Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-22

DYED HAIR AND PAINTED SKIN-The sub
Ject OF toilet articles, about which we had Oc-
still agitating the English mind and a writer
in the Contemporary RerieiC returns to it this
month with the vigOr of a periodic fit-One of
those moral fits which Macaulay used to saw
take possession every now and then of the
British public. Dyed and false hair and paint
ed skin are the principal objects of the essay
lists sh wrath, and they are pronounced. to be
artificial hair extends to coils, chignOns, plaitS
and curls, all of which, when added to a wo-
mans natural cranial possessions, he regards
as deliberate falSlficatiOnS and receptions.
The devices used by woman for hiding
gray hairs and faded complexion are, in his
opinion, VIGOROUSLY for the purpose of making
people suppose that she is younger than she
really iS-that ''She is only twenty when she is
fifty" and, consequently, her whole life be-
comes pitched in false key, so that she is
opinions OF a young person, and lives life
that is one large, consistent lie. "Of course
She, never succeeds, and the whole thing is
4sthetically failure-a particularly frightful,
CHASTITY kind of failure. The black or golden
hair and brilliant complexion jar miSerab!y
with the iaded eyes, and all the indescribable
age from youth. But these physical disharmo-
mics are nothing to the moral discord which
takes place between the inward character and
the outward appearance
the injury often done to health by the use of
paints, enamels and dyes. and the folly of
many elderly. women whose gray hair is
always beautiful, and whose faces are never
SO adorned as when left unadOrned. 1t is as
natural for woman to prink for her admirer
as 1t is Tor some birds at their mating time to
the laws OF chemistry and physiology ought to
be Obeyed, and Self-beautifying be confined
strictly within the domain of taste.
A TERRIFIC BATTLE WITH WHALE-A
Raleigh (N.CD Observer special from More
head City, NC, March II, says: "On Tuesday
whale fights that has ever occurred on this
coast. 1t was with some difficulty that the
captain Of the crew could get his men to obey
orders. When the first bomb was fired into
the whale 1t failed to explode, but it made the
whale furious, and he struck one of the boats
and knocked it some feet above the water.
The captain then fired another bomb: This
ting more furious. The third bomb was fired
and exploded near the heart. This conquered
the monster, The blood spOuted about ten
1eet high, and as the crew rushed up to stick
their lanceS in the whale the blood fell in
showers upon them and their boats. The fight
was witnessed by another crew stationed
was fOrty-twO feet long, and extremely fat.
The fish will probably bring about $780,
Princess Of Wales-had not met her husband,
the Czarvtch, for eight months. The Care
witch was on his way by train to Dunaburg.
The Gzarevna planned to meet him there by
scriptiOn of the same Though courteous to
ALL the Czarevna is evidently nervously i'm
patient for the arrival of her husband. She
has not much longer to wait; all at once the
diant, and, wrapping herself in the magnif-
cent r0tOnde of blue fox fur, she hur-
ries to the platform, amid renewed hurrahs
and clamorous cries Of JOY. Her eyes are
preaching engine-there is a shrill whistle,
much putting OF steam, and the train rolls
slowly into the station. The CZareWitch, little
saluting as he passes the long file of soldiers
drawn up Oh the platform. Suddenly he sees
her then all else Is forgotton-the station, the
soldiers. the crowd Of people-and the wife is
Then, like roar OF thunder, burst forth deaf
ening shouts, mixing up with the national
hymn.