Show 42 MAP VA when a girl comes to ahe love ot of cosmetics those supreme luxuries ot of womankind she may be ailed grown up her delight in powders fragrant perfumes creams toilet wa ter fl flie le soaps and scented d baths di vides her forevermore forever moro from the care less hab ts of childhood od henceforth the prettiness of her skin and the glossy softness of her lair are sacred trusts and all she asks Is that she may be able to replenish her little store of beauty materials every now an I 1 then chis Is a normal and per factly legitimate state of things and therefore it behooves parents to supply young daughters who have no money of their own with the simple mediums required tor for beautifying the complexion complex foff and hair good powders in the matter of powder good taste demands something very simple for the schoolgirl a pure white ponder such as talcum or rice or wheat starch very lightly perfumed the halcums tor for nursery use prepared as they are tor for the tender bodies of baby hood are the best of these powders but girls should keep their powder boxes and puffs free of dust tor for the soil that gets it will help to enczur ige blackheads however simple the powder Is too it ft should be taken off oft at night with a cleansing face bath for it if left on oil the face it la Is bound to stop up the pores A french nursery powder of indescribable fineness L i often used by women as well as young girls this being almost impalpable when pit on and possessing the frag ranee rance of lilies of the valley thia this elusiveness of scent should be a tea fea ture of all beauty materials used by young girls for strong odors do not seem to go well m ell with the modesty and freshness of girlhood face bath needed but tar far more enhancing than the powder is the cleansing face bath which is required to free the skin of old cuticle stale oil dust and atlon so when you come to take a face bath remember all the wastes you must get rid of and don t make a pretense of things with little dabs of 0 coldo cold water and an indifferently clean face cloth hot water and a bland soap must be used several rin sings must be done plain water and in the event of any eruptive condition conditi cn wash rag and towels should be kel keit t apart from those used by the rest of 0 the family and be washed by them selves and sterilized that apparently innocent thing the wash rag by the way is responsible tor for many a bad state of things with the skin it Is only safe to use it once and it exam ined tried by a strong microscope when very iery dirty the reason for this will be discovered wash rags should always be hu haig ig in the sun after using aa as the shady corner of the bathroom la is the very place tor for the developing ot of the germs that infest them and lun u is is death to germs never use a for a bath of any kind as the sponge holds the body soil and so can never be cleansed properly A sour ait bit of bathroom linen of any an sort la Is an abomination and ery injurious to the beauty of the skin conveying to it it sometimes a little fungus growth caught aught from the invisible mold on the rag or towel ring borms may my be propagated in this way and if th of linen Is used by other mem bers hers of the family this really dreadful skin affliction may spread through the whole hou household in many a bathroom not yet e bucat ed up to the elegan cies of the toilet common laundry soaps are put tor for toilet purposes and these the girl of 0 the family often uses on her face and hair entirely ignorant of the fact that she la is doing her looks incredible harm larm such soaps are strong with al kail kali and it if they do not bite the skin to 0 the point of torment they yellow and roughen it when washed with them the hair Is robbed of every drop ot of natural oil made brittle and color less to say nothing of the great biffi culty of getting the strong adhesive suds out ot of the locks and from the scalp where the bard hard soap seems to ioie loie especially to cling soap for tol et fine toilet soaps and shampoos are dear of course but a liquid soap can be made of a twenty five cent cake of castile which aou d be just as dell cate for washing the face and hair aa as he the finest soap on the market shave the he soai to a pow powder derrand and then boil boll this in a pint of soft water kep the resulting jelly in a wide mouthed hot bot tie tle working the jelly into the skin when using but only making a thick suds for the hair if the hah is very oily and soiled sailed add a tiny pinch of 0 bicarbonate of soda to the suds As a tonic and feeding substance for scanty hair raw eggs are unrivaled aa as I 1 have said many times these supply ing the iron and sulphur the anemic scalp needs for dandruff r any r scalp calp or skin eruption use green soap which Is the purest made and highly antiseptic |