The sun., 1878-11-03
WOMEN WHO USE THE RAZOR
SOME CURIOUS FACTS IDOUT FEMININE
BEfRDS AND MOUSTd CHES


Except where II is In sufficient volume to
have n commercial value In Il side show. a beard
II far from being n desirable thing to have
growing on womans face. Whskers. nous
tachcs. and hairy molcs have always been and
probably always will be- classed as dishgure.
monts for women. and not oven Fash s. freaks
have ever made them popular. evcn for n time.
Yet they have existed. In all lands and in all
ages upon feminine checks Of every class from
Qucon to slave. Dcpllatory nostrums have been
among the adjuncts of the toilet since the mem
ory ofwoman runncth not to the contrary and.
startling as the revelation may be to many.
myriads OF fair hands are deft in the use Of the
razor. their cunning gained by stress OF per
sond necessity In strife with nature. As a rule
women dcpilatc or shave in secret relying
upon their own skill; but Of late years profess
sional practitioners have come among us. intro
ducing European customs. treating supernu-
Gus hair with scientific gravity. and gradually
they are building up large practice especially
among the wealthy.
A Sun reporter interviewed one Of these prac-
tiuoners. a bright. yivacious little woman with
a strong foreign accent, who carries on her
business in a great brown stone front house on
West Thirty-eighth street She said: " | have
been engaged in the removal Of supcrfuous
hair some twenty-five ycars. eight or ten here
in New York, and before that in London aud
Vienna. In Europe did hayca a very great sue
ccss. attended the Empress Of Austria. and
have from hcr a certificate to the good results
Of my skill l also attended with like success
many ladies Of the Austrian court. In Europe
it il notas here. There reliance is placed upon
The skill OF "a scientific practitioner. Here. ladies
generally are prone 10 treat themselves often
with terrible results The drug stores are full Of
nos,rums which women usc "a dcpiatOrics.
quack stuiT- Ia which are poisonous acids and
corrosive substances. arsenic. nurum. sulphatc
of lime and other dangerous things. Often
these nostrums destroy the beauty Of the skin.
sometimes producing irightiul diSligurcmcnts
by the irritation they cause. and seldom. fever.
do they achiry, th" end for which they are cin-
ployed. They even cause the hair to grow
quicker and IL ~ stubty than it otherwise
would Many wnIncn shave. hut that. too il
productive u tad results as you can readily
understand.
who are my ratrunsf on people Of all
clusscs and conditions 1T life. hut generally from
among the best; 80 'i IS ladies who wish 10 adorn
the social circle n which they move. and know
that a visb, mous,ache would be- an insur-
mountablc obstacle 90 their in; so. Numbers
OF those who com" to me- arr young clils about
t. be married. who dc~ ire to pres 'ut themselves
at the altar az u'rfort Ds possible. have had
lady here unl' ling an operation at II O'clo 'a
in the morn.n.. and 40 4 in the afternoon oi the
samc day She has stood before the altar IN
the church. ~ one seeing her face as
smooth rs an infants at the latter hour would
imagine that az the former took from her
very decided beard and moustach'. Oh. yes; u
board, Ia--ureyou. You may imagine that they
only have noustao ohr-. b"cnu-c tho~' are Wo-i
common; hat tell YOU well-drvror-i
brurd u iot ah hl!'Iu'it tAlhE' 40 Il Ei'"'
extent. ih"N BRING t On themselves. II tf'p
N"ulu hI tl' lul. a. ,..r N'u'" - n.a .,' y,
halr; lux my are ltlsht'h"d hl s''ihs ~
and mmpcr WA u. OF = ,H,y rt'rh an H.
shaving dos io h".p lhg growth "i ,"un.
man : m.u-i.''h'; u h"h~ iur young inI' =.
hl-o. IA lh' sam WY NJ ilnn> "'ir'se, =
come tn m'-n W Und lh'u one; hu' h- = ~
cral thlng | iiu'-. .i' in.t ih'l i"h SOM ,.il''
novelty IN mar. ~ n"' io! ryu@l,,.a'u,. sN'f
NJ para 'Ilnr ri'' or national ~. -o lar ae
know j. m.r" ohe than my 9thgr - hnyr ...,,. ii5
way tho peupl" 20 hot climates are most api io
show II strong y II is most n iuriI ior nru-
they are th" ca,iest To gct rid of i, ~ q
rule BLONDES arr not s'HW io he 70 aili-' ~,
slrnn<e To- say, roar-rr and more sim ihnn ihat
ort9" orun' "rd lhl,nn,y m"', u'i yrt ~
H. grows llgii AMI soft Whhcihn oi the ,lohdr,
on We oihcr h"Ai becomes darker ana more
Not in OH cases is il possible a. eject cntir"
removal ihr sui"inuDue hair-thai ~. pcrmt-
nent removal-ior there are instance ~ which
the tendency ol nature toward un~ ulln'ty as
evidenced by u'sc external mantle 7tnliol~. n
stronger thuu an' arr tunt can %" ir9us1t u
bear aEulnst u safely. know ~uih rNNlIr Mh'h
i see them. almost. thanks o. my lons rNpc-
Iiencc. and yell th'm riiuk'y that nn.l ihE liHl
can do Tor 'h 'm VIII an"ri them nhythng hui
temporary r"li"i. Nu'h cl-f hat" luu re-
Gently. Iul'rd. her" i- "a lottrr from the young
lady dat. Jess than wrrk ago. u~ you src. iu
when sh' says th' au ''"r. arc iHNine very
deep in'"rr-t ln urr rl-". MI 'i they pruuounc"
the strung II nu record. N.cu ~hrVtn" lo me-
she said -.le vas nurse iu "A h",rt J, Ia q in-
male wurl. nu the ulilrut- u-"d % take alarm
1T hcr and imlgino that she wis "a Young man.
because llcr beard ana uuu~tN %" M'r' sl
strong. San shaved aud that made thr ir"u-
bic wp.Sr. Nlt long nit"rWhri I'll" ll'iormci me
That she h1l h"n i'r."i o. give hp h'r pi"'' lii
the hospital, h"rHu-' her Nolr' was 't. nlnE -.
deep aud mas -u.inr tlH'.with tho visible beard
patients mad -ur. 7h' wH- a young man ih
woman's Il, tAes. lhcu snD went ont on tho
street on dnY and inc p',l'" arrested her ON
suspicion tlat 81" Wa- n man III dl7-
guiso as woman when her Innocence
of that charge wa. lcmon-trh"i. Supcrin-
tendent Mdpg Euve her papDr TO prn-
tcet her fr0ul the Shame 90 siuilaI arr! st9 ~
N" future But she fclt 80 badly about Il
hat she dei"rmned 60 u loi the iH INN 'nt7 ol