i am
Vhy Belasco's New Play Was
Such an Immediate Failure.
IlTIFICIAl, IN Till: I1XTKEME.
Ilnmlsnnie nml Talented Young Actnr.
The lleiiutirul (llrlWIm la Kroiio's Lend
ing Lndj Mansfield na Sliylock Other
Interesting Ohllclint.
NBW Yoiik. Nov. 1. "Tbe Younger
n," David Delasco's play, which whs pre
mted at the Umpire theater by its uiag
ifloent stock company, and which died the
niokest death of the present season, with
is single cxreptlonof "Fanny," affords an
iterating study to observers of the con
mporamous drama. It possessed many
toellent qualities, and qualities they were
bich might reasonably be counted upon
)add to the strength of a play, but these
ere borne down by a superfluity of stage
xihnlcallties and theatric devices, which
ft no doubt In the mlud of the careful
rltlc that "The Younger Son" was doomed
J failure.
When -The Girl I Left Behind Mo," by
ielasco and Fyles, was produced at the
Impire last season, I was of the opinion
JAMKS E. WILSON.
hat Its utter disregard of tbe proprieties,
mpieu witu iin an pervaulng atmosphere
insincerity, manifest resort to theatrical
t 1. 1. . J 11 . 1.1
!y element, would cause tho downfall of
o piece dfhpu u the picturesquenees and
citing nature of tho themo.
(But notwithstanding thnt "The Girl I
iub ouu fciiw 3 lumeu-iu-uv-inu-umr coin-
etc Behind lie" possessed all these de
bits, and besides could boast of the merest
read of a plot, It proved a great success
d Is today perhaps the largest money
nner on the road. Belnsco's exquisite
ilowledgo of stagecraft, combined with
Ifles' literary ability, together with the
Muriatic judgment of both, had won the
Ay and had created a play which pleased
fcose persons who go to tho theater to be
lltertalued and euro nothing for what may
h beneath a pleasing surface.
,Ir. Belaseo wrote "The Younger Son"
Igested by a German play, which dealt
h a mother's love for her two sons. Ono
hese he painted as a good though rather
iby pamby and castle building Bort of
jw, while the other lie made about as
teraptible a being us could well bo im-
icd. Tho mother loved both dearly.
i aro certainly tbe elements of a strong
But thu subject Is a delicate ono and
d not stand any but the most contclen-
treatment, whereas the rugged themo
he Girl I Left Behind Me," with Its
stively rough locale, would stand nny-
J .1' that was vigorous. And that is prob
'. ll.vhat misled Mr. Belasco and carried
test play down to ruin In a maelstrom
atrlcal devices and insincerity of pur-
hat was almost unprecedented.
a trick known to the expert stage
;er which could possibly be intro
was omitted. Many persons like
food highly seasoned, but few would
iepper and other condiments with
a taste of fish or soup or meat, and
Sj I Younger Son" is all condiment. It
1 Sluother case of "too much of a good
" uud the application of a 11 err Most
tent to a Henry George subject. It
i though oue should apply an iufalli-
ternal consumption cure to the fore-
ht a man afflicted with tuberculosis.
The Younger Son" served no other
lie than to mtrouuee to xvew xorKers
ember of a local stock company (the
ne, by the way, now playing in this
.Ir. James E. Wilson, we can all be
ill for it. Mr. Wilson played the
if the despicable elder son, and his
kvas the best contributed by any one
cast. The story of his rise is rather
ting.
n MoKee Hntlkln produced in New
bout seven years ago a dramatiza
Admiral' Porter's story, "Allan
he engaged the services of three
actors who were at that timeun-
and who have since become very
ent In the theatrical world. They
Viltou Lackaye, Francis Carlysle
nesE. Wilson. Charles i rohmau,
tnetised the perf onnance on the open-
MSB FLORENCE HOCKWELL.
t, was deeply impressed by the
eby James E. Wilson-it was a
mracter leading part. The play
(eet with the favor it deserved, the
soon disbanded, and Sir. Wilson
i?ed by Mr. Krohman to play the
f
idem William iiineiies uuu uj
ou n man . with that play for
3
fcundi... n, ni-d .-'uart Konwn,
he lu. ,i i i I uu Henrietta.
ri,. u.mieita" la san rran-
.,u,,.i in- Lba management
iizar theater for leading business.
