POLISHED LADIES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 5

POLISHED LADIES.

Most fashionable women andghls in New York always have their aims and nooks ' polished ' before going t.o a ball or other ontertainment where they appear with very decollete, dresses. The '"polishing' gieatly beautifies the skin. First l>he arms and neck are rubbed very thoroughly with glycerine and rohewaler. After this has been rubbod off the aims and shoulders are covered with cold cream, which is allowed to remain on fifteen minutes. This is then rubbed oft' with a piece of fine, soft white flannel, and the arms and shoulders are covered with 'baby' powder and rubbed very thoroughly. This finishes the operation. When thi* is completed they look like polibhed marble, and the skin seems to take on a wonderfully lino and beautiful texture. Someone has suggested that the face might be treated in the same way with good effect, but this would be next to impossible, as the texture of the skin on the arms and shoulders is always different from that of the face. The face should always bo washed in water that has the chill taken off it. Warm water is not good for the complexion, despite all that has been said to the contrary ; neither is really cold water. Theone makes the skin flabby," and in time wrinkles it ; the other roughens it. Cosmotics of every kind should bo avoided. They are always I disgusting, and even a little powder put on a warm day to ' tako the shino ofl',' is objectionable. Powder and paint always stamp a woman at once ns common, no matter how small a quantity

may be used. Oatmeal and [mliau mcav water are both excellent for washing the face and hands in. The meal softens tho skin and gives to it a delicate flush which is vovy becoming. The majority of women will also find that &alt water will help their complexions. Get ten cenrs' work of rock salt every month and wash in a basin into which a good lump ot it has been placed .Rain water is an excellent thing for th skin, and there is ao much truth as poetry in the saying that the 'early dew of the morning will make like the face of an angel tho woman who bathes in it.'