Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-03
BEHIND I'VE CURTAIN.
Some Mysteries Of tbs Toilet Of
Society Girls. Us
The Uses Ofwater and Soap, Boras, Glyesr-
Inc, and Other Aids to Beautiful
and Clear Complexion.
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profitable amusement, for it not only enables
him to ventilate his spleen, but gives him
a chance to air his versatility as a critic,
and show Just how large vocabulary OF
epithets disguised male may have.
These criticisms have not only come from
the individual woman-hater, but the club,
the pulpit and the press have engaged in
the pastime, and corsets, curlpapers, bustles,
aounces, cosmetics and innumerable other
so called frivolities have been periodically
considered in debate, sermon, and editorials
So farcical has been the reasoning OF these
would-be reformers that woman have come
to greet their attempts with genuine delight,
They are mindful of the fact that ministers,
editors and lecturers get run out Of topics,
and during this dearth will seize on fash
ionable foible with the same avidity that a
drowning man clutches at seaweed. But
they are cute enough to see that the very
man who devotes quire of paper ana
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nunciation of ruffies, tucks, pufs, founccs,
fills and knife-plaitings is doing so with no
more potent object in view than to replenish
the depleted wardrobe of his wife and
daughters.
A Little Style.
A woman does not need the brain Of a
George Eliot to teach her that girl with a
pair of Spanish arching shoes, stylish
walking suit, and couture and complexion
that she gets from Nine. de Beautifer has
Just 80 per cent better chances for making
good marriage than the common'sense
girl who combes her hair straight back,
wears good broad shoes, nice, loose dresses,
and goes without corsets, powder, pertumery
and fancy slippers because the men might
call her silly Well, the men won't call her
silly. but they will let her severely alone
Man in the aggregate is a very contradic-
tory animal and must not be held account
able for all he says.
Stand at the entrance of theatre or opera
house any evening in the season of music
and drama and one will find that the girls
on whom the theatre-goers spend their
money are none other than the ones who
follow the STYLES and study their mirror
with the greatest care However much a
man likes to dilate on the whims of fash
ionable women he will not be seen in society
with Miss Prim, and has no hesitancy in
saving that if woman cannot make herself
look pretty she deserves to be neglected.
And so she is. Mentally and intellectually
she may be his superior, but If she is an
ugly girl and looks like an ugly girl she had
better stay at home.
There is so much pertaining to lady-like
appearance that only one topic-that of per-
sonal attention-will be considered. 1t
should not be necessary to refer to bathing
and daily ablution but for the painful fact tina.
many we'll dressed women are to be met
with daily whose ears, neck, and hair 60 to
prove that great economy is practised in the
use ofsoap and water. Now, this is an un-
pardonabie neglect and will disgust critic
sooner than, shoddiness or false syntaX. 1t
is impossible to keep clean without one
plunge bath week.. and people Of scrupu-
ious habits bath every day in summer and
twice week in winter Regardless Of bath
ing, the face, neck, arms and chest should
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the year, and no one can live in dirty city
like Chicago and hope to keep clean in any
other way There is no necessity for many
remarks about the water. Ifwarm wafer is
preferred and it agrees with the skin, use it.
But cold water is the better because it is re-
freshing, and there is less danger of taking
cold on going into the open air. Very often
a night-sweat leaves the eyes inhamed, in
which case they should be bathed for fifteen
minutes in warm water.
Soap Is Useful.
Use good soap. By that it is not meant
fancy or imported goods which sell at 81 80
per cake, but the composition of putrid fat,
I've and cheap perfumery which masque-
rades for toilet soap does more to ruin
good complexion than almost anything else.
Good soap cannot be bought for less than
20 centsa cake, and bar worth 30 cents
will not only last longer, but will be much
more beneficial to the skin. Some of there
pure soaps are largely purchased on account
of their DELEGATE perfume which lends extra
scent to the toilet. Professional beautifiers
protest against the use of soap on the face
altogether. ghey give instruction to battle
the eyes and lips in distilled water and rub
the rest of the face with piece Of chamois
skin. The eyebrows are wet with cologne
water, the lips rouged, cheeks powdered,
and Ladie Feire is ready to descend Now,
all this is very we'll on paper, but her kiss
es would be anything but agreeable. There
is but one way to keep the fac clean, and
that way is to wash it
No toilet table is complete without bot
tie of ammonia or a box of pulverised
borax. A few drops in the water cleanses
the skin and stimulates it wonderfully. 1t
is especially valuable in removing the odor
of Precipitation.
If the skin is oily, use small amount of
camphor. Borax and glycerine combined
are used with good effect by some people,
while thoroughly disagreeing with others.
Glycarine used alone will soften and heal
the skin, but in time darken it; borax OBJ
viates this and has tendency to whited it.
After washing the skin should be well
rubbed, so as to remove as much as posi-
bic the black heads that collect around the
nose and mouth. Have a mixture COM
posed of one ounce of pure glycarene and
vi IOoChdIcI. OuE uDOuI a
tablespoonful on the towel and rub into the
skin. This will readily evaporate, leaving
the skin soft and clean, and is a positive
preventative of surface eruption and chaps.
If the skin is over-sensative to glycerine,
use half an ounce or less with three ounces
of rosewater.
Tan may be partially removed with
cream, white wax, lemon juice and tallow,
but wise woman will waste little energy
in this attempt. 1t viii wear off when the
heat moderates, but no other positive rem
edy is known. The same ignorance must
be confessed in regard to freckles, which
nothing short of a chemical bonfire will
eradicate. There are innumerable washes
and lotions prepared by druggists which
will cover up the blemishes, but like many
other annoyances, they must be endured.
The Complexion.
Instead of the poultice of bread aad
asses milk, which the ancient German
woman found so efficacious for softening
and bleaching the face, a face-mask wet in
distilled water viii be found to be yalu-
able substitute. This instrument of tor
ture is made of quilted cotton, rubber, or
chamois skin, the inside ofwhich is treated
with some chemical poultice. As the
whole face is covered, the temperature soon