The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-06-01
MouStaohed Girls.

eyes" said the professor, to a report
er OF the 81. Louis Post Dispatch, when
asked about the frequency of such cas-
es, there are number Of ladies so af-
flcted. The trouble usually occurs in
women who are of dark complexion,
and more frequently in middle-age than
in youth. When you see q dark woman,
with large bushy eyebrows, which near
ly grow together, you may be pretty
sure that she can grow an imperial il
she will only take the necessary pains.
Hirsute adornments are not so frequent
in young women, although they some
times occur. A girl often has heavy
growth of down upon the upper lip or
the chin. 1t annoys her, and she keeps
feeling it and pulling it continually.
Perhaps she endeavors to clip it with
scissors, Or in some cases TO shave it
away. The result is heavier growth
the next time, which becomes so prom
inent that it must be removed. The
most frequent place where the hair
makes its appearance is on the upper
lip or chin, although it sometimes APP
pears on the side of the face, and even
on the throat. AS general thing,
believe that those bearded women which
are advertised by shows are frauds, but
in the course of my practice have seen
more than one woman who could raise
a heavy beard if she only wished to cul-
tivate it."
''Do many women shaver
"Why, yes, a great many more than
is generally supposed. They hide the
traces that the shaving leaves with
heavy doses of powder and plaster.
Whenever you see lady, especially if
she be middle-aged, and more especial
ly if she be dark-featurcd, wearing a
heavy coating of lily white, one of the
conclusions is that she has been shay
ing, although it is not the only infer.
ence. One thing is certain, q lady who
shaves must use powder in largo guam
titles, and there are many ladies who
shave"
as this facial decoration easily re-
movedp"
mo, it is not. All the books recon-
mend depilatories, but these are usually
of littlo service. They are composed
mainly Of quick lime and orpient, which
is preparation of arsenic, and tho on
ly effect is to cut of the hair to tho sur
face of the skin, leaving the root intact
to grow again. There is also another
mode of treatment, but it is so slow and
painful, and requires tho aid Of so
skilled an operator, that ii is seldom
used In this latter, which is known as
the electric method, tho patient sits in
q chair, holding in her right hand
sponge which is connected with tho
negative pole of an electric battery.
The operator holds q needle or fine
wire which is connected with tho posi-
tive pole, and this no thrusts with
quick motion down into each cell or
foltice, thus destroying tho root. Every
time tho needle touches tho skin Sc
vero shock is caused, which will cause
nervous patient TO scream out with
pain, and, If tho operator is bungler,
or If his nerve is not very steady, no
will miss his mark and cause more in
tense agony. Not moro than one, or at
most two, dozen hairs can DO attended
to at one sitting--indeed. very few pa
tients can sit for one-fourth Of the last
hence you will see that
the operation Is extremely painful.
Sometimes women attempt to operate
upon themselves. They heat needles
and endeavor to introduce thom into
the capillary cells. The usual result is
that tho carbon, which accumulatcs IN
the needle during heating, Is imoedded
in the epidermis, or underskin, ana o
first-class case Of tattooing is tho result.
Then. again, many ladies use acid Tor
tho purpose, and permanently, scar their
face. Others remove the hair with
tweezers, etc."