is is
to be used at night, after thoroughly washing the face. It is a good
cleansing cream also.

[792 MOTHERS' REMEDIES]

WRINKLES.--It is a great deal easier to prevent wrinkles than it is to get
rid of them after one has acquired them. A little study of women's faces
will show how wrinkles, that no amount of massage will obliterate, are
being made. They make perpendicular wrinkles between the eyes by drawing
the brows together when sewing or reading, sometimes through habit and
sometimes because of insufficient light. Some wrinkles are born of
in-temper, of fretfulness, or sorrow. As the skin loses its elasticity,
through age or ill-health, wrinkles come more and more easily. The best
remedy for wrinkles is a light heart and a contented mind. Assist these
with good, wholesome food that makes pure blood to feed the body, and
render external aid through gentle massage and some good face cream and
you have done the best you can. It is a good plan to some day take your
hand-mirror with you as you go about your daily duties and watch the
process of wrinkle-making. Say you are sewing and note the glass. Without
changing your expression, take a look at yourself. The chance is it will
be a revelation. You will realize why wrinkles come.

MASSAGE.--Unless properly done, massage may do more harm than good. If one
can afford a few treatments by a scientific masseur and study her methods,
it is a great help. The thing is not to rub in more than you rub out, by
improper manipulation. Rub the face up, not down. This is because of the
tendency of the muscles to sag.

Rub across, not with, the lines. Rub the "parentheses" around the month up
and out, and give a rotary motion to the rubs given the checks, gently
pinching and pulling them out.

But after all, there's nothing like good temper and steady nerves to
prevent the tell-tale lines.

WRINKLED HANDS.--Wrinkled hands belong to age, and are due to loss of oil
in the skin. After washing and wiping them, rub with a little cold cream
or olive oil. Rub well into the skin. At night, use the cream or oil
freely and put on a pair of old gloves.

Camphor is a good whitening agent for the hands, and a teaspoonful of
spirits of camphor beaten into any greasy, cold cream will be beneficial.
A piece of the gum camphor melted with the ointment blends more readily. A
piece of camphor size of a walnut to two tablespoonfuls of the cream is
about right proportions.

RED HANDS AND