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Keeping the Skin Velvety and Healthy
THE removal of make-up re
quires equally as much
thoroughness and under
standing as the application of
make-up. Both application and
removal of all cosmetics must be
intelligently directed if the 6kin
Is to retain its fine texture.
Just as specific movements for
facial and throat massage are
used so tnust the same methods
be used in the removal of make
up if the benefits derived from
corrective treatments are not to
be torn down by contradictory
treatments.
With the exception of the arc
around the eyes, an upward and
outward movement always should
be used during the massage
treatments, when patting skin
tonics, astringents, lotions, ice,
cleansing with soap and water
and when drying the skin.
Therefore if it is sufficiently
important to stress the necessity
of the upward and outward move
ment during such beautifying
routines, you can readily under
stand and appreciate the import
ance of the correct methods of
removing these same cosmetics.
Absolute and thorough cleans
ing is the basic foundation of a
lovely skin. No matter how pure
and harmless the cosmetics may
be, it is essential the pores be
free from all preparations for a
few hours each day so the skin
may breathe freely. Consequent
ly, although every skin cleansing
should be thorough, it is vitally
important that the nightly routine
be given special attention.
As the use of cold cream often
causes mascara to get into the
eyes, it is advisable to remove
mascara first, so, rolling or rub
bing the lashes between the
thumb and forefinger, remove
any little particles of mascara
that are clinging to the lashes.
Then moisten a pad of cotton
with warm water and, closing the
eyes, pat the cotton gently over
the lashes to liquify the mascara
so that it will wipe off the lashes
easily. Two or three applications
of water may be necessary, then
saturate a wash cloth with warm
water, and, closing the lids
tightly, wipe off the eyelashes.
Such a procedure eliminates all
danger of mascara getting into
the eyes.
Before applying cold cream,
the hair should be drawn well
hack off the forehead and away
from the ears, and a piece of
bandage gauze wound around the
head, thus assuring one of com
plete cleaning without getting
cream on stray locks of hair.
Thi3 done, apply a generous
amount of cream to the face and
throat, then, using an upward
and outward movement, massage
the cream lightly over the entire
face except for the area around
the eyes, where the eye-massag*
movement should be used. Place
the tips of the fingers on the
upper lid, then run out toward
the temples and come back under
the eye toward the nose. The
circular, or rotary, should be
used on the throat and chest, be
ginning low on the chest and
working upward and outward,
finishing the movement at the
nape of the neck.
As one application of cream is
not sufficient to cleanse the skin
thoroughly, removing as it does
only the surface layer of dust
and cosmetics, remove the cream
and apply a second portion which
should be allowed to remain on
the skin for a few minutes so
that ample time for it to pene
A Coarse Meshed Cap Holds the Waves
in Place as Well as Allowing the
Scalp Sufficient Air.
trate deep into the pores is al
lowed. This makes it possible to
remove the deeply imbedded im
purities.
At house-cleaning time or after
motoring, golfing, swimming and
like activities that put unusual
Gently Roll the Lashes Between the Thumb and
Forefinger to Remove Surface Coating of Mascara.
• tfrain on the skin, a
f third application of
cleaning cream may
be advisable. Perhaps
the surest test for this is
to note whether the cream
retains its white color
when removed from the
skin or whether it has a
grimy appearance. In
any event, do not use the
skin tonic, which is the
third step in the nightly
routine for removing
make-up, until the cream appears
clean when removed.
At this time saturate a pad of
cotton with skin tonic and gently
but firmly pat it over the face,
still following an upward and
outward direction. It is sur
prising how soiled this first pad
of cotton will be even after two
or three cleansings with cream,
however, an understanding of
beauty culture reveals the fact
that, although cleansing cream
removes impurities, skin tonic or
its equivalent is necessary to re
move the thin film of cream from
the face.
Now firmly press a towel,
which ha3 been wrung out in hot
water, to the face and throat.
This should be followed by sat
urating a towel in cold water
and holding to the face in the
same way. One or two hot ap
plications and five or six cold
ones are sufficient. The cold
compresses close the pores and
tighten the muscles of the face.
