The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-10
MANUFACTURED BEAUTY.

There is large class which is so
DESTROYS Of admiration that, in its
pursuit, any deceit ia considered
justifiable. The climax Of this
theory is reached when the old lady
of IS, the aged patroness of many
chsrlatars, is held up to admira ton
because-at a little dlstance-she
would pass for so. Proudly her
'makers up" point out how this eff
feet is produced; her hair Is false,
her skin Is enameled - besides
being "tightened,' to prevent
wrinkles = her eyelssbes are
stained, her figure is "made."
She is raise al over. Now, is this
admirable? Would not a little honest
old age and uglineas be more agree.
able? Be this as 1t may, it is not
very important. When a lady has
reached the mature age Of So her
appearance troubles no one very
much, except her grand children.
But when it comes 10 the lady
whom you love, or might love if you
were quite certain that she was
genuine, the case is different. It is
bad to know that your dear Angela
must sleep in stays, or she never,
never could attain to the fashiona-
able waist; it is sad to think Of the
inevitable result on her poor little
feet of those Louis Quinze heels
which make her pretty boots look so
bewitching But such sins as these,
such trifings with the human heart
divine are things too common to
complain Of. When Angela's hair
slowly, but surely changes its color,
that, too, must be borne in silence,
even If the new shade is nothing
like so becoming as its predecessor.
But when you begin to fancy AM
gela's nose is growing Grecian-
when at last you are positive that q
change has taken place then it Is not
nice to guess that Angela, is the
sweet hours OF sleep, wears a nose
machine! The picture is not pretty
or pleasant; how much worse 1t
must appear to the ufferers. Figure
to yourselves what it must feel like
to have your beauty-sleep with a
pair Of pincers on your nose. That
pretty old-fashioned expression has
now taken a new and dreadful
Any one who desires to
the "Mrs. Langtry nose" has
but to sleep in torment for a week
or two and the great result is OBJ
panied.
1fthe figure of the would-be beauty
is not as lovely as she wishes, "the
anatomical corset maker" will SUP
ply her with a nocturnal sleeping
which will cine her down
Oy degrees" If her stature Is too
low for beauty she may remedy this
oy wearing what is mildly called an
'appliance;;" in the days of the in
luisition it would probably have
been clsssed as an instrument of
torture. This appliance squeezes
and stretches all the lower part OF
the body, and its use is said not to
interfere with the comfort OF ones
beauty sleep
It is not. as a rule, positively ugly
who make themselves suffer
nt1ese various ways;itis the woman
who Just falls short of being q
beauty. Some blemish stands in
her way; like a heroine she resolves
to remove it. She Is unconscious Of
how great step the first is. Once
having weakened her moral sense
on the subject OF srtifioiality, she Is
ready to be the victim Of the quacks
and charlatans who live Oh the pro.
ceeds OF pigment and powders
and instruments of torture.
Only, 1t is impossible to
disguise the fact that beauty
does not only lie in the shape of the
nose or the color of the cheeks. The
charm of EXPRESSION has
more to do with it than all the de-
tails of the toilet put together. One
instinctiyely distrusts the man who
affects virtue though he has 1t
not, so one but doubtfuliy admires
tie woman who processes to be
beauty though she is none.