Show I Good Looks for fort le it the Elderly CARE OF OJ HAIR TrAIn AND D SKI SKIN ESSENTIAL NE of m my correspondents who O ONE has passed her threescore years ears of ot life liCe has written asking mo me directions to o Improve her skin I saying Notwithstanding m my years wish to look as well as I can This Tills should be the desire of oC everyone re regardless re- re of ale age One ou ought ht to look as aswell aswell well vell as ns possible not because of oC vanity but because It adds much to his or 01 her value as a member of ot society But tile the greater reason Is that the care for tor personal personal personal per per- beauty Involves as a general thing thinS an nn added amount of health of or body and mind Women omen ns as the they grow row older too loo often otten become more moro and i litoro oro negligent ne of their appearance Mothers Iother with the I Increasing cares of ot a family are apt to I pay so little attention to their person that they ther are actually untidy Some often oCten practice self denial and spen spend money motley on the Iho children but neglect to clothe clotho themselves becomingly With hard work and lack of ot means mean heroic feat tent to It becomes well a keep up decent appearances yet cl I have seen it done and tho the result of tho tile ef effort effort ef- ef fort tort has paid In the tho Increasing coura courage e of tho the mind in battling with ith adverse circumstances and In the tho effect It has s hason hason hlson on the tho family Time wreaks Itself upon the hair hall an anakin and skin akin of oC woman It is a characteristic of Iho tue hair hall of ot some families to lo turn I Kra gray very Yen early oven even between twenty- twenty live 11 and thirty tI The Tho begins to show silver threads ads as a n. rule rulo between thirty five and tort forty and from then thon on onlo onto on to lo gradually gradual become more and more gray ray about tho the temples and forehead until between forty vo and fifty It Is often oCten uniformly white except at tho the back which does not turn completely white for tor years ears Do 10 ot ot Try to Gray hair It is a mistake for Cor the tho elder elderly to dye the tho hair Tho The tone of ot the tho complexion will quarrel with any oth other r tint of or hair than that which nature furnishes and the r result ull In a majority of ot cases is to tomake tomake tomake make the person who colors tho the hair hall look much older I 1 am often otten asked about walnut Juice sago sage tea or ordinary ordinary orell- orell nary tea for tor staining tho Iho hair All Jh these theve give tho tile hair hall a faded look and should not be used As the tho hair hall grows from a half an Inch to an Inch a month the roots show In a ver very few lays days the difference between een the tile natural na na- na- na turn tural and artificial coloring so that ono one becomes a slave In keeping tire tire- r color the same all tho the time Since Sinco It Is la not nol possible to prevent the hair hall from turning gray ra It Is fortunate that wo we live Iho at a time when whets gray hair hairIs Is fashionable and Its Ite becomingness Is appreciated Great care cire should 1 be bo taken taken taken tak tak- en of the hair by tile ino woman who la is advancing ad In life lite In old age ago the hearts heart's action la is less lees vigorous and anti tile the heart ha has less power to drive the tho blood to the tho tiny capillaries of the tue scalp and tho tilo skin for tor tills this reason the tile hair follicles follicles fol fol- fol- fol arc are not sufficiently nourished tho hair becomes poor joor In quality at l t. t t 1 1 i 11 i.- i. i of J t much of It falls taIls out never or to return I This Tills can be bo prevented b by a little dall dally daily I care I S the Scalp healthy healthy- I IBe Be sure and keep the scalp loose upon the skull which can be done dono b by moving mo the scalp up and down on the tho underlying underlying under under- 1 lying bon bony framework with tho tile tips ot of the On fingers ers The These e movements at tho the same time will bring the blood into tho the minute blood vessels Scalp massage b by ono skilled in It IR Is of ot course vcr very cry I bene beneficial but m my readers of often ton live 11 live remote from the largo argo cities where such services can cnn be obtained and It Is after aCter all the dally daily care which tells Going over o the scalp from Crom two to three mInutes nl night ht and morning when dressing the do ho a n. great deal dealto to keep the tIle hair hall and scalp in good con con- A stimulating hair tonic one ono containing con taming quinine will be useful and If tho the hair hall I is II dry and nd thin apply appl to the tho roots some crude yellow vaseline Above bove all aU keep the hair clean Nothing Noth Noth- ing looks worse than dirty faded white hair To remove remo the yellow look 1001 rinse the tho white hair hall In bluing water of oC the blueness that you OU would use In rinsing WillIe white clothes Dressing Gray flair naIr Take Taka great Ireat pains In dressing the hair becomingly ly It t Is a mistake to strain hair back from the facet face Gra Gray hair ball should be bo soft and looking fluffy about the thc face lor the Skin The skin of ot tho the hands and face faca shows the tho effects of time because of or orIts Its exposure to tho the winds and elements wh while lIe the tho skin of ot the tho other parts of ot the bod body remains soft sott and white The Tile constant con con- slant stant washing and the use of harsh soaps will wrinkle and wither the skin The skin needs to havo o the oil of ot which it 1 It is thus deprived restored to it Cold cream should bo be used plentifully plentiful plentiful- ly for tor tho hands bands and the t face ce The tendency to tho the growth of or hairs about the tile face becomes greater with wilh tho the adVance advance advance ad ad- vance of ot years and one ono Is In fear tea of ot promoting the tue growth of ot these with the tue use of oils Use Uso therefore the tho theeS vegetable eS oil to which add the tho spirits of camphor In the proportion of or one part of ot camphor to eight of ot tho the oil on All the functions of the tho bod body are apt to become less active neUvo after atter fifty and the Iho skin will not do 10 its part as well wen therefore It should be stimulated by frequent warm m or hot baths Cold baths lower the taUt vitality and should be taken less leas frequently If it at all Al Alcohol Al- Al cobol cohol baths are good for tor the Iho skin If It they are too loo drying mix with an nn equal I part of ot sweet oil of ot the skin frequently frequent occur coming cominS' on the Ibe forehead the Iho side of ot tho the cheeks checks and especially upon n the backs of ot the tile handS hand These can b be removed by the use of ot Colorless Iodine Paint Iho tho spots pol with It night and mornIng morn morn- lag Ing unless the skin akin becomes too tou Irrl- Irrl 0 ii t CV I. C V tIlted when the applications should bif bf made mado less frequently Lemon Juice applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied dally daily for Cor some somo time will remove remo these discolorations if C they are arc not too de deep p. p EDITH L. L 1 MACKAYE YE I co |