Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-04
ANNAPOLIS MD, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885,
COSMETICS.

COSMETICS.
Some Secrets of their Use-How Men
are Deceived by Powder Rouge and
Enamel.
Washington Star.
II don't mind giving you a pointer
or two, if you won't tell, = said deal
er in cosmetics, as be led the Star
man to the back end Of his shop, and
after wiDking one eye twice in a con-
fidential way, began to disclose some
of the dearest secrets of the ladies'
toilet Here is youth and beauty in
simple and condensed forms.n and he
threw open a showcase filled with
little fancy pasteboard boxes, some
round, some square, and all delicately
tinted and done up in soft tissue pa
per, fragrant with the most delicate
perfume, and bearing little French
labels. fThese things don't look
bit attractive in this form, but men go
crazy over them when they are prop
erly exhibited. A man will think he
is charmed by
SOME FAIR ENcHANTREss,
when all the time he has simply fallen
in love with bit of French powder.
The box is good for half dozen men
if properly used There is nothing
the average man will fall in love with
quicker than little flesh colored pow
der, if put on the face of clever wo-
man But they don't know it
There's the joke of it. | laugh here
all to myself sometimes when | think
of it. It's good joke! Don't you
think SO? He-he-he. A good Joke.
To fall in love with little pink and
white chalk and don't know it. Tell
them? | guess not It's none Of
my business to go telling man,
Look here, you fool, ell that beauty
may be had at my shop for thous.
andth part of what that'll cost YOU. ;
Oh, no, would not be telling you if
you hadn't come around asking me
about it the way you did,. I'm in the
ladies' confidence, don't you see
Now you think you can tell when a
lady paints, don't you ?o he added.
spinning a little pink box around be.
tween his fingers. "Well, maybe you
can if she uses paint brush or a
towel. But they don't do that now
Not many of them. They don't use
paint at all They used to use
4 ROUGE AND ENAMEL.
and such things, and everybody could
see it. The paint then ranked high
up in the category of sins, and there
weren't many who dared do it, Now
nine out of ten women add an artificial
beauty to their complexion. Instead
Of the old-fashioned paint they use
powder. They are pastile sketches To-
stead of water colors. White pow
ders were used first, and it was
thought to be all right for a LADY to
put .meen fun or starch on her face
to take the shine off, This led to
tinting, and now the beautifyinp of
the complexion has become a science
instead Of an art. They have pow
ders now for every complexion, and
they are so delicately tinted that YOU
can't discover them on the face. The
pure white powder showed very
plainly and gave the face ghastly
appearance. To correct this they tint
the powder so as to make It exactly
flesh color. They just dust it over
the face and wipe it off-or rather il
with a towel, and the complexion
looks very fresh, like roses and spring
time Even young girls use it.
though | have heard if said (I would
not like to say it myselfl that thew
look much sweeter without it But.
the fact is, this artificial softeuing of
the complexion is so common that men
don't know that it isn't natural Most
OF them don't see anything else and
wouldn't appreciate it If thew did
The girl has the most beaux in the
Daii-room who applies the powder
most cleverly. Another thing. Young
ladies don'tpowder and fix themselves
up for balls only. They are always
powdered-on the street, in the house
and at church. 1t would take vonr
breath away if should tell yo1 the
amount of the delicately-ti pow
ders we sell
Heres some brunette powder il
comes IN three shades white. ofnE
and brunette" and he handed the
scribe box of powder that looked
like ground orris root. That's 4 nav.
thing. Since brunettes has come int III
fashion they have been opposed to d
using them.v SsS1 "
RINK-AKD WHITE pownrps