Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-10
GOOD-BY, ROSY CHEEKS.
The Latest Fashionable Craze-Plumu
Forms No Longer Considered Beau.
tiful.
From the Cleveland Herald.

From the Cleveland Herald
Just take good look at that lady coming
out of the drug store" said well-known ply
stefan to reporter, at the same time attracting
his attention to 4 beautiful young girl of 81 or
thereabouts as plump and rosy checked as only
proper mode of living could make her She
was the very picture of health. her proportions
were symmetrical from head to foot and from
glance the reporter judged that she weighed
about $50 pounds She carried small package
in her hand, and as she disappeared from view
the physician, continuing. said: THAT girl is as
pretty and handsome as any in town. her pa
rents are among the weaithest. all her wishes
are fulfilled. she wants for nothing, and
still she is as miserable and unhappy as the
poorest woman in the city,
"SOme love affair, of course:" said the re-
porter
Far from it." replied the NJ. D., sShe is en-
gagged aud about to become the wife of the man
of her choice; but the tact of her being slave
to fashion renders her unhappy"
III it is as you say. she must surely have
money enough to move along with the world
of fashion,"
You don't mean to say" said the doctor
'that you haven't heard of the latest lank and
lean craze now existing among fashionable
ladies? No? Well. then, I'll tell you great
are as finely propOrtiOned as the young lady
have just pointed out to you. and with the
flush OF health upon their cheeks. consider
themselves out of fashion, for to be fashion,
able nowadays. one must wear a lean and
hungry look look pale and interesting
Those approaching reasonable degree of
avoirdupois or the possessors of rosy
cheeks are looked upon as being vulgar and
not entitled to the honor and distinction
of moving in the fashionable world. But to
return to the young lady who has inst left the
drug store. You must have noticed the pack
age she carried in her hand that was nothing
more or less than vile compound Of drugs nut
up for the purpose OF reducing person s
weight. at the same time undermining the
health of the brainless idiots foolish enough to
take it, That lady called at my office last
week, and blandly asked me to advise her what
course she should pursue and what means she
should employ to reduce her weight and re-
move the color of roses from her cheeks.
had a serious conversation with her vainly
endcayOrng to dissuade her from the foolish
course she was about to pursue; but it was
of no avail. she lett my Office highly in
dignant. and said she would never consult
me again. [ then called upon the young
lady's father who tried to talk seriously
to his daughter. but / have since ascer-
tanned that she visited other physicians. who
gave her the necessary prescription. l know of
some ladies in the city, married and single, who
don't stop at anything. Eating arsenic is an old
failing among the fair sex. but it has lately
been revived at a fearful rate, for to gain their
ends it is not only necessary to be thin, but
pale. How long such craze generally lasts
there is no telling; it may continue for season
or two. and then the wrecks resulting there
from will endeavor to build themselves up
again. but nne-tenths of them will be hOpelessly
lost and good candidates for the grave. | tell
you sir. it is wonderful to contemplate the sui
ferings some women are willing to undergo for
the sake of being fashionable. | know that you
are inclined to doubt my assertions. but some
day, when you have time to spare, take a walk
around drug stores and physicians offices and
you will find that | have told you the truth,
without the least bit of exaggeration.