The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-18

All things are beautiful and true
To God, who knows
Each form or life that ever grew
Or from Him flows
Secrets of Beauty.
IirgiAlia, IN 81. Louis Chronicle.
Girls, it your skin be dark, be satisfied
to be in the category of the nut-brown
maidens,sif for no other Reason than that
1.-THE leopard cannot change his spots.
Let the sun kiss the dusky cheek and
add to it the ruddy glow that belongs to
the dark skin, aud which the rouge pot
cannot supply.
OF course, you can't change your fea-
lures. But you needn't trouble yourself
much on that score. Some person has
said that if ''our Mary" could put some
of her beauty Of feature into real every
day prettiness she would be loved where
is now admired.
The towering nosed maiden among the
proud daughters of the Nile WAS the
man with no nose at all in the time of
Tamerlane In the land of the free
there is no standard of beauty on the
nose question. The American nose is a
type all to itself. But at all events your
nose is foregone conclusion, and all the
sleeping in clulhespins To pinch down the
too prominent nostrils, or stroking with
the lead pencil to SUI bdue the obnoxious
bump. is SO much labor thrown away.
But when it comes to the mouth the
would be beauty has more promising
subject to deal with Although the shape
of the feature cannot be altered, il the
lips be k,p pit fresh aid the teeth in per
pecJ condition, very much is gained. If
the spot where love seals its vows be of
an exaggerated size, don't be constantly
on the grin, as that keeps the muscles ON
the strtch. Cultivate classic repose of
feature. Keep the mouth shut when
aslee p for more reasons than one (Don't
snore.) Never bite the lips to make them
red or tor any other reason. Battle them
occasionally in wat II. with "a little dis
solvei alum or bor,N. an apply gly
ceriue and uueture of henZoine. This
will keep the lips FIRE sh looking. The
only harmless way to keep them red is
by contrast with the teeth, which should
be milk white
A good tooth beautlfier is powdered
sulphur, " hich is also an excellent tooth
pres erver. This may be used daily. f."
OCCASIONAL use, say once week, the fol
lowir G is a good recipe. Pumice stone.
one ounce; bicarboDate of soda, one-hali
ounce. pow dered tale, one half ounce.
Fresh-lpnking lips, clear, white teeth
and ID breath like sweet irankincense,
aloe ard my rrh, will make up for many
a de ticiei cy in feature.
If the ear be big and obrrusive, a loose
arrangement of the hair or IA few curltd
locks brushed carelessiy back will help
the Objectionable organ wonderfully.
Never comb the hair tight back from an
ugly ear.
AS for the eyes, better leave them
alone. Trimmed lasheS often refuse to
grow again. Dark eyebrows and lashes
are "A great promoter of beauty, and if
yours happen to be lighter than your
hair. especially if that is red, think You
might just touch them lightly with a
sponge dipped in black walnut bark
boiled in water with little alum, or APP
ply simple walnut Juice. The eyebrow
may be given slight arch and the fine
line SO much sought by simply pinching
the hairs together between the fingers
several times "A day.
But it is through the complexion that
you have the greatest scope for beautify-
ing. If every pore in your skin is stuffed
full of " lily white You must expect
those dreadful pimples and horrid black
specks To the girl with the ugly skin
say, you must take a two or three mile
walk every day; you must wear shoes big
enough for perfect comfort, and, if the
skin be thick and oily, you must eschew
fats and pastry.
In the sp-ing it would be well to try
the sulphur remedy, and at the same
time you may rub sulphur in little ely
ceripe on the face at night, washing it off
with warm water aud a few drops of am
monia in the morning.
A little camphor in the water will re-
move all shine" And rememb Der girls,
all face powders are snares and deluSIons.
Study the Habits and Tastes of Your Chill
dren.
Parents should study the tastes aud
habits OF their children more carefully
than they do. BY SO doing they may, in
a II. a jDrity of Instances. save them fatal
errors in alter life. Indeed, there are
few individuals who cannot trace what
ever wrong habits or tastes they may
have to the stem under which they
were trained. They may also be able to
trace whatever of good there may be in
them to the same cause. Such mistakes
as putting children to the study of music
VI lle artS. when tueS possess no genius
for them, are inexcusable. Not only is
the chIld's energy wasted, but it is dis
gusted with the discipline to which it is
subjected. loses interest IN that for which |
it has taste. and finally becomes indif |
ferent as to what it does. IL is perfectly |
natural for children IT, feel that. If they |
cannot get to do that which they would |
like to do, they will not do that which is
appointed for Them. They may perform
whatever tasks are given them, but I'M
der protest, and with little benefit in
the end.
"rhe lepr"u- distilment, whose effect
Holds such AN eumity With blood OF man, |
That, swift us quicksilver, it courses
through
The natural gates and alleys of the body"
and causes the skin to become 'barked |
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