Frosts and southerlies are unkind to a delicate skin, even more so than the fierce heat of summer. Sun and salt and scorching winds require serious consideration, but here is such a simple and inexpensive winter safeguard. No more roughness and redness, no unsightly “skinning,” and a nose that refuses to be powdered. How can anyone look even slightly attractive, feel at all confident and “dashing” when one's complexion is not “at its best.”

Buy 11b. of plain oatmeal, put a desert-spoonful in a muslin bag, tie with string, and squeeze into the water every time you wash. Use no soap, but just the thick paste coming from the oatmeal rubbed on your hands and face. You will find that the skin quickly becomes soft and smooth. Change the oatmeal every third day—you will notice at once when this is necessary.