The Calumet news., 1912-07-16

Girls OF sixteen and even younger
often write me for complexion formu-
las and | always feel like saying the
same thing to them all
"My dear children, you have II In
your own hands to possess not only a
good, but very likely beautiful, com
plexion"
And If did say this thing should
be speaking the absolute truth.
Now let us consider the complexion
defects which afflict so many girls be-
tween the ages of twelve and eighteen.
Pimples, oily skin and large pores are
the chiefest ones. and these are large
ly attributable TO unhygienic habits.
The proof of the statement is that
girls who are looked after very care
fully and who are warned by their
mothers against mental excitement,
rarely have them, Left to their own
judgments about their health. the girls
with complexion worries have neglect
ed their bowels, ignored the impor-
tance of the hot bath, been lazy about
exercise, have eaten coarse or highly
seasoned foods, have drunk too much
/ ice water, have slept in close rooms
and done everything else they ought
! not to have done. OF what benefit to
these young ostriches would cosmetics
be? Their heads are buried in the
sand of ignorance as TO the needs OF
their own little bodies and there is
nothing to do but wake up their under
standing as to the operations OF ma
ture herself.
There Is that much abused organ,
the liver, to which is intrusted so
many of the chemical processes OF tae
body. II 1t is clogged through having
too much work thrown upon it as in
gormandizing or when deprived Of the
mechanical action needed to stimulate
the flow Of its juices, as In sedentary
life, II is not ordinary waste matter
which is thrown back into the blood,
but foreign products which no organ
knows what TO do with IL is this con-
dition, the existence of poisonous mat
ter which gives rise TO so many COM
plexion defects. and. when the liver is
so clogged there is nothing to do but
give the system complete clearing
out. An innocent little dose of castor
oil, bought at the drug store for ten
cents and doctored with five drops of
brandy to keep 1t from gripping. will
start the liver to better action
through freely moving the bowels. The
oil must be taken on an empty stom-
ach on going to bed, and the next
morning 1t is wise to take a bottle OF
citrate of magnesia to start the move
ment of the intestines and further
clear them.
diet of laxative foods after this
Will continue the good work OF keeping
the bowels in easy order, all fresh
fruits, cooked rhubarb, cooked and raw
prunes, spinach and greens coming un-
der this head. AS beautifier to the
skin. and gentle laxative, molasses.
TOO, Is unequaled, but IL is necessary
to get the very dark, rich kind and eat
It with coarse bread. such as graham
and rye, whose rough grain is very
beneficial in clearing the bowels. A
sufficient quantity of pure drinking
water between meals, this taken hot or
cold, is required, and If squeeze OF
lemon juice is added to the hot water
at least once a day the complexion is
further cleared. Other drinks of a
freshening sort to the skin might be
Sassafras and spearmint tea. The
5assafras is prepared by sleeping the
roots In boiling water, and the infu-
sion may be taken hot or cold
This getting of the bowels in good
'oods and drinking water is required
or the preliminary treatment of every
skin trouble-pimples. large pores,
)ily condition. discolorations and sal
owness. Even freckles, those teasing
little skin sprites which are so hard
% Danish, are more easily dispersed
md dimmed IL the bowels are cleared
irst.
AS to other foods useful for clearing
he complexion, milk. sweet and sour.
s undoubtedly beautifying, milk pos
iessing the Tactic acid which bleaches
ne SKIN, and being about the most
natural or all foods TO the stomach.
sweet butter is also preferable to salt.
While a liberal diet of green salads.
prepared with olive oil and lemon
uice, through the help they give In
he digesting of heavier foods, is Ger.
ainly to be recommended. The amaze
mic girl who needs all the nourishment
ne can get should, however take her
alad with mayonnaise, which Is I'm a
way quite solid food and easily di-
rested as well. In fact, the more
'live oil the thin, pale girl takes the
'etter' and It would do her far more
'ood than harm II she consumed, be-