PRETTY WOMEN'S ENEMY.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 521, 15 December 1888, Page 14

PRETTY WOMEN'S ENEMY.

A secret to take- away wrinkles, says the Philadelphia -Prrss, is to heat an iron shovel red hot, throw on it a spoonful of myrrh in powder and .smoke the face Gver it, covering person and shovel with a sheet to keep in the fumes, liepeat this three limes, heat the shovel again, and pour on it two spoonfuls of white wine, steaming the- face with it three times. This rite is to be repeated night and morning until' the effect is gained. Plantain water is very softening for the i'aee, but vaseline rubbed on the skin of the neck and face every night faithfully will keep wrinkles at a distance for long years after their usual appearance. It should bo generously applied, lsft for 'the skin to absorb for a few minutes, and the excess wiped gently off with a soft cloth. Vaseline is the cheapest as well as the. safest general cosmetic. This should always be ap : plied before going into the hot sun for long walks or rides, as well as domestic work ' in heated rooms. The skin must always be washed clean with warm --water and fine soap and well dried before using any application, and man and, woman always, wants to go to bed with face and neck th ;^^M|fly freshly. wasgeS. ./ Si.e,e^^wit'l i \ theY imperceptible; ' 4 dusty of tKe;.

day in the skin, clogging and griming • ifcjls-'ifcV:-great cause of wrinkles. •■ . ,\ ,J Delightful little toilet bran' bags 'are makmgv"' their appearance, filled with bran, grated olive:- . soap and almonds, which pressed in water a- few: : seconds gives a creamy lather to be rubbed on the-V.-v face, neck and body, and wiped' oil" with a soft A towel, without rinsing. Those who like", can, ; : make their own -almond meal as follows:— -'■'- Grated almonds, one pound ; flour, the same.; : powdered orris, one-quarter pound ;' lemon oil, , one-quarter ounce. ThV. almond powder for thehands is blanched ; powdered almonds, one:} naif pound; grated castile soap, four ounces;.' orris powder, one ounce ; finely powdered pumice stone, three ounces; oil bitter almonds, one drachm. Cocoa butter has long been used by Spanish creole woman to nourish and soften the skin and prevent sunburn. Apple pomade is said towhiteh the skin. Oil of white poppy seed, andof • the four cold seeds, each a gill, with an ounce of white was • and three quarters of an ounce of spermaceti made into a pomade, is applied to theneck and face to ward off wrinkles.