Year: 1874

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York Commercial Advertiser, that the
majority of the peoples faces are seldom
clean. Generally the habit of washing
the face in the morning prevails, but
with many persons it is the only time in
twenty-four hours that this ablution
takes place. With some women there
exists a prejudice against washing the
face at all. They believe that bathing
and rubbing produces eruptions--that
the skin of the face is handsomer the
less it is washed. Men return from
business, and before entering the draw
ing-room retire to "wash their hands
and brush their hair" unconscious that
their faces are not clean. Ladies come
home from a shopping excursion or Q
drive in the park, and arrange their
toilets without touching their faces, ex-
cept to dust them with powder as last
act of establishment We send the
children to their nurse to have their
faces washed before dinner, or q dozen
times daily; but because we are men
and women, and have not the streaks of
black across cheek or nose, we do not
question the cleanliness of our faces.
1t is taken for granted that the faces of
adult creation are clean, unless it be
those of machinists, chimney-sweeps or
coal heavers. We are certainly i'm
pressed with the muddy complexion of
Mrs. Slovenly, and remark how sallow
Mr. Slipshod has become, but it does
not occur to us that their faces are al
ways soiled. We meet Miss Blank on
the promenade, who has risen late and
washed her face hurriedly, leaving the
sleepy bugs in the corners of her eyes;
we exclaim: Had Miss Blank clear
skin, how pretty she would be-" We
should not believe that it was thoroughly
washed; that it was usually covered
with O mixture of Oriental Cream
and dust, which being slept in at night
and but half removed in the morning
soon changes the natural purity of the
skin.


There is no portion of the body that
requires so much care as to cleanliness
as the face; it is the receptacle for the
dust from the room, day and night. II
receives the shiftings blown from the
ash barrels and coal carts and all i'm
purities in the streets. Specks of oily
dandruff from the hair are hourly fall.
ing on the face, and the most conserva-
tive of us are constantly placing ou,
faces against something that soils, from
the cheek of the little baby, who is the
pet of the household, to the shaggy
coat of Ro mp, the dog, whom we stoop
to fondle now and then, saying nothing
of the kittens who brush against the
sides of our faces, from the back of our
easy chair twenty times daily, and
whom we know to have feas. This
we never admit to mamma for fear OF
Punishment to the woodshed.)


If persons who are otherwise fastid-
iously nice would be as proportionately
particular to keep their faces clean, we
should see more of the fair glowing
complexions, and less of the yellow
faded skins, with sallow lines about the
neck. There is nothing that so beauti-
fies the face as its freshness and cleanli-
ness from the frequent use of water with
gentle friction. There is more truth
than poetry in the stale observations of
persons looking two or three shades
winter after their ablutions. The face
is fairer after washing because it is
cleaner, and when it is not often bathed
it is badly soiled. That the face be
thoroughly washed at night, with a 1t
tie fine soap to remove any greasy sub
stance that may have settled in the eye
brows or crevices of the features, is es.
sential for its perfect cleanliness. The
eyes require particular washing to pre-
serve their beauty and strength of sight
How many persons consider this when
they wipe them over once day with a
wash-rag or sponge? Cleanliness is
next to godliness. Moses face shone
when he descended from the mount
where he had been talking with God.
If ours do not shine with q holy light
they may with q glowing freshness from
the frequent use of cold water. ,.1 a.


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