The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-05-28
FACE POWDER AND ROUGE.

FACE POWDER AND ROUGE.
How the Ladies' Their Natural
Charms-Preparing for the Opera or
Bau-A Bellies Toilet Set-Dudes Using
Bandoltne and Powder.
There is scarcely n woman in a
hundred" said a well-known druggist
to a reporters inquiry, ''but uses face
powder. Some use it only on rare oc-
c~asions, and very little of it; others are
powdered up every day as regularly as
they are dressed. 1t would be very
hard to find a woman who has never
applied the identifying dust to her
face"
..Of course young women use more
than the olderP"
81 a not make any rule on that
subject. We have customers for faee
powder old enough to be grandmothers.
1t is not at all uncommon to see on the
streets highly powdered women who at
s. distance seem to be about thirty years
old, but, coming nearer, the wrinkles
of the three-score years are plainly
visible. Most of our business in this
| commodity is done with the middle
aged women. The young generally do
not need anything to improve the COM
plexion. But when a woman gets to be
| thirty years of age, if she hasI not
taken good care of herself. her charms
begin to fade, and powder and other
devices for enhancing their beauty are
resorted to-"
'Are there many kinds of powder in
use among the ladiesp"
"Hundreds, 1 would say. Generally
a woma does not care for any powder
in particular and a druggist can sell just
what he recommends. Some of course
have their preferences among powders
and will purchase no other. The man
ufacture of face powders is a large BUSH
ness and many firms have become
wealthy in it. 1t used to be profitable
for the retailer to handle these goods,
but now the large dry goods stores are
dealing in them and the trade OF the
drug stores is much reduced. But there
are many ladies who would not pur-
chase powder in any other place than a
drug store because they think they are
more liable to get a better and purer
article there"
''What are face powders made OFF"
There are various components from
which they can be made. Magnesia,
chalk and lead are the principal. Some
powders are almost entirely composed
of chalk, and are of the cheaper kind.
Quite a number of women, instead OF
purchasing powder, use plain drop
chalk or pyramid cakes of magnesia.
These come much cheaper than the
manufactured powders"
'.Do you regard powders as injurious
to the face?"
"Many powders are chemically pure,
that is, contain no ingredients that are
poisonous, while others contain lead,
which is harmful. Now if a lady come:
in t o purchase powder and asks me if
have any,,which is not injurious I give
her a pure powder with very little or M
lead in it. But all powders are injur.
ious, whether they be chemically pure
or not. They close up the pores of the
fact and destroy the natural functions
of the skin. After a woman has useC
powder for any length of time, her fact
becomes hard and the skin scaly. Their
cream or glycerine must be applied
every night to soften the skin and ope1
the pores. Thus the skin, which has it,
functions just the same as any othe
part of the body is made to do trebl'
work and finally becomes sore anC
scabby. I've seen lots of such case
from the use of large quantities of fac
powder"
"Women use much else besides fac,
powder for the adornment of thei
charms, do they not?"
well, 1 should say so. You'd b
surprised to see all the articles many
belle uses to get herself up for a specia
stance. She often starts the night be
fore to begin the preparations. She ha
been in the habit of using powder an,
her face, as I told you before, become
rough and scaly. The first thing to dc
then, is to apply something to softel
the skin. Generally p m use
cream or glycerine and many have
sort of mask which they wear over nigh
on the inside of which the cream o
whatever it may be is rubbed. In tn
morning the face is soft and smooth
Then as the evening approaches tn
And how do you suppose she gets sue
nice red lips! She uses rouge, of course
, And at the ball she looks perfectI
charming-fair but false"
"Do they use anything else beside
powder and rougeT"
Certainly. We have a large sale 70
face washes, vaseline, toilet water
washes for the scalp, bandoline, cam
; phor ice, eyebrow pencils and a dar
liquid for the eyebrow and lashes, nc
9 to speak of the quantity of cologne tina
, is disposed of. Many ladies keep a
. these articles in stock. Then the list c
toilet articles includes, of course,
comb, a tooth brush, a set of manicur
l instruments, a Turkish towel, a fles
brush, tooth paste, a hand glass an
other things too numerous to mer
e ton. o, yes, the ladies are often tn
, best and most profitable class of trad
: that a druggist a have"
: care not the ladies ashamed to com
t to your store for these articles, espec
ally. the powder and rougeP"
+ ..Most of them are not. They hav
: got used to it and think it no disgrace
+ no ones business if they use powder
rouge. But some of them, when the
e come to purchase, always give the cler
to understand that they want the art
cles for some friend. They never us
such things. o. no! And yet you ca
= often see the powder on the face an
the rouge on the lips while they ar
trying to give you this tafy. Man
ladies send a messenger boy for all sue
articles, and thus keep the fact tina
they use powder somewhat secret. BIZ
: a man can't see well if he can't tell til
difference between a powdered face an
e n without powder"
o dc men ever use face POWDER"
e "Men? No, certainly not. But
G have sold both powder and rouge
Two or three young dudes. And the
weren't a bit ashamed of buying then
I aud acknowledged that they used the,
G regularly. Some dudes also use band