, 1875-01-16
A Chapter on Broadway Bcauties-The
Ise Of Cosmetics.

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der TO secure the approval Of the men.
We have heard this arilcss confession
made many times, and are willing 10 &C
Ccpt j, IN the good faith in which II Is
offered. When q mar sees a woman
elabOra'ely and cxpcHsiyely drcssed-tor
the present We leave good taste out OF
the qUestion-leading gospel life &C
COrding 10 st Worth, he experiences a
certain feeling of qualification upon
learning that all the extravaganza has
bccn committed solely upon his account
The only pr0yiso is that he is not expect
Ell 20 pay The bills, When, in addition to
q gorgeous toilet, he pcrcciycs that the
woman who has attracted his eye has
washed her face with oriental cream,
tinted her lips and checks, and possibly
the lohe- of her ears, with carmine, has
pcnCiled her eyebrows and dyed her
cyclashcs. has possibly swallowed some
of FuNlrT's solution for her complexion,
and employed belladunna to lend brill
fancy TO her ewes. and finally, with auTe-
aicd tlnCtuTc has turned yellow hair
which errinE nature made black; when
he bcholis all these latest Improvements
introduced into that fgail tenement
that French flat-which the soul Of or
dinary womanhood usually inhabits, and
when he is informed that all this Is done
for his sole dclccration. is he not bound
by every tie Of honor to feel particular
thrills Of gratitude and to proclaim this
thing Of paints and paddings the most
unsclfi-h Of her SEX II Is 10 be feared
that the majority OF men are not given
TO such amiablc emotions AS these. We
DO not incontincntlv fall down and wor-
ship these who take too much pains
10 please our alteration is Il little
more intense when we are q tTltiC
snubbcd and disrcgardcd. If YOU want
TO know the opinion of the average male
pedestrian along Broadway respecting
the average girl or woman who prom
Cnadcs there, keep your ears open and
walk slowly along that thOrOughfarc for
3 couple OF hours every fine afternoon
You Will hear sarcasm, bitter testing and
ScuTIllty; but not a particle Of gratitude
or appreciation The fact is that men do
not appreciate powder and paint They
forgive them when they are artlstIcally
applied, SO rs 10 conceal or obscure the
sallowncss and wrinkles which are
POLITICALLY gcncralzed as the "ravages
Of time" Men may even forbear harsh
meaggrly employed by some young
Calypso who has not YET learned TO place
full confidence in that wealth Of face
with which nature has gifted her. But
no man. unless he be an extraordinary
great fool, condoncs that lavish -applica-
tion Of Lubin and GOurard which top
dresses the features with an aromatic
aIluvium. The reason that Hcbc is So
q. -. e.,
Is on her check, and no paint is on her
lips Psyche would cease to be peren-
nlally charming if she once made up her
eyebrows or bought the color Of her hair
at an apOthcCaTy's How different from
the Aldabella of to-day, whose only
charms are those Oh her watch chain
Aldabclla, like Janus, is doube-faccd.
hut, unlike that divinity, never shows
both faces az once. One is known only
50 herself, her Maker. AMI her
niCht-Cap; the other Is evolved, for
the admiration of the world, from va
rious little bottles Aldabclla keeps under
lock and k"y. II the mouth of one Of
these bottles could speak, what a tail ii
would have 10 tell The attitude which
woman who habitually paints and pow
ders assumes toward herself is an inter
csung point IN psychological study, and
We venture tO commend ii 10 Mr.. Lewcs
rs a subject for one of his foot-nOtcs in
his Problems OF Life and Mind" We
suppose that. like drinking The addiction
Ia cosmetics Increases by inScnsihlr pro-
portions We can imagine the beauty of
sixteen tinging her young lips for the
first time, with fear and trembling How
brilliant the white background of the
teeth looks in contrast with the dccpened
crimson OF the laughing mouth Fair is
that complexion a. magnulialcaf, but
here is Prof Caukcr'S Extract of
Lilies the constituents of which are
purely vegetable, and which sells ut the
rldlculously-low rate of $50 per bottle
50 the poor little fool goes on. pitmark-
ing up her features. then making up her
form, destroying the soft bloom and ten
der outlines Of youth, minCing along
Broadway, mlStaking the glances Of
compassion and disgust and the OglngS
0i Impudcucc for admiration and culogv.
II girls like this understood the contempt
with which men regardthcm ifthcv knew
how utterly such resources fail to awaken
the admiration desired, possibly the sale
of cosmetics would cease. and We should
have the opportunity of contemplating
form, face anj hair Is nature made
them As you pass down Broadway YOU
see faces literally blue from the chemical
action Of paste and lotions. Perhaps the
worst symptom in the young girls who
employ makeup is the unblush-
ingncsS with which they brazen
the thing out As YOU walk be
side Lulu YOU can detect. through
her veil and without an eye-glass the
powder hanging IN pcarlv spangles be
meath her eyes and on the contour Of her
cheeks. If your glanCcS have any intel
liEence she knows that YOU see il and
she remains bluShleSS in the yirtuoUS
consciousness that II Is there as a means
OF eNiortng admiration from manhood
We acknowledge with shame and CON
fusion OF face that there are men, younr
and old, who do not disdain the USE nj
cosmetics. Has not Tennvsop himself
written poem SaIirIZing this weakness
of BulweT'S and Is nothing 10 be said in
favor Of practice Ia which. If there i
any truth IN report. the author OF
hcnelm Ch.llIngly" was adliCtedy Al
long intervals We have met with aWomgn
liberal enough 10 admit that men had as
much right aS women 10 the rouge not
and powdcTpuit. and that if male
chose To make his face up no woman was
justified in blaming him. 50 that he
did it artistically. Now this is Just the
point we arc struggling for in regard TO
the ladies We have no objection 10
their SofteuinE "a tint here or deepening
1 shadow there. provided they 10 not
employ 3 too lavish hand. on, ladies.
lightly Use the powdCrpuif' be sure YOU
finish when you've had enough. Come
not into our presence with the OdOrifcr-
ous dust upon your forehead as thick
As dew-drops On Davjds sandals. Yes
ierday afternoon my friend Verdict
and | walked down Broadway from the