With the skin thoroughly
cleansed, our next thought di
rects us to preserve the wave in
our hair. A crocheted cap,
made in helmet-fashion, should
HER HEALTH*
HEART AND HOME
PAGE
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be gently slipped over the head '
after the hair has been combed
and the waves pushed in place.
Such a cap, made of coarse mesh,
permits sufficient air to reach
the scalp as well as hold the ?
waves in place during our sleep- *
ing hours.
An eye-wash, such as boric
acid, should be used for bathing
the eyes. Either an eyecup or
dropper may be used for apply
ing the eye wash.
If the lips appear rough or
chapped, camphor-ice should be
gently rubbed over the lips each
night until such condition has f
been corrected. » *
Why as Much Care
Should Be Taken in the
Removal of Cosmetics
as Is Given to Putting
Them on
the Face
These Photos Posed
by Miss Huddleston.
v * c .
Cold Cream
Is Used Lavishly
to Thoroughly • . 2J
Cleanse the
Skin.
What’s Next in Fashions?
By BETTY BROWNLEE
<Famous Fashion Expert)
IN anticipation of the usual
Spring activities and to get
ahead of the days when leth
argy makes shopping a burden as
soon as warmish weather comes
to stay, it behooves every woman
to pick up a number of well de
signed dresses that will serve for
daytime occasions of an informal
nature well into the Summer,
when chiffons and georgettes are
the rule.
Day time frocks are so simple
that the color and the fabric are
the most important factors.
Prints have regained in style in
terest, not merely in the tiny
florals and rather bizarre modern
istic designs, but strips, zig-zags
and marble motifs are shown for
Spring wear.
The question before every
woman a few seasons ago was,
“Shall I include a printed frock
in my wardrobe?” So important
is the print this season that the
only question relates to the num
ber of printed dresses, which
fashion answers with an expan
sive gesture.
A detail of interest in the new
collections of Spring frocks is the
peplum. Peplum themes are
noted on both daytime and eve
ning dresses, and featured also
on coats that are parts of en
sembles. Peplums vary, as re
gards width, number and cut.
There are for example, frocks in
troducing a single flared or
plaited peplum at the hipline,
others that sponsor two or three,
with flaring width manifested be
lpw in a circular flounce, and still
others that affect plaited hand
lings.
The printed chiffon frock In
the accompanying drawing illus
trates an interesting version of
the peplum treatment. The two
peplums flaring from beneath the
A New Multi-colored Print for
Spring and Summer Wear,
Introducing the Peplum.
tight hipline are each of three
inch depth, and below this falls
the graceful circular skirt. Note
the matching treatment of the
cuffs, and the smart jabot, which
has its owto slight flare.
A dress of this type should
6erve you to good purpose well
into the late Summer. _
Invalid Cookery
ALWAYS prepare food for the
sick in the most careful and
attractive manner. In sickness
the senses unusually acute and
far more susceptible to careless
ness and mistakes in the prepa
ration and serving of food than
in health.
Barley Water.
"“"2 tablespoonfuls of pearl bar
ley.
2 quarts of cold water.
2 tablespoonfuls of pearl
barley.
2 quarts of cold water.
Wash barley, soak several
hours in cold water and boil
gently in same water for 2
hours; or put into double boiler
and cook for 4 hours or until
reduced one-half. Lemon juice
and sugar or salt to taste may be
added if desired.
Pineapple Juice.
Peel a very ripe pineapple, cut
into small pieces and put through
fruit press or potato ricer to ex
tract all juice. Strain and serve
with cracked ice.
Keep the Bureau Orderly
UST as a personal favor to
me—and yourself—-put down
this paper after you’ve read
the first paragraph and go to
your room and pull open your
top bureau drawer. And then
come back to your paper, for 1
have something to tell you.
