The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-09
Secrets OF Beauty.

What is beauty? A divine gift, that
Providencs', ,bestowG son women, with
which TO. gladden. the eye and heart of
man. Have. not poets sung it from old
est times? Do, they not sing it still?
Then be'not cal1ous, you who possess it,
but bold it faat'while it is yours; once
lost, 1t can never be restored, for Nature
pnnfshes those who neglect her choicest
boon by taking II from them, often, when
most needed. Again, what is beanty2
Is IT the hair, the eye. the teeth, the
hand IT is all these land. more than
all, ;it;is aomplexi4n. With a soft, peach
like, complexion. whether fair or dark, O
woman, is always lovely aud this may be
preserved till o good;s Old: age e&pitho very
little tronhIe;; to o certain extent it may
be ACQUIRED, and it Can always be i'm
proved. How? Iwill,te you. .
Skins, however, differ; some are cold.
soft and moist; Others are, warm, firm
They. equally vary. in. thiokness, color
and elasticity; but in! any aase they
should inessr oo1ae in contact with lani-
NAL grease. n Imagine for yourselves, la
dies, the danger ofbt6pping up the pores
OF your skin with the fat of Animals,
perhaps diseasedl The idee is as moi
some as that of ,sleeping with slices Of
uncooked beef on your checks, which
souae misguided women have been fool
ishly induced to try. What are. you to
<hae # you may, not use cold cream? you
say: There is an answer TO that qnes-
tion, as to all others: Search Nature.
Take the oil and Juice Of vegetables:
they never hurt. Indeed, fresh olive
oil is. the sAuctipn. abQve; all Others to
soften the akin. Rub the face gently
every night will, it, and you will soon
find the skin become impervious to
storm and blast. The ancient Greeks
knew the value OF oil to the skin, and
used it freely for beauty to the skin and
piiabiiity to the muscles. Naturally
oily skins should avoid ointments OF ali
descriptions. "A few drops of camphor,
diluted In water, wil1be found more el-
hcaoious, and powdered fuller's-earth
puffsd ON the face after washing. Ex-
posnre to the sun is very beneficial to
the skin, though ladies object to the
tanning it.produoes. It was on this nc
streets at one time. Some ladies, it is
!, sleep in masks. Marguerite de Navarro
I was one OF these; Henry w. expostu.
lated in vain, but Marguerite preferred
losing her husband to losing her mask.
Indeed, it played q not unimportant part
In their snbsequsnt divorce. This shows
the folly OF the whim; for mask could
only oheok perspiration, and would be
most injurious to the wearer in many
ways. In fact, 1t only deserves mention
to- be condemned.
It was not to :auoh tricks that Diana Of
Poictiers. Duchess Of valehtinois, re.
sorted to preserve her beauty to the 40 o
of three-soore- years. she who.
at sixty-flve, rode on horseback like a
girl! This remarkable woman wae a
celebrated beauty in an age OF beautler,
yet, strange to nay, no historian has ever
given details of thos6 wondrous charm q
which captiyated two kings. one ofthem
fifteen years her junior in age. We do
not even know whether. her eyes were
blue or black, whether her hair was light
or dark; wo only know that she was the
loveliest woman at a>court of lovely wo-
men, and that at an nge whom most VIC
men are. to say the least, somewhat
passe. People said she possessed secret
that rendered her thus impervious to
the ravages Of time. Some went so far