The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-07-06
ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY.

The Southern Ladies Componi0n gives the
following good advice to a certain class Of young
ladies:-
"The are few habits, more or less common
among the ladies, which we should like to see
abandoned; we allude especially to the use OF
artificial coloring and perfumery. Perhaps every
Young lady desires to show . fair compiler iop
and al tho same time The ruby glow Of health
and where these are denied by nature, or-as 10
too often the case-destroyed by improper hab-
its Of neglect 1t is a common practice to resort
to artificial means for the purpose OF pu'ung on
an appearance which 10 unreal end decepuve.-
This 10 Objectionable, because, % nolady wishes
il TO be Understood that the white and red Of
her complexion ere but q disguise put on to de-
ccive the spectator, it is therefore species Ut
hypocrisY-whst an Indian would call lie. But
wherein d the advantage: If she should find
herself admired for the possession Of qualities
which do not belong to her, but are only imita-
ted, she must feel mortified for having elected
compliment BY deception, and she almost trem-
bles lest the truth should leak out. And how
must lady Of sensibility feel. to know that she
has won the heart and hand Of worthy man
partly At least by deception which her very
success must bring to light! Surely sho can
not expect measures of respect from cheated
husband which an honest wife is entitled to re-
ceive. But there is another view to be taken
Of the case. A young lady Of naturally good
health and complexion, by keeping irregulae
hours, by lying in bed late, and breathing thr
exhausted atmosphere Of her bedroom, instead
Of inhaling the pure, invigorating air Of carly
morning, and BY indolently neglecting to take
proper exercise in the open air, becomes weak,
pale, and sallow; her beauty is gone, and now,
instead Of resorting to regular habits, early
rising, and healthful exercise, for the recovery
Of the forfeited boon, she vsinly attempts to sup
ply the deficiency BY the employment Of rouge
and lead, or other vile compounds; snd while she
deeeives the few, and is laughed at by the many,
she effectually obstructs the healthy action Of
the pores, and tans the skin of her face into
thick, dingy leather, and when the mask is off,
her complexion appears really repulsive; even
at the early period when nature intended her
to possess a fair skin, and to wear the rose Of
health on her cheaks, her compile xion becomes
old, wrinkled, thick, and leathery; aud her
health-as well as her beauty-is seriously in
jured by the unnatural means she employs for
the restoration of the latter. In addition to the
use Of what are i'm properly enough called cos
netics, many ladies are in the habit Of employ
ing p"rfumery, to give their persons a sweet and
agreeable odour. One Of the most common Of
these in use is called musk a substance Of strong
and certainly not sweet scent, obtained from the
male of an anima! sometimes called the musk
rat. A lady certainly makes not very COM
phmentary concession in admitting-as she
does by the use of this subs,ance-that the
strong and offensive odour given out by musk,
is more agreeable than that of her own sweet,
person We have frequently known these
musky fair ones to scent a room SO strongly as to
turn even gentlemen sick, and drive them out.
So, too, cloves and other aromatics are used by
some to sweeten the BREATH and this is mistake
of kin 10 those already named. If ladies' will
rise early, take plenty Of exercise, eat whole
some food temporarily, use additions freely and
regularly, cleanse the teeth and mouth carefully
after every meal, and serve God and their
fellow -mortals with a cheerful spirit, they will
have very little use for rouge and whiting, musk
or aromatics, padding, porcelain teeth, or peru
kes, and be more sweet, pretty, healthy, and
happy, aud withal great deal more eaptira-
finp.