The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-03-18
-
FAINT IND POWDER,

A reporter on the New York Sun re-
Gently interviewed an expert French ar
tiste, whose speciality is the improvement
of the female face and figure, and he
thus details the triumphs of the mad
ame's artistic skill:
No woman is absolutely so ugly that
she need despair, that she need give up
her case, said Madame G.. 1--WE will
suppose, for instance, that one has a
long, thin face, high cheek bones, fiat
cheeks, heavy, straight, black eyebrows,
and forehead both high and narrow,
and complexion dark and muddy.
Now, such a girl cannot be made up to
look like blsnde; but we can make her
handsome brunette. This wash is
Blanc de Rachel, so named after the
great tragedienne whose brunette COM
piexion WAS as much admitted m Paris as
her grace and genius were. This wash
will apply to one of my girls, and you
will see the effect. Come here, Adele"
Adele came; she answered measure
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, and short.
She was thin, dark, and certainly not
pretty.
Now see what will make of Adele"
madame exclaimed. "Take your seat,
mademoiselle, before the mirror. l will
hrrra hnr Ho, T..
and up from the nape of the neck and
at the same time brush into it little
dark Mascara. See; it becomes glossy
under this treatment. gather it into a
little fiat coil on the back of the head.
Emma, bring me dark-haired chignon
and a crimped front, a Ia Pompadour, to
match"
Another girl, pretty blonde, with
elaborate couture, brought the articles.
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 or on one
side, the part runs across the front, leav-
ing little fringe of crere caur 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.
Now notice that / will put little
cushion, not Large one, on the top of
Adde'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 completely
changed. Now, will wash her face, ears,
neck and hands with Blanc de Rachel.
See, as 1 proceed, how fine, clear, dark
and healthy her complexion becomes.
But she is a trife too pale, although
brunettes Of her type never have great
deal of color. Notice how quickly l
touch her cheeks, her chin, her ears,
her nostrils, with only slight touch of
this fine rouge. 1t is so faint, so natural,
you can scarcely say she has color. A
little retoutine de Rachel assists in blend
ing the colors. Her brows are heavy.
but we will not try to remedy that, only
arch them a little, very little. Nor
will We drop any line of color under her
lids, for her long lashes cast shadow
that is Prettier than anything that art
can do for her Now the chignon See,
1t is composed of light puffs, that extend
little way on the top of the head and
cover the back entirely. 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 coral
Comb and coral earrings. Now, look /.
Would you recognize Adele?
The transformation was wondrous.
Adele was not beauty, but she was a
very fne-looking girl, and being in high
spirits at her improved appearance
thappiness is great beautiferj looked
almost handsome. If her toilet had been
completed with silk and velvet, and
handsome laces, many man would have
pronounced her beauty of the Di Yer
non type.
so pleased was madame with the hearty
praise | bestowed on her artistic achieve
ment in making up brunette la Rachel,
she became fixed with the ambition of
making blonde a Ia Venus, and calling
to Emma babe her take Adele's place.
Emma is pretty, you see, p" 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 head. She had maze
1t up herself with all the care which a
working girl has time 10 bestow upon her
toilet. Her eyes were bronze brown, and
her eyelashes dark but her eyebrows
were thin and light She was fine sub
Ject for the exercise of madame's art.
Before / make Emma blonde of
Venus" said madame, 90 will make her
a country girl that looks twenty-five
years old"
SO saying, she took Emma's seIEmade
couture to pieces, and parting her hair
IN the middle, she combed it down to her
temples, and club''ed it up in little
round knot on the back of her head a lit
tie above the spot where phrenoIogists
locate the organs of philoprogenitiveness.
1t was impossible to make Emma any
thing but pretty; but now she looked
ike green but not very youthful
country girl. She laughed heartily at
her own appearance.
Now l will make Emma French
blonde" said madame. - First I will
sponge her face carefully with this
Blanc de Venus. See, it conceals every