Taking it for granted that you
obeyed instructions, what did you
see? Was your drawer crammed
with an array of ribbons and
belts and hankies and gloves and
feminine what-nots, or was it a
delightfully arranged part of the
accessories of your wardrobe—
feminine to the nth degree and
guaranteed to produce the utmost
of efficiency in dressing?
Toy bureau drawers may be
such pretty things and such a
comfort when neatly arranged.
Each one should have its little
nest of boxes set aside for speci
fied articles. These nest3 of
boxes may be purchased at any
sizable department store. They
comprise one large box, covered
with flowered paper on the out
side and lined with a solid color,
and a series of smaller trays that
fit, one inside the other, inside
r —- ■ —
the large box, which may be set on
top of the bureau for “hankies.”
The trays should be placed
within the bureau drawer—one
to hold belts and ribbons, an
other scarfs and neckerchiefs.
The smaller ones will serve for
bijoux and other trinkets.
And there you are—every
thing in order, just where it
should be. And the drawer that
was a conglomeration of assorted
articles is now delightful and
orderly and most attractive with
its colorful flowered boxes.
There may be one or two trays
left over from your nest of
boxes. These will be no end con
venient when used in the center
drawer of your dressing table.
The top of the dressing table
should be as free as possible
from all but decorative articles—
possibly a plain glass tray with
little powder box, or perfume or
lotion bottles. In the tray within
±he drawer, place your cosmetics
which are bound to get worn
looking in time and detract from
the neatness and charm of your
room left in full view. Lipstick,
rouge, powder, puff, etc., will be
massed together in the drawer
and will be immediately at hand
when you want them.
Appetizing Menus (os* the Week
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
"Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
Apple Sauce, Banana*, Baked Apple, Orange Juice. Grapefruit, Rhubarb, Grape*,
rII88*' r BaRB' j fciW ES*»- Frie^ SaU“«** Tomato Omelet. Oatmeal. French Toast.
Toast.’ Coffee" ’ Hof RotJ** Potatoes. Muffins, Corn Muffins, Maple Syrup,
Coffee. Luncheon Coffee. Toast, Coffee. Coffee. Bacon,
Luncheon Chipped Beef Luncheon Coffee. Luncheon Luncheon Coffee.
Sardines, Grape Salad. Cold Tongue, Luncheon Grapefruit Fruit Salad. Dinner
Frozen Sliced Deriled Egg Vegetable Soup, Salad, Cream Cheese Roast Duck,
Tomato Salad. Pineapple, Salad, Tomato and Cheese Souffle, Sandwiehe* Sweet Potatoes.
Devil s Tea. Graham Toast. Lettuce Salad. Gingerbread. ' T ’ Broccoli,
Food Cake, Dinner Tea. Lemon Tarts, Tea. e*" Cheese Salad,
Te* Fruit Cocktail Dinner Tea. Dinner Dinner |ce Cream.
Dinner Lamb Chops. Cream of Dinner Split Pea Sou,p ’Sardine Petit Fours,
Creole Soup, Scalloped Celery Soup, Beefsteak Pie, Oyster Patties, Cocktail. Coffee.
Curry of Lamb. Potatoes, Roast Beef. Spinach, Riced Potatoes. Veal Cutlets, Supper
. R|C«' Buttered Mashed Combination String Beans. Hashed Brown Cold Duck,
String Beans. Carrots. Potatoes. Salad. Endive Salad. Pot.toes, Tea Biscuits.
Cottage Chocolate Cauliflower. Pineapple Graham Peas. Cold Apple Pie.
Pudding. Custard Pi*. Floating Island. Pudding. Pudding. Bavarian Cream. Hdt Chocolate.
I *Favorite Recipe of the Week—Sardine Cocktail.
SKIN, bone and separate into small pieces a box nt
sardines. Mix as a dressing one-half cop tomato
sauce, two teaspoonfuls of Worcestershire sauce, on*
half teaspoonfnl or Tabasco aanee, and the Jtrice of one
lemon, and salt to taste. Add dressing, and chill.
Servo in separata portions on a crisp lettuce leaf.
Copyrlfbl. 1929, Intarnatlonal fcatura 8«rrica. lac Oraai Britain Blehta Bnerred.
