Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-21
.sToILET or rLoRA.,
The fsoudoIr BOOK Of the Bellies of the
Eighteenth Century -How TO secure ma
ven and Fiaxen Locks.

The rsoudoIr Book Of the Bellies of the
Eighteenth Centary How TO Secure Ea-
ven aud Fiaxen Locks.
The explorer of the odd corners OF
our library alcovvs and the frequent
ers of the secondhand bookstores, are
similar with that numerous class OF
publications that profess to reveal the
secrets of personal beauty and expa-
tiaie on the arts of fascination. The
other day the writer came upon an eN-
ceedingly curious book of this de scrip
ton I'm the Boston Public Library. IL
is dainty little volume, with Il ianci-
fully Illuminated cover, with rocco de-
signs. and ON its title page are
the words, Toilet of Flora,n
in old text. 1t appears that this
quaint handbook was much in favor,
and considered rs an authority among
the devotees of fashion in the last CEN
fury. 1t would seem a priori in the
nature OF PROCLAMATION to intrude
within It's communicative pages, which
TO all appearances were prepared some
what exclusively for ladies; therefore,
let anyone who cares TO examine this
rare treatise do so with great delicacy
and discretion. In the advertisement
the reader is informed that the same
share of Grace and Attraction Is not
possessed by all Of them tthe ladies';
but while the improvement of their
Persons is the indispensable Duty OF
those who have been little favored by
Nature, ii should not be neglected even
by the few who have received the
largest Proportion OF her GIFTS. The
same Art, which will communicate to
the fJrmer the Power of pleasing, WI l
enable the latter To extend the Empire
OF their beauty. Its Office is to
remove, or at least cover up the de
fects OF one class and to give force and
lustre to the PROJECTIONS OF the other"
The body of the work consists of some
300 recipes for aronntlcs, emollients,
cosmetics, dentrifices, dipilatorcs, To-
tions, pastiles, pomatums, powders,
pnstes, carmens and sweet-scented
waters, all of which the reader is as
surcd are thoroughly effective and re-
liable. Many of these Escipes are un-
derscored by pencil MARIA recon-
mcndation from some fair dame who
! has tried them. 1t would appear !lom
| this comprehensive work that the idea
! Of promoting by artificial means a
| luxuriant growth OF hair, where ii IL n
missing quantity, iiattered the vani-
| ties of mankind even in the
! eighteenth century; for here are nu-
merous preparations, fluids, ointments
and various connections, whose
| subtle virtues are averrcd TO be
| infallible in making the hair
grow or restoring eyebrows. Very
simple methods of turning the hair
| black or to "beautful flaXen color"
are also described. your soul yearns
for raven locks 1t Is merely necessary
TO wash your head with spring water,
/ then dip your comb in oil of tartar and
comb yourself in the SUM- The in
gradients of celestial 'odoriierous'
aud "angclic waters" are shown not to
be nearly so rare and difficult TO OBJ
tain rs might be supposed. white
gloves are scented with jasmine after
the Italian manner with W ndelful
little trouble. itmay be Of interest to
parties well advanced in years To
know that the secret of rcjuvenation
and the removal of wrinkles Is to cheat
M iron shovel red hot; throw on some
powder nyrrh and receive the smoke
on your face; covering your
head wiCh towel TO prevent its being
dissipatcd. Repeat this operation
three times. Then heat the shovel
again, and when fiery hot pour ON u
mouthiul of white wine. Receive tn,
vapor OF the wine also on your face
ana repeat it three times" This
simple method OF becoming young
again to all appearances is certainly
much more satisfactory than searching
after delu$ive spring of eterna
youth, as one Ponce de Leon is re-
ported to have done. The necessary
materials are easy to TO be obtained
and you have only TO repeat the opera
ton morning and night "as long as
you find occasion. ~ Boston Globe.