Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-23
A BRAND-NEW FAD.
Hypodermic injections for Beautify-
ing the Complexion.

From, a Washington Letter.
4 very clever lady and the wife OF a
popular naval officer gave me new idea
OF great social Importance the other day.
she was running on about society matters
generally when | remarked that certain
young lady possessed remarkably pretty
cheeks. HAVING that peculiarly lovely
tInge OF pink rarely seen among fashion-
able women and which cannot be initial
ed with the brush.
so, pshaw. You men don't know any,
thing about it. The same effect is pro-
duced by a syringe
the syringe!" / exclaimed.
eyes. Why, don't YOU know that
fashionable women restore the color in
the cheeks by hypOdermic injections!
They have a small syringe, the same as
is used for administering an an8sthetic,
and with this they inject cOloring fluid
beneath the skin. Peechblow checks are
very desirable, and ii there 10 no blood
there to make them, the minute veins can
be forced iull OF c0loring matter which
answers for bio d. The trouble is 1t Is
only temporary and will eventually in
Jure the skin permanently. But what of
that. Drunkenness is only a temporary
pleasure and VIII eventually rum those
who indulge; so why sneer at women
VINO wish To look interesting for an hour?
There are women know vino kabitually
resort to the syringe for their color
When the effect is gone-that is, when
tue coIoIlng matter is absorbed in the
skin and carried away by the bloOd-the
race Is absolutely CHASTITY. The unskill-
iui use OF the instrument is quite as dis
asttOus. There are tue daughters Of Ad-
miral -, DO b OF whom use it. BY ma
ture they haven't a particle of color.
One Of them-welI, il you ever see her
with ner cheeks showing the pricks of the
syringe you will see a sight. | mean II
YOU ever see her in daylight The colOring
matter forced into the cheeks has been
taken up INTO the glands beneath the eyes
and carried into the end Of the nose. She
looks like-like-what do you call itY-
yes, an old bum 1t is too funny for any
thing. There's the otner difficulty, don't
you see; you can't tell where the color is
finally going to snow up"
L admitted that it was certainly risky
on this point. Since my conversation
with this well informed young wife,
nave been making a mental note OF
cheeks. L have discovered no marks OF
the syringe on the cheeks Of my news
paper friends, though several of them
have lively color in the nose. Perhaps
they couldn't get a foot-hold for an injec-
ton in the check. But some half dozen
blase young ladies and various bell-weth-
ers of society show indications of tamper-
ing with nature in this direction. One
of these ladies | sat near in an avenue
herdic yesterday. Her nose was all rignt.
There was very pretty peachblow color
on her cheek. Now she evidently had
passed tue age when such a pink-mOttIed
| cneek would be natural and every BODY
stared at 1t, the same as people will stare
at a redheaded woman with dark eye
brows. The cOlorless lips in this Instance
betrayed TO me the imposition. Probably
other women wondered how such cheeks
| could be gotten up with brush. A stu
dent of fashion for the time being, | saw
that there was the handiWOrK of the
syringe. The many minute wounds on
the cheeks showed that it had been often
resOrted to. They were such as might
have been made by the prick of needle
and would have been unnoticed by any
BODY not looking for them. l have not
been able to gather any statistics as to
how long this can be successfully done
before the operator breaks up under it.