THE BULLETIN BOARD
By MRS. MARY D. WILSON
Dear mrs. wilson:
TFj7Z you please tell me hoio
to remove wall paper without
damaging it. I wish to remove a
piece about 12 inches square to
cover a damaged spot in the din
ing room. MRS. L. M.
The easiest and quickest way
to remove wall paper is to use
one heaping tablespoonful of salt
peter to a gallon of hot water
and apply it to the paper with a
brush. I would suggest your
using a knife to cut the piece out,
since you want it an exact size.
I cannot guarantee what this
solution will do to the paper, and
it is probably better for you
merely to dampen the paper.
Dear miss wilson:
1 would like to know hoio to
get peach stains out of a linen
tablecloth. Also how to get per
spiration stains out of a white
georgette material. E. N.
Never use soap on a fruit stain.
Stretch your tablecloth over a
basin and pour hot water on it
from a height. Then try dabbing
the stain with lemon juice and
expose it to the sunshine. Rinse
out the lemon juice afterward.
An excellent cleanser for delicate
materials is glycerine. Soak a
* tponge in glycerine and let it
drip on the stain. Afterward
rinse the glycerine out in clear
water. Do not rub the stain.
Dear mrs. wilson:
Kindly tell me me how 1 can
clean my tan window blinds that
have become very much soiled.
though otherwise in perfect con
ditio n. MISS M. L. E.
To wash colored shades is tak
ing a risk, as they may come out
streaky. I advise you to apply
either cornmeal or fuller’s earth
with a good stiff brush to your i
shades. A good way to clea® '7i
them Is to leave the shades on th® j
roll, and, gradually unwinding,
wipe the shade carefully on both •>
sides. v
Dear mrs. wilson:
Will icashing take perspira
tion stain out of washable silk
dresst If not, what willf B. W.
Perspiration removes the color
from a dyed silk and this color
cannot be restored. If ycur dress
Is white, washing may remove tbe
stain. There is no chemical which
will remove this 6tain. The only
protection is dress shields or m
liquid coating for the arm pits.
Dear mrs. wilson:
/ have a polished dining,
room, table which has been
scarred by hot dishes. I would
appreciate it very much if you
could suggest anything that could
remove them MRS. A. J. B.
Rub paraffin well into your table
with a soft cloth. This treatment
if continued regularly should re
move the scars from your table.
In this column each week Mrs.
Mary D. Wilton will answer ah
questions concerning the house
hold. No personal correspondence.
Don’t send stamps.
Boo-Boo, Black Sheep By Florence W. Ross.
The Story of Tu>o Girls Who Seek Success and Meet Adventure,
¥ ULU ALLAN, nicknamed "Boo-Boo."
and Hester Fry. bosom friend*, are
taking the final examination in stenog
raphy at a busine** school. Lulu i* ex
pelled wken discovered prompting Hea
ter, and goe* home. Refuting to explain
to her father why the wa* expelled. *ha
incur* his anger. When Hester comes
for her later, they go motoring with Dick
Roberts. Hester's friend. They decide to
go to New York in a month, despite
Dick's plea that Hester stay in Danville.
Boo-Boo watches Dick as he makes love
to Hester and a sob of envy escapes her.
□ TRAIN bound east for
New York. Fat salesman,
bristling with good humor
and cigars; itinerant actors talk
ing shop or dozing over trade
papers; a woman buyer, shrewd
and friendly; two boys on their
way home from a Western uni
versity; all bored, indifferent,
travel-wise. In their midst, two
young girls as excited and trem
ulous as a first night cast. Two
young girls with the star-dust of
adventure in their eyes and the
dream of a long-fostered hope in
their hearts. To them New
York was the Promised Land and
the journey east a triumphant
ride.
