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Show uiiinuiiiiiiu mini in i mniiiini u mm iiiiimmiiii Health and Beauty I By f.i m, i. mi DR. SOPHIA BBtTNSON 1 """ cause they contain cellulose, which is not digestible. The bowels need bulk in order that the perilstaltic action of the intestines will have eomthing to grasp and move along towards the outlet. Food that's too contentrated is nearly all digested and nothing is left to stimulate and help the intestines to carry off the residue and fecal matter. This, with too little water drinking is a common cause of constipation the great American disease. None can have a beautiful skin or maintain main-tain good health who is habitually constipated. THE COMPLEXION i Eternal vigilance is the price of prolonged youth and health that must go with it. Your body and your skin will respond to proper care, but on the other hand it quickly shows neglect or abuse. The fur of an animal and the feathers of a bird gleam and glisten glis-ten when their owners are properly proper-ly fed and cared for. Observe the Hution coat of the tenderly nurtured, nur-tured, scientifically fed, well-groomed well-groomed race horse, and compare it with the dead-looking, ragged coat of the untended, ragged coat of the untended, neglected horse. Here you have a striking example of what care will do for all living things. The face suffers most from exposure, ex-posure, hence ages more quickly than any other part of the body. This is due to want of protection from biting winds and burning suns. Discretion in caring for it, will to a large extent, overcome the evil effects of exposure to the changing elements and keep the complexion in good condition. The body is a poison factory. The emunctories, or organs for removing re-moving these pernicious substances substanc-es are the liver kidneys, bowels, lungs and skin. If waste is not properly eliminated but allowed to accumulate in the body, the skin suffers and presents an unhealthy appearance. Many people drink too little water wa-ter and the moisture that should exude through the skin to the amount of two or three pints a day is greatly lessened. The perspiration perspira-tion becomes to concentrated and acid that the skin is irritated. The pores are stopped by viscid secretions. secre-tions. Blackheads and pimples naturally na-turally follow. Some persons carry a smiling face while suffering from hidden diseases, but no matter mat-ter how brave a front one wears, now how he smiles, if his skin has a diseased appearance, he neither conceals his condition nor presents pre-sents an attractive appearance. You need plenty of water to keep a good complexion. At least six or eight glasses of water should be drunk daily, two glasses on rising, and nearly all the rest of it between meals. A laxative and well-balanced diet is necessary, so that the bowels bow-els will move daily. Such a diet contains breads made from whole wheat or unbolted corn meal, and fruits and vegetables. These stimulate stim-ulate peristalsis and assist the bowels in eliminating the waste. The reason that bran and similar simi-lar things help the bowels is be- |