Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
MANUFACTURED BEAUTY.
Homily on the Arts and Sciences Applied by
the - Max cup 4" Artist.
From the London world.J

From the London World.l
It is a question whether beauty, like
goodness. must not necessarily be genU-
me il order to be admirable. We de-
sp1se the hypocrite; we laugh at the
artifcially lovely. Yet there Is large
class which is SO DESTROYS of admiration
that. in its pursuit, any deceit is con-
sidered justitiable The climax of this
theory is reached when the old lazy of
SIS. the aged patroness of many charla-
taHs is held up to admiration because
at a little distance-she would pass for
80. Proudly her makers-up" point
out how this effect is produced: Her
hair is false, her skin is enameled-be-
sides being frightened" to prevent
wrinkIes-her eyeIashes are stained, her
figure is 's,made. She is false all over.
Now, Is this admirable? Would not
little honest old age and ugllness be
more agreeable Be this as 1t may, it
is not very important. When lady
has reached the mature age OF 50 her
appearance troubles no one very much,
except her grandchildren. But when 1t
comes to the lady whom you love, or
might love II you were quite certain that
sue was genuine, the case is different.
1t is bad to know that your dear
Angela must sleep III cOrsets, or
she never. never could attain to the
fashionable waist; 1t is sad to think of
the inevitable results on her poor little
feet of those LOUIS Quinze heels which
make her pretty boots look SO bewitch
ing. But such sins as these, such tri-
fmgs with the human frame divine are
things too common to complain Of.
When Augela's hair slowly, but surely,
changes its color, that, too, must be
borne III silence, even If the new shade
is nothing like SO becoming as It's pre-
decessor. But when you begin to fancy
Angela's nose is growing O. :ecian-when
at last you are positive that a change
has taken place-then 1T is not nice to
guess that Angela, III the sweet hours of
sleep, wears a nose machine The pic
ture is not pretty or pleasant; how much
worse must 1t appear to the sufferer?
Figure to yourself what 1t must feel like
to take your beauty-sleep with pair of
pincers on your nose. That pretty old
fashioned expression has now taken a
new and dreadful meaning. Any one
who desires to possess the Mrs. Lang
try nose," has but to sleep in torment
for a week or two and the great result is
obtained. Ii the figure of the would-be
beauty Is not as lovely as she wishes,
the anatomical corset-maker" will sup
ply her with a nocturnal squeezing ap-
paratus which will fine her down" by
degrees. II her stature is too low for
beauty, she may remedy this by wear
ing what is mildly called an ''appi-
ance:" III the days Of the inquisition it
would probably have been ella SIS ed as an
instrument Of fortune. The appliance
squeezes and stretches all the lower part
OF the body, and lis use is said not to
interfere with the comfort of ones beau
ty-sleep.
1t is not, as a rule, positively ugly
women VINO make themselves suffer in
these various ways; 1t is the woman who
lust falls short OF being beauty. Some
bIemish stands IN her way; like her
ONE, she resolves TO remove 1t. She Is
unconscious of how great step the first
Is. Once having wrecked her moral
sense On the subject OF artifciality, she is
ready 10 be the victim OF the quacks and
charlatans who live on the proceeds of
pig Denus and powders and instruments
OF torture. Perhaps her first folly is
nothing greater than the use of some
bloom ofroses TO impIove her complexion.
This is no great SIN, though pale cheeks
are better, IN front of the footlIghts
thanauy rouge. But when she gets
this she becomes acquainted with doz-
en- other little articles. Why not have
sun-rays II her hair a? Why not tighten
the skin under her eyes to prevent those
crows feet from coming which show so
at the end Of the season Why not
WELD to the subtle suggestion of tba
s'enameler," and improve her skin lit
tle-just very ittle-so as to be only
lust perceptible Why not color her eve
brows aud lashes just enough to make
them more effective? These tempta-
tions are so inviting and apparently so
Innocent that they are sure of success
with the unhappy woman who looks in
her glass and sees a doubtful beauty.
Then. when she makes her various