The northwestern bulletin., 1922-08-05
Nv DearS:

I've just seen the most shocking
wish to view. Two young girls, both
heavily rouged and powdered, were
sitting on the steps of fiat building
and while one complacently surveyed
herself in mirror, of the vanity case
variety. the other was pulling and
pricking at her skin, with a great big
black-headed pin. Can you imagine?
Treating ones face as a pincushion.
l presume she was trying to assist
her friend or sister, or whatever she
was, to rid herself of blackheads or
milium (whiteheads, we call them)
or some other skin disorder, but /
didn't attempt to find out, for the car
logged on, and / sat there with a pc
culiar feeling of sympathetic guilt
for the woman who was walking past
and didn't cry out: "Oh stop that!
You're running your skin" l hope
these girls read this, for l shall try
to tell them something OF the skin
and its abuses that will benefit them.
To begin, there are three layers of
tissue to the face. There is the outer
or scarf skin, an excellent protection
of fine scales which gives the skin
it's satiny appearance, and which may
be shed easily. Beneath it lays the
derma. or true skin. a sensitive net
work of threads bundled together,
interviewer with numerous blood YES
sells, nerves and sebaceous glands.
Below this true skin comes the fat
cells, and beneath this is the founda-
ton of the face, the muscles, which
give it it's contour, with the assis-
tance of the padding of fat. Through
the outer and true skin run many
glands and pores or tubes. Some are
sweat or sudoriferous, whose function
is to remove water or perspiration
from the blood. There are from 500
to $500 of these tubes to the square
inch in various parts of the body.
There are the hair follicles, and the
sebaceous glands which secrete an
oily substance to keep the haid and
skin soft. These ducts are plentiful
about the face and scalp. Then there
are the numerous blood vessels in the
skin of face, through which the blood
must flow regularly to give flush or
color to the skin, as well as nourish-
ing it and keeping the supplies for
sebaceous and sudoriferous glands
on hand, that the oily matter and the
perspiration can assist in preserving
the vitality of the skin. When We
complain of an oily skin. or profus-
ion of perspiration, we do not stop
to think how necessary these secre-
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ture of the skin.
1t is from the improper function.
ing of the sebaceous glands that
blackheads, the terror of every seek
er after beauty, comes. / have heard
people refer to the matter contained
in blackheads as worms. Nay, nay,
fair one! 1t is simply that your skin
is lazy or crippled and plugs of the
oily matter remain in the skin. To
remove them, do not resort to the
grandfather pin, the darning needle,
the embroidery needle, the finger
nail file, or any of the deadly wea-
pons l have seen you use. First
cleanse the skin thoroughly by wash
ing, with hot towel application to
open the skin, and soften the matter,
and then squeeze with the finger tips
or with the instrument made for re-
moving blackheads. Don't attempt
to massage them away. That's an
excellent way to make them perma-
nent guests
Nobody seems to know what caus-
es milium or whiteheads, but they all
agree that they are stickers. Tiny
white elevations beneath the skin, we
know not whence they came or why,
but that they're here to stay awhile
is sure bet. They aren't particular
disfigurements, but since they are not
necessary to ones health and happi-
ness, suppose we open them, expel
the contents, sterilize the treated por-
tion, and thank the God of Beauty
for clear skin once more
And right here is where I'm going
to revert to form, and say in sweetly
sterotyped tones, '111 be glad to an
swer any questions about the care or
the skin, and questions addressed to
me, care of this column or for con-
Adential reply, send a stamped. self
addressed envelope, and / will try
to put you on the direct path to Beau
| ty. OF course, am not skin spe-
cialist, not even highly paid oper'
ator, but am NILE QUEEN Beau
ty, easy to look at, interesting to
know, and my information Is as sound
and as secure as gilt-edged bonds,
and as excellent an investment.
If you are really interested in me,
I'll know from what you say to me,