Eagle River Review

THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION

"Oh, wad some power the giftie give us To see ourselves as others see us."
-Burns.

How surprised some of us would be if we did possess this gift, and how quickly we would hasten to make some changes!

Every person's skin is a law unto itself, and what is beneficial to one may not be so to another. You never saw two persons who looked exactly alike, nor two persons who did things in exactly the same manner. So it is with the skin. No person has a skin that is exactly like another's. How foolish it is, then, to expect the same treatment to agree with all skins! Certainly an oily skin requires different treatment from one that is inclined to be dry. Exactly what agrees

with a given person's skin only can be discovered by experiment. So if you find your complexion improving under a given treatment, do not change your methods because some one else recommends a different treatment.

There are a few directions that will seldom disagree with any skin. Usually it will be found beneficial to bathe the face at night with hot water to remove all dirt; then massage with good cold cream. In the morning all that is necessary is a quick rub with cold water. Do not be afraid to rub the face a little. The skin needs exercise as well as any other part of the body. How often it is neglected! Pinching or rubbing the skin tends to draw a greater supply of blood to the parts massaged. This increased circulation brings extra nourishment with it and

also tends to carry away more waste material.

Pimples and black-heads show that the waste material is not being carried away properly but is being left to clog the pores. Sometimes this accumulation of waste material is due to lack of cleanliness. The waste material is left on the skin and clogs the pores so they cannot perform their work. Sometimes the fault is due to poor circulation or to diseases of the excretory organs. If one organ is incapable of performing its work, the other organs must of necessity do more than their share in trying to aid it. If the kidneys and bowels are not carrying off their share of the waste material of the body, the skin is burdened with an extra amount to be disposed of. Sometimes it is unable to

do this and the waste material is left to accumulate in the skin. Sometimes (and if we may judge by some we meet on the street, we might say oftentimes) the skin is so coated with impurities in the shape of powder, enamel and other preparations that it finds it impossible to work at all. If we would exercise the skin a little more and coat it a little less, we would have smaller need for the coating.

(Copyright, 1910, by W. G. Chapman.)