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Show WEXR, how dragged-out and sallow I do look!" this from the woman who, standing on tho pavement, on a bright day-full day-full of April sunshine, happens to catch a glimpse of herself in a mirror a ' An Excellent Bleach Is A Pinch Of Bicarbonate Of Soda Dissolved , In Hot Water. set in some shop window. She has looked just as dragged-out and sallow for several weeks but the fact has not been brofight home to her. It never is, in winter. Drawing-rooms, restaurants restau-rants and theatros are artificially lighted. Even the windows of break-: break-: t-room and boudoir aro so veiled with laco and silk that tho morning sunshlno is softly diffused and not garishly bright. But with spring '-he sun begins to have Its own way. It floods the streets and pours In at opened windows. Ono shops of a morning, and promenades in tho late afternoon. In tho sunlight Instead of tho half-twlliht of the short winter day. Daffodils and crocusses in tho florists' windows, pale-tinted spring finery' displayed In the shop windows emphasize the pathetic contrast between be-tween freshness and newness, and fading, worn-out shabblness and incidentally in-cidentally make doubly wan the complexion com-plexion sallowed by too little sunshine, sun-shine, too hot rooms, too late hours and too much rich food. All these things affect the complex-Ion complex-Ion of the debutante as well as that of her mother; but while tho young woman merely loses her bright color and some of the luster of her eyes and takes on an interesting pallor and sharpened lines of facial contour, the older woman looks sallow and sagged. Now is the time to renew tho complexion, com-plexion, to bring It up to tone to stand 1 tho test of spring raiment. Very far gono indeed must bo the complexion that will not bloom again in tints of i cream and pink, if the right method i uf reclamation is followed. This 0 j method does not mean a reliance upon creams, unguents and massage though all ther.e have a part in it; but It does mean a-plenty of Nature's i remedies, pure water, fresh air, simple food and exercise. In order to get rid of sallowness, which meajis a sluggish skin, three points of attack must be made; ono on the skin itself, another upon tho digestion, and a third upon tho circulation. cir-culation. Dlot, and a simple laxative will attend to tho digestion. Thero was a good deal of sound common-Fcnco common-Fcnco in the dosing of the family In old-fashioned times with sulphur and molasses when spring came around. This nauseous doso would bo repudiated now-a-days by tho best-brought-up family but there are several sev-eral excellent substitutes for it In mild salts and aperient waters. Much fresh fruit should be oaten Heavy desserts, gravies and fried foods should bo avoided. Sweets will be best left alone also, ice-cream sodas should be avoided as tho plague there Is nothing worse for tho complexion! Coffee once a day only! Tea also only once a day and then very weak. And salads dressed with pure olive oil with luncheon and dinner. Along with this treatment for tho ! digestion, goes tho water treatment-Water treatment-Water externally and Internally, to j clear tho skin and drive away its muddy look. Drink three glasses of i water between-ineals, a glass at night j and another upon rising. This water should be cold, but not Ice-cold. If 1 you can take a cup of hot water upon ' arising, so much tho bettor, but If thl9 I is very disagreeable, do not spoil tho day by It take the glass of cold wa i ter instead. It seoms almost superfluous super-fluous to add that all spiritous bever-' bever-' ages should be avoided. Nothing takes youth and freshness out of tho face hko even the occasional cocktail and I if there Is the least tendency toward I gout In tho system alcoholic beverages will cause pufflness over the eyes a very dlsagreeablo sign of advancing I years. Much water, externally applied will also help to clear tho complexion j"But I have my bath every day!" protests the dainty woman instantly; i and of course she does perhaps two baths, a warm one at night and a cold sponge In the morning. Simply wetting wet-ting the surface of tho skin, however, does not rid it of Its Impurities that i make sallowness. Brisk rubbing with la really rough towel after the bath, when tho pores aro open will be one j treatment. Inducing perspiration will j bo another perspiration not only of i tho face but the whole body. Exorcise, j taken In a sweater and a warm coat over it will attend to tho latter. The face may be steamed over a basin of very hot water two nights a week to ( make every poro stream. Afterward 1 dash cold water into tho face and pat j the skin 'ry with sharp, quick little pats. Do not rub it after the steaming process or you may roughen the skin. Twice a week also apply the cleansing cleans-ing cream treatment. Hub some good cream well Into the face and neck, j Allow It to remain on twenty minutes, I then wipe off with a soft cloth. You will bo amazed and horrified to see how much dirt comes out of the pores with the melted cream. It Is this deeply Imbedded dirt that has helped to make the complexion look sallow and muddy. Bathe the face and neck, then. In warm water and apply a light coating of tho cream beforo going to bed, mas.vaglng lightly with the fln-Iger-tips around the eyes, across the I brow, and at right angles to the lines I near the mouth and nose. Bicarbonate of soda and hot water, a teaspoonful of soda to a pint of ! boiling water, will make the skin fair llj. p and white. As soon as the water has V j cooled enough to be bearable, but while still hot dab it over the face ; with a tuft of absorbent cotton. Re-peat Re-peat the treatment every three hours for two days. A marked improvement u will be apparent. Here is an excellent , skin food for early spring use: Half ve's'Ul an ounce of white wax, half an ounce Aibert of spermacottl, one ounce of lanolin. rfco rJi two ounces of oil of sweet almonds, melt together In a porcelain kettle and remove from stove, add one ounce -D of orange flower water and three drops tincture beuzoln, and beat briskly till 2,u ! creamy. . U'U ; li " 22? King . ;wn th. L 1 p Nothing Like A D Of Cold Water ft To Tone Up The Skin. f, -1 |