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Show HEED THESE SUMMER SKIN SAVERS are probably skinnier than The average person has approximately 17 square feet You you realize. of skin weighing about five pounds. Curiously, although we may urge others to save your own or skin don't let it get under your skin, dermatologists say that few of us know how to take care of the skin we have! Have you heard, for instance, that wind in your face when you ride in an open convertible freshens" your skin? Or that sun tends to make the skin oily? Or that the darker your tan, the better it is for your appearance of youthfulness? Each of these ideas is a popular fallacy. What actually happens, often when you ride in an open convertible, is that many tiny bits of airborne grit are driven deep into your skin! For oily skin, Interestingly, sun actually helps the situation by promoting peeling you don't notice DRIVER KILLED VERY QUICKLY The Utah Safety Council recently reported some new statistics that carry a very excellent message and should bring home the danger Involved in driving at relative normal speeds. The statistics were a breakdown of the time sequence of a traffic accident, show what happens when a car strikes a solid object at 55 miles per hour. The statistics are based on extensive re- search. FIRST August 1968 UTAH FARM BUREAU Page 8 TENTH of a second: Front bumper and grill colapse. SECOND TENTH of a second: Hood crumples, rising and strik- Rear wheels lift ing windshield. from the ground. Fenders begin the solid obwrapping around ject. Driver instinctively stiffens legs, and they snap at the knee joint. THIRD TENTH of a second: Steering wheel starts to disintegrate. FOURTH TENTH of a second: First two feet of car's front end has been eliminated; driver is still moving at 55 miles per hour, and rear end of car, at 35 miles per hour. FIFTH TENTH of a second: Driver is impaled on the steering column. TENTH of a second: Brake pedal rips off. Car frame buckles in the middle and driver's head strikes windshield. Rear wheels, still spinning, fall back to SIXTH so that clogged oil ducts can drain normally. a kind thought, Give during summer, to your Malpighian cells. They are the tiny, busy bits of you that release melanin pigment to And while a dark tan may help make you tan and shield your skin you look youthful for so long as sun injury. But the cells the tan lasts, an excess of sun against and the sun often work gradually, may leave you with wrinkles as works hence the popularfaster, souvenirs of the tan once it's and lotions to procreams ity gone. The reason, doctors explain, against burning and prohas to do with subcutaneous fat tect mote a longer lasting tan. but the thing to do lobules, is easier to understand: if you Perhaps the unkindest cut of all, when it comes to summer fun, is weren't born black, don't strugone the that goes untreated, then to gle get that way; settle for tan or light brown. develops into something big. A becoming small first aid kit for your car is One of the greatest skin care inexpensive and a good idea. Another low-co- st way to save products ever made is popular summer skin in is to use foot among dermatologists, who both your recommend it and use it often powder in your shoes every day. themselves. The product, low The powder not only absorbs moisture and adds comfort, but also in cost and nationally available, is soap. Plain soap. Nothing, helps prevent athlete's foot and does a better job , other fungus infections that may doctors say, become serious. of cleansing the skin. If you come up with a rash, a And clean skin is especially imbad extra for cut, a burn or any of the other perportant in summer, of spiration means extra bits soil, serious woes that often accompflowing to the skin through the any summer fun, giving the probpores. Skin cleanliness not only lem to a doctor promptly may promotes beauty, but also helps mean that you get your summer prevent minor skin infections that kicks without anything too grave to kick about. may lead to blemishes. g a Farm Bureau insurance check . before the smoke cleared away! Edgar Smoot lost everything: barns, cows, equipment. Then the Utah Farm Bureau stepped in that very day. "I was sick. Twenty years of work went up in smoke in one night. My first thoughts were to start rebuilding as soon as possible. called my Farm Bureau agent and he was here making estimates while the fire still smoldered. He returned that same afternoon with a check for the full amount. There were no arguments over how much should be paid. The Farm Bureau more than lived up to their end of the bargain. I EDGAR SMOOT, OPERATOR-MANAGESMOOT JERSEY FARMS CENTERVILLE, UTAH R The fiery tragedy that struck Smoot Dairy came like a thief in the night. It could happen to anyone. Then came the big payoff from Utah Farm Bureau fire insurance the check that got Edgar back on his feet and building again immediately. Today the dairy is bigger and better than before, thanks to a lot of friends, a lot of hard work, and that greatly needed fire insurance check. SEVENTH TENTH of a second: Doors open, seat breaks free, striking driver from behind. EIGHTH, NINTH, and tenth of a second: These are of no im The driver is dead. portance. That final sentence - The driver is dead - is the entire message. What has happened before that time, and what happened afterward is of no importance. For your own peace of mind and protection for livestock, automobiles or farm property, contact your Utah Farm Bureau Insurance agent. He's Overseas Jobs 2235 A.M. Miami, Florida 33159 -- When Smoot Dairy burned to the ground, I was handed earth. Australia, Europe, South America, Far East, Etc. Openings in all trades and Professions. $400. to $2,500 monthly, free information write National Employment Service (Foreign Division) Box the sun your friend or foe? It all depends on how you look at it. The sun can be your ally in amour by ridding you of blemishes but too much can wrinkle and simmer your skin. Sensitive noses need sunlight-blockinointment to prevent an "ouch." Is in the Yellow Pages. FARM BUREAU t'Uiitcince HOME OFFICE 6 J 9 EAST 4th SOUTH ontami SALT LAKE CITY UTAH |