The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-31
T|is Secrets OF Beausy.


personal Beauty, How to Cultivate and
Preserve it in accordance with the Laws
OF HEALTH" Nv. J.. Hoiland.) They
have succeeded i'll gathering a number Of
important maxims on the subject, inter-
spersed with more or less interesting an
ecdotes, and have made altogether q
volume of much value to the students of
beauty. We will give our readers what
is most remarkable in this mine of wis
dom:
The height should be exactly equal to
the distance between the tips of the mid
die fingers of either hand when the arms
are fully extended. Ten times the length
OF the hand, or seven and a-half times
the length of the foot. or five times the
diameter of the chest from one arm-pit to
the other, should also each give tho
height of the whole body. The distance
from the junction of the thighs to the
ground should he the same as from that
point to the crown of the head. The
knee should be precisely midway between
the same point and the bottom of the
heel. The distance from the elbow to
the tip of the middle finger should be
tue same as from the elbow to the mid.
die line Of the breast. From the top of
the head to the level Of the chin should
be the same as from the level of the chin
to that of the arm. pits, and from the he ell
to the toe.
A want of symmetry in the shoulders
ls very common among those who write
or paint steadily. The right shoulder
usually becomes higher, and the bones
more prominent. These persons should
practice daily and regularly, sitting with
the left shoulder elevated and the right
depressed. They should avoid low
necked dresses, and on state occasions
conceal the lack of uniformity by soft
padding. A course of calisthenics is also
of great service.
In regard to obesity aud leanness, the
Banting system Of diet is explained and
recommended, but with caution. It
seems that corpulence is often q protec.
tion thrown out by the system against
some threatening disease. If the corpu.
lence Is then successfully 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 re-
Gently published in medical journals.
where ladies' have brought on fatal dis
ease of the kidneys by u too determinate
aud nnwise reduction of their weight.
A case came recently under or own no.
tlce. where young lady weighing nearly
zoo pounds, entered upon the reduction
OF her size with great zeal, but little dis
cretion. She succeeded, but developed
in the process the seeds of Hereditary
consumption of the lungs.
In some persons. the hair grows down
upon the forehead. destroying its con-
tour and beauty. This may be remedled
by carefully removing the hairs, which
are generally thin and fine, by one of
the depilatories to be mentioned here
after. Charlotte Bremen, in her life IF
her sister, Frederick Bremen, relates that
this was one of the girlish troubles of
the gifted anthoress. and her mother
often regretted the Disagreement. One
day, frekerica 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, Frederick. your fore
head is not so low after ALL" This de-
lighted her daughter, but soon the hairs
commenced to re-appear, stiff and bristly
But with heroic perseverance, Frederick
pulled them out, one after another, with
pair OF tweezers, until she had achieved
that fine forehead which those who saw
her IN her visit to this country may re-
member.
Many lady is disgusted with herself
after q night ct ballroom or some
unusual watching, to find dark blue
line beneath her eyes, the sure indication
OF excessive excitement of the system.
In London and Paris, where wild Young
clerks are apt to acquire black eve
occasionally in their noctural rambles.
which might cost them their position if
the head of their houses were to notice
it, there is class of artists whose avoca-
ton it is to conceal the trace of such
untoward accidents. For minor disco
lorations, such as we are now speaking
of. they employ the following method:
Take little precipitated French chalk
in impalpable powder, rub it on the part.
and gently blow or dust off the loose
particles. Then apply little of the
same powder, very slightly tinted with
carmine, dusting in the same manner.
Clear the edges of the eye-lashes with a
pencil, and tone down the outer margin
OF the busted portion, so that it insensi.
bly, merges into the surrounding skin.
DR.. Cid. an inventive surgeon of Paris,
noticed that elderly people, who for a