, 1884-08-13
TOILET MTSTERIES.
Requisites Which GoAto Make Up a
Charming Society Girl.
Some observations I'm Gen eraI Sc
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When a mar gets an attack of the nit
ten or suffers from q ft Of indigestion he
invariably begins n TRADE against the
gentler sex, and although the anathemhs
he hurls at her for attempting TO enhance
her beauty will not so much rs be noticed,
yet il Is profitable amusement, for II not
only enables him to venfilate his spleen.
but gives him q chance 70 air his versa
tility us a critic. and show just how large
a vocabulary of cpithets a 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 tho
pastimc. and corsets. curlpapers. bnstless
LOUNGES. cosmetic. and innumemble other
so-cnlled frivolities have been periodically
considered in debate. sermon n ed
toriAls. So farcical has been the reasoning
Of these would-be reformers that women
have come to greet their attempts with
genuine delight. They are mindful OF the
fact that ministers. editors. and lecturers
get run ont Of topics. and during this
dearth will seize on a fashionable foiblr
with the same avidity that o drowning
mar clutches T. sea weed. But they am
acute enough TO see that the very man who
devotes q quire Of paper and any quantity
of brain power TO the denunciation Of
nfles. tuoks. puffs. %iounces, frills, and
knife pleaiings Is doing 50 with no mort
potent object in view than TO replenish the
depleted wardrobe OF his wife and daugh.
tiers.
A woman does not need the brain Of D
George Eliot to teach her that n girl with
a pair OF Spanish arching shoes. IA stylish
walklngs suit. and a couture, and complex
ion that she gets from Mime dc Beautifei
hnG fuGf m nor rant hnffor rhnnrra fof
making O good marriage than the common
sense girl who combs her hair straight
back. wears good. broad shoes. nice. loose
dresses, and goes without ~corsets. powder
perfumery. and fancy slippers. because
the men might call her silly. Well. the
men won't call her silly, but they wiiiIei
her severely alone. Man in the aggregate
Is n very contradictory animal and must
not DO held accountable for all he a
However muchn man likes TO dilate on
the whims Of fashionable women, he
will not be seen in society witt
Mrs, Prim. and has no hesitancy
IN saving Mat II woman cannot
make herself look pretty she deserves "a
be neglected. And so she Is. Mentally
md Intellectually she may be his superior,
but II she is an ugly girl and looks like al
ugly girl she had better stay at home.
No toilet-table Is complete without .
bottle Of ammonia or a box Of pulverizeo
borAx. A few drops In the water cleanse
the skin and stimulates 1t wonderfully. II
Is especially valuable In removing the
odor Of perspiration.
If the skin Is oily, use a small amount
Of camphor. Borax and glycerine com
blned arc used with good effect by some
people. while thoroughly disagreeable wild
others. Glycerine used alone w | soften
and heal the skin. but in time darken IT,;
borax obviates this and has a tendency to
whiten.
Tan may lie partially removed with
cream. white wax, lemon-juice. and tai.
low, but a wise woman win WASTE little
energy In this attempt, 1t will wear of
when the heat moderntes. but no other
positive remedy is known. The same
ignorance must be confessed In regard &c
freckles. which nothing short OF a chemi.
cal bonfire will eradicate. There are In
nurorable washes and lotions prepared by
druggists which will cover up the
b%lemishes. hut, like many other annoy
ances. they must be endured.
Distilled water Is highly recommended
for the con plexion. but Queen Victoria
who has that luxury for all her baths, has
just about ss fne a complexion as a leather
dol.
There Is no better remedy for a rough,
blotched KIN Than oatmeal, taken inter.
nally and used externally. Fill a couple Of
cheese bnss with the meal and permit
them to remain In the tub during the bath.
Before retiring. dissolve a handful OF thu
bran in a pint of water and wash the
hands and face thoroughly in the sfarchy
liquid.
A 'soman who desires n clear complexion
must give up the cultivation of a small
waid. Tight lacing makes the nose red.
II the complexion Is rough and notified,
and pattakcs somewhat of an overdone
chocolate patty. little fault can be found
with The possessor thereof for powdering.
Only. one fact must be remembered:
When II woman begins TO powder she has
to.keep ii mp or the skin gets sealy and
pecls oil and the pores fairly yawn.