The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-30
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III the reader be warm admirer and
therefore a close observer OF female
beauty, he will most probably not have
failed to discover that the compilations
of a large percentage of our girls just
budding into womanhood are deformed
by pimples, blotches, and what appear
to be exfoliations of the cuticle. 10
the nymph in the first flush of young
ladyhood these eruptions are exceed
ingly exasperating. Not unfrequently
they burst into notice at the tip OF a
handsome nose. Then, indeed, the un-
fortunate sufferer is on the verge of de-
spair. She jumps from her bed at the
first peep of daylight, ,rushes to the
mirror, more than likely exclaims: 81
declare to goodnessl there is another OF
them horrid spotsr' Before long she
consults the family physician, and he
prescribes. The spots vanish; the COM
plsxion becomes clear and transparent;
she enjoys beauty for several years; aft
erward positive ugliness follows. and
almost before she has reached the mel
low meridian of middle age our pimpled
young graduate drops into the grave.
What is the cause of those pimples.
thosS splotches, that spottiness on the
nose of girlhoodP The answer is that
in nine cases out of ten its origin is to
be found in the "violet powder with
which the fashionable young demoiselle
at an early age begins to puff and daub
her face, in order, as she fondly fancies,
to enhaace her beauty, and TO cover up
a vagrant freckle. In a remarkable
article recently published in Vienna
periodical, Prof. Helwig seems to have
probed the bottom of this subject.
Prof. Hclwig has frequently been
consulted in recent years by young Ia
dies respecting the eruptive distigura-
tions to which reference has been
made. In the cases of several patients
he removed the pimple or portion
of the blotch with the lancet for mi
croscopic examination. In every in
stance he discovered minute living or
ganisms-human parasites. These were
the pimples- As respected the smaller
eruptive or black spots that frequently
atfiict the nose of beauty, he discovered
that it was caused by another living
creature, to which the formidable name
of Denoder tolttcutorun has been as.
signed. If any belle, so nose-afflicted,
when she reads this article, will step
up to the mirror and administer slight
pressure to one of those 'beauty spots''
buab 1PPCdAo Ohl1ASCo anu
with terminal black spot, the matter
forced out will consist principally ol
the accumulated sebaceous secretion,
having these tiny parasites with their
eggs and young mingled with it. II
she has friend who possesses good
microscope she may carry him the -ex.
uded material. BY the addition of q
little olive oil. which will soften the
sebaceous matter, the parasites with
their eggs and young may be separated.
They can be observed at leisure, and
they will be seen to be formidable little
creatures, worth more than cursory in.
spection.
When Prof. Helwig had advanced
thus far he bethought him to examine
the toilet powders used by his fair pa,
tients. Here he found the clew to the
mystery. In one specimen. prepared
by leading house in Paris, he found
the eggs of the DenlodeI JolliculoruDl
in another, prepared by a Vienna per.
fumer, he found the germ of the active
little turnover that raises the pimple.
The doctor told his interesting patients
that they must either discontinue the
use of these farinaceous powders or pay
the penalty of having their fair skins
transformed into hides.
The origin of these living organisms
and their germs is by no means obvious.
Prof. Helwig is of the opinion that the
Introduction of the volatile oil for the
purpose of perfuming the powder rem.
ders the farinaceous fecula fit habita-
ton for those living germs with which
our whole atmosphere is undoubtedly
pervaded. Prof. Chon, of Berlin. at.
tributes the appearance of the germs oI
the creatures to putrefaction. Accord.
ing to his view. the prevailing fashion
of using those farinaceous complexion
powders may be described as "a per.
petual conflict between the person
using it and the specific organism which
multiplies at her expense, appropriat.
ing her air and moisture, and frequent.
ly poisoning her by the decomposition
it causes" Vexed and annoyed with the
pimples and discolorations, the would.
be belle jumps from the frying pan into
the fire.
She begins to take arsenic in some OF
its alluring forms. The organisms are
speedily destroyed, the eruptions dis
appear, and the belle, as she views her.
self in the mirror, is delighted to dis.
cover that she is growing stouter She
imagines that she is plump, but it is the
fictitious plumpness that indicates
dropsy, and inevitably brings death in
its train while the woman is yet COM
paratively young. There is only one
safe path to pursue: Check the habit
of using these dangerous toilet powders
in our young girls, and when they grow
up they will have no cause to be
ashamed of their compilations - Chi
cd9o Tribune.