The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-04-13

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and some times a much longer time
are consumed iu making good job oI
1t. s..
In this instance the lady was very
exactiog, for she had to pay three
hundred dollars for the artists work
and il was a long time before sho was
completely satisfied. But presently
she lose from her makipg-placo 10 oil
the glory Of her rcgoncrated body, aud
again looking in tho glass behcld O vi.
sion ofsucb surprising lovlincss--com
pared with the old body underneath
the arsenic cuticle-that she fell upon
the artists neck ond kissed him In the
exuberaucc Of her gratitude :
There yet remained, however, the
Flushing touches aud adjuncts of head
gear aud choek-gcar So down she
sat again, and he, with his pigment Of
ludian ink and pencil Of camel hair,
painted her eyebrows diviucly. Then
her cheeks we're inlaid with plump.
ers," which she brought with her, and
which cost her twenty-five dollars.
They are made into pads, and COM.
posed OF hard subs stancc, W bicb com
bines various hcmical materials. Al
ter the checks were thus made TO look
like a girls checks, they were car
mined with vegetable liquid rogue
LAID on with ha,es foot. The Gn1lc
Of the making up, SO fur Us the naked
ness is concerned, is tho adjustment
Of the teeth, which, when properly set
give the mouth u lustre as of opals,
by which pair Of chcrrv-ripo rcd lips
would Increase vastly by the contrast
hey would pSSsent to the eye.
My lady now dresses herself, and
with a chucklc Of deep satisfaction, as
she thinks Of the conquest she will
make in the evening in tho glare Of
the lamps and wax candles aud ga,
But her make mp is not yet half COM
plct. She has bust as white as ala
bastor, with shoulders and arms to
match, and warranted to- stand"
firm for six months--if she does not
die before of checked perspiratiou aud
an unclcan skin for in all that timo
she must be debarrcd from washing
herself aud from the bath, which last,
to most women, is soluxurious pleas
ure. What, however, is the good Of
q white bust if there be no lilies and
rose.buls grown upon its fla, exterior? ?
She is we'll aware Of this, and tells the
artist what she wants, who imme1i
a,sly fixes her up with a pair f"patent
heavers," which are rubber bags, Of q
beautiful lemon shap>, blown out with
wind rs an air cushion Is, aud in this
state they arc secured upon the nat
ural plane Of the sacred locality-and
the woman is complete So far. These
shans cost from five to ten and fifteen
dollars each and arc Bowery manu-.
iacturc, whore other curious things
are madc.
But the lady before US has ugly
arms also-and these are made plump
and round by paddings by wool and
cotton, which is the work, however OF
tho dressmakcr She woro, when
d ressed, corset Of steel, padded about
tho waist and hips aud our ariis:,
before his work was quite concluded,
had to deal with the ladies extremitics
and give her q pair Of false calves--a
most dangerous operation. The make
up was continued by.a piece of ar,iS-
try which occupied nearly an hour to
finish. This consisted in painting the
hands white and the veins blue, aud
then powderiug them. Tho nails
we're also trimed and colored (; and
tNcn came tho adornments of tho
ohignon and tho long curls.
We must stop, however. for this
week. We happen to be posted 10 nil
tho ins aud outs OF toilct-making rs it
obtain, in New York fashionable life,
aud we shall return to this shockin 9
subject before long - WoodhuN d Ga
fins WeekIy.