The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-26
THE SECRETS OF BEA UTY.
NEWEST MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
BLOOMING BELLIES.

NEWEST MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
BLOOMING BELLIES.
How to Improve the Face, Figure,
Limbs, Complexion, nnd Hafr-Cos-
metics and RouSc-Garters Injurious
to the Shape Of the Leg-Hair Dyes.
Two Philadelphia doctors, Messrs. D. G.
Brinton and Geo. H. Napheys, have united In
the production of a book on personal Beau
ty, How to Cultivate and Preserve it in ac-
cordance'with the Laws of Health" wv. ].
Holland.) They have succeeded in gathering
a number of important maxims on the SUBJ
ject, interspersed with more or less interest
ing anecdotes, and have made altogether o
volume of much value to the students of BEAU
ty. We will give our readers what is most re-
markable in this mine Of wisdom:
PROPORTIONS OF BEAUTIFUL BODY.
The height should be exactly equal to the
distance between the tips of the middle fin
gers 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 diameter of the chest
from one armplt to thc-other, should also each
give the height of the whole body. The dis
tance from the junction Of the thighs to the
ground should be the same as from that point
to the crown of the head. The knee should
he 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 he the same as from the elbow to the
middle line of the breast. From the top Of
1,oo TO 1off a1iY chr ha
same as from the level of the chin to that of
the armpits, and from the heel to the toe.
HANDSOME sHoULDEls-soFT PADDINo
A want of symmetry in the shoulders is very
common among those who write or paint stead
lily. The right shoulder usually becomes high
Ell, and the bones more prominent. These
persons should practice daily and regularly sit
tlng with the left shoulder elevated and the
right depressed. They should avoid low-neck-
ed dresses, and on state occasions conceal the
the lack Of uniformity by q soft padding. A
course Of calisthenlcs Is also Of great service.
DON'T GET TOO FAT.
In regard to obesity and leanness, the Bant-
ing system of diet is explained and recon-
mCnded, but with caution. 1t seems that cor
pulcnce is often protection thrown out by
the system against some threatening disease.
If the c0rpulence Is then successfully attacked,
the victory may cost the person her life. A
case is recorded by Dr.. MaccarJ where an
obese child was reduced in flesh, but became
ever after subject to epileptic fits. A number
Of instances lave been recently published In
medical journals, where ladies have brought
on fatal disease of the kidneys by too deter
inmate and unwise reduction Of their weight.
8, case came recently under our own notice,
where young lady weighing nearly two hun
dred 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 roREHEADs.
In some persons the hair grows down upon
the forehead, destroying its contour and bcall-
ty. This may be remedled by carefully remoy-
ing the hairs, which are generally thin and
fine, by one Of the depilatOries to be mention
ed hereafter. Charlotte Bremen, In her life OF
her sister, Frederick Bremen, relates that this
thorcss. and her mother often regretted the
disagreement One day Frederick cut of the
hair around her forehead with the scissors.
Her mother, not at once pcrccivlng what she
had been about, remarked in the course OF the
day, 'sWhy, Frederick, your forehead is not 80
low after ALL" This delighted her daughter,
but soon The hairs commenced to reappcar, stiff
and bristly. But with heroic perseverance,
Frederick pulled them out, one after another,
with pair of tweeZers, until she had achieved
that fine high forehead, which those who saw
her in her visit to this country may remem-
Der.
PAINTING OUT BLACK EYES.
Many lady is dsgusted with herself after a
night at 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 arc apt to acquire black eye
occasionally in their nocturnal rambles, which
might cost them their position If the head of
their houses were TO notice 1t, there is class
Of artists whose ayocation it is to conceal the
trace of such untoward accidents. For minor
discOloratlOnS such rs we are now speaking OF,
they employ the following method: Take lit
tie prccpitated 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, dusllng in the same manner. Clear
the edges of the eyelashcs with pencil, and
tone down the outer margin of the busted por-
tion, so that it inscnsibly mergcs into the sur
rounding skin.
REMODELL1NG THE NOSE.
Dr. Cid, an inventive surgeon of Paris,
noticed that elderly people, who for long
time have worn eyeglasses supported on the
nose by q spring, are apt to have this organ long
and thin. This he attributes to the compress
SlOn WHICH Lllc SlllllS C-NeiLo oi Viz uttSiiS"
by which the nose is nourlshcd. The idea Oc-
Cured to him that the hint should be made
useful. Not long alterward o young lady OF
fifteen years consulted him, TO see II he could
restore to moderate dimensions her nose,
which was large, fleshy and unsightly. The
trait, he found, was hereditary in her family,
rs her mother and sister were similarly atfiict-
cd This was discouraging, as hereditary pc
culiarities are particularly obstinate, but the
doctor determined to try his method. He
took exact measurements, and had constructed
for her q "l,taette pince-nez," spring and
pad for COMPRISING the artery, Which she
wore at night, and whenever she conveniently
could In the daytime. In three weeks con-
solatory diminution was evident, and In three
months the young lady was quite satisfied with
the Improvement in her features.
WHERE TO WEAR GARTERS.
A handsome leg is q rarity, we had almost
said an impossibility, among American wo-
men, The reason of this Is the place where
thcy wear their garters No French woman,
no English woman of cultivation, nowadays
wears her garter below the knee. It is ruin
GUS to the shape of the calf. More than this,
it has serious consequences of another kind.
The principal vein of the leg (uend sdphena
1reuis) runs just beneath the skin, until it
nearly reaches the knee, when it sinks be-
tween the muscles. Now if this is restricted
at 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 legs are.=sYollen Into
hard, blue knots, become varicoseaas 1t IS
called. and often break forming obstinate ul-
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