Rose-Tinted Faces. New York Morning Journal.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1994, 18 April 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Rose-Tinted Faces. New Yo rk Morning Journal.

Tin. first thing a woman should remomber when she wants to improve her complexion is that nothing rubbod en the akin is going to help it very materially. The lotions and 11 creams " and preparations of one kind and another which are prepared by quacks for beautifying the skin are all humbugs, and no sensible womnn uhould ever be led into buying them. To obtain a beautiful akin, one must begin and diet properly. Butter, fat meat and greasy food of every kind must not bo eaten. Coffee and tea mußt be given up, so must claret and all kinds of wino, and milk or lemonade substituted. Fruits and vegetables should be eaten in abundp.nce, rich candiea and cakes avoided, pie never should be touched, and pickles and acid food generally should be dispensed with. A woman who follows the above rules will find that her skin will become smooth and oloar after several months have passed. Of course, tho diet must be thorough and careful. No improvement can be made unless it ia. A tableapoonful of sulphur taken every other morning for a week, and then not taken again for three days, and then taken every other morning for another week, is one of the beat things to clear the complexion. It aots like magic It should always be mixed with molasses or something that will clear it from the system. Salt— a tablespoonful dissolved in a goblet of milk— ia an old-fashioned recipe for beautifying the complexion. It certainly is a simple remedy, and, if it does not help the complexion, it will strengthen tho system. A great deal depends on the constitution of the person and tho kind of complexion she has. What will hr\p one woman wonderfully will have no effect whatever on others. One thing ia certain, however, milk is always conducive to softening and whitening the skin, and it is a noticeable fact that girls who have never been allowed to drink tea or coffee, and who have drunk quantities of milk, have generally, when they reaoh the ago of twenty, very beautiful complexions. Boiling water ia also one of the beat things to keep the complexion in order. A tumblerful should be drunk one hour before every meal. If it ia diangreeable by itself, the juice of half a lemon should be added. Sugar should not be used. Most women in summer time are too careless of complexions, and when winter comes and they go to parties and balla they regret it. The sun ia excellent for the complexion if it does not get too much of it. A little browning and freckling is oftentimes very beneficial, but when the face is exposed to too great a measure of tho sun's rays tho skin ia apt to become coarse. Veils — very thin ones— should be alwaya worn at a seaside resort, unless parasols aro carried. The Bait air and the sun together are bad for the complexion, though excellent for the goneral health. Fashionable women and girls in New York alwaya have their arms and necks " polished" before going to a ball or other entertainment whero they appear with very deoolete dresses. The polishing greatly beautifies the skin. Fnst the anna and neck are rubbed very thoroughly with glycerine and rose water. After this has been rubbed off, the arms and shoulders are covered with cold cream, which is allowed to remain on 1.1 minutes. This is then rubbed off 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 this is completed they look like polished marble, and the nkin seems to take on a wonderfully fine and beautiful texture. Some one has suggested that (he faoe might be treated in tho 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 faco should always be washed in water that has had the chill taken off of it. Warm water is not good for the complexion, despite all that has been said to the contrary ; neither is real cold water. The one makes the skin flabby, and in time wrinkles it, the other roughens it. Cosmetics of every kind should bo avoided. They aro alwaya disgusting, and even a little powder put on on a warm day, "to tako the shine off," is objectionable. Powder and paint always stamp a woman at once aa common, no matter how small a quantity may be used. Oat -meal and Indianmeal water are both excellent for washing tha

face and hands in. The meal softens the skin and gives to it a delioate flush, which is very becoming. The majority of women also find that salt water will help their oomploxions. Get six pennyworth of rock salt every month, and wash in a basin into which a good lump of it has been plaoed. Rain water is an excellent thing for tho skin, and there ia as much truth as poetry in the saying that the " early dew of the morning will make like the face of an angel the woman who bathes in it."