The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-07-09
Artificial Beauty,

The Southern Ladies' Companion gives good
advice to u certain class of young ladies in the
article annexed as5 as aHG ~
"Therc are few habits, more or less com
mon among the ladies' which we should like
TO sec abandoncd; wc elludc especially to
the use Of atificial coloring and pcrrumcry.
Perhaps every young lady desires TO show
FAR complexion, and at the sainc time the
ruby glow of health; and where these are
denied by nature, oras is too often the case
destroyed by Improper habits of neglect II
is common practice to resort to artificial
means for the purpose Of putting on an mp.
peaiancc which Is unreal and deceptive This
is Objectionable, because, as no lady wishes IL
to be understood that the white and rcd of her
complexion arc but a disguise put on to deceive
the spectator, ~ is therefore a species of hypo.
crisy-what an Indian would call a lie But
wherein is the aaYautagop If she should find
herself admired for the possession of qualities
which do not belong to her, but are only imi-
tated, she must feel mortified for having elected
complimcnt by deception, and she almost
tremblcs lest the truth should leak out. And
how must a lady of sensibility feel, to know
that sho has won the heart and hand of a
worthy man--partly. at lcast--by deception
which her very success must bring TO lightf
Surely she cannot expect that measure Of re.
spcct from cheated husband which an honest
wife Is entitled TO receive. But there Is an.
other view to be taken Of the case a young
.,E
by keeping irregular hours, by lying in bed
late, and inhaling the exhausted atmosphere of
her bedroom. Instead of breathing the pt,Ic.
iavigcrating air of early morning and by in,
dolcntly negleoting to take proper exercise in
the open air, becomes weak. pale. and Ssllow !;
her beauty is gone, and now, instcad Of rc-
sorting 10 regular habits carly rising. and
hcalihful excrc;se, Cor the recovery Of the for
Sitcd boon, shc vainls attempts to supply the
detisiency 10y the employment Of rougc and
lead, and other vie compounds; AMI whilS Shc
deeciyes few. and Is laughed al hy the many.
she etiSe;aaIly o,.s,r,s,s the healthy action ei
the pores, aud 'ass ,le skin Of her face into
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