... . .A thitii
l'l Ilea mere tor reu jrwu
I A list and was engaged by Augua-
- Itf- -I-.- iku .rduiiiuil Dart in
Jot the Prei " He once mora
i
I Frohuian when "The Younger Son" was
I produced, lie Is nman of fine physique,
and as ho is possessed or a rich, pleasing
voice, great histrionic ability and a partic
ularly handsome face he Is certain to be
como a prime favorite In this oily, where
lie will now have for the Unit time an op
portunity to shine permanently In appro- .
prlato surroundings.
Tho book of "The Algerian" is said to
tiavo been greatly improved since Mac
Donough and I)e Kovcn'a operetta was seen
In Philadelphia and Boston. At any rate,
tho piece lis made a lilt in this city, where
It has won warm praise from tho critics
with scarcely an exception, although tho
published statement that Mr. 11111 sold it
for $80,000 or anything like that sum Is of
course pure moonshine.
A year ago Glen Mac Donnugh, the libret
tist, was a poor newspaper man unknown
almost In the theattlcal world. Today ho
1 the author of three attractions, every oue
of which is said to lie making money. They
are "The Algerian," "Delmonloo's at Six,"
in which Marie Jansen is ituniug, and
"The Prodigal Father," an exceedingly
funny farce. This Is not a bad showing for
a man who is Just 32 years of age. Verily
these are tho days of "young blood."
Speaking of young blood, I am reminded
that Miss Florence Rockwell, Thomas W.
Keeue's leading lady, is the youngest per
son holding a position of such Importance
in tho United States, if not In the world.
Keene Is admittedly one of our leading
tragedians, and the fact that Miss Hook
well, who is still a mere child she Is just
IB years and 3 months old Is able to play
roles like Oeedemona, Ophelia mid Julio do
Mortimer to the satisfaction of such an
experienced and discriminating veteran
would seem to augur well for her future,
and it would not bo a violent stretch of the
tmaglnnttouto assume that she will develop
into n tragedienne of remarkable ability.
She was born in St. Louis lu 1878.
Her mother, who travels with Miss Hock-
well, is Dr. Amanda J. Hockwell, and al
though tho young lady's first engagement
on the professional stage Is her present one
Bite has won praise from thoughtful critics
which many older actresses of established
reputation might well covet. She was put
In tho way of adopting the stage ns a pro
fession byMrs. Mary Scott-Howlanu of this
city, and Mr. Keene, after hearing scores of
applicants, unhesitatingly selected Miss
Hockwell, youthful and Inexperienced as
she was, for the trying position of leading
lady In his company. Miss Hockwell is
very girlish in appearance off the stage.
She lias a very beautiful face and promises
to develop intoa particularly stately woman.
If any one has a doubt of HIchard Mans
field's transcendent histrionic ability he
should seo him in Shakespeare's comedy,
"The Merchant of Venice," which he is
now presenting at Herrmann's theater.
Unthinking persons have criticised tho
vigor of Mr. Mansfield's methods in
the role of Shylock, but his conception of
the character cannot fail to wiu the ap
proval and compel the admiration of per
sons familiar with tho legend upon which
the great "bard of Avon" built "The Mer-
QILBERT AND SULLIVAN BEFOIilt THE CUR
TAIN. chant of Venice. Ho Is vigorous indeed,
as why should ho not be? Shylock was not
an imbecile. His emotions were easily
stirred, it is true, and as Mansfield very
properly paints him his hatred of the
Christians, which is his besetting passion,
is the chord to which his overwrought
nature most quickly and acutely responds.
