Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-06

The author of EagIaaPs Tasify (I6S3)
is very severe upon the subject Of paint.
He ends his remarks thus ''Fhe French
have good litauy From beef without
mustard, a servant which OgerYaiue5 him
sell, and from lg0nldH lrli-A p1iHtsth, good
Lord, deliver u.s."
In the Spectator 1711), an unfortunate
| husband complains: Gas for my dear. new
er man was 80 enamored az / was Of her
fair forehead, neck, and arms, as well as
the bright jet Cf her hair; but, TO my great
sstonishment, found they were all the ef-
feet OF art. Her skin Is so furnished By the
practice that, when she frat wakes in the
morning, she scarce seems young enough
to be the mother of her whom | carried TO
BED the night before. | shall take the lib
er'y to part with her the first opportunity,
unless her father will make her portion
suitable to her real, not her assumed ccur-
Ienanee@ Walpole says that Lady Mary
Nortley Montague not only used the cheap
est white paint she could get, but left it on
her skln so long that it was obliged to be
seraped of her face. Beautiful Lady Cow
entry'5 husband used 10 chase her round the
dinner table, that he might remove the o.
noxious color with napkin
Respecting face-painting in modern
times, We know from advertisements that it
Is extensively practised Some paints are
particularly used by actors. Madame
Rachel, IN her examination before the To-
solvent Debtors Court in 1862, stated tia.
her procession was lucrative one, and that
she sometimes obtained more than twenty
sulneas for enamelling a lady's face. So
that lady may be swarthy or wrinkled,
withered or sallow, and yet appear before
the world IN the blooming graces Of sweet
sixteen, and
With curious arts dim charms revive,
And triumph IN the bloom Of dfty-iye.
We certainly prefer
wOm9n's face with Natures own haaa
painted.
A fashion analogous to that OF painting,
and which prevailed about the same time,
was that Of wearing black patches, Gu. into
various shapes. Glapthorne, ia this Lad}s
PrIritege (l640), says: "LJok you, sigh0r,
ne be lovers part you are to act, take .
black spot or two. I can furnish You;
twill make your face more amorouz, and
appear more gracious in your mistress
eyes" Ia a rare broadside, printed in
1916, styled The Pictures Of an Eagiish an
t'eke, we have a cOpperplaie Of 4 hrst-ra:s
exquisite Of the period, who has his face
spotted With patches. But this was only an
old custom revived, for the practice was
fashionable with the ROmln danes in the
latter days Of the Empire. Regulus,
famous Roman lawyer, used to an0int his
night or left eye, and wear a white patch
over the right side or the left Of his fore
head, as he was TO plead either for the
plaintiff or defendant
10 va Restored, poem printed 10 1853,
We are told Of lady:
Her patches are Of every cut.
For pimples and for scars.
Here's all the wandering planets signs,
And some Of the fixed stars,
Already gummed, TO make them stick
They need no other sky.
There is curious engraving of LADY,.
with patches in the form Of triaugles, half
moons, stare, crosses, in the title-page to j
sermon by Andrew Jones, entitled M1r5us
SdtaHicEs, or the Sin of Pride 10Th ed.
1866, in which he speaks of il az a c1m--
mon custom with our proud ladies' 80 sp0.
their faces with black pitches" Mr..
PePys, it appears, did not object to them,
for be declared that his wife, with two or
three patches, looked far hsndsomer than
the Princess Henrietta. The same gentle
man says that the Duchess Of Newcastle
wore many patches because of pimples
about her mouth" The author Of G5Fs
Voice against Pride in apparel, ll6S3J,
saws that the black patches remind him OF
plagae-sp0ts; "and mslhinks the mourn
ing coach and horses, all in black, and Ply-
ing in their foreheads, stands ready hsr.
messed to whirl them to Acheron, though
pity poor Chari0n for The darkness 0ttde
night, since the mo1l on the cheek q oil
Az eclipse, and the poor stars o. the
temples are clOuded in s1ble7, and no com
fort left him bu: the lozaase5 Oh his chin.
which, if be please, be may pick of for
his cold'
A writer 10 the HJTld ior l7J4, SAYS;
Though l have aeen with patience the
cap diminishing 10 the sins OF p patch,
have not with the same Unc1sce7n observed
the patch enlarging Itself 20 the size of a
cap. 1t is with great sorrow that l already
see It in possession Of that beautiful mas,
CT blue which borders gp1u the eve
should 1t increase on the sd. Cf aha. Cx-
qIlslie feature, VIA. al sc.ir.- 81. Te
10 dread B1t surely It T. o. o. h0p.l 1H1.
the ladies' will not give mp that place 90 a
plaster which the brighie-t level IN The
universe would want lI5;er Co supply
Ihe present generation may possibly WI
Hess i revival of the fashion, as it hiss wit
messed the temperance Of the hoop, high
heeied boots, long gloves, etc, Of the Ge0r-
gian period. All We can say IA, ws hope u9-