The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-23

mind; looking upon the haggard and
withered c0untenance of Rachel, she
asked why she had not applied the
process to herself and made herself
:" beautiful foreverp'' Rachel might
have replied by asking why doctors
never took their own pills and WHY
shoe-makers' children always 90 bare
footed; but she turned it off by saying
that she was eighty-five years old-in
point of fact she was .ffty-eight-and
that she only wished to live for others.
Mrs. Pearse now began to go in for the
washes;'' she bought E2O worth of
the stuff and applied it to her face.
The consequence of this foolhardy act
was that $ a rash came out on her
face" and she rushed to ask Rachel
what was the matter. "She said l was
in q terrible state" poor Mrs. Pearse
testified on the trial; '.that all the
pores of the skin were opened, and un-
less allowed her to finish her process
at once I should be ruined for life."
Mrs. Pearse proposed to 60 for her
doctor, but Rachel assured her that
physicians were in vain. "She said she
had studied the skin for more than fifty
years, and that doctors brought their
own patients to her to be cured of any
rash, mark, cancer or tumor on the
complexion. You know" she added,
''my fee is 1000 guineas, but as you
are friend Of my daughter, l will
make it ESQ.,"
Alarmed as Mrs. Pearse was, she had
sense enough to say that she could pay
no such sum. every WE'LL" remarked
Rachel, "you will be sorry in after life,
and warn you that you are in such q
state that if you even put cold cream or
water on your face you will be dis
figured for life.''
At another interview, Rachel said she
could not bear to see Mrs. Pearse ex-
posed to the dreadful fate of being hid
eous forever and that she would :" fin
ish herr for E2OO, although Lady bud
ley was paying her 1000 for the same
thing. Mrs. Pearse, now wrought up
to a state of great agitation, promised
to pay the f2OO, and went to several
money-lenders to borrow the money.
She found she could not get it without
her husbands signature; and Rachel
then suggested that she should draw
the sum from her fathers bankers, but
the lady refused to "rob her father. -
Finally Rachel came down to ESQ, and
said that Mrs. Pearse could pawn her
jewels to get that sum. "She said she
had jewels in the next room that would
astonish me, they having been brought
by Lady Dudley's maid; a reward Of
FL 600 had been offered for them; there
were diamonds among them as big as
the top of her thumb; they were worth
GS,OO0."
The next day the poor dupe took her
jewels to Rachel and handed them to
her as security for the ESQ; and then
Rachel gave her bath. A few days
afterward, Rachel told her that she had
sold the jewels. and then Mrs. Pearse
did what she should have done in the
first place-tOld her husband. After q
visit to Rachel, who treated him inso-
lently, and told him that he did not
dare to trouble her for fear of exposing
his wife, Mr.. Pearse caused her to be
indicted and brought to trial.-Lo,sdo,'
Cor. N. 7. Graphic.
Madame Rachel has since been SEN
tenced u nve years imprisonment tOr
obtaining money under false pretenses.
The London Week says:
"The career of Madame Rachel as q
beautifier of her sex may now be con.
sidered closed. How many bewitchine
specimens of her skill there may be
moving about in the highest circles
of society we have no means of decid.
ing. We shall be better able to tell
when the enamel peels of, and Nature
is allowed to stand forth unadorned
1t would be rather awkward if the
coating cracked or came off in patches
for in that case some of our most beau.
tiful women would present the appear
ance of fine old china. interesting AZ
curiosities, but deprived of any attrac
ton to the male human being. 1t i.
clear that Madame Rachel will not bt
in position to repair her work Sht
has fallen a martyr to the useful arts. >