The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07

cendent beauty, were gone, and was
fully possessed of the demon of mirth,
and I provoked the others into my own
state of mind, and we we're soon the
maddest of the crowd IN the perfumed
waters.
1t was two full hours before our wild
sport ended, and We slid out OF the wa
ter and sat talking in little knots Of
four or i've, while the attendants were
drying our hair, and separating il till it
stood out In a light puff all around our
heads. Not tangle was left IN it, and
no comb or brush was used. Then we
we're laid on the same marble divans,
though with thick bathing towel this
time under us, while the attendant
punched and pulled and rubbed all oar
joints, and cracked all our knuckles,
and elbows and shoulders, till thought
I should be always even more unsteady
than ever. They don't give you the
least chance to make protest to this
sort of thing. They roll you and rub
you, up and down and round and round,
till you only wanE chance to get your
hands free to "punch their heads,
when all at once, painting and perspir-
ing, they grin at you and say peEEey,
which means 6 all right" and then you
can put on your handsome bathing
AlEG5Ss anu A4AfC JONA -eCACAo C0e
on the divan abouf you. Then the
other ladies came about me like bees
around a h0lly-hock, and proceeded to
admire me from head to foot. o
Then the attendants came in and we
all followed them through a succession
of rooms. resting short time IN each,
and drinking lemonade and sherbet,
aud eating conserVes made of roses and
| violets-or, at least, favored with the
perfume of those flowers. Then we
went into another room cooler still,
where most of the ladies smoked while
/ they chatted of their dresses, husbands,
hirtations. etc. One thing surprises
me: the perfect freedom with which they
tell zach other of their firtations, some
of which go somewhat beyond the de-
| ooruna of our Au1erican d1rtatfons even.
After the ladies had all finished smok-
ing their marghilas and little histories
of how they had managed to throw dust
into the eunuch's eyes, etc, they pro-
ceeded to perform their tOilettes, some
thing wonderful to rec. 1 am a wo-
man, and I thought knew all their
little faults and something of the intri-
cacies of the toilette but I learned
more that day than I ever thought any
one knew. First, an old woman came
to each woman or girl, bearing a dress
ing-case filed with the most marvellous
of compounds for the improvement OF
the beauty under their care. Little
looking glasses were given to each wo-
man. and then commenced the opera
ton. All the superfuous hairs on the
face were removed by little piucers
then the women brought out stiff little
brushes made of bristles, and after dip
ping them into preparation of arsenic,
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skin of the face tightly, puncture ii
with the sharp bristles, which thus
leaves an indelible white beneath the
surface, which is perfectly dazzling IN
| its traDsparencs and brilhancy.
Next, the eyebrows are carefully
brushed with a soft brush, and then the
smoke of frankinoense, mixed with the
oil of rose, is laid on while the eye
lashes are dyed with some vegetable
dye, which leaves them a brilliant black,
and under the eyelids and on the uppel
\ lid is laid a sort of pale brown, which
gives the whole eye beauty and Ian
guor most bewitching. Then, when 8
a rich carmine, or rather rOse-leaf pink,
is artistically spread on the cheeks, and
the full lips of deep cherry color, the
faces in their coloring are most lovely.
These colors do not fade or rub of, but
stay until another long-prOtracted bath
of vapor and tepid water opens the
pores for another application.
The toilet finished, the beauties, IA.
tural and manufactured, regarded them.
selves in their hand glasses with evident
satisfaction, and each other with con.
tempt. Some of them, who were quite
plain in the water, became beautiful
after the operation was complete. Theil
luxuriant hair was in general braided
and loaded with a profusion of orna
ments, not excepting diamond stars an6
other Jewels, and sometimes with long
strings of gold coin, plated in, which
jingled with every motion. Il was {
novel sight to see these women all sit
ting about on little stools with theil
ancieA Hand-maidens, all submitting tt
these inIricacies of toilet that are KEEP
SO secret by more civilized women, al
seeming here to be a matter of course