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Show I m PRACTICAL TALKS BY THE pf I Hi APRIL GRANDMOTHER till i 1 L NITTKI) face cloths are in.t the j daintiest sort of fancy work irn- aginable," admitted the April Ulrandtuolher as she held up a large 'sipiare of coarsely knitted rough white Iwool for the inspection of her assembled 'granddaughters, "but there are few toilet J conveniences of more importance. And I one iniiMt have u large supply, for of course seven of them go to the laundry I j while ft thoroughly cleanses the cutice,j j mokes its texture tender ami enlarges its pores. J "And enlarged ioros.- added the April ( jt.I randmother solemnly, '"are apt to char-' aiterize Ibo ml'" "iddle aged' wtitii:i' " youth she was not fumiliar with that simple and inexpensive toilet ( onveiiicure of the gently bred woman, the always fresh face (loth." every week to be as thoroughly boiled j ii nil bleached aa are (he pocket handkerchiefs. handker-chiefs. Otherwise a girl might just as well use the microbe harboring sponge T flesh brush, for a face cloth that has beeir iii service for longer than one day cannot issibly be anything save a medium me-dium for smearing the cuticle with germ infected particles of stale soap which borrow iuto the pores aud later make a formal debut in the shape of dark brown i blotches or -sightly little pimples. "No matter what any one may e) you about the value of cold (ream n.s a com-ph-xion cleanser," continued the April ICr.iridiunlbcr. "there is nothing to co,ual plenty of soap, provided it i promptly washed off lirst with warm und linnlly 'with told water. If soap is allowed to dry upon the face if draws and cousc-gueully cousc-gueully helps to wrinkle a cuticle of thin texture and lends an oily appearance t one that is thick und smooth. KathcT cou-'ditinii cou-'ditinii is deplorable, but not to be. com-' com-' pared to that caused by allowing the fconp 1 to sink into the jHires and fonu a sticky restiug place for dust purticles, ultimately to become blackheads which to the caaual 'observer spell 'unch-onliness,' although : their unfortunate ossessor may In? one of the neatest of persons. ; "lo not nil crowd before the mirror at one lime." plr ' ' H'c April tlrundmother as the three youug girls sluiultaucsjusly rushed to the old fashioned pier g'uss. "And if JOU dismver a wee blackhead I really Lave not noticed any iu my immediate imme-diate family," she interpolated -"Lew urc of wimering il out, for that leaves in the cuticle a hole which will simply be u re-(c.silory re-(c.silory for other arid larger particle of dust- The best plan is In work out the grime by lajing upon the face a coar-ely knitted rough wool cloth soaked in bora.X softened wurm water and allowing it lo remain until cool. If a dozen of such application ap-plication "h ""l 'I'-'c-Uo a blackhead which is obstinate beii UM- buried deeply !iu Ihe cuticle spread a ll,ii k layer of cold 1 cream ui-on ihe pl.o-e and ,-t it reliuun there for as loLig os ""tnjuii'iit, rcnuMiuu jt w ith n dry cloth at,. tin n bathing I'"-rrtire I'"-rrtire faie with cold w;,t,r. IVr-istent treatineiir ' this sort is Inner than sorting to the M'aiiilUi; pro.t-rs, wlilh,( |