Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-26
PAINT AND POWDER.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH A
DEALER IN COSMETICS.
Friehtful Prevalence of Painting and
Powdering Among New York Women
Kids Grease, BLANK de Purrul,'
Rose Gore. Moonlight Languor."
New York Cor. Chicago Tribune. !


the quantities of cosmetic that are sold in
New York. If you walk down Fourteenth
street on a bright, sunshiny day you will
see such a number of chalky faced, rosy
checked, cherry Tipped, biack-eyebrowed
women of all ages, kinds, and conditions a
will really ssartie you. II in addition you
notice the shop-windows on the same street
you will observe in at least every other
one the glowing advertisement of some
cream, or powder, or liquid; and should
you have any modest desire to return to
your family without the marks OF a single
handed combat on your person you will be
laden with books, circulars, cards, and all
the 800 devices for bringing to your notice
the merits of the three or four dozen aids to
beauty.
Not only the women in the street are red
with the bloom Of lake and carmne, and
white with the CHASTITY whitenesi of lead
and chalk, but nearly every shop-girl, from
the half-starve1, poorly little Great
ure who measures out tape at IS a week TO
the young woman in the cloak department
whose figure is her fortune, and who tries
garments on at a very good salary. it is the
exception and not the rule to find ono with.
out 3cme kind of cosmetic on her face. On
Broadway the same display of paint and
powder is seen, a little toned down and a
little more artistically applied, and on Fifth
avenue, where the Murray hill bellies prom
enade and the gentle dudes take their daily
consttutionals. it is a procession Of painted
faces one sees, albeit here the labor is one
not only of love but of infinite patience and
pains, and the materials used only the finest
imported cosmetics many Of them, accord
ing to the importers. male from the form
the lato Empress Eu,ene, whose beautiful
face, as all the world knows, was work Of
art.
The other day went into q cosmetic shop
with a friend who PROMISED to stand by me
o the bitter end. announced that | hal
come literally to throw myself on to the
SYM athletic neck of the author Of would
you be beautiful" and to ask huInbly for
the means Of turning time backward some
twenty or more odd years, il the thing were
not impracticable. | was assured the con
trary was 81 case, and was told in per-
fectly solemn manner of tho metamorphosis
of n lady of 50 who came to the "bazar" u
week or 50 previous, aged, weary, and for
lorn, and vino left it SO rejuvenatsd no one
would have thought her more than 90, or
seeing the look Of mirthfuI incredulity on
our faces impossible to reprsss) perhaps
%" 1t was quite evident tho proprietor OF
the establishment hal settled our "reju-
venating' in her own mind, AMI only on
bearing her distinctly given orders to "have
the makeup taken to Nos. 3 and A. did ]
venture to Object TO such summary pro-
ceediny, insisting that we had an engage
ment and only wished to know how the
you'n-ies'orins anu oea"'liy my Pfocs's ~as
eneceeu'
rms reii,arh n;ia uis'inctiy coo'lis erect
Oh our en'nu'iastic siie'iaiy' whose voice
1Ds1 an us iornier s"eelhoSs as she d kts''
10 you wan. any thiiie' OF nave you just
Gums III 70 ASA quss'io,is: mus eorhefeu'
We ah'"ereu We Shouii iiAe 70 SOC lne coz
iio.'es i.e'e SHY - eiiece 'no cnihSeS ue-
scripea III Ihe pahiphiee ana were SHOWN Tue
fonowihS-witn running explanation
something Ike this: Wow first OK all you
want to wash your face off with this here
linuid. and don't never ON no aecount use uo
water ON vour face or neck-it ruins thu
slin So mn, fooa, o;n,. to,.h.I
~
no wafer 'or more Ne
years Jus appearance iuhy war
rantei this remarkl Rub this IN
good with rag; then you take No. 2, this
here in this little box: its made of the grease
Of young kids-same as YOU make kid-yloves
,,,. - 80 sl,;,,--,,J -. ~, ~, ,i,r,.,t
ou' u .ae.i ' si - ~; ~ 49, ms go
preparation ior .ne SKI, 'na' e.et wa.
You just rub it right In; don't use too much
and don't use too little; then you take u
sponge and dip it into this Spanish rose gore
and gently moisten the lips. sou demon
strotinp On the mouth of an unfortunate liz
Al .o,,s.,,,io, ,vho,, sh, haa y,a,,,aiJ a.. ,h.,
.'e appi sn'ieo "noA sue nau ,ait a. .uo
Oesihhlns Oh tne praetical Jest Oh .ne various
acids, and on tie cheeks-so. Always De
sure to put little just under the eyes; it's
more natural, So Keep STILL Sadie Then
%. yes, | forgot; YOU want to put a little
,round each nostriI--Io kaen stiiI Sadie +"
A. ,bis i,,,rt,,r, Saj;. Ida,aJ it, nth
IN, :. m ',..
ing on 'ns lace OIL 'ne earln' anu II "as only
by the most strenuous efforts we retrainei
from the desire to laugh, which was every
moment increasing. Next you take this
here In Jun fari-some call it Fardy Indy
Ann-thats the French for it-but Just
call it by its American name, Injun fard,
and you put little line right here under
each eyelid, Keep STILL Sadie-no, 1 won't |
get it in your eyes either, So and little on |
each eyebrow, so, and now you're ready for
the blanc de perie-(our friend pronounced |
it blanck de purrul) Now this is Just SIM |
ply grand. its Just the M st elegant prepa-
ration in the market; We sell gallons of it.
It's made right here in our cellar You put
it on with little sp1ngs, So Keep