The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
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BELLEs oF ANoIRNr DAYs-
What Was Worn by Women During IN,
Last Century.

Boston World.
]. Undoubtedly there is much idle tall
about the wonderful extravaganza Q
ladies of the present day, their pursui
of constantly changing STYLES and tn,
Iuxuries demanded BY those who can
or think they can, afford the expense
One would be led to suppose. in tn,
absence of knowledge to the contrary,
that these were things of modern growth
But just look at the 'tstyle" they used
to put on in early ages, and their enor
nous extravaganees.
We are told that the ladies of Lesbo,
slept on roses whose perfume had been
artifcially heightened. And in those
times court maidens powdered their
hair with gold.
Mark Antony's daughter nd not
change her dress half dozen times a
day, as do the Saratoga graces, but she
made the lampreys in her fish pond
wear earrings.
The dresses of Lolita Paulina, the
rival of Aggripina, were valued at 81
664 ,480. This did not include her
jewels. She wore at one supper ST.
562, 800 worth of jewels, and it was a
plain citizens supper The luxury of
PoPpaa, beloved by Nero, was equal to
that of Lolita.
The women of the Roman Empire in
dulged in all sorts of luxuries and ex-
cesses, and these were revived under
Napoleon /. in France, Nine. Tallien
bathed herself in wash of strawberries
and raspberries, and had herself rubbed
down with sponges dipped in milk and
perfumes.
Ovid says that in his day girls were
taught to smile gracefully.
The beauties of ancient times were
just as vain as modern bellies, and spent |
the greater part of their day at their
toilet. The use of cosmetics was uni
versal among them. Aspasia and Cleo
patra (models of female beauty, it is
said) both used an abundance of paint,
and each wrote a treatise on cosmetics.
Cleopatra used bears grease to keep her
hair from falling out. Roman ladies
were so careful of their compilations
that to protect them they wore masks.
The Athenian women of antiquity were
very studious of their attitudes and ac-
tions, and thought hurried and sudden
step sign of rusticity.
We have certain styles of beauty now
sdays; so had the Greeks. They went
Wild over the ''ideal chin, neither sharp
lor blunt, but gently undulatirg in its
and losing itself gradually and
Ilmost insensibly in the fullness of the
leck. The union of the two eyebrows
vas esteemed by the Romans as a beau
y. 1t is said they admired the air of
Lightly it gives to the face.
An Albanian belle of to-day presents
rather striking appearance. She is,
5 a rule, eoifed with seed pearls and !
oins, and enveloped IN a black serge $
elise. She uses paint on her face pro- =
Isely, and her taste runs to cherry lips !.
nd cheeks, and jet black eyebrows !
trongly drawn. An Albanian bride n
iscards paint for while, and if i
-ealthy wears suit something like e
his: Rose-colored under-robes, with an Ii
ver-robe of dark green velvet, the idea r
eing taken from a rosebud half opened ),
| its leaves. Thus arrayed, the girl of c
andsome features is said to look really +
b
The Tartars despise prominent nasal t
opendages, and the woman who has the b
nallest nose is esteemed the most a.
but to outside barbarians :, -
lie is a perfect fright. h
The women of Spit, in India, wear m
mics and trousers of wooden stuff, with m
rye boots, partly of leather, partly of &C
anket, which come up to the knee, az
i'd which they are fond Of taking off !,
any time. In order to get greater h +,
armth, they often put a quantity of is
,ur into these boots beside their legs. at
heir taste in regard to ornaments runs W
uch to all sorts of rings, including bI
,se-rings. =
A typical woman in the interior of 70 70
frica is thus described: "Her naked su "1
gro skin was leathery, coarse and
her figure was tottering and co
lock-kneed her thin hair hung in m
easy locks on her wrists and ankles 60
e had almost an arsenal of metal links pr
iron, brass and copper, strong enough Va Va
bind prisoner in his cell. About va
r neck were hanging chains of iron, II
,ips Of leather, strings of wooden balls, SCI
d heaven knows what more lumber" pr