The mounting of tho piece Introduces
many novelties, all of which tend to add
color and strength, and Mr. Mansfield's
readingof tho lines reveals him in the light
of a thorough and accurate student of
Shakespeare, and as an actor able to depict
the subtlety of that wonderful character,
so aptly drawn by the immortal master
of the human emotions. It is a character
ization worthy of being ranked with that of
Edwin Booth, although conceived from a
widely different standpoint. I question
whether revivals of Shakespearean plays
will prove remunerative in this melo
dramatic, furce comedy and photograph-of-the-long-iost-slsteriu-the-leoket
age. But
If any one can make them pay HIchard
Maqslleld is undoubtedly tbe man.
"Olaf," a spectacular drama, will be pro
duced at Niblo's Nov. 0 by tbe Hoseufeld
brothers, the men who brought Kleonora
Duse, the Liliputians and the Meinlnger
company to this country. They have made
feeveral fortuues by their successful ven
tures, and if good luck should continue to
attend them It Is probable that in the not
distant future they may have a tint class
stock company presenting original Ameri
can pluys in this city. "Olaf" U au adapta
tion from the (Jenuan made by Dr. Hod
rigues Ottoleugui, the author of several
very clever high grade detective novels of
tbe Annu Kalheriue Greene type. He has
also "done over" for the Hoaeufelds a Ger
man farce which is now called "Jitnmie'.s
Uncle," nml which will be produotd during
tbe latter part of November.
Aooompanyingatwo oolumnreview.maln
ly praise, though tempered with thought
ful criticism, of their new opera,.The Pall
Mall Budget published a portrait of Gil
bert and Sullivan as they appeared before
the curtain on the eventful night, and as it
is the first time that the counterfeit pre
sentments of thefce two men have ever been
published together it is here reproduced.
Miss Nancy Mcintosh, who all the Brit
ish critics agree Mxired a hit in the princi
pal soprano role of "Utopia, Limited," is
an American girl who made her profes
sional debut in tbe new opera, and whose
success lu a trying role under peculiarly
difficult circumstances, wbeu tba severest
test were certain to be applied to ber work,
would seem to indicate that the Is pos
sessed of rauiarkable ability. Sbe is a vary
beautiful girl, wblch U not surprising, aa
food (poks aaem to ruu lu tbe family. Her
brother la handsome Burr Maintain, who
il very justly proud of Uta sweat and tal
enmri MMtthMl atMK.
OCTXVUS GOttM.
Lola Yberri Gives Some Very In
teresting Facts About It.
STEADY m.VCTICB IS KEIJUIIIED.
Kin Ylierrl Thinks That Nona but Spanish
Womon Aro Able to Ho Justice to tlio
Dane Some Dlffloult Exercises How
Blio Contrives Now Figures.
With tho mcteorio ndvent of Carmcncita
ind her sinuous and sensuous Spanish
dance, n new variety of flu de Steele stage
dancing waa Introduced to American the
ater goers. Mauy imitators of the famous
Spanish dancer have attempted to follow
In her footsteps.
1ola Yberri, who Is now danoing herself
Into publlo favoratthe Eden Musee iuJfew
York city by her wonderful suppleness and
grace and her phenomenal high kicking,
gives promise of great things. Though a
pure blooded Spanish girl, she has the ad
vantage over her famous predecessor, Cur
EAST, BUT TIHESOME.
mencltn, of speaking English fluently, and
herewfth aro given for the first time tho
impressions of a Spanish saltatoriallste of
the fur famed Castillnn dance.
While it is possible, and even probable,
that Aniericatii will not agreo with all of
the young lady's conclusions, they are ex
ceedingly Interesting nevertheless.
What is tho Spanish dancef It Is an In
spiration, a poem of passion expressed In
motions instead of words. It is not n mere
matter of certain steps. Tho movement of
tho feet counts for little; the motion of tho
body is everything.
How did I learn It? I did not learn It; it
camo naturally. I do not think any one can
lenrn it, though practice, of course, is nec
essary. No American girl can ucquiro it.
Only n woman with tho Spanish blood and
fire in her veins can feel it. If she does not
feel it, she cannot dance it.
