The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28
nov no BE MORE BEA UrIFULt
Making the Ola Young Again. and the Young
Fairer-Thc secret Of Beauteous Hands.
IRON the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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a great extent One OF the most remarkable
specimens OF this art ever saw was the ecoen-
instead OF Duke. would pass it by, but IL Is so
seldom that tho male sex resort, even In their
old age, TO artificial means to replace their faded
oh arms, that cannot refrain from citing this rare
example. The Duke and his suite were at Venice
IN 1869, and occupied apartments in the same
hotel with me In fact they were yls-a-vis. The
Duke, when lie had decorated his frame, was a
tall, stout, rosy-chceked brunette, with heavy
inoustache and rich black favorites and at n dis
lance appeared to he a man about thirtyyears OF
age, and would be deemed handsome by most
people. He was sixty then; he had no hair on
took him three hours to prepare his face: lie
had an artist who was, In every sense OF the
the art Of decorating tho human frame. por-
trait which the Duke had In hts younger DAYS
was the model for him In his advance years
and every art was wrought to make him resem-
bic this picture. In brief. IT was successful at
tempt. Ihave met few men who have used art
In their make up;" perhaps they had AN over
stock Of It in their mental composition. But
the fair scx-what would the druggists epd per;
Nevertheless stand aghast to see the.
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRLS,
whose youth In itself ia human decoration"
plaster their smooth brows with powder, paint,
and other cosmetics, un,,l tney resemo,e tne
fact, that American youth use more cosmetics
than any other women In the world. And TINS
Is strikingly true In certain cities. give Louis
Vile the palm, for the respectable ladies' OF this
city. with few exceptions, Young and old, paint,
most respectable merchant, leader Of fashion,
who celebrated her golden wedding a long time
since; waiding along Win Eauem Is r snd
daubed with charcoal, aping youth, and clinging
TO the dilapidated relics OF her former beauty
with painful tenacity. The habit Of biting the
lips IL almost as bad IA that OF the nails, because
IL renders them coorless. rOughens them, and
finally causes percept'ble wrinkles. and Injuries
their shape. A large mouth Is only beautiful
when the teeth are fine. The teeth, strange to
say. are now often neglected by women whose
he q
care Of them. know young lidies-belles-Ius
out OF their teens, who, from gross carelessness,
them TO visit dentist. There Is not "A feature
In wOman's face that requires more care than
tho mouth aud teeth; they are IA useful "a the
eyes, and equally ornamental. Ladies', take care
of them.
THE BEAUTY or THE HANDS
is a beauty that often stands alone, because
pretty hand l. an unusual sizht. The loyeliest
hands ever SAW were those OF tina Duchess Of
Geneva in 1851. saw a marble cast she had
artistic circles at the time. The italian women
are very careless Of their hands, and nave, with
great surprise, seen ladies' OF rank unglOvo their
hands in carriage, Church, ana al a promenade,
when the nails were literally Cllt1cd Ia dirt, aud
naturally seeing this amOnK ladies' OF wealth
aui gentle brecdtug. was n1t surprised To see
tho hands uf the middle class quite As bad II
not worse; In Egypt the middle class STAN their
nails and hands 50 much that II Is hard ~ tell
wncn they are clean, but the lower 81 IS haye
the most perfect shaped hands ever saw. In
France, particularly In all the large cities, the
women IN nearly all classes take particular pains
VIII their hands, SO much SO That they 20 fesu-
larry 10 what il called a mrnL.tfre-that Is per-
son who makes the care of the hands speci iiity.
In Pans his profession ~ most lucrative. ani
there are at least six hundred men nnd women
be curious enough to know something 81 this
m vi vet not new calling, give BRET descrlp-
ii OF how they manage their AFFAIRS. len
yelrs ago was at the French institution Of
Madame Michel a. school, ana while there quite
shocked my teacher BY ASKING hcr one DAY -
trim NY n ais. "Why Mad em0l sehe, said she.
you should have an micuf.' was so ab l-hei