The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-07
mHSrERkES OF THE TOILET.
False Hair PaddinS-Tight Shoes
Painting the Face-Most Men PAINT
PinchIHg the Hands-What Ugly Feet
Men Have.
rErom The surIucaeld Republican. !!

NlG0 NOUT hluu pei
worf,s IN say 10 that Boston girl who asks the
following Questions of-other girls: .-'
WConld Won love q man who wore lalse hair
IN his mead when he had enough OF his own :.
| Who painted his face and improved his form
| as YOU Improve ~ yours VINO plnched ms
| feet with small shoes, his hands' win smai
| gloves. his waist with corsets, and Then, as II
Re had not already deformed himself enou n,
lied a huge hustle tofls back. ana thrust tiny
mountains of wire into his bosom 2"
7 am disguised with you, Boston, you or any
| other girl, who follows the fashions, and then
| rails about them, for THERE'S not a'douot tnat
you are the very personircatlon OF style. from
| to the dainty French boots which torture your
tipy feet. Ihold that it is everybody's duty 10
look az we'll as they can, or as their circup-
stances will admit of; and what would be said
\ of any girl or woman who did not arrange
! her hairr after the prevailing style, although
there are plenty of ladies' VINO 40 thaI, WIN
only their own lu4u. 1t %tresses, without get
| ting any credit for it as. every one says, what
| a splendid switch;' whose boots and gloves
did not set neatly, who wore limiting dress-
| es; and, supposing we do wear BUSHES, When
they are properly adjusted, instead Of being a
lerOrmity, they pre- very eecomiDG - - %, -
/ nothing Injurious about them. and We mast
! have some variety. Women dress TO please
| the men, and there is not a man In Chrfsten-
| dom who has the moral courage TO appear 10
nublic with a lady dressed, however modestly
and senslbly, ifin disregard OF the prevailing
fashion. -. .,o
getting ones self up to look pretty, the
men use quite as much deception for that
purpose as the womep, and quite as mach
lime and mouey. Your gentleman pays
a barber by the week 10 keep his hair and
whiskers In order, a9d to orusf and aean ana
TX him up, and turn him out IN the morning
dt for his place of business, and at night pre-
senlable Tor The evening; and a tailor BY the
year to keep him we'll dressed. And you llst
70 to these tailors, 10 the ''artist tai!ors" In
| femme place, in your own city. for instance,
| and see what they will tell you, if you can per,
| suade Them to tell, Of stays aud corsets, pauosu
| chests, shoulders, and even legs, TO whlch lle
| some ladies' wear-although Tor my own part
| never saw such q thing-are not "a clrcuH-
stance.
They. wash In boray and lemon juice, use ena,
less quantities of glycerlne anu SWEEP OH, ana
| can tell the girls secrets about sleeping ID klu
| gloves, and poulticing hands and lace 10 make
ihem white. Perhaps :ou nave not q ols
hroiher. I have, and q big cousin, both OF
| whom delight in looking as Irresistible as pos
| sihle. and Some OF The mysteries OF the tol!el
| into which these same lords OF creation nave
initiated MS Urls would asionish. you. Mhy.
| bless You, Boston. We didn't even kho" taeTs
was such a thing as "Pearllina" anlil rne G5o ,oiu
MS. "Most all The students use H., says COUSIN
Tom. who is at Yamherst: can & get along
without it, it makes them 80 fair" And then
brother Jack tells who buys cosmetics al his
drug store, and ii is not The girls.
/ know for a certainty OF more men lhat
paint their faces than do Women-!ealIy
ppaint. mink and white; and you can't find one
adv in i've hundred that does that. Almost
every lady sometimes uses a little innocent
toiIei uoWder. 10 couuteract the effect Of soap,
and makes no secret Of ii, but that Is a very
different thing from poison paint; 20 you say
it is only young clerks and stndents that are
| so vain? You are mistaken. vanity 10 not
who fnr years kept o large boarding house for
"an,lemen. and at different times numbered.
Professional men. railroad officials, insurance
aaaenis. drummers, mechanics, &c. among
her nairons. that nearly every toilet table was
| supplied with paint, and she knew they USED
it. And no harm In it either, only tnls nnl.
| versal painting makes one almost fancy that
CIVILIZATIONS o failure, auu TUG oau'"''"n
| played OUT nj.
h,ame the women for what they are continual
IN Joing themselves. 'Could you love q man
Who niSSched his feet ?" Ishould just like to
| see Boston or any other girltnd q man 10 love
| who does not wear boots a full size LOO small
| for him. Did you ever see a mans bare 1907
7 wish Won could see brother Jacks They
| link ab0nt as much like a lady's SOFT, white,
nref,y. perfect-shaped feet as they 40 IKE mud
ff,rt,ss Corns here, and dislocations there,
hunions on the Joints, and the toes piled up
ona m ton of another, with the ends turned
under, And I know by the sly talk hear
between him and his chums about olntnents
| and corn masters that he is not an exception.
After making the. few follies OF The gent!er
cay their own. in an aggravated degree, these
male hinpds assert their manliness by chewing
tobacco, smoking cigars, OF worse, a nasty
| pipe, by staggering home seVsral tlmes a ~seh
the worse for liquor, by keeping dlsrepataole
| company of the opposite sex as their own. IN
| duJping in fast horses, betting at races, playing
NJ billiards. and sQuandering their money gen
erally. And it is very little appreciation the
| wives. mothers, daughters and sisters get Tor
keeninG themselves nice, pure, dainty and
nreiiy. and for doing everything in their power
10 make home pleasant and attractive for
| hem. Boston had better let the men fight
their own battles Gs they are quite able to do,
and if she has anything smart to say, let it be on
the other side of the question. 70 be sure
her article would not stand 80 good chance OF
retliDT printed Tor anything down on the
every editor will give ita conspicuous
Mace. and every mah will cluckle over and
read IL aloud TO his lady friends within hear
ing. and mark the piece ana SEND IL 10 those
at a distance. Whether my letter IS reau OF
moi. | have freed my mind and that Is one sat
dissection to 4 SPRINGFIELD GIRL.