My ancestors for ever so many genera
tions have been Spanish people. I was born
in Spain and began to dance soon after I
learned to walk. I used to occasionally go
with my mother and father to the opera,
and when we got home I used to amuse my
mother by trying to imitate the dancers
whom I bad seen at the theater. My mother
tells me that when I wasa mere baby I could
lock my feet behind my neck. So, I sup
pose, I must have been born unusually sup
ple. Anyway I was always dancing and
trying to see how high I could kick, and
when I was a little girl I could kick much
higher than my bead.
While I was qalto young my parents
camo to America and went to southern Cal
ifornia to live. We traveled moro or less,
and in Mexico I picked up what little there
was worth learning in the Mexican dunces.
Wbeu I went on the stage, I didn't have
any very definite idea of what I was going
to do, I just danced, and I've done tho
same thing ever since. I practice three or
four hours overy day and try now steps, and
new poses, and new kicks, and so make up
new dunces, but I couldn't tell anybody
else bow to do it. I know that I want to
get in certain steps and kicks und let the
Inspiration of the music do tbe rest.
I think I mil more supple than most girls,
but I found it very hurd work to learn
somo of thu steps and poses which I do. In
my "lint dance," In which I wear a tall
Spanish hat, I kick backward and hit tbe
top of the pointed hat with each heel. It
may look easy, but I had to practice and
practice and practice before I could do it.
My backward side kicks are almost contor
tions, and the Imckwiml bend of tho body
also took me a long time to learu. I have
got so now that I can bend backward and
touch my head to a low stool, but it's very
bard work. Another very difficult pose H
that in which I turn my body to one sldo
and support myself on tbe toea of oue foot
extended ltackward and the other foot
turned sideways. The weight of tbe body
is thrown forward, and it is very hard to
prevent falling.
I don't believe any woman who isn't thor
oughly Spanish can properly do a Spanish
dance. Just llmik of a German Hinging
the "Marseillaise," then you can get au
Idea of au American woman crying to ex-
THE DtTTH t'LT BACKWARD SEND,
press by datfclng what she doesn't feel. Of
course any woman who is bright and grace
ful can learn tbe steps and go through with
them after a f.isbion. But In our danelng
the bod plays au important part, and the
American women whom I have eeen try j
the BpanUn dance either kept their bodies
almost rigid and made tbe danca ridiculous
or else overdid matters and made tba
dance Immodest. With a woman of my
race tbe dance is aim ply an expression of
tae feeling; with a woman of another oa
UeaaUty it fa Ms artificial attempt to pu
tay paaalou aftd la almost certain to Ik
dlaftwtta. ZJOUX TWUI.
WESTERN FOOTBALL CAPTAINS.
Grlultli of Norttiwritern nml Dygert of
Michigan Universities
Football Is more popular than ever
throughout the south uud west this year.
There are excellent elevens lu Illinois, Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis
souri, Indiana, Kansas, California, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Alo-
QKOHOE n. DTGETtT. HUNK W. ORIFTITII.
bam a. The colleges In these states have
taken up the sport and have awakened
great publlo Interest In their elevens.
Two of the best teams in .Michigan are
those of the Mtchigau university and the
Detroit A. 0. The University eleven, of
which George B. Dygert is oaptain, waa re
cently defeated by A, A. Stagg's Universi
ty of Chicago eleven, but the Michigan
eleven put up n very strong game. Dygert
lias played on the Michigan team four
years, and this Is his second season ns enp
taln. Tho Northwestern University eleven, of
which Frank W. Griffith Is captain, not
long ago fought a desperate drawn game
with the University of Illinois ntEvanstou.
Griffith la only 5 feet 7 inches tall and is the
smallest man on the eleven. Ha has been
playing football two years. If Interest lu
football continues to Increase in tho south
and west, it will soon bo ns popular as it is
among tho eastern colleges.
SPORTING NOTES.
During tho past season WnlterC. Sanger,
the famous Milwaukee bioyclist, won
$5,000 worth of prizes.
Indoor baseball will be as popular as ever.
In Chicago this winter.
