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grandmothers were young, there was no blotting paper. 

 What did they keep in a cup on the writing desk to dry 

 the ink with ? Try it. 



8. To what similar treatment is the skin sometimes 

 subjected ? Why do dry powders, hot winds, and over- 

 heated rooms all have a similar effect upon the skin ? 



9. Think of five girls not over twelve years old. How 

 many of them have healthy skins ? 



10. Of the first five grown young ladies that you hap- 

 pen to think of, how many have smooth, rosy skins ? 

 How many have dingy, bad complexions ? Have any of 

 them blotches in the middle of the cheek ? l 



11. The skin does not naturally become dry or dark- 

 colored with age until after middle life. What have the 

 young ladies done to injure their soft, rosy complexions ? 



12. Why are such young ladies not bright? 



13. Who is more apt to be sincere in nature, a person 

 with a clean face and a truthful complexion, or one who 

 paints and powders? (Is a "white lie" more truthful 

 than a pink one ?) 



A young lady with a very beautiful complexion was 

 once asked the secret of it. She said that when she was 

 a little girl she spent the night with a neighbor's daughter, 

 and they amused themselves dressing in the clothes of an 

 elder sister and powdering their faces. On returning 

 home next morning from her visit, her mother saw some 

 of the rice powder still around her eyes and punished her 

 with "a switching," and told her that she must never do so 

 again. She never did, and grew up with the complexion 

 of her childhood. 



1 The study of physiology cannot be made practical without observing the 

 effects of violating its laws in daily life. In tracing the effects of tobacco, 

 overeating, alcohol, ignorant treatment of the skin, overwork, etc., it would 

 be manifestly improper and ill-mannered to refer to persons by name in a 

 public place such as a school. 



