Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18

The beauty Of the skin depends to a great extent upon the health of the sebaceous glands. These are little underlying ducts supplying the skin with the grease needed, and if their secretions 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 and dead cut. cle to have good complexion, and when they seem inactive there is noth. ing to do but to resort to massage and very thorough bathing with hot water and good soap. Cold water is useless against the deep seated dust and grease of the skin, even with the aid of soap. Moreover, it tends to contract the pores, making it still harder for them to yield their con. tents. So as preparation for help. full massage, which is meant further to clear the stopped-up pores, the face bath must not only be hot but very complete.
 There is much contention that soap is injurious to the skin, but this is by no means true. The influences o! soap are tonic, antiseptic and clean. sing, so that soap must really be very bad to hurt the skin-contain, in fact, the strong alkaH which scorches and irritates. A good face bath with very hot water and bland soap leaves smooth skin like marble, and with repeated and systematic bathing the rough one is much improved. Work thick soap suds or a soap jelly. we'll into the pores, and rinse with repeated waters. Dab it partly dry with a soft old towel, and then sit down with a pot of good cold cream, or a little almond oil, and proceed with the massage.
 Begin by massaging the muscles of the cheek just in front of the upper half of the ear, using the three first fingers of both hands. Rub outward and upward in circular manner, with firm yet gentle touch, covering al spot about the size of a silver dollar. if 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 side of the nose. If the face is heav- fly lined here, massage will in time so strengthen the muscles that the furrows will be much softer, or disap. pear entirely.
 Next massage the temple muscles
 
 more easily detected by the even greater influence they exert on the lines each side of the nose The reg ular and systematic massage of them will prevent the formation of crows feet, those fine lines at the corners of the eyes which laughing faces with thin skin take on so often at an early age.
 some unguent or other is undoubt. edly required with massage, for oth. erwise the cuticle would be much ir- ritated, and the benefits of any face cream are increased tenfold if it is used with massage. For the face con. stantly made-up with cosmetics, rouge and fancy powder or liquid white, it is alSo necessary to cleanse the skin first with the grease before using wa. ter upon it, for otherwise the bath will only force the makeup down into the pores.
 If the face skin Is very delicate. do not dash cold water upon it after the hot bath, as this interferes with the circulation and is 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 harmless and invigorating sort is often needed after massage, especially if the pores are inclined to be big, and all authorities agree that a first-class cologne is the best for this. A formula for farina cologne, which is much used in this way, follows below:
 0ii or bergamot .....................1 i ounce 0:i o1 .6 dralns S.i ot ioSeudiy ....................6 drams 3 a m