Show I 1 beancy chats by EDNA KENT FO FORBES A LITTLE POWDER POWDER putt puff hns has become the A symbol of feminine vanity and frivolity to be sure the tiny powder puff and the box bos that has sprung into fashion faublon and that women exhibit in public so frequently must seem ridiculous to the masculine eye eve yet a little powder now and then la Is an excellent thing for one thing life in a modern city means that a woman breathes air laden with an unusual amount of dust ww I 1 N I 1 A little ailtie powder Is a good thing in these days of cities and oily grimy dust and smoke and that smoke from even in the cities where smoke condensers are used means that oily particles are arc constantly sifting down through h the atmosphere while even in the country there Is the dry dust from the loads and the plowed fields which blows into the homes and settles upon faces as well as furniture now isow the pores of the skin shin are constantly throwing off minute oily parti pard cles the skin becomes shiny and while the shiny skin Is good form in turkey it considered so here A little pure rice powder will absorb this oil without clogging the adres and keep the shine from becoming too prominent besides the powder takes up the dust that blows 21 agal nat tb thac face and pre prevents Tents it from being absorbed into the laitres litres pores talcum powder is too heavy for of the face only the purest grade of rice should be used as other sorts N will nill ill clog the pores rice powder however Is so fine t that hat it will not injure the skin in any way though even this should not be applied too I 1 heavily |