Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-23
HOW TO CULTIVATE GOOD LOOKS

Beauty
mo woman is absolutely so ugly that
she need despair, that she need give up
her case said Madame G. yesterday
morning 1--WE will suppose, for in
stance, that one has a long, thin face,
high cheek bones, fiat cheeks, heavy,
straight, black eyebrows, and a fore
head both high and narrow, and COM
plexion dark and muddy Now, such
a girl cannot be made up to look like a
blonde; but we can make her q hand
some brunette. This wash is Blanc de
Rachel, SO named after the great TRACE
dienne whose burnette complexion was
as much admired in Paris as her grace
and genius were. This wash will ap-
ply to one of my girls, and you will see
the effect. Come here, Adele"
Adele came; she answered measura
bly, to Madame's description of plain
girl given above. She was one of the
workers in hair; wig or chignon
maker. Her hair was dark, rough, land
short. She was thin, dark, and certain
y not pretty.
BEFORE THE MIRROR.
CHOW see what [ will make of
Adele" Madame exclaimed. "Take
your seat, Mademoiselle, before the
mirror | will brush her hair back
from her temples, and up from the
nape of the neck; and at the same
time brush it into little dark Mascara.
See; it becomes glossy under this treat
ment gather it into little flat coil
on the back of the head Emma,
bring me a dark-haired chignon and
crimped front, a Ia Pompodour to
match"
Another girl, pretty blonde, with
elaborate couture, brought the arti-
cles."
"Observe," continued Madame;
that this front is made on white hair
lace, and that instead of being parted
as the hair generally is in the middle OF
on one side, the part runs across the
front, leaving little fringe of creue
ceur locks to fall on the forehead.
See, will place it actually below the
point where Adele's hair grows, thus"
and she pinned it on with invisible hair
pins, and drew the little rings down
on the forehead and temple until
Adele's forehead was made broad and
low, pleasing and womanly.
CHOW notice that [ will put little
cushion, not large one, on the top Of
Adele's head, and draw the rest of the
long crimped hair on the back side of
the part over the cushion There, it is
done. You see her contour is COM
pletely changed. Now, [ will wash her
face, ears, neck and hands with Blanc de
Rachel See, as [ proceed, how fine,
clear, dark and healthy her complexion
becomes But she is
TRIFLE TOO PALE,
although brunettes of her type never
have a great deal of color. Notice how
quickly [ touch her cheeks, her chin,
her ears, her nostrils, with only a slight
touch of this fine rouge. It is SO faint,
so natural, you can scarcely say she
has color. A little ueLouti,ae de Rachel as
sists in blending the colors, Her brows
are heavy, but we will not try to rene
edy that, only arch then little, very
little. No will we drop any line of color
under her lids, for her long lashes cast
shadow that is prettier than than any
thing that art can do for her. Now the
chignon. See, it is composed of light
putfs, that extend little way on the
top of the head and cover the back en-
Girely. Two short but heavy crisp curls
fall in her neck and mingle with the
loosely twisted, light catagan loop,
which must not be too long, or it will
defeat our object, in making her long
neck look shorter, Then a coral comb
and coral earrings. Now, look would
you recognize Adele?'
The Transformation was WOndrOus.
Adele was not a beauty, but she was a
very fne-looking girl, and being in high
spirits at her improved appearance
Happiness is great beautifer) looked
almost handsome. If her toilet had
been completed with silk and velvet,
and handsome laces, many a man
would have pronounced her beauty
of the Di Vernon type.
So pleased was Madame with the
hearty praise [ bestowed on her artistic
achievement in making up a b. unette
q la Rachel, she became fixed with the
ambition os making blonde O. la Ve-
mus, and calling to Emma babe her take
Adele's place.
"EMMA is PRETTY,
you see," said Madame. In fact,
Emma was blessed with very regular
features, and a fair but rather pale
complexion, but it was slightly freckled.
Her hair was thin, straight, not very
long, and ashy blonde, but lighter and
yelloWer on the temples than on the
top of her heard She had made it up
herself with all the care which work
ing girl has time to bestow upon her
toilet Her eyes were bronze brown,
and her eyelashes dark, but her eye
brows were thin and light She was a
fine subject for the exercise of Mad
ame's art.
Before [ make Emma blonde of
Venus" said Madame, 81 will make
her country girl that looks twenty
five years old
So saying, she took Emma's self
made couture 70 pieces, and parting
her hair in the middle, she combed it
down to her temples, and dubbed it
up in little round knot on the back of