Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-09
"GENTLEMEN'S BEAUTIFIER."

" "GENTLEMEN'S BEAUTIFIER."
A French Doctor Rendering Home.
ly Men Pretty.
New York Mercury
A Mercury reporter the other
day, in walking down Grand street,
noticed a man, who, with a mystic
rious air, showed small hand-bills
to gentlemen, who laughed at him
and passed on. He asked to see
one of the hand-bills. 1t was
shown him, and the reporter read
as follows:
"DR. RACIER, No. - Grand street,
GentlemeA's Beautifer."
"Gentlemen's beautifer" asked
the reporter. "That is a cosmetic?"
" o, no, sir" replied the bill dis
tributor, "the doctor is a gentle
mems beautifer. Want to see him ?
He lives close by" He took the
reporter to a small frame building,
on the upper floor of which he
rang the bell. "Hand your bill to
the DOCTOR" he said to the reporter,
and walked of. The reporter was
received by portly gentleman ol
forty who asked him for his bill,
took 1t from him aud ushered him
into a nicely furnished parlor.
81 understand" said the report
er, "that you are a 'gentlemen's
beautifer.' What do you mean by
that?" "0h, that is very simple ,
replied the doctor. 81 profess tC
possess the faculty of making
homely men prepossessing."
"But, even if you do, is there {
demand for such services% "Mos
certainly, sir. Men are vainer thar
women. Look at the old fellows
that walk the streets of New York
with their checks painted"
"But how do you proceed t,
beautify homely men, Doctor !?
understand that l am no hum
bug. l have studied my profession
in Paris, where forty of my col
leagues are now doing prosperou
business in this line. OF course
cannot make a six feet long skele
ton look in the least attractive, no
make a pot-bellied our-footer, wit
saber legs, even bearablo. But
fortunately, nature does not Great
many such anomalous personagei
Give me man who has been en-
dowed with symmetrical limbs, anC
no matter how uninyiting his fac
may look, | will certainly max
him look presentable. The face
the principle thing, Of course, an,
in regard to that everything dc
pends upon the complexion"
"Ah, you are an enamelcr Of tn
face, them" asked the reportei
The almost sorrowful reply was
"No, sir; l am aware you refer t
that Nine Rachel, of London. Sh
is a humbug, and | am glad she
now in prison. | do not meddl
with women. know nothin
about them. | believe / would nc
be bold enough to say anything
a lady about her looks. / on
have to deal with men. l was G,
ing to say that everything depend
ed on the complexion, the whisker
the hair and the teeth. Put a ma
before me, and at a glance / wi
5 tell him what would improve h
t appearance. Some men have a
r their teeth at an advanced age, an
t still their mouths look repulsiv
Why? Because their teeth a
either too. large or too small. Th,
+. have to be removed. That can
{ done without any pain, and the be
r fitting artificial teeth can be subs
e tuted for them at very low rat
s The hair may be gray in an O
man, out that may make him lot
i. ridiculous. 1t must be dyed. Ho'
e I will tell him. Some men, no
:. ever, look splendid in their gr
# hair. AS for the whiskers, th
= must be of precisely the same col
= as the hair. Some men must VIC
e them long, others must wear on
5, mustaches, others, finally, no bea
e at all. Now, / come to the col
S plexion. This is the most impC
g tant point OF all. In order
,r prove this to you, let me show y
IS an experiment. | suppose | an
le man Of average good looks. N
N | looked frightfnlly ugly becau
D. when ] was thirty years old, | h
rs blonde hair and dark oomplexi
r. How did | remedy that? ! used
to certain preparation, which cam
Is be removed from the skin except
ed the application of another propa
IS, ton, which l possess, and of whi
n | have the sole secret. Let
a prove this to YOU"
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