Evening star., 1916-06-07
Smoothing Out the Wrinkles.

The horizontal line in the forehead |
nine times out of ten, indicates the
need of glasses. 1t is made by the in
cessant frowing consequent to the
strain on the eyes, and if glasses are
not bought it gets deeper and deeper |
The two long lines each side of the
nose tell of a peevish nature, and the
two run from the corners of the mouth !
down toward the chin proclaim that
their owner is the worrying kind the
sort of woman who doesn't believe a
word of that beautiful story of the
cloud and its silver lining. The ridges
and the hollows of thick skinned face
might have been avoided or at least
softened, If more soap and water were
used, and some other wrinkles would
not be there at all If their owner had
eaten more nourishing food.
But now let US come down to first
causes. Before the least line appears
upon the face facial fatigue may man
ifest itself-that weariness of mus
cles and skin which follows great
physical fatigue. Try not 10 let your
face get to this state of things by
going more slowly with life Always
take a minute for a nap II you need
II. stop the job before the bUeaking-i
two feeling comes and af r. all ex-
posure to dust. or a long bout with the
warm bath and lie down or sit quietly
for ii to straighten out. You wonder
at the expression "straighten out" but
look in the glass after you have rested
up or soaked for a while in delicious
warm water and you viii see that ii
really does.
Cloths dipped In hot water and wrung
out and applied to the face for twenty
minutes constitute a trea trnent which
brings delicious restfulness to tired
facial muscles, particularly If the skin
is massaged afterward with some good
cream. The hot packs are used after a
soap bath or before it. as is liked, but
when drying the face after any treat
ment take care not to drag the mus
cles down or use a towel coarse as
to irrttate the skin. The best face
cloths are made of very old fine table
linen. SO keep the remnants of table
cloths and serviettes for this purpose
The finest face towel will be harsher
than such rags.
A simple homemade wrinkle lotion,
which many French women use both
morning and night, is made by boiling
three ounces of pearl barley in Il pint
of water TIL the gluten is extracted
after this is strained. twenty-five drops
OF tincture OF benzoin are put with 1t.
This. however. would be useless il the
face were not cleansed of dust and
oil before using ii. and II is more for
keeping the skin soft and supple than
for the banishment of Lines already
formed. These are best treated with
wrinkle plasters, with restful habits
good food and all the other hygienlc
measures that can be adopted. An oc-
casional Turkish bath Will be a de-
cided help in warding off wrinkles as
the great heat and steaming rest and
relax the skin while doing wonders
for the weary muscles beneath IT. For
the premature wrinkle, the line that
comes in the actually young face. this
emulsion is considered good:
. Alum .............4..... 80 grains
Almond milk very thick) k).......... Ia ounces
ieosf"ate! .---.....-.. .--...'..... o ounces
Dissolve the alum in the Sosewater
and then pour gently into the almond
milk, with constant stirring.
good deal more faith il put into the