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Show H Talks by the April Grandmother K i c p. RECKLES arc of two distinct va- m rlctics permaucnt and summer," K explained the April Grandmother H to her second granddaughter, who had B beeu loudly bemoaning the presenco of B clusters of dark dots on her checks and, BJ across the bridge of her nohc. "You arej I ' partly to blame for the prominence ofi M your freckles this spring. 1'ou would j S not wear a brown veil when walkiug in 9 , the sun and the wind because you con-' M wder a veiling of that hue old fashioned :nd old inaldleh. Lame excuses, both of j '91 them, since all of the old fashions in garb fl ; are DC'n revlvcd antl thc checrul at" iM tractive "new woman" has taken the lfl place of the unappropriated maiden oj fl mature years. iM "The brown veil isn't very pretty to: M wrap about a hat," admitted the April Grandmother, "and nobody better lovcS jB. to wear pretty accessories than I do, but' JW it stems to me that any girl would rather lljf vwwear ngly headgear for a few weeks ofj m each year than have a darkly spotted (S complexion for all tmio. S - "Swathing the face in a dull shade of j W chiffon from the first balmy day of spring! B ' until thc last blustering day of late au-j Zm tumn will not only prevent thc increas j ?V :- n ,i.A rnn Af noniianciit freckles, but K it -will hinder them from darkening bo $m that they arc actually conspicuous. Thej K girl whose hair and eyes aro of that lovely S brown red hue which artisU rave about K and find so much dilticulty in reproducing B on canvas is quite apt to have upon hor H face, forearms and hands scores of tiny M t golden toned apots -which become dark B ' brown during thc warm weather. But 2 because they nearly always dot a creamy M ekin with an undertone of delicate pink, M she need not consider herself disfigured, jjfl In fact, I have encountered hundreds of iK girls and young women to whose features K a powdering of dark freckles eccmed to iK add piquancy. 4R "Innumerable lotions and treatment! jW are preflcribed for the vanquishing of the fw permanent freckle." continued the April flfl Grandmother gravely, "but in every In- Hi Htance that haa come- directly under my 5HA obsen-ation tho dota to vunquibhed have iiTM not been conquered. In most instances j 'avl they reappeared so promptly that the J !f 1 time and tho money expended upon them 3- i wctc reaI1' astcd Moreover, In apply-H apply-H m iS an7 lolSon wtIcl1 la sowcvful enough II jt it 0 peel off the arf cuticle from the face. VHyJK nrras- and hands there is always danger ISF t1131 an abrasion occu"riue to the true MM skin will expose the raw flceh and allow I a genn to aettlo upon iu All girls of HF your age must realize the danger which Hit may lurk In a germ and with what speed Wm it may send its poison throughout tho H Fystcm. But there L. still a greater peril Hf to be conbidertd. Suppose that in the juvt blood there were an unsuspected tinge or IK TliEcase?" Hi The second granddaughter's face ei- K preased such horror that her grandmother H- J ' answered her own query. IB - "The fi-ccklcd face would be a. wrack, m even though its owner's life were saved, Rl ' - It is so dreadful a fate to talk about," Hk J " added tho April Grandmother, "cud I'm, B w sure that you will never be .foolish H ,0 enough to undertake such a complexion Bf reform, that avo would better spend our B time in talking about summer freckles, Bf Aus one mifht have those l&ht yellow I I sun kisses since thej are due to oxjwsing tho face recklessly iu hot weather. 1 The girl whose face freckles dilly under un-der provocation should not hac much I difficulty in ridding herself of ihcm. But-, But-, termilk, fresh or stale, applied to thc iruticlc and allowed to drj upon it is said j to bleach thc Min pots, which, of courc, I are only on thc outer layer of skin, aud in no way aktn to the ou.a that go with j the auburn tinge in the hair and eyes, i Lettuce cream is another excellent rem riy and M is thc juic-e of fn-jh straw rries. In fact, auy freh small fruit ijuli-p may be rccoinmciidetl rather tlian j the liquid of a lemon, v hich, although a I rapid bleacher, is somewhat drying and withering to thc cuticle, ami for that rea-Isou rea-Isou should be used sparingly. I "One danger I must warn you of," con- eluded the April Grandmother, "aud that lis the uso of a freckle-enemy cream which must be massaged into the flesh instead of beinr spread evenly upon it. i .Massage is an art i:ol eabily learned aud I the novice who practises upon herself is I likely to injure the contour of l.er face I by rubbing certain muscles in the wrong direction. In any event, the girl who bus a few summer freckles need not worry herself into an uuhapp state of mind as, I if they fail to utterly disappear duriug I tho autumn months, they will fade so 'much that few persons besides herself will ! be aware of their existence." |
