Show About the Complexion The first thing a woman who is complex iondisturbed should do IB to find out what her skin needsindeed the first question Is Does it need any thing for a womans complexion is peculiar to herself If the skin is sick it can be cured just as well as any other organ that needs attention atten-tion but the bloom of sixteen cannot bo replaced re-placed on the skin that has weathered thirtyfive summers When the skin is oily and has an unclean look when there are blackheads and a sur lace eruption of pimpleswhich differ radically rad-ically from the pimples caused by internal derangements or debilitythe skin needs I purging and that can be done by sweating it A face mask is good for this A Russian Rus-sian or Turkish bath or the two combined is better and in lieu of them holding the face over boiling water is good So too is exercise that brings ou a free flow of perspiration per-spiration After the pores arc given a free discharge wash the face thoroughly but gently in warm water with a pure soap and not too much soap for a very free use < of it makes the skin scaly or scientifically takes out the outer fine layer in Hakes Rinse in cooler water scarcely tepid in which a few drops of tincture of benzoin has been poured The overfed complexion has its opposite in the starved complexion This when it isnt caused by debility is caused by an overzealous effort to by clean The alkalI of the soap eats away the natural oil and leaves the skin meager and drylooking Vaseline feeds it well but vaseline also induces in-duces a downy growth that is anything but I beautiful The oldfashioned remedy mutton mut-ton tallow is good and enters into several highpriced Improvers in the market Glycerino spirits of camphor and a little rosowator cures some starving skins while with others it doesnt agree Pure almond meal is a good remedy for nearly every skin if used directly after bathing before the skin is perfectly dry Powders should be severely let alone while feeding the skin One of tho nice powders to use if you are not stislied with rico powder is an ounce of prepared chalk mixed with twenty drops of tincture of benzoin Camphor Ice and cold creams that dont get rancid also help to make the skin smooth and healthy looking and the honey and almond milk is another rare good thing |