Every mile of the way pro
vided a new thrill for Lulu and
Hester; every strange face in
vited speculation. There was
nothing too trivial for comment,
no incident too commonplace for
fresh wonder. Enthusiasm is al
ways contagious; when it is har
bored by two young girls of un
deniable attractiveness it be
comes positively dangerous. Ex
cept in the case of Hester and
“Now there’s a guy who wouldn’t mind getting acquainted,” Lulu
Whispered with Youthful Ingenuousness.
Lulu, who attracted only the
favorable attention of many pas
sengers.
One of them, a well dressed
man about forty, passed down
the aisle several times, each time
throwing a scrutinizing glance at
Hester. “Now, there’s a guy who
wouldn’t mind getting ac
quainted,” Lulu whispered with
youthful Ingenuousness.
“Oh, Lulu, you—you wouldn’t,
would you?” And Hester’s dove
like eyes took on a mournful
aspect. “We’re not going to do
that sort of thing, are we?”
“Now, listen, baby dear,” Boo
Boo instructed, “if we ever ex
pect to know people in New York
we’ll just have to get used to
meeting them — er—informally.
That’s the way they do things
there,” she finished knowingly.
“They don’t think any the less of
you—and it gets you places. If
Mr. Aisle-bound passes again I’m
going to smile.”
“Mr. Aisle-bound,” however,
did not make a return trip to the
girls’ car, but a few minutes later
the porter approached them with
a note. Giggling with excitement
Lulu unfolded the note. It was a
dignified invitation, from a man
who signed himself “Parmly Clare
mont,” to join him and a friend
in their drawing room for bridge.
“That’s your fat friend,” Lulu
vouchsafed after she had read
and re-read the note.
“He’s not fat,” objected Hes
ter. “Just distinguished looking.”
“Well, in that case, let’s
further the romance by accepting
the invitation, even if I don’t
like bridge.”
At first there were violent ob
jections from Hester. But Boo
Boo would hear none of them.
“When Adventure Beckons,” she
sang as they made their way into
the next car, “we follow.”
The meeting, although they did
not realize it at the time, was of
more moment than most casual
encounters. Claremont, a little
surprised at their ready accept
ance, conducted them in with a
flourish. A young man rose as
they entered and Claremont in
troduced him as Charley Latham.
He was tall, with smiling gray
eyes that fastened themselves
rather amusedly on the two girls
—but remained, more often on
Boo-Boo. She, in turn, rather
liked their possessor and before
half an hour had passed all were
chatting freely.
Claremont, it turned out, was
the American representative of
Drexell, Inc., importers of French
gowns. Despite his veneer of
polish, his rather suave manner,
Boo-Boo realbcfd that he was
primarily a money-grubber. To
Hester, however, Claremont was
the sophisticated man-about-town
that he pretended to be. She gave
credence to his fascinating tales
of life in New York and his as
surances that he would help
them. It was she, who, despite
her natural reticence, confided
in the stranger and outlined their
hopes and ambitions. He watched
the young girl’s face as her en
thusiasm for the new undertak
ing communicated itself to her
listeners.
“Let’s celebrate this venture
of yours with a drink,” he pro
posed after a while. “I’m really
becoming interested in the out
come of your plans,” and he
smiled down at Hester, who was
thrilled by his words.
In the meantime Boo-Boo and
Charley Latham were making
progress. Latham was too young
to have absorbed any of Clare
mont’s ideals, despite the fact
that he had been working for the
man for some time. His unaf
fected buoyancy and the desire
to make good helped to shape a
personality that attracted people
easily. “Yes, let’s all have a
drink,” he repeated, seconding
his chief’s suggestion. “Not that
we need it, though.”
The drink were poured and a
toast proposed. “Boo-Boo, I
don’t want you to touch that
drink,” suddenly interposed Hes
ter. “It’s one thing we’re going
to stay away from.”
“Not on your life," retorted
her friend. “I’m going to have a
good time even if you are a wet
blanket.” And defiantly she
gulped down the contents of her
glass. Hester shook her head
sadly.
“That’s right, girlie,” consoled
Claremont. “Stay off the booze
and you won’t get into trouble.”
and he pressed Hester’s fingers—
lingeringly. . . .
(To Be Continued.)