Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1916 — NOT HARD TO BEAUTIFY BACK [ARTICLE]

NOT HARD TO BEAUTIFY BACK

Massage and Cold Cream Will Be Found to Work Wonders With the Skin. Dame Fashion has pity on her devotees. She refuses to take into consideration their shortcomings. Thus she decrees this year that decoll ette gowns must be very, very decoll ette ‘in the back, in spite of the fact that few women have beautiful backs to display. ? Yet if we are to be in fashion this year we must wear our evening frocks cut out generously in the back, and to create a pretty effect the average woman must do something to beautify her back. Just because you have (pretty skin on your face, don’t take it for ganted that your back and shoulders can boast of so fine a covering. There the skin as a rule is much coarser, its texture and color are quite different from your pink and white complexion. Unless your back is badly formed, and few women are thus afflicted, you need not despair of beautifying this part of your anatomy. Massage will do wonders in making the skin fine, and various bleaching lotions can be applied to lighten the color. The greatest difficulty the average woman will encounter is the fact that she cannot take this treatment alone. Either a maM, a sister, amother, or a kind friend must be pressed into service, for it is almost Impossible to reach one’s own back to massage it properly. ’ ' ® . - ~' very much Jike that applied to the face. First lay small bath towels or large

wash cloths in water as Lot as the hands can stand. Wring these out until th sy are almost dry, clap them on the back and cover with a dry Turkish towel. As soon as they be-come-cool. change them for hot fresh cloths. Keep this up for about fifteen minutes, or- until all the pores are opened thoroughly. Now take great dabs of cold cream and rub into the open pores. Take off with wads of absorbent cotton. The cream you will be surprised to find, will be quite soiled, for the opened pores will emit their secretions. Apply fresh cold cream, rub in thoroughly and wipe off with clean cptton. Keep this up until the cream is as clean when it comes oft as when it was applied to the back. , .