The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-13

IN" beauty Of tie skin depends to
great extent Eron the health Of the
senaceous glands. These are little
underlying ducts supplying the skin
win the grease needed, and II their
secretlons are suppressed, the pores
are stopped up and some complexion
defect or other will result.
One must keep the pores OF the skin
unhampered of old oil ard dead cuti.
Gle TO have a good complexion, and
Wien they seem inactive there Is moth
ing 10 do but to resort 20 massage
and very thorough bathing with hot
water and a good soap Cold water
Is useless against the deep seated dust
anl grease of the skin. even with the
al! of soap. Moreover. it tends to
contract the pores. making ii still
Harder for them to yield their con-
tents. SO as 4 preparation for help
lul massage, which is meant further
to clear the stoppcd-up pores, the
lace bath must "ot Only be hot bu;
very complete.
There Is much contention that soap
Is injurious to the skin. but this IS by
no means true. The Influences of
soap are tonic. antiscp,ic and cieav.
sing, SO that Il soap must really be
very bad to hurt the skin-contain. In
fact the strong alkali which scorches
and lrritates. \ good face bath with
very hot water and Il bland soap
leaves smooth skin Ike marble, and
WIZ repeated and SYSTEMATIC bathing
tn rough one Is mach improved.
Work thick soap sads or a soap Jelly
well into the pores, and rinse with
rci'ated water, bah it partly dry
with Il soft old towel and then sit
down with Il PCT Of good cold cream.
or 4 little almond OIL, and proceed
With the massage
i'eSin by massagiug The muscles of
the cheek just in front OF the upper
half Of the car, using tho three first
'hS'tn VI bOtll il,iiitS. nun OuIWuTU
and upward in "A circular manner, With
a firm yet gentle touch. covering u
spot about the size or silver dollar.
II the muscles are correctly located,
the upward motion will pull the skin
taut about the corners of the mouth,
rubbing out the dropping line at the
g ,ln ar Ia.
lily lined here. massage will In time
SO strengthen the muscles that the
burrows will be much softer. or disap.
pear entirely.
Next massage the temple muscles
In the same way. These are still
more easily detected by the even
greater influence they exert on tho
lines each side of the nose The reg.
ular and systematic massage Of them
VIII prevent the formation OF crows
feet, those fine lines ut the corners Of
the eyes which laughing faces with
thin shin take ON so often AT IN early
age.
Some unsucnt or . Ter Is undoubt-
odIy required n massage, for 9TH
ervise the eticle would be much IT.
ritated, aiaI the benefits Of any face
ere IA are increased tcnfuld II 1t Is
sd with massage For the face CON
stantly mddcrip with cosmetics, rouge
and a fancy powder or liquid white. 1t
is also ncc' ssary 70 cleanse tho skin
first with the grease before using wa
ter upon II, for Otherwise the bath
will only force the makeup down into
tho pores
II the face skin Is very delicate.
do not dash cold water upon II after
the hot bath, as this interferes with
the circulation and Ia considered harm
full by all the beauty people. Where
the skin Is very inactive two face
steams could be taken week. the
massage Immediately following these.
An astringent Of a harmless and
invlgorating sort is often needed after
massage. especially II the pores arc
inclined TO be big. and nil authorities
agree that a first-class cologne Is tho
best for this. A formula for farina
cologne, which Is much used in this
way, follows below: