The Bossier banner., 1883-02-15
{ How Woneao Use. Arsenic. =, !,

One of the strangest phenomeits 6f4ss
the society in which we live is its taste
for pDisons The day has passed whens
the chemists blue bottle. inspired awe.
The boudoir is rapidly ;sstifning the ~
appearance offga dispensary,l and tha !,
toilet is a medium for instructing
inquisitiye ihouseslhaids in6lfe be eneeef3a
toxieology. A few months since the 4
discovery was made, or rather brli;ted
in Paris, that the practice of taking }
nlorphia by hypodeFmie~injeetions had
risen to such favor with ladies' WIN
plunged deeply into the excitement of
the capital, that Tire. jewellers were seIl9@
ing largely a curious and novel. kind ofga
personal adornment, viz. little 'ph al
to hold morphia, with fnjeetien IieedeA1
attached. indulgence in this ,poisong.
however, entails such greedy revenge
of nature that, generally speaking sVen@
those women who live sfor society are
in no great danger Iaf falling victims
to its nfatuat.on.,
But it IS otherwise with another poi
ssonywhich of late years has been. staadi-s8
,ly rising in the favor of ladies, and whose
CONSUMPTION IS now enormous. IS fg0as
doubt the slalters arc primarily res9on-aa
sible for this fashionable vice. They
prescribe arsenic as a tonic. IT'S I'M. Y
questionably q very e eifcacigus ones and, &
when used discreetly, an excellent
blood purifier. But mo sooner gl6esis
many fair patient. perceive that it
makes a complex ion very 4elear and
white, than it has Ia fatal fascination for
her; and as a preparation Of the drug
is tohe Gbtained Of lany chemist she IS
MT o,alfoeaI -, oI- n
Of her weakness &c il inFrafiee. iioSy-i&
ever where this spoison is sebicfy in.a
vogue and we may be sure that, until
our Heal of beauty grea'ly changes for
the. worse, The hahitual arsenic-takefsss
will remain in very small minority
in this country. 4or the Ste6ects
makes the skinsgof marble wtdtF
nness;- but it also rapidly produces az
form of obesity that comes into kioleht3
conflict with our prevailing .nQtiens qfla
feminine charms. Frenehmen and
Mo0rs agree in thinking thabl Che more
eloselY the3 female forna resembles that
OF, the quail the more, divine it is,. we,
stand aloof from Che ~ofShIiers of en1-1
bppgeint, and have as Little aaamiration
for the fat kline as we have for the lean.
1iOS5F w fltu3dtttEt tS11
life know with what ,ardor 2 French.
woman cultivates a Well-rouhded form.
With cunning arrangement OF padding
and ptifing,the dfessnaaker may co a
g9g1 deal toproduce the mlch7desireds
outline: but the result, a.ter al, Il only ar
tistieg 0nthe other HIND, the enbcnpolnSs
whieAeomes Of ,aTYeais is natural e9rWilll II
easily pass as such. Al THIS drug IS not
the elixir Of pelpetaaByoHth- u tis at ada
events, the constFpetiEe elixir Of beauty
of the contemporary French type, ana
the name ofitsideFotees acrdssthe slians@
mel is legipp. eua3aay5e aaHF .fosgT
3 No doubt the habit of arsenic taking.
like other virus thatisp61sening soeieey.s
originated with thes8ajR speaking OF
whom the cant of m9derR Hoilteasfs
has borrowed a word from the Creeks.
sSHetafr;9'i all d sfseiiic seem % have o.
natural affinity, InsP Paris arsenic InlEp
needed the patronage of the ladies who
cause such hearth bufnings 30 estifnsbles
patrons at LOugchanps for the latteEtq
become feYerishly anxious. TO try the
effects of the - eIixirlii on themselFes.s
Neither of the two4' 'sWorlds'3 can, hQlas
aDv secret from the other, and the
agency CerBployad3 > TO q Froaace tslossi
physical results of which We have been
speaking has long ceased TO be y fays-,
tery inParisy lHow, whetiIer its1e gJnt
the. greenswardIsfof Lopgchampss sthe,
.giljed rooms Of the Eiysee, of ar an
aftern8on sreception; ;t6f0the Prncessf
x. one does not need &c. be learned
in medicine 10 perceive thatsarsenIc mas
taken theilcad If .morphiag hal sadqIluas
or anv other noxieus drug That ever en-
terei into conspiracy S'9fth 'fefinfts
varTif ', TO make stlle eersaina M opasset
mans delightful ideal the fimslesf ot
abgtractions. As tEs favdfits po.sGf OF
the ladies of Franeo.-.-- Loaaon lFegt4 sg
1879 ' - : = 1F-asf .s84tit
German papers take delight in con- CON-
mentine upon the fact that beside tle
4h,.oa Csern,an A American members IN &ne