Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-06-05
Queries of a Beauty-Seeker

Dear Miss Doom:
Will you kindly help me with your
valuable advice I have been try
ing to get rid of the enlarged
pores and blackheads that have on my
face, but until now | have been unsuccess-
ful. | have used massage cream with
out any improvement, and am now using
soap and cream according to the direc-
tions, but still | have not obtained the
desired results With the soap ! use a
rubber complexion brush. l take two hot
baths a week and am now thinking OF
having a shower installed In the house.
i want to Use this for the complexion
and also for reducing, as / weigh more
than $50 pounds. and / am only 10 years
of age. How often shall l use this
shower and how many hot baths shall |
now take a week, and do you think this
will help me? VIII YOU please let me
hear from you? Thauhinr You, I remain
A BEAUTY SEEKER.
For treatment for enlarged pores see
answer to Anxious.
Blackheads, you know, are really ac-
cumulations of dirt which fill the pores
ami prevent them ftfm performine the r
natural functions. The first part of the
trenu unent recommended Tor AnNious will
do a great deal toward getting rid Of
those already present and preventing the
formation of others. Always have on
hand soft handkerchief with which to
wipe the face several times during the
day This will prevent the dust which
the surface of the skin collects from tho
air from lodging in the pores.
trao 10 highly
commended for removing backheads.
Mix two ounces of distilled witch hazel
with two ounces of tincture of green
soap. (Green soap may be purchased at
any drug store. 1t is not a cake soap
but of the consistency of custard.) Put
the mixture on the face, let 1t remain
for a few moments and then wash 1t OH
with hot water. If the green soap irri-
tates the skin, as it sometimes does, use
It every other day and follow it with
an application of cold cream. After this
treatment remove the hlaekt eads, II pos
sible, by pressing, covering the nails with
q soft handkerchief or with absorbent
cotton. This will remove the b a khea ds,
but they will probably return from time
to time, how often one cannot say. When
they do repeat the treatment.
After you have given the face its night
ly treatment apply this lotion:
Six ounces elderflower water.
One-half ounce eau de cologne.
One dram tincture benzoin.
One ounce cucumber juice
Hot baths are great aid in reducing,
but they are apt to prove weakening II
taken too frequently. Unless they are
prescribed by a physician, I would not
advise more than three a week. You
will find them more beneficial If you will
add sea salt to the water. Ordinary sea
salt is inexpensive, about ten cents for
n large sack. and about two handfuls
suffice for half tub of water. Several
delightful varieties of perfumed salt are
sold at from 40 to so cents bottle. One
handful of any of these varieties makes
the bath a delight.
A cold shower every morning followed
by brisk rub with coarse Turkish
towel. is good not only for removing
superf1uous flesh, but also for increasing
the circulation of the blood and making
one approach the daily tasks with zest
However, the shock of the cold water Is
Injurious unless the heart action is
strong. If you know of any weakness
of that important member don't try the
cold showers without consulting your
physician. One hesitates to recommend