The New Haven Union

HEALTH AND BEAUTY
THE ROUGH ARM

Now that the elbow sleeve is once more in fashion, it behooves girls to pay attention to the skin of their arms.

Keep a watchful eye for dust. A girl who would be horrified at the thought may have a grimy look about the elbow. It is easily acquired and needs constant scrubbing to prevent.

Use a small flesh brush and pure white soap, with once a week liquid green soap.

The latter must be rinsed off thoroughly Be careful to dry the arms well after bathing; otherwise roughness of the cuticle often occurs. It also forms from not rubbing hard enough in bathing.

When the skin is thus rough it is more often found on the back of arm than elsewhere.

Rub with powdered pumice moistened in water or alcohol. Follow by a thorough rubbing with cold cream.

If your skin is sensitive to sunburn or freckles, do not go out in daytime without long gloves. It is almost impossible to remove freckles from the arm, though they may fade off the face in winter.

there is no pressure around the arm-hole: also that the corset is not too tight. Use lemon at night as a bleach followed by a whitening cream.

If all methods fail, resort to powder well rubbed in. It will take off the most brilliant hue.

If the arm is too thin, enlarge it by tensing exercises. A good one is to hold the arm at right angles to the body; then clench the fist and draw it up until it touches the shoulder. This should be done as if pulling a heavy weight.

Just a word to the etiquette of the elbow sleeve. Do not wear them on the street in the daytime, unless the arm is well gloved, or in any public place. It is to be hoped we will be spared the shocking lack of good taste that was so common two summers ago.