Show HINT 0 OF 1 IF THE DAY the use of face powder face powder is perhaps womans comans oldest beauty aid in egypt china and japan powders have been used for or centuries rice starch clay bismuth and almond meal were toilet prerequisites before the days of 0 cleopatra A high grade powder is a many sided blessing it protects the skin against strong sunlight harsh winds and atmospheric dust the woman who knows her beauty rules never grinds powder into the pores she pats it on lightly starting under the chin and not on the nose as was the old time custom mier alter its its application she t taps her face lightly with the finger tips that tends to make the powder st stick ick its important to be fastidious about the powder pad since germs lurk on even a clean skin absorb ent cotton is more sanitary though it spread the powder as nicely y as lambs wool rouge pads are frowned upon because they are usually a ily given such long service many of powders contain starch talcum also oxide of zinc which is an excellent antiseptic to help powders to hold on lotions are used some being compounded of of zinc and a bland oil they should be rubbed into th the e flesh until they disappear as you would with a vanishing cream the expression 10 0 K it was october 6 1790 w when h the expression 0 1 K first was used to signify approval on that date andrew jackson proved a bill of sale which was 0 K in the court records of sumner county tennessee probable source of the expression Is the choctaw word okeh meanon it is so and in no other w way y D dictionaries I 1 c ti on a rie 5 r recognize ec cognize this customary expression tor for showing approval as a part of our language langu aee |