Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-01
GOSSIP ABOUT PRETTY GIRLS.
How They Endenvor to Make Them
selves More Attractive.

HOW They Enuenvor To Make Them
selves More Attractive.
Every girl knows the value of beauty
and seeks to make herself MS attractive
as possible, and strives hard to preserve
these attractive qualities, but artificial
devices only can conceal the rayagcs of
time and dissipation. Still, without
true regard to the laws of health, even
tho powder box, rouge pallet and pencil
prove shallow resource. In aiming to
please 1t is not always without pur-
pose beyond being considered charm
ing In social circles, Most young la
dies are given to understand from head
quarters that husbands and homes are
to be won, with but themselves to offer,
and no paternal purse for bait,
While in many It is proper, even a
duty, to avail themselves of art, which
has been a salvation to those not abso-
lutely deformed, others show lack of
good sense in interfering with nature
when she has showered extra favors.
The maid with n spirituelle east Of feat
urcs and complexion clogs the pores Of
her fair skin with paint, while the Wig
orous, plump, rosy beauty fortunes her
digestive apparatus with acids and
chalks; each persists in possessing at
tributes foreign to her constitution.
Oh, tho modus oporandi Is varied. in
tcrcsting and edifying. A ruddy blonde
of Washington boulevard fastens her
fat little hands to the headboard ON To.
firing so MS to reduce the supply of
blood and produce the delicate COM
plexion of an invalid friend To allow
the mouth to be open in sleep is simply
outrageous, so to assure an avoidance
many n dainty miss woos Morpheus with
her lower jaw and head closely bound
with skate strap or garter A marrow
pillow placed virtically under the back
and between the shoulders encourages
perfect stature, SO the good old boil
ster is consigned to the comfort of re-.
tired bellies and bcaux. Disrcgarding
the fair, fresh skin, classical mold, and
every law of proportion, and In defer
ence to an arbitrary fashion, which can
not but prove fatal to beauty and
health, our wasp-waistcd bellies claim
tho necessity of slumbcr corscts TO re-
tain their acme OF shapclincss, "A mask
OF moist rye flour or coating OF cold
cream is rs regularly assumed rs the
night robe, and the feminine head
dropped pillow-wnrd minus curl papers
or leads Is exceptional, Hot foot baths
are n regular feature of the toilet, M
they tend to draw the blood from hands
and face.
Attentive mammas impress the neces-
sity Of suppressing the animal nature
and allow little of any meat The skin
is like piece Of satin and has n grain,
and the dainticst feature of the toilet IL
the preparation of the same. Each
side, beginning with the middle Of tho
forehead, is treated separately with a
soft handkerchief dipped in rolc glyc,
crime and then powdered. Every lady
DESTROYS of social recognition knows the
value Of an agreeable ems ,mbls largely
dependent on harmonious drapery, be-
coming couture and stylish carriage.
Dame Nature may have made the ordi-
nary endowment of passably regular
features, intelligent or expressive eyes,
a complexion not impcrvious to expo.
posurc, dissipation or indigestion.
These qualities may pass muster, but
then the aim 10 please Is so much more
readily gratiiied by toning the unctious
condition Of countenancc with deli
cate powder puff and shading with the
harmless burnt match the outline OF
eyebrow and lash.
The amenities Of social intercourse
demand close attention and practice
from those who would please, and the
detail at present engrossng close in
spection is the handling Of the eyes and
goblet.
One who knows, or ought TO know,
thus advises: Grasp the handle
of the cup with the thumb and
index finger, the latter thrust just
through against the thumb and the 9th
or fingers open and hold out any way
from the cup, save the second, which
should press against the side to steady
it. This gives a graceful appearance
to the hand. In holding goblet il
should be graspod by the thumb and the
two first fingers around the smallest
portion of the standard, between the
bowl and the bottom, throwing the last
two fingers out well. Get through this
ordeal successfully-no triiling matter
and your reputation is assured. - chi.
cago Mail.