Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-02-10
THE SECRETS OF BEAUTY.
How to Improve the Face, Figure
Complexion, sc. - What scfenc.
Says


Two Philadelphia physicians have uni
ted In the production of book on 'Per-
sonal Beauty; How to Cultivate it in ac-
cordance with the Laws of Health, which
contains many important maxims, from
which, We CLEAN the following:
PROPORTIONS OF BEAUTIFUL BODY.
The height should be exactly equal to
the distance between the tips of the middle
fingers of either hand when the arms are
fully extended. Ten times the length OF
the hand, or seven and half times the
length OF the foot, or five times the diane
ter of the chest from one armpit to the
other, should also each give the height of
the whole body. The distance from the
junction of the thighs to the ground should
be the same as from that point to the crown
of the bead. The knee should be precisely
midway between The same point and the
bottom of the heel The distance from
the elbow 10 the tip of the middle finger
should be the same as from the elbow to
the middle line of the breast. From the
top OF the head to the level of the chin
should he the same "a from the level OF the
chin to that of the armpits, and from the
heel to the toe.
want OF symmetry in the shoulders is
very common among those who write or
paint steadily. The right shoulder usually
becomes higher, and the bones more prom
inent. These persons should practice
daily and regularly sitting wi h the left
shoulder elevated and the right depressed
They should avoid low-necked dresses. and
on state occasions conceal the lack of uni
formity by soft p'.dding. A course of
calisthenics is also # great service
In regard to obesity and leanness, the
Bantlng system of diet is explained and
recommended, but with caution II seems
that corpulence Is often a protection thrown
out ~ the system against some threatening
disease If the corpulence is then success.
fully attacked, the victory may cost the
person her life. A case is recorded by DIR.
Maccary where an obese child was reduced
IN flesh, but became ever after subject to
epileptic fits. A number of instances have
been recently published in medicinal Jour
nails, where ladies have brought on fatal
disease of the kidneys by "A too determinate
and unwise reduction of their weight A
case came recently under our own notice.
where young lady weighing nearly 200
pounds entered upon the reduction Of her
size with great zeal, but little discretion.
She succeeded, but developed in the process
the seeds OF hereditary consumption of the
lungs.
HIGH FoREHEADs.
In some persons the hair grows down
upon the forehead, destroying its contour
and beauty. This may be remedied by
carefully removing the hairs. which are
generally thin and fine, by one of the de-
pilatories to be mentioned hereafter Char
lotte Bremen. in her Life of her sister
Frederica Bremen, relates that this was one
OF the giriish troubles of the gifted author
ess, and her mother often regretted the dis
igurement. One day Frederica cut off the
hair around her forehead with the scissors
Her mother, not at once perceiving what
she had been about, remarked In the course
of the day, ''Why Frederica, Your forehead
is not SO low after all This delighted her
daughter, but soon the hairs commenced
to rtappear, stiff AMI bristly But with he
role perseverance,. Frederica pulled them
out, one after another, with n pair of twee-
zers, until she had achieved that fine high
forehead. which those who saw her in her
visit to this country may remember.
JEMoDELING THE NOSE.
DIR. Cid, al inventive surgeon of Paris,
noticed that elderly people, who tor long
time have worn eyeglasses supported Oh
the nose by a spring, are apt to have this
organ long aud thin. This he attributes
to the compression which the spring exerts
on the arteries 10y which the nose is nour
ished Tue idea occurred to him that the
hint could be made useful. Not long af-
terward young lady of fifteen years con-
suited him, to see If be could restore to
moderate dimensions her nose, which was
large, fieshly, and unsightly. The trait,
he found, WAS hereditary in her family. as
her mother and sister were similarly affiic-
ted. This was discouraging. as hereditary
pecularities are particularly obstinate, but
the doctor determined TO try his method.
he took exact measurements, and had con-
structed for her "luette pince niz," a
spring and pad TOR COMPRISING the artesy,
which she wore at mis- ht, and whenever she
conveniently could in the daytime. In
three weeks a consolatory diminution was
evident, and in three months the young
lady was quite satisfied with the improve
ment in her features.
WHERE To WEAR CARRIERS
handsome leg is a rarity, We had al
most said an impossibility, among Ameri-
eau women. The reason of tais is the
, place where they wear their garters. No
French womah, no English woman Of cul-
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low the knee. 1t is ruinous to the shape
of the calf. More than this. it has serious
consequences of another kind. The prin-
cipal vein of the leg (uend s"phena breuis)
runs just beneath the skin until it nearly
reaches the knee, when it sinks between
the muscles. Now if this is constric ed al
Its largest part by tight garter, the blood
Is checked In its return to the heart, the
feet are easily chilled, and more liable to
disease, the other veins of the leg are swol-
len into hard, blue knots, become varicose,
as it is called, and often break, forming
obstinate ulcers. This Is picture which
a physician sees nearly every day. With
| the garter fastened above the knee, all this
pain and defornity is avoided, but it is
still better to Wear no garter at all, and So
cure the stocking by tapes to belt around
the waist. In this case, however, q well.
fitting stocking is needed
FALSE cALvEs-cURNG coRNs.
The wearing of false calves is condemned
as IL also the practice of resorting to corn
doctors for the extirpation of corns. In
stead oi this, every one can extract -
own corns The only instruments needed
are pair of small steel forceps. and two OF
three blunt-poiDted steel or silver instru
ments, technically called quadtilles Ths
corn is first softened by immersion in warn
water, or by a drop of oil or glyceripe
rhe foot is then held in good light, anc
the centre of the corn loosened by passing
the point of the quadlills gently around ths
circumference of the callous portion. Thi
is seized by the forceps, and held to on,
side while the instruments loosen the othel
side. So the operation is continued, very
gently and leisurely until the whole cal
lous is loosened and picked out by the for
ceps. Under ordinary circumstance, mo-
the least pain need be given and not
drop of blood shed.
WHEN TO CUT THE HAIR.
The growth of the hair in healthy scaly
is from eight to ten inches year. Its ra
pidity is not the same at ell times. 4
German writer who has given great atten
ton TO this small matter Of, indeed, any o
the operations of nature should be Gale,
smalD has found that it grows faster in tn,
daytime than at night, and in the summe
than the winter. There is q common no
tion that the increase is also more marke.
in the first half of the lunar month, an.
there are not wanting men of science VIII,
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