The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-26
Making Old Women Yotanr~

NOnS, cuFl6SGL cOStfy ORNAMENTAL COMBS,
and other beautiful things for toilet use,
there is in each Of the two large bayh
dows Of his; shop yaxen. tllgsggry coiffed.
and head Of a LADY, sSFE66e ear brunette.
One is blonde supports each
M, IL. n } Tres is machinery, which, being
Wound up, keeps each figure; slowly re-
volving, thus showing the tout ensemble
of her exquisitely dressed blonde or jetty'
tresses. We studied these figures curl:
ouslv for a moment and entered the shop:
Like a true Partisan, Monsieur 6: =. -
intrusts the management Of his*:shop: to
M.dame G - -==--. She sat behind the
;desk,s and gave assent at once to our. re.
quest for Information i'm regard ia THE
makeup of women. -.---...--
'sMadame, is it true that an old woman
can. BE made NDto look really. young =
'Certainly she can was the reply.
Even II size
wrinklel and; gray !"'u~. ,,;,.;, ..,. ..;,.
her up to look rs. We can make her
eithec blonde or a brunette. whichever
she prefers to. b" y ::... .,:. -. T.. -.
:. swirl you dye: her hair and enamel her
face e. -: -. eva: ....,:.,. .,'.....,:;
=. 1--WE shall neither dye her hair nor en- en-:
,amel her face
/. s'What-will you do?'' it,. ...:~
"Come, will show you.:",' And she
led the way to the mirrored and luxuri.
ously-furnished hair: dressing room, and
calling to Maggie requested her il French
to bring her a. number: of things; works
in hair, eurls, false. fronts, chignons and
crimps. Placing: these on the dressing
table. she began: 60, .... ...,,.: =. ......
. eve will imagine that a lady comes to
us in her carriage, say about or I in the
evening, for she has been informed that
it will take two hours to complete her
makeup. She has taken her bath be-
fore leaving home, and has put on all Of
her underwear that she intends to wear
at the ball that evening. She wears for
the drive to us plain black skirt and a
loose redingote. which she removes and
takes her seat. She knows beforehand
that her makeup will cost about $50;
that will include the cost Of hair. She is
gray, and her hair is also thin, We
thrush it all from her temples, forehead
and neck. The hair that grows on the
temple and neck and around the ears we
darken with dressing of mascara. Here
it is.''. And she opened q little box con-
tanning cake Of dark substance, Of the
consistency Of soap, a small, black brist]e
brush, smaller than a tooth brush, and
witha tiny mirror in the top. She con-
tinued: .~
| <':phis comes in all shades from blonde
to black; it is not dye, only a dressing.
1t would not DO to apply to all the hair,
but it. effectually tinges all Of the lady S
hair that will be visible after we have
finished her couture. Gentlemen pur-
chase great deal Of mascara f Or their
boards. 1t is manufact tired by Pana feu,
Of Paris; we call him Le Grand Pana6eu:
} After this dressing is applied we gather
all the lady's hair in a fat coil on the
top of her head. Then we put on a false
| front of the color desired.'
f Madame showed US the Kind of front
which would be Used for the purpose.
II. was made Of natural curly hair, with
each separate hair drawn into a piece 81
white hair. lace, and kpotted there 50
firmly that it would: be easier t: pull out
the hair from the head itself than from
the lace Of such 'front.': Placed Over the
flesh of the hand the lace Isl invisible,
| and the hair. looks IS If growing out OF
the skim 1t Is easy to sec that such a
front, weuld be a perfect deception.
! Placed directly over the parting Of a
lady's hair it. Stimulates the natural growth
Madame continued 1--WE draw the hal,
of this front ground the 1ady''s head and
| then pin on this light chignon. You see
that, it, too, is made on hair lace, and i'm.
kitat& naIufal hair perfectly. . Il, is easily
Adjusted: 1--WE 'fasten ii! OH Ialin1d the front
also with these fine invisible hair pins.
;aifyJ 6lC:the gray Hair is NOT hidded We
touch that part with mascara, or put Oh
a. little puff, or a curl Of a frizzett,' The
}46ng curls falling down the back we leave
| until The face is made TIP. We now pro.
| coed to remove the peignoir1 or wirappe.
| which we placed around the lady's Shout.
ders when We began to dress" her. hair.
I We examine l1er whole face, neck and
arms, and with 'this small pair Of twee:zzers
we remove every ~superhuous hair. II
there are hny; abrasions ofthe skin Of
pimp1&s, We dover them with a chipping
of rubber eourt.plaster. You see in
4 this ylittle book that there are all
shaues of court"plaster. to suit >dif.
ferent shades Of thse <skinxs y;frqm
pure white for the broNsafhda' temples fl Ii e e
red for theN1ips. Next; If there ARE any
black or brown moles. we leavs- them to
the last, and, scoNet them. with black
+ court-plaster to make beauty-spots, or, as
we cali them in Paris, mouches. Then
with a! SOFT: fine sponge We moisten the
| face with rose.water and wipe dry. Next
we spread all over the arms, hands, neck
and face this creme Sc, Fi'nPerdtrice, and
this still finer prepasationA crena: de lys.