Tho quadruplet bicycle which Is used In
pacing Zimmerman iu his attack on
records cost S800. Is 11 feet long and is
I crAarfil tn RO It. lifiu nll-itAitv lwntl iHrlilmi In
2:08 and is expected to be equal to 3 min
utes. George S. Patterson, captain of tho
Philadelphia cricket team, which defeated
tho Australian cricket players, announces
that his team will visit England next year.
It Is said that Turf Plunger Mlko Dwycr
has lost 100,000 on tho races this year.
John E. McCniTerty's losies are wild to be
nt least $80,000, ami "Pittsburg Phil's"
t60,O0O.
Jack Derapsey, it Is sold, will go on the
stage with Jim Corbett.
This year tho clubs of tho Now England
League of Professional Holler Polo Clubs
will be Boston, Worcester, Providence, New
Bedford and Brockton.
Sprinter A. T. Townscmt
A young sprinter who has already been
heard from and who will without doubt
become oven better known is A. J. Town-
send of the Michi
gan Athletic asso
ciation of Detroit.
Townsend is only
20 years of ago,
weighs 140 pounds,
and is about G feet
10 inches tall. He
has only been run
ning about 2)4
years, but has Im-:
proved rapidly. In
1800 bo won a 320
yards race at Mar-
A. J. TOWNSEND.
shall, Mich., his native place, in tho fast
time of 25 seconds.
Ho has since won a number of races at
from 100 to 880 yardR, but his best work
was done at tho recent World's fair cham
pionships in Chicago, when he won tho 000
yards handicap from the 2fl yard mark in
1 minute 11 ,'t-5 seconds, and when he was n
closo second to E. W. Allen, the N. Y. A. C.
crack sprinter, lu tho 440 yards World's
fair champion race. Tbe timo was 50 2-5
seconds. In bis trial heat in the latter race
Townsend defeated Allen, but tho New
Yorker bad very evidently reserved himself
for the final. With more experience, Town
send will undoubtedly develop into cham
pionship form.
CHECKERS AND CHESS.
Checker Problem No. 213 By M. II. C. War
dell. Black.
White.
White to move and force their oapture by a
stroke in nine moves.
Chess Problem No. 848 By T. A. Thompson.
Black.
mite.
White to play and mate In four moves.
SOLUTIONS.
Checker problem ho. 34
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i'KOSWiCTJLKG mi GOLD.
Hard Llfo of tho Men In tho For
OBta of tho NorthwoBt.
Tho Thirst for Wealth t.mtln Them t
Incur Untold Dangers and Hardships
Among the Unexplored Wilder
nesses of tho Mountains
In wostorn Washington civilization
Is confined to a narrow strip along tho
borders o 1'uget bouiuI and to some of
tho best agricultural lands that lie
hi the large wooded pl-iins about its
southern end, nays the New York Sun.
All the rest la covered with great
rocky mountain rangea, cleaved by
deep, dark valleys and covered up to
the lino of perpetual snow with heavy
forests of flr and cedar. Every spring !
hundreds of prospectors plunge into
this wilderness on a senroh for gold 1
and silver, some on their own account,
hut most of them go grub-staked by
local capitalists, that Is, all their ex-1
penses are paid and In return they give j
a half Interest in whatever mines they i
may discover. With u rifle, a hatchet,
a bag of Hour and a frying-pan slung i
over his shoulder, the prospeotor starts I
on his quest. Ho goes as far as nossi-
bio by stage or carriage, then on foot
enters the forost and follows for many
miles a narrow trail that winds In and
out between tho trunks of great trees,
whose heads, reaching up hundreds of
feet, shut off tho sun and keep tho
earth In a twilight so deep that only
moss and fungi enn grow. At times
the path skirts the side of a rushing
mountain river, whero in every eddy
aro dozens of darting trout. Then It
climbs and winds high up tho moun
tain sldo, grows fainter, and finally dis
appears, leaving tho gold hunter to
scramble on over fallen logs and around
precipices ns best ho can.
