water she replied. after that
of course 1 had to go through the but
termilk treatment and If Anna Held had
to endure from the milk baths she took
to make her beautiful what 1 suffered in
this treatment-well, | had much rather
be ugly and a comfort to my mother than
to be modern Madame Reeamier or the
winner of the Golden Apple which made
Helen of Troy SO famous"
"And all this time you were as docle
as a lamb, trying every known remedy
that anybody suggested?" l queried
Eyes, because thought the sisters, and
the cousins, and the aunts would have a
fit and fall in 1t about my looks being
all gone and rather than argue the ques-
ton I humbly submitted to every sug-
gestion. The next one happened to be
peroxide of hydrogen, and l invested in
30 cents worth treal money!, as if
didn't look and feel enough like that
amount without an extra expenditure"
And did 1t help any" timidly ven
tured.
TOOK the skin off. and 1 suffered I'M
told agonies; cried because my face hurt
me; never thought I'd come to that; and
finally tossed the bottle out of the window
and tried to discover with a microscope
il the damask blush was returning to
my cheek. But alasl only found rough
skin and great splotches that made me
look scaly and sleek, more like fish than
a human being"
Next time you'll have more sense than
to listen to every Tom Dick and Harry
about remedies for sunburn, but merely
assert your good waiting qualities and let
it wear off," I suggested.
''Well, before I finish 1 must tell you
that 1 had acquired the habit SO that
resurrected an old Age-Herald and turned
to the Beauty Hints and read that pure
vinegar would remove sunburn, and so
1 sent for pint and shut my eyes, pursed
my lips and applied the sour liquid to my
face. -Four baths convinced me that the
sunburn was. If anything. just g. little
bit worse, and then l decided to try To-
ton composed of tannin, boric acid, ben
zoin, glycerine and alcohol, and several
other ingredients, which l forget now,
and this wound up the performance"
"And were you more sunburned than
you are now when you first came homer
I asked, scared at my own temerity.
II am beauty bright now to what 1
was two weeks ago." said the pretty
girl. And you know the funny part is
that 1 am wondering which of the num-
erous applications it is that did the work.
If knew I could make 100000 right
here in Birmingham. When l said this,
in the presence of the family at dinner a
few evenings ago, my small brother ex-
claimed:
'Twasn't none of 'em, you bally idiot
you'll 1t has just wore off! You didn't ex
pect it to last till next summer did
you?"
"And l took off my hat to young Amer
lea, who after all is a philosopher, and
reasoned the situation out better than the
wise heads who made SO many futile sug-
gestions," said the pretty girl.
l was dying to say, Il told you So" but
didn't dare, because that's one way of
losing a friend, and l didn't care about
doing that sort of thing in this case.