The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-03
NEW NORTH WEST.
'EER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, MARCH 8.


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Painting the Face- Mont Men Paint
Iiachina tie Hands - Wat Ugly Zee
Mtn Iyocr
From the Springfield, N.rs Republican,
With your kind permission have few
words 10 say 10 that Boston girl who asks
the following questions Of her girls:
Gould you love man who wore false
hair on his head when he had enough OF
his OWE: WHO painted his face and lmpro
we'd his form as you improve % yours!
Who pinched his feet with small shoes, his
hands with small gloves, his waist with
dctOrn:cd himself enough. tied huge bus
tie to his back, and thrust tiny mountains
Of wire into his bosOm:'
] am disg listed with you, Boston, you or
any other girl, who follows the fashions,
and then rails about them; for there is not
doubt that you are the very pcrsonifica.
ton Of style, from the jute switch that sur>
mounts your Uranium to the dainty French
Eoo!s which torture your tiny feet l hold
that il is Cvcrybody's duty to look as well
as they can. or their circumstances will ad.
init Of; and what would be said Of any girl
or woman who did not arrange her hair at.
ter the prevailing style. although there arc
plenty Of ladies who do that, with only their
luxuriaTt trcsses, without getting any credit
for II, as every one says. whist a splendid
switch - whose boots and gloves did not
set neatly, who wore i'll fitting dresses; and
suppOsing we Go wear bust!cs, wnen they
are properly adj jus'ed-instcaj of being a
dcformiiy they are very becoming. There
is nothing INJURIOUS about them, and we
must have some variety Women dress TO
please the men. and there il not q man in
Chrisicndom who has the moral courage to
appear in public with lady dressed, how.
ever modes. and scnsibly, il in disregard of
the prevailing fashion.
And when you como right down 10 the
nicely Of The point. and talk about getting
ones seltup to look pretty. the men use
The women. and quite rs much time and
money. Your gentleman pays barber by
the week to keep his hair and wh:sk,r, in
order, and to brush and clean and fix him
up. and turn him oul in the morning fit for
his place Of business, and ut night present.
able for the evening; and . tailor by the
year to keep him wei! dressed. And you
just 60 10 these tai!ors-to the ''artist tai
lors" in Temple place, in your own city, for
ihsiancc-and see what they will tell you.
II you can persuade them to tell, Of stays
aid corsc:s, padded chests, shoulders, and
even legs to which the Tiny mountains of
wire" which, perhaps, some ladies wear
although. for my own part, l never saw
such thing--arc not circumstance.
lien quite Us often use cosmetics rs wo
men. They wash in borax and lemon juice,
use endless qIanlitiesof giyccrinc and sweet
oil and can tell the girls secrets about
sleeping in KID gloves and pouitcing hands
and face to make them white. Perhaps you
have not q big brother. l have, and big
cousin. both of whom delight in looking rs
irresistible rs possible. and some Of the mys.
tcries Of The toilet into which these same
lords Of creation lave initiated US girls.
would astonish you. Why. bless you, Bos
ton, We didn't even know there was such
thing as "Pcarltins' until they told u.
''Most all the students use it," says cousin
Tom, who ;s at Amherst; cant get along
without it. it makes them SO fair" And
then brother Jack tells who buys cosmetics
Ut his drug store, and it is not the girls.
l know for certainty Of more men that
paint their faces than do womcn-really
paint, pink and white; and you cant find
one lady in 500 that docs that. Almost CIV
cry lady sometimes uses little innocent
toilet powder, to counteract the effect OF
soap, and makes no secret of it. but that is
. very different thing from poison paint.
Do you say 1t is only young clerks and
students that are SO vains You ore mista.
ken. Vanity is no: confined to class.
have heard q lady say. who for years kept
large boarding house for gentlemen, and
ut different times numbered professional
men, railroad officials, insurance agents.
drummers, mechanics, etc.. among her pat
rons. that nearly every toilet table was sup
piled with paint, and She knew they used it,
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painting makes one almost fancy that Civ.
i!ization is failure, and tho Caucasian
played out"
like TO see fair pay. The men need
not blame the women for what they arc
continually doing themselves. Gould you
love man who punched his fcet?" Ish0uld
Just like to see Boston or any other girl
lind man to love who docs not wear boots
full! size too small for him. Did you ever
see mans bare foot? l wish you could
sec brother Jacks. They look about as
much like lady's soft, white, pretty. per-
feet. shaped feet as they do like mud turtles
Corns here and dislocaiiOns there, bunions
on the joints, and the toes piled up on top
of each other, with the ends turned under
And l know by the sly talk hear between
Lin and his chums about 0intmcnts and
corn rlastcrs that he is not an exception.
tier sex their own. in an aggravated degree.
these male bipcds assert their manliness by
chewing tobacco, smoking cigars, or worse.
nasty pipe, by staggering home several
times n week the worse for liquor, BY keep.
ing disrepu,ablc company of the opposite
sex to their own, indulgng In fast horses.
betting ut races, playing at billiards, and
sQuandering their money generally. And il
IL very little appreciation the wives. moth
ers, daughters and sisters get, for keeping
themselves nice. pure, dainty and pretty,
and for doing everything in their power 10
make home pleasant and attractive for them.
Boston had better let the men fight their
own battles, rs they are more able to do,
and IL she has anything smart to say let Ii
he on the other side Of the question. To be
sure her article would not stand SO good \
chance of getting printed as for anything
down on the women. Every editor will
give il conspicuous place. and every man
will chuck!c over and read it aloud TO his.
lady friends within hearing. and mark the
place and seid il to those at = distance.
Whether my letter is read or not. have
freed my mind. and that is one satisfaction
- A SPRINoFIELD GIRL.
After travelling 800 miles by stage and
over 1900 miles by rail, eight days after
publication comes 10 us the Nea0 Mort.