Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-07-16
The Eyebrow.

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OF a lancers OH the middle Of the floor. of
a New York dancing saloon.
w hat do YOU mean? asked friend.
Why, they are a misfit"
A long look, a steady look, and look
altogether at the eyebrows in question
did indeed indicate something wrong
about them, but what it was was not SO
evident.
What do You suppose pair like
those are worth?" she asked.
About 'steen cents" answered the
reporter, falling as he supposed into the
spirit of the remark.
NO, but aeriouslys'
Well, 'ty cents, then"
They cost S3."
''Do you really mean that they are
false?"
II do.
And that the resources of civilization
have put within the reach of lovely
woman the means of circumyenting ma
ture when the good dame is parsinoni-
GUS III the matter of eyebrow"
Eyes, that is what | mean"
But how are they put on, and how
are they kept on?"
You never would understand it if You
did not see how it was done; the process
Is called reinforcing the eyebrow. You
know most girls have eyebrows as far as
they go, but especially in blondes this
feature is defective, while even brunettes
would generally wish To have more eye
brow than they can grow naturally
"Why?"
Because it sets off the eve. and
takes OFT that appearance Of boldness or
bulginess which an 1mbrowed eve al.
| ways has. Ii YOU ever see a Young lady
at her toilet, which Of course you haven't
you will notice that the very last thing
| she does Is to light match and burn it
SO as to have as much charcoal as posi-
bic. Tins little crayon is then wet with
with the dew on her rosebud lips, and
drawn lightly and skilfully across. her
| brows III the true arch of Juno. The
black deposit Is then rubbed in beneath
the tiny hairs, having only the effect of
darkness, and the result is enough to
make the eyebrows stand out to the
kproper relative place in the precision of
the features. Brunettes do this lust as
much as blondes; it is one touch of
charcoal which make all women kin"
| AAtu IL lS tOUNtutloIlal 10 consider q
heavy eyebrow pretty?"
| Eyes, 1t is more than conventional; it
Is so-just come with me and will show
you"
| The scribe supposed for wild second
| that he was about to be made an illumi-
natl of the toilet, but as the young lady
led the way to the conservatory rather
than to the ladies' dressing-room he saw
that he was once more foiled. The dis
appointment soured him, and he said;
''Are there eyebrows here?''
NO; but there are earwigs, reckon
which ought to be pretty nearly the
same thing. This is what / wanted to
show YOU" stopping before a plaster
bust of Schiller which was staring blind
ly and damply in an ingeniously incon-
gruous situation; "old Schiller will do
as lay figure. Just look at his eyes >
eyes, ma'am.
''Do you notice how fiat the face is
about the eye? How it needs something
to give it expression
The interlocutor pretended that he
had frequently lain awake at night griey-
ing over the defects of this bust.
WELL lend me your Faber No. 2,and
III show YOU what is the matter with it, >
and III moment the German bard was
ornamented with couple of we'll defined
and nicely arched brows, which, with Il
touch of black about the eyelids, brough,
the whole upper part Of the face forward
and gave 1t character and expression.
The change from SO slight a cause was q
remarkable one and the reporter at once
admitted that the feature was more
important one than he had hitherto he.
heved.
Yes" said she, handing back the
pencil with exemplary honesty. lit sets
face off. Now, YOU know, / get that
effect with charcoal Jennie gets it viii
more hair l don't see why should
hate her because she does, but | do, yor
know, SO that settles it.
''Of course that settles II
: 1T seems to NE that it Is more homes
to darkcn what one has than to add I.
what one has. especially a. thei
reinforced brows viii 70, Gt
. person who has not sharplv-eiges
forehead. which l haven't Whe,
they don't fit there Is sprongly lool
| ahou, them which i very unnatural all,
bv which they can be detected a. once.
"Bu, how are they put on;'
! IT Is very complicated process an.
! All elaborate one. The eyebrows mus
/. ! be parted down the center, and this falls
bit. which i JUS, al edge II hair car.
fully bandolinc.i along the bottom. stuc
in and combed lengthwavs with the eye
hrows Il Is extremely Difficult. 10 Il
\ this properly. taking great deal of tiEz.
/. and trouble, aud then when il Is don
: the whole business NAV l.. brishei oti
by accident. / girl ha. 10 take ~hol
) lot Il chances anyhow II She wants
:. look pretty.
Are these reinforc-r. for sale al "a
. the hair siore-:'
: WHY. of course shey arr. They hay
been III us. uow aimosi year ,ha,
a knov o: supp>ose AZ least one girl ot
; of every five her this evening has pa
}. on. SoEae oi them yoa cant jssee1, h'
II Others YOU can.
: II. the custom general IN the city
/, Il counted .wo hundred pair a, Il
!, Southern Hotel opening l, Is som
= thing ike the detection of symmetrical
:; once yoy. learn IL e.-s- them vou can: :.