St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-18
BEAUTSFYENG PROCESSES.
Examples Set by Lovely Women of
BygOne Days.

BygOne Days.
If in the olden times women understood
the art OF remaining young until death
came to claim them, why should not the
women of to-day learn the same lesson?
Why should not women like Diana of
Poictiers, NinOn de fEnclo.. or Cleopatra
not have left their secrets for retaining
their beauty behind them. that all the
world might profit thereby. Some old
writers say they did. but that the world
goes too fast for women to give them some
regard to preserving their beauty, forgetting
that it is one of the most powerful weapons
in their entire armory. The Cleopatra,
with swarthy skin, black hair and with eyes
of jet is a delusion; the Cleopatra before
whom the world of the East Frustrated it
self was blone, had skin in color like a
peach ond lily struggling for supremacy,
at once perfectly white and yet with glow
of rosy red underneath that limited at the
warmth of her nature. Long, beautiful
golden hair wound around her small head
so that really she was ''brow-bound with
burning gold" Her eyes were the softest
darkest brown that ever looked from under
white lids, and not such black, flashing ones
as might belong to a shrew.
Cleopatra the queen was more careful of
her complexion than is any woman of to-
day. Her baths were of different kinds.
but certainly never neglected, while a
hundred different washes for the face are
said to have been used by her.
Diana gave asher three rules for beauty
plenty of water, plenty of fresh air and
plenty of exercise. While Ninon. charm
ing at 80, believed that two of these rules
nigh be omitted if plenty of water was OBJ
tainabe
The American woman is handicapped
from her birth by delicate constitution;
she is, indeed. what the Englishman calls
her-a dollhouse flower. But that is no
reason why she may not retain the lowell
ness of her skin, and so few suggestions
are given her about it. A cold bath is the
first thing the average physician advises,
and in many instances he might just as
well say that one should be put in a cham
payne pail and served tres frappee. A cold
bath is a martyrdOm to woman not used
to taking it; and as for the exhilarating
effect of the rubbing, the greater part of
that is nonsense. Usage has made the cold
bath possible to many men. but to delicate
wOman-ughl 1t is sinful.
Instead warm bath taken either at night
or in the morning an hour or two before
she goes out, will be the best; in it for
softening the skin, making it pure and
white. undiluted glycerine should be used
the effect of which will very soon be seen.
Emotion Injuries beauty-Of that there is
no doubt, so try not to feel too much, re-
membering that jealousy. hatred and all
bad passions are deleterious to the skin.
They make wrinkles not only on the heart
but on the forehead; they cause the eyes
not only to shed tears, but to grow small;
they make the nose not only red, but cause
To N. xx,hil 4 4
who can doubt that the ear continually lis
tening for malicious words, grows out of
shape?
For sunburn use a wash made of one part
of diluted spirits of ammonia, two parts of
glycerine, and three parts of water. This
may be used daily, and in addition care
should be taken not to let the skin be irrita-
ted by the sun from the water which will,
where it is sensitive, cause sad hOvoc with
the face. Many women when yachting
rub on their races glycerine diluted with
rose water. believing in the ounce of pre-.
vention. CocOanut oil is really the best fol
this purpose, but unless one is willing to
smell like the ZuluS of the museum its use
is not advised.
In using powder of any kind-and as il
will be used, the most healthful application
should be knOwn-thiS is advised: Before
putting on the powder, rub glycerine and
rose water we'll into the skin, not neglect
ing the forehead. Let it dry, and then with
a piece of chamOis apply the powder, max
ing it even and not allowing it to remain in
Jumps. AS one of the girls might say. 81
want little COLOR" then she must take a
soft linen cloth, and, dipping it into the
rouge box. apply it very gently to the tir
end of the chin, to the lobes of the ears and
Just under the eyes. Do not lei
IL come too near the cheek bones.
else it will make you look con-
sumptive. Be careful about smoothing it.
as well as in the quantity you USE If you
have dark eyes, it will brighten them: but
If your eyes are very light. very little toe
much will make you look as if you had been
crying. The advantage of the glycerine is
not only that it protects the skin, but il
holds the powder in place and makes il
wash off easier. 1t seems scarcely neces-
sary to say never go to sleep with powder
or rouge on. and yet there are women who
do this, of which custom it can only be said
1t is as unhealthy as it is positively dirty.
Women ought to have good skins; they
are fond of the proper food, and if they
would only sleep enough and battle enough
they might reach the ideal of the sculptor
she who is white, firm and supple; she who
has bright eyes. perfectly-formed bosoms.
broad hips, small ankles, and has achieved
the curve that delights the artist whether
he works out his design in marble or in
cOlors.