The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-19
Stage Beauties

II is fact not generally known
vet well worthy of consideration
from its significance, that nineteel
out of twenty of the leading ladie
on the stage at the present tim'
have the most beautiful natura
compilations, which endure the raw
ages of stage make up" OF time
and of late hours far better thar
that of the ordinary society belle
who half dozen times day give
her face a little dab Of powder, lay
ing to her soul the flattering anc
deceptive JUNCTION that it is only ric'
powder.
ANY one seeing theatrical make
up" for the first time might vel
have the opinion that it could ruiz
the skin, but the most noted actress
es. as we have said, have acquired
an art of preservation which few
outside of the profession under
stand. Harper,s Basar says: The
professional lady's first thought is
entire cleanliness. A well-known
and beautiful actress says that she
would never touch her powder
without washing her face thorough
lv first. The pores being cleansed,
the powder is more easily removed
and does not form crust, as 1t were,
which is hard to entirely take of.
Next a cold cream, fine vaseline or
home made white pomade is rubbed
softly over the face, wiped very
lightly, and then the powder is ap-
piled. A soft puff or piece of cot
ton flannel may be used for this
purpose. and it is better to make
two or three light applications than
to rub it at all hard. The best stage
and home powder is made OF the
simplest materials-common pre-
pared chalk subjected to a baking
or fine pearl starch perfectly dry,
and mingled for some days with
dried rose or orange leaves. Few
liquid cosmetics are as harmless as
.he above: still there are some valu-
able recipes which can be made up
at home or to order. Among the
best are the following: Mecca tur-
pentine, one quart; oil of sweet al
monds. one ounce and three quar-
ters; spernacei and white wax each
three quarters of a dram, rose water
two drams. This should be mixed
over either a water or a sand bath
and is supposed to remove rough
ness of the skin, and whiten it fine
ly. A still more efficacious paste
for curing blotches and inducing
free action Of the skin is BaZin's
Axerasine, rarely 10 be purchased
pure, but of which this is the au-
thentic receipt. Take four ounces
cf green soap of commerce, two
ounces Of spermaceh, and melt
them over water bath in six
ounces of oil of sweet almonds,
then add two ounces Of soap pow
der, and when the mixture is COM
plete put it into a marble mortar,
and rub in four ounces of bitter al
monds, and then half a dram OF
essence Of rose, and one dram of
vermillion, thinning the latter first
in a mortar with a few drops of es-
sence of bergamot. This paste has
been extensively used in France
and Italy, and is said to be not only
a good cosmetic, but a preventative
of roughness after fever, smallpox,
ect., and of chiblains. Still another
which comes to us from foreign
parts, and is not well.known here. is
the Oriental pomade, which is con-
sidered in the East as invaluable
for softening and refreshingthe skin
Melt over a water bath one ounce of
white wax and two Of spermacet,
remove from the fire and then add
eight ounces of oil sweet almonds,
eight ounces oil of white pappy and
beat together without ceasing until
the mixture grows white then add
an ounce of Mecca balsam and one
gill of rose water, rubbing until it
will take in no more rose water and
breaks away in large flakes or Jumps.
Put il into pots, and cover each with
a little rose water. Still one more
consists of equal parts of the oils of
sweet almonds, poppies and olives,
with four drops of liquid balsam of
Peru, two drains of spermaceti. and
one and a half drains of white wax
melt together over the water-bath,
and add the balsam when the rest
is well beaten together. Oriental
and French ladies who know of this
use it for preserving the skin in
rough weather and consider it de.
cidedly beautifying to the complex
ion. If any large quantity of pow
der or cosmetic has been used, it is
always advisable, say for ''proies-
sional" ladies who are careful to
rub it off the face before retiring, by
means of a fine cold cream or vase
line, wiping the face afterward gen.
tly but thoroughly with a soft piece
of old linen. Any cosmetic, purifier
or beautifier, which has to be applied
at night, is best used after a warm
bath, ana an excellent preparation for
such is to wiring a flannel out in very
hot water and lightly but thorough
ly wipe the face with it. This is
inclined to flush after exercise in the
cold air.