The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-01
Making a Woman Beautiful.

ONE of the most attractive establish
ments in Fourteenth Street, New York
City, is an institution for beautifying
women. Few New York women need
to be told where it is. Many are inti-
mately acquainted with the establish
ment. 1t is probably the most popular
and successful establishment of the kind
in New York. Its proprietors have their
country and city residences, keep car
riage and trotting-wagon and Shetland
pony-phaeton, and have box at the
opera. The establishment which sup
ports all this luxury is an atelier devoted
to the fine art of making women beautl-
full. The store itself is filled with bright
and attractive cosmetics, hair goods,
curls, wigs, switches, chignons and Or
naments for the hair. In the rear are
hairdressing and shampooing rooms,
but in the second story, which is reach
ed by passenger elevator, is the salon,
the sanctum sanctorum of the art of be-
ing made beautiful. No man is ever
permitted to enter this room. 1t is a
long, lofty apartment, the finishings in
gold and black, and old gold, red and
bright gold. The cabinets in which the
cosmetics are kept are of black ebonized
carved wood, with gilded traceries. The
sofas and divans are of crimson plush
and brocatelle. Large mirrors, in black
and gold frames, are in each end of
the room between the windows.
Other large mirrors are set in
the walls on he side between the
black and gold cabinets. The front win
dows are shaded with lace curtains;
those at the back are filled with stained
glass panes, and open into conserva-
tory, where twittering canaries make
music in the perfume-laden atmosphere.
Opening into this salon are dressing
rooms, where ladies retire to have their
hair shampooed and dressed, and where
the intricate art of making up is prac-
ticed. This is the way the thing is done,
as described by lady who went through
the entire process:
"After throwing off my polonaise and
having peignoir thrown around my
shoulders, my hair was taken out of the
little knot into which had twisted it =.
and was shampooed. TWAS then dried
and combed up from my face and neck,
and smoothed at the edges with bando-
line, applied with a small fine sponge.
My eyes were then bathed with clair do
lufae. This is an eye tonic, and makes
the eyes exceedingly brilliant. Next,
with a magnifying-glass in her hand,
my cotfeuSe went over my face, neck,
arms and shoulders, carefully inspecting
every part, and with pair of fine
tweezers she removed every superfuoua
hair. From little box she dipped with
a small, fine, soft sponge a creamy,
rose-tinted cosmetic, and carefully ap.
piled it to my face, arms, hands, neck
and shoulders, rubbing and blending ID
carefully and evenly over the entire sur
face. She told me that she used rose
tinted creme because l was pale; for
ruddy blondes white creme is used for
brunettes, buff tinted. There are finish
ing powders, too, in all these shades.
"After the creme was rubbed in was
ready for bit of color in my cheeks
and lips. This was applied from rouge
cup with what is called, and I sup
pose is, rabbits foot. The color was
rubbed deity into my cheeks, a little
around my eye, on my nostrils, chin and
ears, and then my lips were tinged with
liquid vegetable, indelible rouge. Then,
with powder puff of swans down, she
went over the whole with rosy-white
blending powder, brushing it off care
fully with another puff. Now my eye
brows were brushed out and shaded
with fard tndten. This was done with
leather stamp. AS the creme and
Uelouti1e powder had hidden all my
veins, with blue pencil they were now
traced on my hands, arms, neck and
temples. With the same pencil a line
was traced under each of my eyes and
shaded off with fresh stamp. All this
requires the eye and hand of an artist.
"Then front couture, with waves
falling on my forehead, and curly hair,
thirty inches long, falling back, was
pinned on with invisible hair pins to my
own scanty chevelure, and, twining it
around coil in the back, it was formed
with switch of moderate size into
low couture, a Ia GrecqGe. A few little
waving curls were added, falling on my
neck, and behind my ears few stray
locks were drawn out and frizzed; for,
as my coifeuse said, the ears should
ever be set, as it were, in q spray of
hair. Then my eyelashes were trimmed,
and last of all my nails were soaked,
cut, tinted, and polished, and I was
supplied with set of toilette DIES 6ongleS,
and all the cosmetics had used and q
cosmetic mask. The whole cost me-;
you can pay 800 for an outfit If you
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