HOW WOMEN CAN KEEP FIT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 47, 20 March 1909, Page 4

HOW WOMEN CAN KEEP FIT.

There is no getting away from the fajct that if a woman wishes to keep herself in goud looks she must yield a little attention to it every day (says a writer in. Pearson's Weekly). If she leaves it to hazard when this time shall come it will not come at all. It is too easy to| put it oil and suffer it to be crowded out. There must he a fixed, hour for the task. Some few women: prefer attending to fihcse nil Iters when they rise in the morning, but the busy woman generally hah such » rush of occupations waiting 1 for her when she awakes that she cannot spend even ten minutes on such a 'trifle a.s beautifying. Every woman litis'certain weak points, arid on these she must bestow most If she is inclined to stoutness she will have to take special oxereiscs. If it is.her hair that troubles her she must | wive, herself the labor of massaging it niAtl.v and rubbing a tonic or ointment hrto the scalp. Hut it is the face that is most likely to engtige the attention of the majority of women—the face ami the. neck, if they 'have enough interest in decollete or 'low cut gown* of any kind to keep themselves looking fresh and plump. It is an exceptionally tired or careless woman wlio neglects to wash her face before going to. bed. This is the period w.he.ll the washing is most needed. it is like brushing the teeth at inghn when it is really much more necessary to do it Wian i« the morning, m order thl.it one may go to sleep with a clean mouth and with no particle of food between, the teeth to effect decay and to |«iison the breath., Vet there are probably dozens of persons who would never 'feel they could eat breakfast without, brushing the teeth who will yet go to bed peacefully without tlhiiiking of a tooth-brush.

I\SES Till'. WHITE OF AN E(l(l. In oriler to make her face clean she should wipe it over lirst with a good cold ci'dam. .Some person, prefer a little almond oil, and apply this with a bit of soft cloth. I know one woman bles-ed with a beautiful skin who always washes her face in the while of an egg at night. She says that no whiter how ch-in i-'hc uiiiy have made or tried to make her face with soap 'and water, the while of an. egg will always coax out more dirt.

Whatever the melius used for cleansing, it should be followed with a. soap and warm water that will remove every trace of the previous application.

Cold cream -should never be left on the face over night. A'n'd to get it oil' lilie finr uiiisl be well rubbed with a soft elotli dii)iped in warm water and soaped. After the soapy washing the face should Ih' sipmigc.il with warm water to which has been added n little, of the tincture of benzoin. When lllic face and neck have been llioroughlv cleansed, (hev are to be dabbed die with « Mill" towel. It is lllien tliiit the facial massage sliould be bestowed.

The double chin is one of the trials that ullliet 'women as they get on in life. Ills very beginnings ought to be watched for an'd fought against. Not liv diet that amounts to sclMtirviug and always Lake* oil' the llesh in. the wrong place and leaves lUiblwncss, but by judicious massage. Till-All! DKILL.

l''ivo minutes at uigh't and the same length of ti'me in- the miiniing will keen the growing chin down, or will even replace it to something like decent proportions when it has once come. Hut the reduction will require a. long time, and phtienec and perseverance will both be needed t'o do the work.,

The massage movement is accomplished in the following manner:— The lips of the lingers are placed at the. side of tlic face, the thumb tips joined mulct the t'liin, and with, the balls of the thumbs the llesh, is pressed backward and upward. Tbe pressure must be firm, but lWif hard, <iud it niust be repeated, as has /previously been said, for five minutes; alt a, time. Longer does 510 ha 1111. although the massage must be begun l gently in order that the skin is not made tender.

The arms are sometimes likely to become wearied before the period of treatment is over. 'There is a 'Way of getting over this fatigue. iSome women do this robbing after they go to bed, lying oil their backs the while, and others read while they do it. seating themselves at a table on which is propped a book and resting the elbows on. the. lahle while they give, the massage.

Five minutes seemls a long time when one is watc'liing the dock to see bow the period of lu'eafluent is passing, but when the mind is occupied in some way the Moments go quietly. Another means of reducing the chill is by tapping it with tile linger tips litly lio a hundred times. This is said to soften I lie lles'li and render it more likely to yield to treatment.

It mav also be yentlv pinched between the linger and thumb, or the ball of the baud may be used to rub down the llesh. lint this'method i- more tiresome than nibbing with tile thumbs, and no more olUVacious. After the chill has been well nil/bed il mav be. rinsed with elild water. If it feels 'ore after the treatment apnly a little rose -water or tincture of benzoin, diluted. Do not use cold cream on il.