St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-05
COSMETICS FOR MEN.
''I Touch Up Their Complexion and
PENCIL Their EyebrOws.,,

81 Touch Up Their Complexion and
Pencil Their Eyebrows"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
''Do you have male customers?" asked a
reporter of lady cosmetic artist who does
good business on one of the principal
streets of Cincinnati.
DO have them? Of course I do, and
fully as many as do of ladies'" she replied.
with vicious shrug of her shoulders.
what do they come for?"
''To improve their personal appearance,
of course" said she, land l find as much
vanity among men as among ladies, and IL
desire equally as great to increase their per-
sonal attractions"
They don't use rouge and other cosmet-
les, do they?''
Indeed, they do. 1 could tell you
names of a dozen young men whose faces
| prepared for an evening entertainment
last week, and they were not all dudes
either"
What do you mean by preparing their
faces?''
l touched up their compilations. penciled
their eyebrows and frightened their eyes.
There are number of young men in Gin
cinnati who regularly use cosmetics. Not
everybody can see it, but [ can detect it
every time. They are not all young men
either. | have several middle-aged men
who come here as often as once week to
have their faces prepared. OF course they
are widowers."
what do you do with them?"
''Well, l have lotion which removes
wrinkles and leaves the skin smooth and
firm. Then when the complexion is
touched up little-of course not so much
as lady's-they look fully ten to fifteen
years younger"
do they ever dye or bleach their hair or
mustaches."
Every few bleach their hair. I don't
believe I have had such case in the city.
but many of them bleach their mustaches
Many men with muddy brown or red
mustache have it bleached out to light
blond, and it greatly improves their ap-
pearance. A great many men do that who
would not use any other Of my preparations.
And why shouldn't they? don't see why
it is not eyerybody's duty to make pleas
ing appearance. 1t is expected of woman
and whynot of man? There Is certainly
no harm in it and no danger.
us bleaching the hair increasing in pop
ularity?"
'.All the time. 1t is resorted to more
each year. A great many ladies now
bleach their hair. Mine is bleached, see?"
and she pointed to her own very light and
fluffy bangs.
''What does it cost?"
''Well, 1 charge SIS bottle for pre-
paration that hair-dressers charge SIS a
bottle for; SIS is extortion, for it doesn't
cost IS to prepare it. Four bottles changed
my hair from adark brown. 1t takes some
time, but it is perfectly safe.
Il can bleach the hair in two days, but
it is injurious to both the hair and scalp,
but always warn my customers against it;
but if they want it, why can prepare it,
and use it. 1t is arsenic. l know how in
furious the effect is on the system, and
always try to dissuade my customers; still
if they use it. l know how to prepare it."
Are you ever called out to prepare
face?"
VERY often. One night last week a
carriage drove up for me, and | was taken
to fashionable part of the city to prepare
bride. l fixed her face and neck for a
low-necked dress penciled her eyebrows
and so on, and she made beautiful ap-
pearance. is it possible that it is me?' she
said delightedly, as she looked in the glass,
and she did look very picture of beauty,
too. She and her mother were very much
afraid that her bridegroom would suspect
it, but assured them that he would not.
The funny part of it was that 1 had pre-
pared his face in much the same way that
very afternoon"
''Will you tell us the name?"
mo, indeed. That is professional
secret, and all the money / could make in
month would not induce me to tell them 7
guess have told you too much already"
lone more question. please. Do you
ever do any enameling?"
Il have done much of it in the f asst, but
have not had much of it here. 1 never adj
wise my customers to resort to enameling.
1t is nothing more than painting the face
and then vanishing it. The operation is
costly one, and it will last two or three
months. but the person having it done
must only wash the face with cream or
fresh butter. Water causes the enamel TO
crack off. l don't like to do it, and don't
admire the effect, which makes one look
like a wax figure. 1 dou't think there are
many Cincinnati ladies who resort to it.
That destroys the complexion in time,
while other preparations l use only soften
the skin and render it smoother.
''Do you do much with the makeup of
actresses?"
Oh, yes. have quite trade with those
people. They require something different
from the society people. because they are
seen at distance, and only under the gas
light"
The artist says of all the cities she has
lived in Cincinnati has the healthiest and
handsomest women she has found.