The Placer herald., 1856-11-15
The Ewes.
S. 4. San.

The eve, when in health, requires very sim
pie attention: bathing with cold or torpid
water being all that is needful. It is, howev-
er, so delicate an organ that external causes
easily affect it, and impair its beauty. Too
strong a light fatigues the eyes; and exposure
to currents Of air long-continued applica-
ton, or ight-watchings, are equally iniur-
Gus to them. In the evening occupation,
extreme care should be taken in the manage
ment Of the light, which should be consider
able above the eyes, so that the glare may
not shine into them inflammation of the
evelid, accompanied by irritation, may be
speedily reduced by holding it over the steam
Of boiling water. There is also an inllama-
ton, often constitutional, that occurs in the
membrane which coves the globe OF the eye;
this may be remedied by gathering it with
warm poppy water. 1t sometimes happens
that the gland of the eye seqrete too abun.
dainty, and becomes glued together during
the night, in WHICH cause the following prep
aration will be found useful Chamomle tea
moderately strong, with little brandy, in
the proportion of tablespoonful of the lat
ter to small cup of the tea; the eye should
be bathed frequently with this mixture, and
at night before retiring to bed little oint-
ment composed of sweet oil and white wax,
should be applied to the edge of the eyelids
with fine cames hair pencil.
When reading or other exercises of the
eyes has been too long continued, an aching
sensation is felt just above them; piece of
linen doubled several times, and stepped in
equal parts of vinegar and rose water, will
give relief Persons who suffer trow weak
eyes will derive great benefit by dropping
into them two or three drops of cold spring
water, several times in the twenty-four hours;
a small machine is sold by chemists for the
purpose of keeping the eyes open during
this Slight operation, which is perfectly pain
less. A small lump of sugar, saturated with
eau de cologne, and slowly dissolved in the
mouth, will give temporary briliancy to the
eyes.
The eyeashes contribute greatly to the
beauty Of the eye; in the youth, they are
generally thick and long, but owing to neg
lect they soon break and wear off AS they
not only impart soft and pleasing expires
sion to the eye, but protect and preserve it,
their growth should be encouraged. For
this purpose they should be clipped every
four or five weeks; by this means they will
acquire strength, and will soon become long
and lnxurant. One or more eyelashes some
times grow inward and irritate the eye; it
may be possible to train them in a proper
direction with a camel's hair pencil dipped in
gum water, otherwise they should be eau
tiously extracted by a surgeon. The eye
brows have a great influence on the charac-
ter Of the face. De Burn regarded them as
the most certain interpreter of the senti-
ments. Their shape may be improved by
judicious management, but artificial applica-
tons always give an unnatural and Disagree
able effect: they may be rendered soft and
compact by smoothing them closely together
with the fingers. These hairs should never
be plucked out nor destroyed by depilatories,
unless they meet across the nose, which i'm
parts so fierce and sinister an expression that
it is permissible to remove them; in every
other instance it is better to leave the eye
brows as nature made them, for any other
shape given to them will not harmonize as
we'll with the rest of the features. A we'll
formed eye should neither be too open nor
too closed; the almond shape is the most
beautiful The Chinese have a method of
elongating the oval of the eye, by drawing
out or extending the eyelids at the external
angle, and by the constant repetition of this
slight operation, they obtain the almond
shape, which they esteem essential to beauty.