Show Danger o of f Experiments t By Edith L. L Mackaye I lIE HE OLD Idea that It ItIs Is 19 necessary to suffer suffer surf suf sur- f fer r in order to be beautiful Is BO so deep deeply deep deep- ly Iy rooted roote that It Is I difficult to overcome over o come como It Every cry rep now nett and then I re receive re- re letters asking r mo Ind about strange ar modes of procedure their value and ho hoto how to undertake then them A process called ren renewing the spin skin of ot the tho taco face has como In vogue It leaf appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals penIs to one for tor It ft would bo be 1 Ideal If the tho claims for It were justified by facts a It would be bo like replacing an old and worn garment for tor one that Is now v. inow An application Is made mado t to the tho taco face which blisters It slightly so that the tho outer layers of ot the skin akin are removed and It fa Is claimed by thus removing I the outer layers of ot tho the skin that tho the pimples blemishes and wrinkles are taken taleen awa away blemishes Such Is annot not tho case to toju ju judge go from the faces I have havo seen which have been subjected to this treatment Tho Tim new skin akin which replaces th the other r Is 18 coarser In fn texture and because It Is 18 now new and thin It wrinkles more easily Tho rho coloring Is chan changed ed and ond Is no not as delicate Tho Tito Idea of ot how It acts act and ond looks can bo be obtained from h how tho the skin looks after a slight burn asked I say sayto en to those who havo o written and a ama asked mo ma about It it-do it do not submit to anything eo 80 foolish and unprofitable rho Tho skin of ot tho the face tace Is a 0 most dell deli bo treated delicate with deli cate tIssue an and must tho the greatest consideration I 1 would Impress upon my readers that those who would woul 1 have havo a good complexion cannot attain It by external applicatIons applications alone alono More Moro than half the secret of ot success Is to tv be bo found In th tho Internal Internal Inter Inter- nal conditions Rich and ond Indigestible foods foods write tho life tribute which thoy they ox- ox not upon the face taco Indigestion and constipation are arc tho the twin de destroyers troye s 's of ot ofa ofa ota a healthy and fine fino skin especially tJ t of nt r it It Which belon baloneS s tO the tho n i face I am often otten asked what 1 I think of at complexion masks and tho ho efficacy of at sleeping In them This Is another method of or suffering In order t to be beautiful and the results arc aro not at all commensurate with tho the Inconvenience on fence lence involved ol Our grandmothers used to frequently resort to those these doused devIces do- do vIces and tho the old books book on the care caro of or tho the person give many recipes for tor unguents to bo ho applied to the Inner sido of ot these mask masks which were fastened fas tas toned over tho the taco face and ond worn at ot night 1 I cannot connot see how bow anyone anone could sleep In them and In disturbed rest ono one would lose loso an any benefit which might como como from an application thus ma made e. e No 1 do not recommend to my friends to wear masks over the tho taco faco at night to 11 Improve the complexion Bo Do content with applying cosmetics to tho the skin If Jt It Is 18 thought that they ther are aro needed d In the category ory of or strenuous care of ot tho the complexion ma may bo bu classed t the tho process process pro pro- cess called called steaming the faco tace for tor Indeed It Is something of ot a n Uto I am ant often otten asked whether tho results are arc beneficial and repay tho the trouble troubled and Inconvenience Steaming tho face faco for tho Improvement of ot the complexion Is a n comparatively recent nt metho method of or Improving the facial skin and ond it consists consists con con- of at applying steam to tho the face tace fur for forten torten ten or fifteen minutes minutes' Dolling Boiling water Is p placed In a n. basin to tho the top lop of ot which can cun bo ho applied acone a n acone cone of or paper HO so that It will lit t It tJ tightly The rho taco faco Is le placed over It eo that the tho steam can bo bu directed upon It hero This is valuable In t those cases tho the circulation of the blood Is Imperfect Imper Imper- feet In taco faco ace and tho the complexion 1 Is poor Ioor I In its consequence It Is good oo to l color In the tho he ao called ao called mu muddy d soot com soothe complexion to remove u tho the deep drop drop- 1 n red It com j nalo and darK JarK stains irum ll JUI O n. n w prevents tho the formation oC or the purple j pimples softens a harsh coarse skin with enlarged pores porus and removes wrinkles tinkles The Tho chief benefit comes not only from tho the thorough cleansing of ot tho pores porca of ot the face tace and tho the stimulation l lation of or the sweet and oily glands the tho blocking out of ot which makes tho the blackheads blackheads blackheads black black- heads and ond pimples Those who ho have naturally a n great deal of ot color and a rush of ot blood to tho face toce and and d those who have havo a aver very fine delicate cilia akin should not steam their faces they their nee need an entirely different m method metho for their skin akin What tho the steaming does for tor the taco faco the complexion brush bruah In a measure will also accomplish It brings brInKs tho the blood to tho the surface stimulates tho the glands and cleanses The Tho brush selected should be bo boneither neither too harsh nor too soft sott but should be adapted to the kind of ot skin of or the Individual One Ono with vcr very delicato dell deli cato skIn should not use uso this at all In fact It should only bo be used for t tho definite purposes that Is of at clearing n n. muddy akin stimulating the to glan glands to action and removing Ins and anu preventing pre blackheads b b by thoroughly cleansing cleansing the the etc skin I u. u Nearly all of ot this can be bo accomplished accomplished by an Intelligent use uso of or tho rho pulps of at tho fingers 1 I h havo no often otten told you ou that the fingers Impart to the a skin skin of ot the tho face tace a 0 kind of at cosmetic tole anything else You can bring theto tho the blood bloo to the surface by their use you OU can erase tho the wrinkles y you can remove blackheads and prevent t tho e glands tram from falling tailing to do O their dut duty The eso es complexion-brushes complexion hove have ono one danger in common with face tace cloths Unless they are aro carefully washed and made surgically clean cleon after use uso the Impurities Im ii- ii purifies which they collect will Injure the thc skin and produce the ver very conditions conditions conditions condi condi- that they are aro employed to remedy rem rem- ed edy EDITH I 1 L. 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