The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
TO GAIN A
NEW THROAT

The woman who wishes her throat to
keep young cannot let 1t lead a life Of
entire inactivity. for in this way the
muscles relax, lose their force and dwin-
die. Every morning and evening of her
life the woman who is looking for the
threats fountain of youth must take
head-bending exercises. breathing rhyth-
mically and deeply al 1.-The time. Quite
twice n week she must massage it with
feeding oils or else have the thing done
by some experienced person. Every night
of her life she must give 1t good soap
and water scrub. with a cold douche at
least of five minutes duration to tighten
the skin and close the pores. All these
things come under the head of exercise
1t Is quite possible to exchange an old
throat for a new one. but you must be
up and doing to manage ii.
The head-bending exercises are taken
back and forth, and from side to side.
with a final screwing around as IL you
were trying to loosen a cork in a bottle.
Take each movement ten times, doing 1t
all slowly. methodically, without strain
ing the tendons OF the neck. Your head
will feel two pounds lighter the next day,
will begin to see the hollows Of the
throat filling out. The deep breathing Is
a necessary accompaniment, for this de-
velops the chest the roots of the throat
as you might say, and helps to harden
muscles.
Here is course of treatment for the
neck that is discolored: Wash the flesh
first with green soap and soft hot water
and afterward steam it with applications
Of towels dipped in water as hot as can
be borne. When the skin is well softened,
apply the lemon juice, mixed with lit
tie warm water. or peroxide. also adul-
terated. This lotion, which is used with
good success for freckles. is also very
beneficial for whitening the throat:
Lanoline ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS grams
Valeline twhite). grams
Peroxide of hydrogen......O grams
This bleach should be applied all over
the well-washed throat and left on all
night.
When the skin has begun to respond
to the bleaching, the nights washing
must be preceded by a rub with massage
of almond oil or good cleansing cream.
as this gets as much black out Of the
pores as the soap and water scrub. The
oil. besides. softens and loosens the skin.
SO that when the cold douche comes 1t
reacts more promptly. The douche
comes after the neck has been rinsed of
every vestige Of the soapy water used
for the wash. and 1t should be followed
by a light massage with oil or cream,
which must be left on all night.
The neck which has withered badly
from long neglect or is thus showing
the first effects of cruel time, will need,
however, a good packing with oil or
cream for the bed toilet. and since other
ingredients than a plain unguent may
be needed I would recommend for such
cases the following emollient:
OIL of sweet Almonds. 3 ounces
Oil Of bitter almonds. .....10 grams
Ralsam of tolu. .........3 grams
Benzoin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2 grams
Essence of lemon. 2 drops
Essence of cajeput...... . drops
The essences are powdered and melted
in the oils. Keep all at a gentle heat for
twenty-four hours: then decant from the
sediment and add the essential oils. The
almond oil in this preparation is feed
ing to the skin: the other ingredients are
tonic and so strengthen relaxed muscles
and the whole combination is whitening
and softening. and can be used upon the
face and hards and oil over the body
But the emollient must positively be ap-
piled with massage to the throat. and be
used after the skin has been entirely
prepared with the warm bath.
4 light rub after the morning tub with
glycerine and rosewater will do more to
further the beauty OF the throat as
glycerine is most bleaching and softening
to this part of the body and to the hands.
But as it extracts too much water from
the skin. and is, besides. very smarting
when used in a pure state. It must be
literally diluted-quite seven parts Of
rosewater to one OF Flycerine Before
putting on any powder for the evening
the throat should always be protected
with a rub of the glycerine for besides
keeping it in healthful condition; the To-
ton pumps the skin. removing the signs
that a single afternoon of collar wear
ing may have left.
There Is nothing like going to the au-
thorities for hints on any subject. and
so I have gathered some very good sug-
gestions for preserving the throat from
various beauty doctors here and there
One tells that an anaemic throat is
sometimes much improved by washing IL
with raw eggs beaten up in a little warm
water At the same time the patient
must eat raw eggs and drink milk, for
these things both harden the throat and
fill it out.
Another declares that IL women won't
drink all the pure. fresh water they
should dr'nk-at least three pints a day
their throats are bound to get stringy
and yellow.
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