The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-03-13
CARE OF
THE SKIN
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the man WAC labors and perspires Is
really cleaner than the skin OF thi
man who bathes and bathes but leads
sodortary lie. This Is not a plea
for abstcmlousness In regard to bath.
ing, but for rigorous exercise by ex.
crcislng vigorously the circulation Is
Qulckencd, the blood being sent rae
ing through the veins, carrying life
with II. Precipitation Is increased.
You must breathe, and, what is well.
unconsciously you fiji the lungs, the
benefit OF which Is UNNECESSARILY
greater than that derived from stand
ing before an open window "inhal-
ing seven times" The digestion is
strengthened. The nerves will be
quiet, the harassed mind soothed, and
the skin will become supple and soft.
You must cat slowly. Cut down
the amount of your diet one-fourth,
and give up tea and coifee-that Is
about all; in fact, all to the person
with no active skin disease. Isn't
IL simpler" or course we know that
all overwhelming and over-eatIng
coarsen the skin. Therefore, exer
else, perspirc, eat slowly and reduce
your diet only about one-fourth.
The drinking OF water might come
under diet, for this one agent Is
most eficaclous In clearing and REIN
ing the skin Drink several glasses
OF water daily, between meals, Civ
ing up coffee and tea in the mean
time, and in three short weeks one
will notice a change In the freshness
OF her skin. IL n woman has ye:-
low patches, sometimes called liver
spots. disfguring her skin, they will
disappear II this taking OF water Is
persevered in Many people are
dying for water. No plant can live
without It, no human be well without
1t.
The principal benefit OF bathing
apart from its cleansing qualities, Is
the stimulating effect upon the cir
culation. A cool bath daily is almost
a necessity for health. It sends the
blood coursing through the veins and
capillaries, many of which wither
away when no blood is forced through
them. Gradually inure yourself to
cool bath, your colds will disappear,
no woman with colds ever had a soft,
creamy skin.
You will agree that the greatest aid |
to health, and its barometer-a |
beautiful epidermis-is exercise; for /
activity is life. and the penalty for the |
inactive is that they either becomo |
weak, pale and thin, or weak, red |
and fat.
AS exercise Is the important agency |
In assisting and producing internal !
health, SO is outward manipulation
the agent conducting TO the outward !
health of the skin. Every woman
should know that the blood must be
brought TO flow through every small
capillary II the skin Is to have tho
look OF health.
Even the red face-unless a dis
ease, when the woman back OF the
skin should be treatod-will be bene-
flted by rubbing and pinchlng OF the
skin. The woman or girl who daily
manipulates her face scientifically, or
has II manipulated regularly, will
have much better complexion and
a softer skin than II her face were
not treated. Most poor complications.
muddy oily. dry or yellow, will b.
benefited by this intelligently applied
outward stimulation. The poor com.
plexioned have some affection OF tho
sebaceous glands; either they are
coarse and oily, or they are pitted
with dead substance which they are
not able TO expel. and tho skin IS
dry. For this condition a careful
Bcrubbing with a complexion brush Is
advised. even when the deep. button.
ike pimples are present. II. on th1
,ther hand, there Is no irritable erup-
ION, treatment should be soothing.
from an article In Vogue.