When night comes ho stops usuallj
in the bottom of a valley by a stream
of molted snow water, fries and cats
somo pancakes, cuts a great pile of fir
boughs for a bed, throws himself on it
and Is asleep In a moment. All1
through the night the col I and damp
from the stream and the mossy ground
creep up and in the morning he is stiff
and scarcely able to stagger on. Ho
continues thus day after duy, seeing
only the trees near about him, and oc
casionally n bit of dark mountain side
through a rift in their tops. Finally
ho has climbed high up and comes out
above the forests, and sees again, for
the first timo in days, tho full daylight.
Here, high above tho world on the
mountain sides, ho stands weeks
searching for silver and gold veins and
hunting goat and deer for meat.
Sometimes ho loses himself, his food
gives out, and ho starves, or by n mis
step falls thousands of feet from a
precipice and is dashed to pieces in tho
valley below. If fortunate, ho locates
several claims, stakes them out, finds
bearings for them on tho peaks about,
and then, loaded with specimens,
makes his way back to civilization,
whero his ores are assayed. He has
brought tho best specimens only, go
they come out splendidly. Peoplo be
come excited, and a party, including
mine speculators, goes up to see what
ho has found. If good, tho mines are
sold on tho spot to speculators, who in
turn soil to rich eastern or English
mining companies. These cut trails
through tho woods, send up machinery
piecemeal on donkey or mule back,
hire a lot of miners at threo dollars a
day, and the mine is started for profit
or loss, according to the way tho lead
holds out.
GSLI WU...C.N GRO FAT.
Too Much Indoor Uklstenco and .enerally
Huilcntary l.llo IteBponulhle
An English or an American visiting
Greece for the first timo is struck,
soonor or later, by a certain dullness
in the street life of its towns, which it
may take him some littlo time to define
and trace to its real cause. At length,
ind suddenly, the fact comes home to
bim that there are fow, If any, women
visible among tho foot passengers No
wonder, ho reflects, that the streets
should appear dull to him, shorn as
they lire of all the variety that woman's
presence and dress over lends to the
thoroughfares of countries forthsr
west. In Greece, according to the Pall
Mall Budget, it isonly toward evening,
and then for but a briof period, that
the fair sex take an outing, unless the
pressure of somo urgent business
should compel them to flit rapidly
through the throng of men who at
other times monopolize the streets.
Nor will a foreigner meet with them
serving In the shops, the restaur
ants or the cafes; they will still
be conspicuous by their absence. In
fact, unless he visit thorn In the priva
cy of their homes he will scarcely do
more than catch an occasional glimpse
of them at the upper windows of soma
private dwelling-house or shop, where,
when the weather is seasonable, they
will sit reading and sewing, and cran
ing their necks out to watch the passers-by
balow. The effects of this seden
tary life, so antagonistic to our Eng
lish faith In open air and exercise, are
very marked ou the fair forms of the
Grecian women.
An embonpoint, but not to designate
it by the more vulgar term, eorpuleuee,
is the most apparent result of this in
door existence; but this tendency to
gross flesh is an attraction to the mod
ern Greek, who, like the Turk, finds in
superfluous fat an additional beauty.
To every country Its standard of fe
male loveliness. For Greece the typical
woman may be roughly sketohed thus:
She is short, broad and stout, of a pale,
creamy complexion, with dark hair,
beautiful eyes and features fairly reg
ular, but not classical. The prevailing'
impression that she leaves upon the
Englishman is that she bus (whisper
the words) a squat figure.
But to quit the towns, where it will
be aeon that women play but a amaU
part in public life, and to turn to the
rural district of Greece. Here woman
takes a more active part In everyday
Ufa. She it la who draws the water,
brings in th wood that the men have
felled la the forest, or who plueklly
ana her wm M a Uur laborer in
"the malzo or corn field; In tho bunri
hig summer, In tho icy winter, sho la
ovortothe foro, working, working, with
hor veil hanging loosely over hor head,
ready to bo folded aoross hor mouth
should a strnugo man approach. It .la
mattor for thought how widespread
even now nmong the country districts
is this old custom of volling the lowor
part of tho face at the approach of an
unknown member of tho opposite sex.
Itlsouoslgn among many that It is
not bo very long since tho Turks were
masters of this "purple land, whero
law secures not life."
A GOOD COMPLEXION.
