Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 4 | Soap and Water Recommended for Complexion

I Soap and Water Recommended 5 For Complexion Some women with nothing to offer in the way of beauty but a good complexion go through life with the enviable reputation of being attract r tive but If a woman lacks that single single single sin sin- gle asset lovely features and a well- well proportioned figUre scarcely count Luckily a smooth clear complexion isn't a difficult attainment even though it often looks hopeless after several months of parching in the summer sun Ac According to John Howard Crum M. M D. D if the body Is normally healthy skin beauty is largely a matter of skin cleanliness and fric fric- tion In The Truth About Beauty he recommends daily washing with warm water and a good mild soap for maintaining or regaining an attractive attractive attractive at at- skin The skin must breathe Dr Crum writes Yes we mean exactly that We breathe through our skins just as we breathe through our lungs and if the he pores are stopped or or- plugged with cream of whatever whatever whatever what what- ever composition the skin cannot function normally Regardless of what you do at any other time of the day the face must be washed thoroughly the last ast thing at night This is to cleanse it of i every particle of dirt and grime The face should be scrubbed either a coarse cloth or a flesh brush Unless Unless Un Un- less the scrubbing actually makes the skin pink it has not been thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough or vigorous enough No one ever questions the use of I soap and water on the rest of the body which except for the hands isn't nearly so 50 much exposed as the face to atmospheric soil Creams and lotions have their value for smoothing and softening but no amount of cosmetics can reduce the importance of frequent and thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough soap and water cleansing and the use of a clean clea absorbent towel i S