Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-22
The Pursuit of Beauty.
How Women Cultivate It on Hystsnic Principles, Ringing Rouge to the
 

How Women Cultivate It on Hystsnic
 Principles, Ringing Rouge to the
 Winds.
 From the Courier-Jeurnall
 It is now the fashion to be healthy. It has taken many generations of women and ages of experiments with cosmstics to convince the world that health is after all the only beautifier. Rouge and carmine are pidly falling into disrepute, and regarded as defunct barbarisms, whose eternal condemna- ton is the common interest of humanity. It must be confessed that Louisville women will enjoy peculiar aCvantage in this abandon ment of artificial beautifers While admit ting that Louisville has much female love liness to the square inch any city in the United States, it must also be admitted that the barbaric instincts of her women have Eeen only too apparent in the disposition to paint things little too red. A woman who ''naalses up'' dares not appear on the street or elsewhere without her war paint, and as dispatch is sometimes more urgent than accuracy, her toilet is not always made with equal care, and there are one or two cases on record where carmine was mistaken for Egyptian black, and vice versa, and the Ori- ental eyebrow, which had been her ambition, showed up in terra cotta and the facial ap- erture that should have represented Cupid's bow. was suggestive of nothing so much as blackberry pie.
 The woman of to-day is ambitious to be healthy first, because nothing is so conducive
  terrupted flow of animal spirits and sparkling vivacity that tell so we'll in social circles as health and second because there is nothing like good digestion to keep old age at bay and stave off that time so dreaded by every woman when at last
 The hateful crow shall tread The corners of her eyes.
 Beauty Is power even knowledge comes into its presence with uncovered head, and no one can realize this fully as the woman ko ,hO.>, has Nr tions.
 Some books have recently appeared which advocate the cultivation of beauty on the I above sound principles, and directions are ! given for the moduS operandi in all the ! minor details, which finally consolidate in a
 brilliant and truly enviable ensemble that is | not only satisfactory for the time being, but | is warranted permanent, when once acquired. | They maintain, for instance, that ali the skin ! wants is leave to act, and 1t takes care of it. self. In the matter of baths, plunge in ice | cold water Is not recommended, as 1t requires l a woman of iron constitution to endure it, l and where 8 hot bath is used it should come \ before retiring, as there is less danger of taking cold, and the body, be ng weakened | by tho ablution, has need of rest. It is well | to use flesh brush, and afterward rinse off | the soapsuds by briskly rubbing the body | with pair of coarse toilet gloves. The most l important part of bath is the drying Every part of the body should be rubbed to glow l ing redness, using coarse crash towel at the ! finish. If sufficient friction cannot be given. a small amount of bay rum, applied with the palm of the hand, will be found ef1icacious. Ladies who have ample leisure and who lead ! methodioal lives take plunge or sponge l bath three times $ week and vapor sun l bath every day. To facilitate this very bene ! ficial practice a south or east apartment is desirable. The lady denudes herself, takes 8 seat near the window, and takes in the warm rays of the sun. The effect is both beneficial and delightful When the day is sunless recourse is had to a vapor bath, which is | equally efficaoious, but less agreeable. To effect this purgatory is improvised by means
 of a spirit lamp, perforated ottoman or l willow rocker, and large woolen blanket, l that is tucked round her securely to prevent
 the heat from escaping It is said this can- l not be endured for more than thirty minutes l at a time and that it so vividly recalls some prophecies relating to @ possible future state
 that it induces severe introspection, and is
 almost as effective for devotional as for hy.
 gienic purposes.
 One of the most useful articles of the toilet
 is a bottle of ammonia, and any lady who has
 once learned it's value will never be without it. few drops in the water takes the place
 of the usual amount of soap, and cleans ou | the pores of the skin well bleach vii
 do. Wash the face with flesh brush, an'
 rub the lips well to tone their color. It well to bathe the eyes before putting in tn