There U Muoh In Knowing How t Wmh
t It Pare.
Tho face is usually the part of the
person women most desire to make at
tractive. There are exceptions to this
order who declare that the face Is un
important If the figure is good, hut aa a
rule the woman who has a pretty face
feels that the gods have not deH un
generously with her.
Without a good complexion all other
lanties fail to show to advantage. A
pair of magnificent eyes are never at
their best set in a smiiow, unneaunj
looking face, and perfectly-molded feat
ures, if eovorod with a greasy, blotched,
colorless skin, do not show for half
their value.
(In the other hand, a clear, pure com
plexion will to a great extent atone for
Irregular features. In consideration of
this it is a great comfort to reflect how
often it lios within a woman's power to
materially benefit even a poor com
plexion. As a matter of course the bathing
that invigorates the whole body can
not fail to produce a salutary effect
upon tho face. But more than this
may be done.
It has passed into a proverb, In speak
ing of a slatternly or careless woman,
to say: "She does not know enough to
wash her face."
How many neat women know how to
wash their faces iu the right way?
It is one of those processes commonly
supposed to come, as Dogberry said of
reading and writing, by nature. A.
woman washes her face in Hot or com
water, as the fancy strikes her, with
the hands or with a cloth or sponge,
with soap or without, when she Is going
out in the wind, or when she comos In
out of tho sun. She dries it gently with
a soft towol or polishes it off with a
rough one, according to her fancy.
she never stops to think of the harm
sho may bo doing her complexion hy
this recidoss treatment. There may be
some skins that will stand such rough
handling und show no ill effects. Thero
are very few that would not he bene
tlted by tenderer cure.
The woman who has duo regard, for
her complexion will not wash her faca
just before going out or just after eom
ing in. The temptation is great to
dash water over the face when one Is
heated by exercise in the open air. but
temporary relief will bo forgotten In
the dry burning sensation that will
speedily follow. If tho face must bo
I cleansed nt such a time, it should ho
carefully wiped with a soft cloth, and
! perhaps powdered lightly.
I On the same principle, the woman
I who has become overheated In house
I work or by other in-door exercise will
bo wise if she delays washing her face
I until tho skin has regained its normal
i temperature.
Some complexion specialists go even
, further than this, and say the face
should never bo washed. At loast one
woman in Xew York affirms that she
has not washed her face in seven years.
She has a beautiful skin, and when
complimented upon it, she says: "Ah,
you should have seen my grandmother's
skin. When she was seventy, it was
like a rose leaf, and she had not washed
her face for twenty-six years."
Similar stories are told of Madame
1'attl and other persons of remarkably
fine, complexions, but the truth of these
Is not vouched for by reliable author
ities. On the other hand, there is a woman
living In New York who makes a prac
tice of washing her face every night
with soap and hot water. She ia over
fifty years old, her skin is satin smooth,
and the coloring as delicate as that of
a young girl. A friend of here, who is
of about the samo age, and has a com"
plexion rivaling the other's, puts only
clear pure water on her face, and has
not touched it with soap in fully twenty
years.
The weight of evidence is with the
people who use soap, but aU agree In
saying that only the finest, purest soap
must be employed, and that every par
ticle must be rinsed off. Authorities
on the matter assert that the face
should not be washed oftener than
once a day. and that the water should
never be dashed over it, as la the de
lightful if reprehensible practise oi
most men and some women. Very lit
tle water should be used, and It should
he applied with a soft cloth, a fine
"baby" sponge, or one of the high
priced facial sponges.
Hot water is said to have a tendency
to produce wrinkles, but this state
nn'iit is open to doubt. Hot or warm
water cleanses the face more effectual!
thuu the cold, and a sponging off wiu
cool water immediately afterwards
will probably obviate any possible evil
effect.
If there Is any predilection towards
eruptions on the skin, warm water Is
to be recommended. In winter oold
water is sometimes preferable to hot,
lib the latter, by making the face ten
der, renders It more liable to become
chapped. When oold water Is used it
bhould be soft, and hard water should
have added to It a little borax or a vary
few drops of diluted amuinnla.
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