The Bossier banner., 1885-06-25
FACE POWDER AND ROUGE.

hundred, "ssaid a well-known druggist
to reporters inquiry, ''but uses face
powder. Some use it only on rare oc-
casions, and very little of it; others are
powdered up every day as regularly as
they are dressed. 1t would be very
hard to find woman who has never
applied the beautifying dust to her
face"
"Of course young women use more
than the older?"
81 can not make any rule on that
subject We have customers for face
powder old enough to be grandmothers.
1t is not at all uncommon to see on the
streets highly powdered women who at
a 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 woman gets to be
thirty years of age. if she hass not
taken good care of herself, her charms
begin to fade, and powder and other
devices for enhancing their beauty are
resorted to-"
'sAre there many kinds of powder in
use among the ladiesP"
Hundreds, would say. Generally
a woman does not care for any powder
in particular and 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 large bust
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
drug store because they think they are
more liable to get better and purer
article there" Is
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
e5-.Do you regard powders as injurious
to the faee2"
MANY powders are chemically pure,
that is, contain no ingredients that are
poisonous, while others contain lead,
which is harmful. Now if lady comes
In to purchase powder and asks me if |
have any which is not injurious I give
her pure powder with very little or no
lead in it. But all powders are injur-'
ious, whether they be chemically pure
or not. They close up the pores of the
face and destroy the natural functions
OF the skin. After woman has used
powder for any length of time, her face
becomes hard and the skin scaly. Then
cream or glycerine must be applied
every night to soften the skin and open
the pores. Thus the skin, which has its
functions just the same as any other
part of the body is made to do treble
work and finally becomes sore and
scabby. I've seen lots of such cases
from the use of large quantities of face
powder"
women use much else besides face
powder for the adornment of their
charms, do they notpn
''Well, | should say SO. You'd be
surprised to see all the articles many a. |
belle uses to get herself up for special
occasion, a ball or the opera for in
stance. She often starts the night be-
fore to begin the preparations. She has
been in the habit of using powder and |
her face, as told you before, becomes
rough and scaly. The first thing to do, |
then, is to apply something to soften |
the skin. Generally a woman uses
cream or glycerine and fmany have a |
sort of mask which they wear over night |
on the inside of which the cream or |
whatever it may be is rubbed. In the /
the face is soft and smooth. |
Then as the evening approaches the
hare's foot is used to put on the powder,
And how do you suppose she gets such
nice red lips! She uses rouge, of course.
And at the ball she looks perfectly |
charming-fair but false.'
''Do they use anything else besides
powder and rougeP'
Certainly. We have large sale for
face washes, vaseline, toilet water,
washes for the scalp, bandoline, cam
phor ice, eyebrow pencils and a dark
liquid for the eyebrow and lashes, not
to speak of the quantity of cologne that
is disposed of. Many ladies Keep all
these articles in stock. Then the list of
toilet articles includes, of course, a
comb, q tooth brush, set of manicure
Instruments, Turkish towel, a flesh
brush, tooth paste, hand glass and |
other things too numerous to men
ton. ., yes, the ladies are often the
best and most profitable class of trade
that druggist can have"
Are not the ladies ashamed to coma
TO your store for these articles, especi.
ally the powder and rouge?"
Most of them are not. Fbey have
got used to it and think it no disgrace or
no ones business if they use powder or
rouge, But some of them, when thew
come to purchase, always give the clerk
70 understand that they want the arti-
cles for some friend. They never use
such things. o, no! And vet YOU can
often see the nowder on tha faoa 81