The Washington herald., 1915-01-20
HOUSE.
WIVES
DAILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
THE HOUSEWIVES COMPLEXION.

One thing that the housewife ought to
be thankful for and that is that she
may If she chooses have a beautiful com
plexion. The girl who has to start out
early every day-dry weather or damp,
in cracking winds and bleaching heats
to her daily toll. and must remain at
work all day, has nowhere near so good
an opportunity to have a beautiful COM
plexion. The girl at her work has LITTLE
| opportunity to refresh her COMPLEXION
IN the middle Of the day. The soothing
race bath Of cool water. the cold cream,
ruo, or the application of hot and then
cold that does a great deal to refresh
the skin when you are at home must n.
denied her on work days.
I Inc housewife, to be sure il she docs
all her own work, has to expose her face
10 considerable dust and CRIME, But tbis
really need do no harm. Before dom,
any particularly dusty work the house
WIFE should rub little cold cream into
her face, and apply a slight sprinkIinr
| or powder. Not enough to show NJ
course, but just enough to protect tho
SKIN. Then as soon as the dusty work
Is over the housewife should give her
face thorough bath
For the thorough bath after a reaIIv
ousty piece of work nothing is better
tnan real soap and water scrub-and
| nothlng Is better than liquid green soaD
Tor this. This sounds almost brutal :,
put liquid green soap on the face but
II isn't when it is properly done First
thoroushly scrub the hands and make
sure that the fingers are clean Tban
draw a basin half full of wa-or-softo,,
IL with drop or so of beuzoin II tn.
water is naturally hard. Now with the
hands cover the face thoroughly with
water. Add a few drops of LIQUID sOap
TO the palms of the hands and work into
good lather. Now apply to the face
and for several minutes work thorough
ly into the face and neck, adding more
water and more soap if necessary Never
put the liquid soap directly on the face
out always into lather first in the
hands
After this thorough soap bath be sure
and rinse off every vestige of soap and
pat the face dry. But don't imagine that
your face is perfectly clean yet Now
make a solution of a little ether and
little alcohol, mix thoroughly and apply
TO the face with a piece of absorbent
cotton, being very careful not to got
it into the eyes. This smarts a little.
but it is thoroughly cleansing and does
no harm to the finest skin As soon as
tiiS has uEleu, NnlCn Is practically i'm
mediately after it is put on. your face
is ready for a gentle rub with some
soothing cream. Use just a very little
of the cream and rub lightly in with
the tips of the fingers Wipe of all
signs of the cream. dust with a sugges-
ton of fine powder and. 10. mistress
housewife! all signs of the dust and
CRIME are far removed
Remember that there is no harm done
to Your face 10 let it get dusty, even
dirty. The harm comes in letting il re-
main that way. And even worse than
letting the face remain dirty is the prac-
tice INDUCED in by so many housewives
of half washing their faces a dozen or
so times a day. As a matter of fact
water is not especially good for the skin.
That is, 1t is good only in so far as it
is the best known cleansing agent for
general purposes. When you wash your
face thoroughly once a day to rid it
of all dirt you are doing yourself soma
good, but half a wash is worse than
none.
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