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Show neath will not wrinkle if the pre-cautions pre-cautions given above be observed. I A silken handkerchief bound together to-gether about tbe brow and temple is an old and good wav to iron out wrinkle wrink-le made bv Father Time. HAVE NO WRINKLES, i THEY ARE UNNECESSARY IF YO'J , KNOW HOW TO AVOID THEM. j I 6ln.pl Itemeillee for Removing Crease In tlia Faea Dellcata Surf-leal Iterations Secret of Japaneso Beauty. Thy Indy love may deceive thee by tho brightness of her eyes, her glossy hair, her white teeth, or dauiak cheek, but look you and count the smile wrinkles at her temples. Count ten years for every hing and one year for every short furrow," runs the Spanish proverb. liut the proverb is not true. Recently Re-cently a girl whom I knew became "1. j Takiiii: her silver-backed hand-mirror to an attic chamber, where the search- j ing sunlight poured through a sky j window, siic peered into the glass and counted one. two, three long wrinkles. j Is there no remedy? Of course there are myriads of so- called remedies and preventives for sale. Some claim to so act on the skin its to make it taut and smooth. These are seldom tried without resultant injury. in-jury. Keeping the temples and muscles mus-cles about the eyes well bathed with almond meal and olive oil. taking caru to brush crosswise of the wrinkles, is, perhaps, the best "slow but sure" remedy iu existence. Wrinkles are entirely unnecessary. How frequently you will lind an old w oman who is proud to claim a bit of tko "ould sod" as her birthplace with cheeks as smooth aud found as a child's, and the color of a ruddy tipple. Sometimes you will be able to find hardly a line about tho widely opened, child-like eyes. Widely opened, child-like eyes! That is one of the secrets. Have you not noticed lately how many of tho girls affect the innocent, round-eyed, wonderment won-derment style of facial expression? Even Mrs. Cleveland does. She frowns, oh so charmingly, bringing the beautiful, beauti-ful, black eyebrows almost together, and then a smile from the wide eyes like a flash of sunlight ou an April day chases the frown uutil it runs away and hides in a forest of wavy tresses above. It is remarkably effective. Had I tau daughters I would drill every one with these tactics: Form erect! Head bent slightly forward! Eyes widely opened! Now frown; just a little bit! JJow smile! Repeat! Rending the head slightly obviates the frightened staring appearance which might otherwise be given the fawn-like look which goes so well with the present styles of graceful gowns and old-fashioned names. Of couase this is but one of the reasons, aud the other aud more important to our story is that the very act of thus opening widely the upper lip draws the skin about the lower part of the eyes taut and smooth, thereby accomplishing the very purpose for which medicines are used. It is to this end thatTurkish mothers have the muscle at the corner of their girl-babies' eyes cut, securing wide eyes and future freedom from crows' feet. Without the surgical operation this habit may be easily learued, aud it is best induced by darkness, rarely or uever exposing the eyes to powerful sunlight. Here are a few golden rules to prevent pre-vent wrinkles: Re not unduly elated, neither be ye cast down. Emulate the sister of charity and be always placid. Never sleep on a pillow. One can not help noticing t!ie satin skins of the Japanese worn n. One who has studied carefully to ascertain the cause says that dailv hot baths may nil probably are very Important, but I am sure their manner uf sleeping is a tuore potent cause. You remember having read about the queer little blocks they put under their necks at nirrht. of course. These are used partly to protect their elaborate coiffures, and, eu wassant, that is why they have such luxuriant hair. The head being never overheated by the noxious pillow, enables en-ables the hair to retain its vitality and prevents its falling out another word to the wise that is worth much. In telling how tho block pillow is a preventive to wrinkles it must tirst be explained how the feather pillows increase in-crease the tendency to them. It will take but a moment to illustrate this: Cuddle dowu to sleep upon a feather pillow and notice how it increases the furrows around the eyes. There are j one. two, three, four uever mind how many wriukles. It is marvelous to uotice how the pillow pressed and deepened deep-ened the furrows about the temple that were not noticeable before. (This experiment may be easily tried and noted by means" of a hand glass.) "Ou the other hand, see how beautifully beauti-fully a block pillow works. Place it comfortably under the neck and you will enjoy tbe position very much, and it is marvellous to uote how little strain is put upon the facial musolos and how stqoothly they lie in consequence. conse-quence. "You will easily see that as the entire en-tire weight of the head is supported at the base of the brain the muscles of tho face are not in the least drawn and perfect placidity of the features may be maintained throughout the night. To this fact is attributed the rather smooth skin of the Japaneso." "In reality the block pillow is only k fad of a few women of fashion, yet they have become so" attached to ft that they are putting the heads of their children to sleep upon the mattress without any support at all. preparatory to the block to be used later. If these children try sleeping on a pillow, as they sometimes do Tot the novelty of the thing, thev invariably complain of stiff necks in the mornin"' iu consequence of the unnatural position. Respecting surgical methods for removing re-moving wrinkles, one of tho most efficacious effica-cious is the following: A keen-edged lance is drawn quite deeplv along the entire wriukle. When "the wound heals tie scut- which has foruie4 bo- |