Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-25
" From The Lsssoa sssurdsy R.yfev.lU
Lovely wsmen-A Reveiauspsf ny &c,
- essmette, ana ccxeumes. HI

IL Is en- interesting question. whic5 most peo
pie of both sexes have TO discuss when they be
gin TO pass over middle life. how fer it Is leg'ti-
mate 10 make up" IL may be objected that
Legitimate" i too strong a word. But there
uHdon5teffvk arc nfern morzfists who discern
9sess&f IN w the <FJft To De sri6ei-ily beauti7
fal. Arguing by merely logical eshics. IL i not
very difhcult for them 20 make out their case
False hair and dyeing are distinctly mesnt TO
deceive. apg tie same may be said OF Jaaons
" iEtlus rhat fhev mar bs. ana arc generally
done so badly. that no one IS deceived excep;
very short sighted people. But the character OF
the intention - nos effected bv the skill Of the
execution. For padding, ard dyeing, and rouge
no cefense whaeyer ean he se, nps They are
Gle .rly ilkepded te Obtain sdmirsaion on false
ptetcuces. aud therefore amount TO social s~ind-
ling. ihey must place tie cousciences o. those
who have recourse To then ia a very uup.easaat
dilemma Ii q young lady by dyeing her rec
hssr brown. or her mud euiOred hair auburn, has
succeeded IN obtaining = place in come nlsie
heart. che must feel that she has been guilty OF
exactly the s.me ofvuo IN KIND as that OF the
sfoVtman Who has secured a good pisce OF a more
rroszic kind by the adventurous protuberance OF
his calves.
= On the other hand. If she Obtains no success,
she must be The victim OF that specially pOig-
nsnt kind OF r~morse which visits those who
have done wrong aud have got nothing Tor il
There IL more TO be said in behalf OF false hair,
though the defense is sophisticsl in kind. The
moraiist has no plea TO offer in behalf OF
fronts or puff" or tails" though in regard
TO these latter. the precedent winch is set by
the horses of the life guards may seem 20 afford
20 the fair ser a kind Of government sanction Tor
the immortality of which they are guilty. But
thew should ieel some conjunction on the score
OF farmers, IL not of truthfulness. II IS very
hard that, while woman can conceal the dlshon-
ofs OF an unpfodUctiye scalp. science has fur
nished 10 her ma1culine rival no device for es-
.csping the opprobrium which attaches 10 q
scfshby beard or starved mustaches.
Fsiss teeth are difficult for the noraist to
deal with. for their utility is beyond controversy.
Occasionally il lalls 10 The lot OF luekless guests
To sit ne1t a lady who has been depris ed by bad
tate and worse dentrsts of her real teeth. and Is
debarIed by her principles from false ones.
After two hours effort TO look animated and
intelligent. and to say yes" in the right place.
the victim may well 90 away Disguised with
principles for life Perhaps the most truly vic
tuous plan is that which IL adopted by an up
right Scotch provost. who felt that IL was wrong
to sacrifice either his principle or his friends. and
~theretote always kept his teeth upon his table,
and OILY putIhem ia xhea he wished 10 indulge
IN conversation. As the operation was always
lengthy. aud occasionally unsuccessful, his
daughter would Fit by and restrain the Impotence
Of amy thOughtless visitor by the observation,
Please. sir. to sit awhile Kill father makes his
teeth tight" But the question Of taste Is per
hsps more difficult TO adjust than that OF morals
There il all Inconsistency in the standard mp
piled Tor which II is not easy TO account way
is talse hair a very pirdonable oiense, and false
colors a deadly crime?
No lady would mind acknowledging 10 a
ffi. nd OF her owl sex that she was not indebted
TO the bounty OF nature for all her luxuriant
bY~ien OF hair. But lives there \ woman so
bold that she would confess to the rouge pot,
even before her most intimate friend Z There
are = good many very respectable women who
would pre- er to herr that sDms scia1sl0us story
VAS being circulated about them rather than
have IL popularly believed that they p,intel IL
is very likely that this feeling Ill not last. An
under current OF feeling seems to be setting ia
upon this momentous subject. but it has only
got ss tar as the peoples actions, and has not
Yet afiected the sentiments they profess IN con
yersatioD. Any one, judging OF the manners
and customs OF the women OF England merely
from what they hear them say, would imagine
that paint Was an utter sbomiuation.
But there are painful indications that the for
hidden thing i not SO strange to them as they
would have people believe. Any one who Is
curious on these subjects should study the price
lists OF some Of those fashionable periumers
They contain a mine OF information concerning
what = German would call the genesis o: female
beauty.
The untaught male. studying one of these
lists, Is like a savage who has been carried over
the ocean To see a civil zed land He cannot al
vance a step without beng moved to won,er by
the minute refinement which is implied by every
thing that nests his eye Lei Us take up one OF
them, and by its AID follow the manufacture OF
lovliness in all its stages. IS p~ractised in the see
ord halt OF the nineteenth century. The first
point, OF course, To obtain. ia cleanliness IN re
gtrd To this matter. VIC regret TO say the iutOrms
ton Afforded l. not wholly satisfactory. On such
q pci,ts pertumer's notions may be expected to
offer TIC m those of a sanitary reformer. The
first preparation the English beauty employs is
Cold Cream SOop.-This sotp being prepared
without slksli. renders il exceedingly mild.
so We should imagine To judge by other
fenses than our eyes. We should inter that "eold
cream soap" was extensively employed by many
classes OF her IN jesty's subjects. But. at all
events. il calls Itself a soap. and 10 that extent
msv claim superiority over
Florimd Of Iry-No young Spanish girl con
si1eIs her toilet case complete unless 1t contains
a Jar of wv paste, which she has good reason To
know Is a sure conserve of beauty. The exces-
sive growth of ivy Wild Oh the Spanish Pyran
nee. il scarcely sufficient ~toNsupply the markets
of Madrid. BHcelora, and s; Seba-tian. Large
quantities are obtained from Bayoune. the young
and tender leaf alone being employed The flo
rimel j. a perfect substitute for soap ladies who
use il viii not require that detergent.
~ No doubt a Spanish girl ~ould not suffer very
MUCH w Z mtlu " ~ u aft " HttieSe SNDSNA
tute. as she has probably. IN most cases, never
heard of :" that detergent" But the vigOr OF the
Imagination which could conceive the idea u
Washing with ivy paste instead OF soap approach
e. TO The verge of genius No doubt the inge
nuity Of he Efforts made 10 rescue ladies from
the unpleasant necessity of washing will bs
rewarded BY an abundant popularity.
Butthe skin must undergo manipulations be
fore It Is ft tor the paint. IN order % confer qua
ities upon il whose value Is. 10 doubt, known to
the Initiated.
MIX OF petaehio nuts. for imparting veiute TO
the complexion.
Lait de CoGc0mbre. for frcckles
Oriental Ru-mi, 10 remove hair.
Cosmetic vinegar. for coolins and ~softsEing
the KIN.
Arsepical lotion Imported from Styria. Lo~
or Austris.) This lotion gives beauts and fresh.
ness TO the complexion. plumpness 10 The figure.
clesrness sni soitness 10 The skin
In case this somewhat formidable preparation
should tai. to give sufficient 'piumpuess TO tie
e rnr-. = these - = resource more venerable IN It's
associations. at Nhpse iull powers the readers Of
the Book OF Exodus are probably not aware. We
commend tie matter TO The attention of DE-. Col
enso. a. IL suffice; for the eIerions of his pow
erful m'Ed.
Sn. 4 Msnrs-Vhen e1fen. this has the cfec.
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