WASHING THE FACE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 3

WASHING THE FACE.

Iflaijifv's Baivir ) '■ Some complexion specialists say the face should nerer b» washed. At least; ' one woman, in New York affirms t-bat she has not washed her face in seven years. She has a beautiful akin, avid, -when complimented upon it, she a°.ys : "Ah, you ehould hare seen my grandmother's skin. When seventy ifc was like a rose loaf, and she had not washed her face for twenty-seven years." Similar stories are told of Mdnie. Patti and other persons of remarkably fine complexions, but the truth of these i 3 nob vouched for by " reliable authorities. Ou tho other hand, there is a woman, living in New York who makes a practice of washing her face every night with-eoip and hot water. She id over fifty years old, her skin is satin smooth, find the colouring aa delicate as that of a young girl; A friend of here, who is of about the sains ege and has a complexion rivalling the other'a, puts only clear, pure wa.ter on her face, und has not touched it with soap in fully twenty years. The weight of ovidenca ia with the people who use soap, bafc all agre9 in saying that only the finest, purest soap must be employed, and that every particl9 of it must V»e rinsed off. Authorities en tbe -matter assert that tbe face should not V>9 washed oftener than once a day, and that the water should never 119 dashed over it, as ia the delightful, if reprehensible practice, of most men aud some women. Very little watri- should be applied with. a soft cloth, a fine "baby" sponge, or one of the highpriced facial sponges. :