Beauty For Tennis Players

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)

Beauty For Tennis Players

Health & Beauty

THE girl who plays tennis a good deal needs special treatment for her complexion that will keep the skin cool and of a normal tint throughout several hours' play during the hot weather, and a useful treatment is very simple, hut needs to be carried out in every detail to be thoroughly efficacious. It's a good plan to make up a reliable cream oneself. Here is an excellent preparation. You break one drachm of white wax and a quarter of an ounce of spermaceti into small pieces, and

By- . . A Specialist

place in a bowl with two ounces of vaseline and 'one ounce of sweet almonds. Melt in a bain-marie and pour in an ounce of warmed, rose-water. Add three drops of otto' of roses and mix. the whole together with an egg whisk until'" it becomes" thick, white and creamy. Allow it to cool, and keep it in a covered jar for use.

Before playing, -take a little, of this cream on to" the finger-tips and work it thoroughly into the skin until it is all absorbed. Then wipe the face with a soft cloth and bathe it repeatedly rwith butter-milk or oatmeal water. To prepare the oatmeal water, place half an . ounce of oatmeal-in .a basin of. water . over-night. In the morning stir the water well, and it-will be ready for use. Dry with a soft towel and apply a sedative wash composed of two drachms of oxide of /.inc. four drachms of pure Hvceriiic. mid two ounces of rosewater. Allow the wash to dry on the skill, then dust tlie face with powder and smooth it evenly over the surface of the .'skin with the hand. - This treatment carried out shortly before play will keep a normal skin in perfect condition throughput, but in the case of an exceptionally greasy skin, the unwonted exercise is apt the "Teasiness through exciting the activity of the oil glands and it is wise to carry a small bottle of the lotion for use with a dusting powder between times. Soap Substitute Some- women with particularly delicate skins, use .olive oil as a permanent •substitute-for soap, and water on the face. Once you are used to the change, the effcct"' is ' most beautifying. Olive oil clcansos,'it'softens, it feeds tlie skin; it, is also a protection against the sun and winds. : The oil-should be smoothed on m\\ishly with finger-tips, left on a few minutes, and then wiped off gently with cleaning tissues. > When every trace of oil-has been removed, dal) the face with ' rose-water, and the skin is then ready for foundation cream and powder. As a skin-softener olive oil is particularly cllicacious. Here is a good treatment. When the face has been thoroughly cleansed with oil (or with soap and water,' if you prefer) steam it well with ■ ail old towel . wrung . out in hot water

and pressed over the face. The pores thoroughly open, olive oil should be gently massaged into the skin. Keep up the gentle movement until your whole face glows, and most of the oil has been absorbed into the skin. It should then be left oil for at least half an hour. You must then wipe it. off, and dash the face briskly with cold water spiced with a few drops of benzoin. If you are one of those people who avoid water on the face, freshen the skin with rose-water or with witchhazel. A quick, light shipping with the lingers, until your face is as pink as a baby's, finishes the softening treatment. Do this two or three times a week, and you will shortly sec an immense idifference in your appearance. You will be charmed with the supple smoothness •of your skin. Olive oil is a good substitute for vanishing cream—and, of course, every trace of oil must be removed before you apply your rouge and powder. The respiratory system comprises the whole of the air tract, from the mouth and nose to the deepest parts of the

lungs. Any indications of inherent weaknesses may lie at different parts along this route. When there is chronic difficulty in breathing freely through the nose, whether because of trouble at the back of the throat, or because of abnormal narrowness of the nasal passages, this difficulty will in time tell on the lungs. The person so affected ii> likely to become the subject of bronchitis and of asthma.

A perfectly free breathing passage is essential. Without it the whole body

is only imperfectly supplied with oxygen* In consequence the general health must gradually suffer, while the local cffect-s will become manifest in the lungs, and secondarily in tlie heart. Therefore, if there is any defect in the passages of your nose or throat, have these parts put in order. Spring Clean Your Mind Have a drastic spring cleaning of the mind occasionally. Most of ns get into set habits of thought, narrow ways of looking at things, and badly need jerking out of them. This rapidly changing

world demands minds that arc ready to change, too, and it is the people who cannot change with the times who suffer so badly.

Jlanv of us still hold to the ideas in which 'we were brought ■ little superstitions, queer little whims and fancies —in running our homes we hold to old methods, in running our lives we cling to old ideas. Spring clean ■ your mind sometimes. Learn to distrust some of your preconceived ideas when you see them coming into conflict with other people's. Take them out and look at them, just as you take out all the goods stored in the luinber-room now and then, and decide which are to be kept, and which can best be scrapped. The religious idea of "being born again" really means only this—clearing out old notions, turning* one's mind inside out for a good dusting, and starting afresh. Some people almost suffocate you when > you talk to them, their minds full of {dust and cobwebs. Don't be afraid to'-dust your mind, to turn up all the lumber in it, and start afresh.