The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-23
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BEAUTY AS AN ART.

BEAUTY AS AN ART
How TO Get and Keep It---Teeth, Ears
Nose. Cheeks, EyeboWs. Eyes,
Hair, de-, 6c...-HInts for
the Ladies', &c.. dc.
Hnpe7's Magazine for June has F.
long article on woman's beauty, from
which we make the Following extracts
for our lady readers. The most of
seems 10 be quite sensible, but eacl
lady must judge for herself how IA
she will apply the rules laid down:
PAINT, ETC.
Greasy appliances of all kinds lex
cept In special cases of disease) are bad
paint of all colors worse. "If women
says La BruYere, HWish only to bt
beautiful in their own eyes they may
furnish themselves up as they please
but IL they wish to please the mer
they should know that powder an6
rouge makes them frightful."
In order to preserve the freshness Of
the complexion there are certain pastes
which may be used: They are put on
at night, covering the face like mask,
and removed in the morning by wash
ing with chervil water (eatt de ce1JLeiL(
The best composition for one of these
masks, not to conceal, but to generate
beauty is this:
Ground barIey-....-................ ounces
Honey ounce.
- Nix into thick paste.
BEAUTIFUL HAIR.
a woman's hair to be beautiful must
be long and abonndlng, gently nndu.
lating, fine OF texture, and of q brilliant
surface. AS for color, that depends
upon taste, or shall we say, fashion
The blond dore or golden yellow hair OF
the Empress Eugenie has brought the
light colors into great vogue, and ex-
allied even the once despised red heads
high above all the crowd.
The condition of the hair depends
much upon the state of the general
health. An improper diet and all
causes which deteriorate the latter in.
iure the former. Excess OF every kind,
both mental and bodily, Is sure to pro-
duce premature grayness or badness.
Rakes, 1t is said, find it impossible to
| keep the hair upon their heads. The
habit OF wearing night-caps and the
hat or any other covering on the head
| In the house is fatal. The neglect OF
the hair, by people otherwise careful OF
their persons, is frequent cause OF
| injury. A coarse comb should be con-
stantly used, but fine one seldom,
and the hairs separated over and over
again, SO that they may be thoroughly
exposed to the air. The brush should
have bristles long and stiff enough to
cleanse thoroughly the scalp and slim
ulate the bulbs Mt the root OF each hair.
| TWISTING THE HAIR.
Too much interference, on the other
hand, does more harm than even total
neglect There are some women, and
| particularly those naturally endowed
with the most beautiful hair, who car
| rY its care to an excess. They are IN
the habit of squeezing, twisting, and
| tent that the skin of the scalp Is torn,
the hair broken, and even the bulbs,
upon which their growth depends, are
permanently injured. The fine comb
| Is generally too:much used, particular
ly where the hair is parted. Here, In
consequence, and at the back OF the
neck, where the hair is so tightly
drawn up, the first bald spots show
themselves.
USE OF THE COMB.
Pomatums and artificial applications
| of all Kinds are not required by those
whose hair is in a state of perfect
state of health. A comb and brush
are all that arenecessary, and nothing
else should be used by such. Occa-
sionally, however, the hair becomes
unnaturally dry, loses its brilliancy
and suppleness, breaks or splits at the
slightest touch, and easily entangles.
Pomatums are now useful and the
best is the simple one:
OK m m 9u9 deschms
Mix.
With this disposition of the hair to
split and break 1t is better not to get II
cut until its condition is improved.
CUTTING THE HAIR.
There is a common but a false notion
that FREQUENT cutting of the hair is ia
vorabIe to Its health and growth.
Mothers thus often despoil their infants
of their first silken locks, with the idea
that the second hair will be much more
rich and abundant. "This Is an error.
The most beautiful and Astounding
heads of hair 1 ever saw" says DIR.
CazenaSe, s'were those which the scis-
sors had never touched" Mothers,
not satisfied with trimming the hair of
their children, often have it shaved or
cut close to the scalp, when they find 1t
losing some of its brilIiancy or falling
out. Except, in certain rare cases of
disease, the total sacrifice of the hair Is
unnecessary, and the second growth Is
never equal to the first. Getting the
hair trimmed from time to time may
be allowed as a matter of convenience,
but 1t does not produce the benefit gen.
orally attributed pit,
THEiFoREHEAD.
a perfect forehead, according to the
accepted laws of proportion, should be
of the same length as the nose, and that
90 tom IF ahnn1d no