The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-20

pie talk ABOUT MIN.
The poets are so afraid Of being for.
gotten!
MYSTERIES OF THE TOILET.
From the Metropolitan.
l had the pleasure yesterday CT "assist-
ing''-that is to say, looking on. not
helping-at the toilet of French woman,
a genuine Parisian. | was good deal
surprised, that ! admit and she was
good deal surprised at my surprise, She
imagined that the extremes of artifciali-
ty arrived at in Paris mixing sort Of
dual woman, as it were, out of one-were
known to us; and she considers Us semi.
oarbarians since she discovered how
much nearer the natural state we are.
She began. my Franchise, by submit
began by subjecting her to face friction
Of elder flower water. This accomplish
ed. the previously sallow face became a
clearer hue, an ivory yellow. Every par
ticle Of impurity in the pores had yielded
to the influence of the elder flower water,
with which half goblet of warm water
had been mixed. The throat, neck and
hands partook of this refreshing dew,
adding lustre to the freshness given
by the tepid bath Of twenty minutes and
a shower bath of five, gone through with
a half hour before the beginning Of the
mysteries of dressing, or of 'tgetting up"
Next came a rubbing of scented iris.
powder in the dark hair, which was
short-that is to say, not more than a
foot and half long--and rather thick.
When the iris.powder was brushed out
and carefully removed at the temples and
the nape Of the neck. delicate creme,
similar to cold-cream, but without lard
the juice Of lettuce being it's main in
gredient--was laid over the whole skin Of
the neck, face, and hands, and allowed to
remain ten minutes. This, l was inform
ed, was intended to do away with the
contraction of the features arising from
want Of sleep, which want Of sleep had
arisen from too much cafe 1,oir at din
ncr. had not observed any ''contrdc-
ton des traits" and thought within my.
self how much fancy would do. The
Partisan informed me that camphor and
creme had similar composing effect up
on the features: especially after the
fatigues Of ball.
The next thing done was the removal
of every trace of the cren1, with an ex-
tremely tine linen cloth. This was a
skillful operation, for while rubbing the
skin into satin like smoothness the
| femme-de-chdn,bre did not make it red or
in any way roughen it's surface. She
seemed to polish and in polishing to
whiten her mistress complication.
The next process was the application
Of veloutine, a compound Of bismuth and
rice powder, having the Aaxitive quality
of the first and the delcacy of the last
ingredient. But ali . the care with which
the maid applied the PREPARATION. 1t was
absolutely impossible, in being thus laid
on, to detect the presence Of any foreign
aid. The skin hal firm, clear white.
ness Of alabaster, with suggestion of
sunny lustre and creaminess to subdue it.
Then came the grand affair Of the eye.
brows. These were brushed with min.
ute soft brush, with dark bristles and a
handle inlaid with mother Of peral, and
the least possible tracing of fard lndieu
from small stone jar laid upon them.
Under the eyes--very fine eyes, and
needing no aid from art-an estampc Of
leather, upon which the 'fard indeu was
lightly rubbed, laid fow dusky shadow,
which increased the brilliancy Of the
eyes to great, and, to my mind, un.
pleasant degree. What was to become
of this appliance in case of emotion [ can.
not say. Perhaps Frence woman only
cries when she chooses. :'..
Tie neck, and lands now partook of
the bismuth powde' whitening, and after
that the hair was dressed very low on
; the neck, frizzed little over the fore.
head,~ and with res; addition Of false hair
than has been dictionary for years. A
small matte of permanently crimped
black hair, loope with white ivory
comb cut in cam 90 medallions, made up
this part Of the toilet, only one small
ringlet being suffered to play about the
neck.
But it was when the large peignolr was
removed, and the under toilet began, that
astonishment clsimed me for it's own.
First, corset. of course, you will say.
But, let me remark, there are .corsets and
corsets. The one placed above the deli:
cate garment of fesh.colored raw silk,
which takes The place Of linen with the
elegants of Paris, and to the form so as
Ia no way to increase the size by bulk OF
folds around the waist: was corset OF
gray silk, switched with rose color and
and edged with Valenciennes on the hips
and about the shoulders. But in the
make of tits ''article of female ware
there enter I'd art that amounted to ge
MUS. For, let in at the hips and making
'the hustle, we're curved bones that stood