The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
The Conservation Of Beauty.

Tho Conservation Of Beauty.
There's the remains Of . fine woman
about 'Sairey,' was the remark Of Bail
ey Junior, as he gazed upon the veneer
able features of Mrs. Camp. All! what
would Mrs. Camp have been then il she
could have availed herself OF the re-
sources of modern science-if she could
have been dyed rs to her hair, anameled
and rouged as to her checks, with the
trinm phs Of fashionable dentist in her
mouth, and the padding of an artistic
dressmaker in all the proper places
Beauty need no longer sigh over suspi-
cious silver in the flowing tresses, over
the wrinkles which time has been won't
to write upon the snowy brow; there is
grace and brilliancy for sale in the shop
and IAN outline to be purchased as
graceful as that of Mad. MantiIini. To
be sure, there is difference between
Norah's gown which swantons in the
mountain breezes, leaving every beauty
free to rise and fall as nature .pleases,'
and that thing Of silk and stuff and
buckram and whalebone which is called
"a dress.' But artificial manners and
customs demand artificial expedients-
The little girl cries when mamma stern
ly insists upon the first corsets-but
mamma knows best, and is wiser than
nature. and the time somes, alas! when
the little girl cries no longer! II
she lives long enough she will have all
manner Of washes aud eradicators on
| her dressing table, and then, in due sue
| cession, will follow the more recondite
| mysteries of rejuvenaton. She will
| read with more than curiosity, adver-
| tisements like this one now before us.
| 1t is that Of . miracle worker in Boston,
| who promises to restore to the belle of
| the period every charm which has flown,
| and every beauty. which has faded. No
matter though n face may be as ugly
| and wrinkled as any which ever grew in
deiormity and decay on the easel of Dem
ner. Madame P Of street, Bos
ton, has rare secrets which will make the
roses and the lilies Of second Spring
bloom there in more than prestine fresh.
ness. She addresses herself to the elite
of Boston and of New England gener
ally The climate Of New England, We
are told, is great destroyer of female
beauty. The young ladies there are the
most charming in the world. but the eli
mate is well known to be implacable
The east wind has q way of its own of
imparting certain rosiness to the nose,
and kind of pallid deIicacy to tue
cheeks most unfortunate distribution
of color! There is apt to be great
precccity Of wrinkles, and for wrinkles
Madam - has what she is pleased to
call the 'Destructeur des Rides or
Wrinkle Destroyer Ali seems she
speedily obiiterates-all corrugations
disappear after two slight applications
of the Destructeur.' Under the eye, on
the brow, around the mouth they are
no longer to be observed by the most
fastiaious connoisseur. M adame' ad-
dresses herself to the daughters Of for
tune who languish under the effects 'of
frequent rounds of gaiety, and the ennui
which 80 surely follows.' These, when
the mirror has notified them Of their al
tered features are invited to call upon
Madame and to test her chemical tri-
umph. 1t is thus that she puts out her
Card to the Fashionable and invites
them to come and be beautified.
Ali this is evidently an Improvement
upon the process to which the daughters
of Pelias subjected their reverend but
wrlnkled papa There Is no cutting up,
and no dangerous boiling, in the estab
lishment of Madame Under the be.
nign influence OF her DESTROYER mar
BILE smoothness runs to the countenance,
and it becomes at once polished after
the similitude of u palace One rub.
bing may accomplish the wonder, but
two will be found infallible. A woman
may go in witch, a crone, a beldam. a
bag, and come out q nymph, Cleopa.
ira, fairy, and a form of life and light
There is Only one objection to this great
process 1t will make 'beanty too COM
mon. Wrinkles, as being the exception,
will come to be admired. and some 9TH
er Madame will set up an opposition
establishment, and advertise herself as
Wrinkle Restorer.'
We trust that Madame will not be
too extensively employed We hope
that some dear old venerable faces, with
a beauty in their decay which the fair,
fallacious looks Of Della never kn w,
will be left US to love and reverence
We hope that there are young ladies still
who will be persuaded that cold water
is the best cosmetic, and cheerful,
well occupied mind the best Destroyer
of Wrinkles Would that women cod
be made to understand how little these
arts avail them with men whose admira-
ton is worth having.-[N New York Tri-
bune
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