MILK AND OLIVE OIL.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12593, 8 September 1906, Page 7

MILK AND OLIVE OIL.

'Ever since the days of Nero, and the exquisite Poppea," writes a womas, journalist, "women have bee/i aware ot tho beautifying qualities of milk, but it is a cheap "cure, anil thoreioio not iasuioimble. Proieseor Metchinkoif, of Paris, was convinced that c. dipt of milk—slightly sour—would sue-cc-jituliy combat the attacks of old age, but ius words never carried much weight; now the simple 'cure' is again attracting general attention becautso ot tlio extraordinary case of Mrs Fay, of .New York, who died at the advanced ago ot 106, and -whose body—• at the tune of her death—was weli preserved as that of an ordinary wo ma a of thirty! For over forty yeani Mrs Fay had lived entirely on bread a n<l milk.

"It wonJd be difficult to induce tin fashionable woman of to-day to liv« entirely on bread and milk, but it ii not possible to express in words tin good qualities—from the beauty pcin.l of view—that are embraced in milk. Almost every woman could afford t< batiie heir face and iteck in milk, nigh! and morning. Firet of all, the tac« should be carefully cleaned with eoim pieces, of wadding soaked in a mix turo of olivo oil and cognac, or oliri oil and eau de Cologne, and then what the skin lias been dried the milk bat] applied. Lot the milk dry on the face , aud then rub over xjith thin slice* a raw potato or ofcuoumber. Drink i large class of 'hot water before goinj to bod, and another first thing in tin morning. "When possible, eat at least on 6 orange,before breakfast, and dur< ing tho day drink many glasses of paw • •milk. A little meat, plenty of salad and no wine, no tea, no cakes! J simple 'beauty oure, , and cue wortJ remembering. , * . - .

"While on the subject of 'eons/ let mc beg of my readera who hare »ni rived—or are arriving—at the modi' talkedv-of ' uncertain, ugfi ' not to am gleet the regular use of olive joili jL helps in a wonderful way to pnaany tlie soft of chin end ttirostf and if. pure— ro ie pure I People *dnt* cate 'pure glycerine,' but this sticky stuff is absolutely ruinous to to* sMiki on the. other hand, olive oil, thoog?) extremely inexpensive, ie most benej ficial. It need hardly be ssid tia( any remedy must be used reffaUrhl and continued for a length, of time J, gocd rceul'ta are. to be looked fin , ** Sometimes 'women find tihat even pl*H> miiik eeema to bum the face jnst «4 first, but it mu*b be continued, s>nl in a short time good effect* will be per* oeived." *