Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-10

spected the work and remedied any defects
that offended his taste. After prououncing
the hair splendid, the color ''cnarming,
and the effect of its arrangement so 'love-
ly, and betraying by his accent French
brogue, he looked in my face in 8 most
admiring manner, and said, in o low tone:
"Mademoiselle, may / tell you tohat
should so much ike TO do?"
s.Like to dor hadn't the vsguest idea
what the fellow meant or wanted. didn't
know whether to feel insulted andresent
the affront, by taking French leave, or an
Initiating him with volIey of words and
looks. Was he about to propose marriage
or murder, or strike bargain for my hair
/ My mind touched on o dozen things, but
caught at nothing.
at would make you look so lovely" he
continued, with your purple eyes and
yellow hair; everybody on Broadway would
turn to lock at you. You would have a
dozen admirers seeking your smiles before
the end of tho day."
"What do you mean, sir don't want
people to s.are at me, nor have a crowd of
witiess admirers" had the grace given
me to say.
"I mean just this, msdemeiselle:-I
have harmless preparation which upon
being applied to the face"
| At this moment my eyes encountered a
gilded placard quite opposite me with
French enamel, as used by the ladies 'of
the French Court, for sale here. M. BIZ
naad," and in astonishment interrupted
/ him with:
..And you are NJ. Binaud? and do you
enamel women's faces, and trim their
eye brows. and lashes and is this $3.50
| Broadway?"
"Yes, miss. A great many ladies come
here to be enameled, and sometimes their
husbands come with them"
"But, doesn't it ruin the complexion 2
'No, it improves it, and makes an old
person look very young. Your face would
not need much, but where there are wrink-
les and ridges to ill up and make smooth,
it requires much more. You do not use
cosmetics, observe, but could improve
you so much; give your eyes peculiar
brilliancy by darkening the eyelids, making
tne lashes look heavier, and darkening and
arching the eyebrows" Then, as if OBJ.
serving my want of faith, he continued:
| "You could be enameled for only day,
and see how You like it, miss. Do you 60
out this EVENING""
sYes, shall attend an Art Reception
for an hour or so. How much do you
charge for performing such magical re-
sults?"
"There are my charges" and he hand
ed me a printed circular. and read: "For
once enameling, five dollars; for six months
one hundred dollars; for one year one hun
dred and seventy five dollars"
Here, without any preconcerted action
on my part, the knowledge / had been
anxious to obtain was drifting upon me,
but could afford, financially or morally,
to give five dollars for something at once so
antagonistic to my principles, as well as
useless? / decided no. said 50, and arose
to 60. The artist detained me with
II am sorry, Miss, you think you cannot
afford il, when it would make you look so
| very distingue. May ! ask what Made
moisselle does with her timer"
"Yes; I've spent part of 1t in idle talk
here with you. / may spend tomorrow
in writing something for newspapers"
"Oh, you are what is sometimes called
blue stocking, then, and you write"
"Do you know the lady on the Triumph
who writes of fashion and other things so
charmingly? enameied her face the 9TH
er day, and she was so elegant She is
agent, TOO, for the preparation, ana makes
fine profit She recommends it TO her
fashion readers. Couldn't you do 50, too,
Miss ?" he insinuated.
'.I couldn't recommend anything know
nothing about" answered, feeling dread
fully uncemfor' able under his talk. but en-
during it all for the sake OF the gossip that
would leak out.
"Now Miss. I tell you what 1 win do.
You interest me so very much, and / should
so much like to see the effect, that will
enamel your face and prepare your eyes for
nothing. 1t will take but few moments.
! Sit down in this chair"
/ sat down-perfectly astonished at my
self-to be enameled, in broad day light
with neither veil, mask OK carriage to hide
my head in, and with plenty of people to
see that afternoon.
The artist laid my hair smoothly back
from my face, rubbed off the surface with
soft flannel cloth, and was about to use q
pair of scissors on my eyelashes and eye
brows.
"No sir you shall do nothing that
cannot undo the next minute, if like.
The metamorphosis shall only be of the
most temporary character,"I exclaimed
easnestly.
"As you wish, Miss; but you are the los
or" and he proceeded. A sponge was sat-
urated with the liquid enamel, and coat
ing applied to my face, care being taken
to apply it we'll about the nose, chin and
eyes. He then proceeded to fan me, as q
drying process. After being dried, he ap-
piled q white powder which he carefully
rubbed On, with the same care as the
liquid. With black pigment he deepen
ed the c,lor of the eyebrows. and with q
very pnrow brush dipped in black, made
q row of tiny dots around the edge of the
under ey elid, and was it belladonna he
dropped in the faintest bit? For the pink
tinee on the cheeks and lips, it might
have been scented carmine. After repeat
ed finishing touches, and critical viewing,
be handed me small mirror with the en-
ultant exclamation. "Now just look al
| yourself"
Twas obliged to confess that the artist
lad done himself great credit In trans
forming an ugly thing into one of apparen;
)eauty; and it gave him courage to make q
SO he would give me all the necessary
Preparations for putting up" my face fol
ten years, an offer, of course, which be
could not make another woman in the
world!
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by illustration the potent power that sur
rounds temptation done up in bottles.
had rather spend ten dollars for carriage
hire out on the Bloomingdale road.
put on my hat and passed out on Broad.
way. / walked rapidly to get away from
that immediate neighborhcod, and walked
straight into Anaximanders arms. The
collision brought Us both to our senses.
He has q habit of always looking al
| the end of his nose when he walks. / sup
pose ne fancies that it gives him thought.
| ful air, and think it does
"Why, bless you, child What are you
doing away up here this hot day? And you
are as white as ghost with flushed cheeks,
and your eyes are fire! What
sOh, isn't it enough to make the blood
leave nay face and curdle in spots, to run
right into q man, and that man you? But
| I'm in an awful hurry. Good bye" and
sped away to prevent any lasting impres.
ton being taken.
| Inpudent starers as New Workers are,
they seemed to have grown in the arr
within day. The men would half turn
around for . second look, and then giggle