Argosy All-Story Weekly, October 7, 1922 — page 177: what you’re looking at

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ARGOSY-ALLSTORY—ADVERTISING SECTION. A clay of amazing power;.applied in a mo- ment; starts its work in ten more minutes; and— A New Skin in 40 Minutes —In Jorty minutes, wiped «vay, the clay has Sorvedclarity and color of youth to any human skin. with this Astounding Beauty Clay! How a Trip to Sunny Wales Uncovered a Secret that Forever Ends Need fora Complexion Beautifier By MARTHA RYERSON HAVE brought to America the greatest aews women ever heard about the skin. From Walcs, where I spent a month without seeing a single bad complexion. I went there with a complexion that had been my despair since childhood. One aftarnoon | left it in the hills; exchanged it for one of absolute purity and undoubtable natural color. Here are the facts: About the first thing one notices in this southern English provinee, is the uniformly beautiful complexions. The lJowliest maid—and her mother, too--has a radiantly beautiful skin. Mine, lacking luster and color, with impurities nothing seemed to eradicate or even hide, was horribly conspicuous. It was a happy thought that took me on a long walk through the hills one afternoon. I had stopped at the apothecary’s to replenish my cosmetic—to find they did not have even a cold cream. In a land where beauty of face was in evidence at every turn-—the women used no beautifiers! Do you wonder I ‘* took to the hills?’? I didn’t want to see another peaches-and-creamy complexion that day. But I did. At a house where I paused for a drink from the spring, I stepped back in surprise When the young woman straightened up to greet me. Her face was covered with mud. I recdgnized the peculiar gray of that section; very fine. sleek, smooth clay it was. Seeing my surprise, the girl smiled and said, ‘‘ Madam does not clay?’ L admitted I did not! I Decide to “‘Clay”’ She wet the clay which had dried on her face and neck, wiped it away, and stood in all the glory of a perfect complexion. I shall never again envy another as I did that stolid maiden of the hills. Her features were not pretty; they did not need to be. For no woman will ever have a more gorgeous skin. She explained that this amazing clay treatment did it. The natives mad» a weekly habit of ‘‘claving ’’ the skin, quite as one cares recularly for the hair. T was easily persuaded to try it. We tucked a towel over my blouse, and from the spring’s bed she took the soft, soothing clay and applied it. As the clay dried, I experienced the most delightful tingling in every facial pore; impurities were being literally pulled out. Half an hour more, and we removed the clay mask. I followed into the tiny house to glimpse myself in a mirror. My blemishes were gone! I fairly glowed with color that spread down the neck to the shoulders. My cheeks were so downy soft. Father’s surprised look that evening was the. most genuine compliment a woman ever received. In a basket I had two erocks of the precious clay. I thought father’s questions would never end; where did I find it: could I take him to the spot; what was its action, and reaction, and lots else I didn’t know. Father is a chemist. Suddenly it dawned on me. He wanted to unearth the secret of that clav’s amazing properties, and take it to America! For two weeks we stayed on; he worked all day at his ‘‘ mud pies ” as I called them. Back home at last in Chicago, he worked many weeks more. He experimented on me, and on all my girl friends. At last, he scientifically produced clay identical with that Welsh clay in its miraculous effects. How to Obtain It News of the wonders performed by this clay has brought thousands of requests for it. ; ( Women, everywhere, are now sup- plied Forty Minute Clay. The laboratory sends it direct to the user. A jar is five dollars, but I have yet to hear of anyone who did not regard it worth several times that amount. For in over six hundred test cases, it did not once fail. It seems to work on all ages, regardless of how pimpled, clogged or dull the skin. The application is readily made by anybody, and the changes brought about in less than an hour will cause open-mouthed astonishment. I know. My father has made you a remarkable offer. Read carefuily. FREE DISTRIBUTION OF $5.00 JARS The general public is entitled to benefit by a discovery of this importance. So, for a limited time we will distribute regular, full-size $5.00 jars of Forty Minute Clay without profit—at only the actual cost, which is $1.87. You may have your first jar for only this bare cost of getting it in your hands! The cxpenses of compounding, refining, analyzing, sterilizing, paeking, printed announcements, and shipping in large quantity, has beon figured down to $1.87 per jar, plus postage. This is not really a payment: rather, a deposit that we will promptly return if you are not unreservedly satisfled that this miracle clay is all we claim. Send no money now. Pay postman the net Jaboratory charges of $1.87 plus postage, when he brings your jar. Or, if unlikely to be at home at mail time, cnelose $2.00 and jar will arrive postpaid, with the same money-back guarantee. WM. RYERSON, Head Chemist Se ee THE CENTURY CHEMISTS, Dept. (45. Century Building, Chicago: T aceept your “‘No Profit’? offer. Please send me a full-sized, regular $5.00 jar of Forty Minute Beauty Clay at $1.87, plus postage, which I will pay the postman on delivery. My money back unless only one application proves satisfactory. Name............... re ee eoeoeeer oer eoer ee eee eneeevreose Address....... dus: Suskepen® Gas pases Gugsomay a eee eam ereeese ee eee eoeeeeeeoeeos — a SS ee In answering this advertisement it ig desirable that you mention this magazine. COMICLOo C©