IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 19 October 1907, Page 3

IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

THE ART OF LOOlilXCi WELL. A "dinner complexion" is not, after all, the forte of most English \T'onieii. Sports rightly or wrongly so named - pliiy such a large part in our daily life that it is perhaps little to lie wondered at that the average skin is uot of roseleaf consistency and damask coloring, despite all the care which modern science is able to devote to tiie subject. The girl whose summer and autumn are spent in a round of country house visits is fully alive to the havoc which is wrought on the best-guarded skin by tli:' outdour amusements in which she ;n and although the beau ideal fr.'iii every standpoint may lie to possess an unimpeachable complexion at every hour of the day, the veriest tyro o. the art of "looking well" knows 'ilk: importance of her appearance in the evening. To reach the house as the dinner bell sends a warning note, after a five-mile trump across the moors in a Scotch mist or a rapid rn)'i through the air iu one's l.oit's motor car, is not conducive to the pr-ach-blnssom complexion or the immaculate "fristurc." ! and the knowledge that in one short he.ll-hoiH" the v/eat luT-bi';'ti'n skin i:. to Ih' snlxlm-d within becoming bound-; and the hair waved and curled to a coift ur'n standard of neater-- b- to avgui' a considerable auiiiiiai of savoir fain! which women take the trouble to acquire.

Ji' proper cate i.- taken. an outdoo: life has a most bnieih-ial ell'e'-t on the skin, but it is an egregious mistake to prove superior to remedies and despise precautions, a solecism whieh accounts for the ruined complexion of the average sportswoman who has passed life's meridian.

It is often best not to apply prepara- j tions to the face l>efore driving in a keen wind or hot sun, and beyond gently massaging and rubbing the face with a good cream on going to bed and again on rising, action must be deferred until leturning from the expedition. When the skin appears to "burn," and the face is flushed and rough, the treatment for dinner should be as follows:—The face should first be plunged into warm water in whieh a tablespoonful of toilet oatmeal has been stirred. The water is thus made soft and soothing, and if the face is sponged very carefully and slowly immediate relief will be evident.

' As much oatmcai as can lie held in the palm of the hand should then lie made into a paste with a little fresh warm water, and this should lie laved over the cheeks and the bridge of the. nose, where the sunburn is chielly apparent or the wind has most irritated the skin. This should be left on for two minutes, when the face should once more be washed in warm water and dried wiil: a soft tcsve 1 , "da'obing" being .esorted to rather than rubbing. \\ lien the skin is perfectly dry, a little more oatmeal powder should be rubb"d ovei il, and this should lie lightly dusted n !i with a siik v handkerchief betr.l'e going to dinner. Should, however, symptoms of "burning" still be felt, a very little face cream may bt gently applied, and the surface of the skin sprinkled with the best toilet powder—delicately scented. This should afterwards be remove! with a rie-e of s.'k cr chamois leather and the face once more treated with a slight application of powder. Oil retiring to bed the face should lie rubbed with a good skin food and massaged gently with the finger tip.-, a .-dice nt" lemon rubbed well into the pores acting as a good preventive ot freckles or sunburn. As regards the coiffure, this is frequently the most perplexing problem which has to be faced, and many women wisely solve it by the provision of a supplementary fringe, which is worn under the hat when out of doors, and removed on dressing for tea or dinner, the hair beneath being in this way preserved from damp, and ollering no difficulties in the matter of curling and waving. If. however, the hair has become damp and out of curl, before crimping it, it should lirst be brushed with a soft brush dipI.ed ill cold tea, to which a little sugar has been added. This will liavc the effect of inducing the coiffure to take a becoming wave, which will be certain to last the whole evening. To ensure that the arms—especially the forearms at the wrists—are white and smooth, they should be rubbed with a little lemon juice and hot water, or. as an alternative, with a mixture of powdered borax, lemon juice, and rosewater. a good skin cream being then rubbed into the skin, and the whole sprinkled with oatmeal powder, while at niL'ht an application of almond oil, glycerine and white wax, beaten togethei over the fire, and drained, will do much to counteract the ctlccts of sun unci wind.