Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1915 — HOW TO PREVENT FRECKLES [ARTICLE]

HOW TO PREVENT FRECKLES

Simple Precautions Will Do Much for the Pretty Throat, Face and Hands. Kindly Old Sol is not always welcome in the kingdom of woman. Those who know hygiene to some degree understand that the blazing gentleman’s beams are cures for many ills. On the other hand, there are the afflictions he casts upon the coquette, freckles, tan, inflammation, streaked hair and what not; so, weighing his faults against his virtues, with summer on us, we may think with advantage of his disagreeable features. Let us begin with freckles, those tiny blemishes so disfiguring to a pretty throat, face and hands. According to theory, it is not the sun which causes freckles, but the light from its electrical rays; and it is the difference in the chemical makeup of their skins which causes these <rays to affect some so much more seriously than others. So for these thin-skinned fair ones the ounce of prevention is the first thing to consider. Those who freckle easily should always keep a red-brown veil on hand to wear on summer outings on land or water, for a veil in any other color is no use at all, this and this alone, being able to ward off the burning electrical rays. Then, before going forth, the easily freckled skin should be well rubbed with cold cream and powdered, for with this mask and the plain chiffon • or gauze veil —shun the dotted one as you would a viper—it is possible to get through a yachting or fishing excursion without serious 'damage.

Nevertheless, every night for all seasons of the year, the skin susceptible to freckles should be massaged with a good cream, for any exercise which helps to stimulate the skin also helps to avert or cure the blemish, whatever its nature. But if the freckle comes to stay with you, notwithstanding precautions, try this simple lotion, applying it several times a day with a soft linen rag: Lactic acid 4 ounces Glycerine ....2 ounces Rose water 1 ounce Elder flower cream can be used to advantage with this or any freckle specific containing the acid needed to bleach the skin. Tan and acute inflammation of the skin are caused by the same influences that produce freckles, the direct exposure to sun, the reflection of light on water, the glare of a wide-open window, hot winds, etc. The cure for each begins, as "before, with the ounce of prevention. Wear the red-brown veil when jaunting on land and water, don’t sit close to a wide-open window unless the shade is drawn down below the shoulders, and prepare the skin always with cold cream and powder before going out ' Simple home remedies for tan and also freckles are to wash the face in fresh buttermilk or in a horse radish lotion made as follows: Into a cupful of sour milk scrape a teaspoonful of freshly dug and grated horse radish; let it stand six hours and then apply two or three times daily.