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

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them Is both morals and religion; AM
now we will try and culigh,en ou'
country cousins nay, some Of our mos
knowing New Yorkers it may be by
epicrisg the bouioir of one Of those
pretty fashicuablcs and seeing how she
ustiiies her falsehood by her mako
up"
We premise that fashionable wo.
man in state of nature Is no nj ,rs than
any other woman-often not tthc as
beautiful as many thousands Of Other
women-oltbobgb she does look 50 like
Juno and Hcbe and Vehus and the
rest of the pretty goddcsses when she
has put on her sct offs, aud goes bla-
zing with jewels into society. 1t is
dreadful for bachelor to think what
humbugs these women are. Here is q
woman nj qu, sIiopablc age--ssy twenty
seven !. she is in her moroiog wrapper,
although il is pnsi high noon, aud she
is gong toa great evening party She
looks INTO the glass aud sees there a
yellow, brow-wrinklcd, duil-cyeJ face;
mouth full Of gums, aud no teeth ;
in.falling cheeks; thin, dolcful hair
mock no more like the Flower Of
Lebanon" than | like Hercules, but
thin, scraggy aud not to be named
where beauty is. Tho sight is any
thing but agreeable, and the cost OF
rcmedying it is very expensive; and
she wishes she were really The pretty,
gay woman she is taken for in the glare
Of the chan deIiers.
But. as wishing avails nothing, she
rings the bell, orders her carriage, and
drives to the Turkish baths. Here
she is boiled for half on hour in steam,
and when well done she is douched
with cold water until her skin assumes
something like the glow aud color of
health. In an other hour-after
dressing, and then drinking a cup of
coffee aud smoking a cigarette, as she
lay at full length upon tempting
sofa, she resumes her seat in the car
riage, and then driv, to No. - Broad
way, where that handsome chiropo.
didist's store is, who cnamels Us 50
beautifully and in few minutes she
is in tho presence Of this nice young
man. who she halls of course as an old
and most intimate friend, who knows
her exteriors, oven the most sacred Of
them, like book. She has come this
time, as she Informs him, to BE- done
thoroughly 1t is such a nuisance,
she says, to bo compelled to go through
all that weary process Of enamcling
once a week and so she has made up
her mind to have her face and bust
done for six months Then there is
good deal of chaifering about the price.
Our handsome chiropodist insists upon
his full fec of three hundred dollars.
If the lady had been pretty, why he
would have thrown Of something for
the pleasure Of making hcr still prettier /;
but as this particular lady is anything
but good looking, he will not abato n
dime of his charge.
So my lady, agrees, and retires into
an elegant parlor where there are long
large mirrors set into tho walls, with
an easy chair opposite the largest Of
them, and in position where the
light is fullest. As there is no need
Of any display Of modasty in this pure
ly business affair, she unrobes herself
to tho waist, regardless of the gentle
man artists presenc and gels him to
help her, first of all, to weed out of her
productive skin the stubble Of hair
which has shot up since last weed
ing time, which done, the superfuous
hair are plucked out by the roots
then she clips the soft hair around the
temples and forehead, TO give to the
latter an arched appearance, and, not
being quite satisfied with her handi.
work, she gets her gentleman, whose
baud drops with perfumes. to shave
over the parts where she has been
with her scissors. .fi ..a.-.
All being now ready, the serious
business begins The artist applies a
very powerful maguifyiug glass TO all
the beauties of her face, neck, arms,
shoulders, and-alack | alack ! her
bust, also, down to the waist II he
find any hair or gossamer fdzz, he OK
ereises it with washes, soaps, liniments
or twsezers. Strange to say, the ar
lists hand very rarely ItrembIes over
his work he /; is mot afflicted by any
shortncss Of breath, palpitation Of the
heart or shiveling Of the nerves; and
II seems 10 us that be ust be . par