The Dickinson press., 1888-09-01
POISONOUS COSMETICS.
RISKS RUN BY WOMEN IN TRYING TO
BE PRETTY.

BE PRETTY.
Many Devices licsortcu TO oy the Fair
ScN-islcac1,ins tho Hair tn Give 1t Il
Fashionable Shudc-Makin. Up-Terri-
BILE Consequences.
Can | get my hair blcachcl here's"
asked on entering Il we'll known Chicago hair
dresscls establishment.
"Ccrtainly,' said tho smiling attendant,
''What color do you wiSh"
Il am rather undecided between a blonde
aud the new auburn shade" replied un
hlusilinsly.
"You had better decide in favorof tho rcd.
That is tho shade just now, and your hair
would take it splendidly | wouldn't laveto
touch the cilds at all, just here next the scalp,
where its So dark"
Don't you consider it danGcrouss"
well, I've had my hair rcddcned for sin
years now, and it hasn't hurt me-" she said.
sinillnS!v There's not so much risk with
tho rcd dye as with the extreme blonde"
Can dark hair be blcaclicd whitei'
Not on the head at least not in tins
country have heard it could be done in
Paris, and a lady buyer for one of our large
dry goods firms is going to try and discover
Tie secret for mo wlcn next she goes
abroad"
said | would think it over anu would call
again.
QUITE BUSINESS LIKE.
While | sat in another fashionable hair
Grcssers shop, waiting for my halr to dry. |
idly watched Il little woman through u glass
partition rs she made up her face. She
l1lilah lion. emf no in,., yifh S,,r,a five u.Iif,
powder until she looked like u clown at the
pantominc, then She took a chamois
skin and carefully rubbed and smoothcd
it until only the suspicion of the
powder was visible. Next she took a small
hare foot brush and, dipping it daintily into
n box of rouge, proceeded to rcdden her
checks. This was then carefully toned down
with another dash of white. Then tho eyes
She rcnriled her brows and drew black lines
close up to the under lash. Then daint.ily
wt:ting her finger she drew it over her eye,
IroIvs. the moisture emphasizing rs it were
tine hlackeling process. Then shc took Il
'anl glass and regarded herself from all
points of the compass, The result evidently
was satisfactory, for she came out with u
s%rttilicd smile. She had gono in the little
room a dark skinned, rather tallow f;ted
person, She emerged with tho pink and white
complexion that should belong to a radiant
blonde. This process had been gone through
with in plain view of the rest of the people
in the room, and with Il serious and business,
like air that was quito astonishing.
ID you make up many society ladics7' |
asked. "Ics, Indeed, though not here. We
are sent for and go to their houses to dress
,lrir hair and then make up their faces for
them atterward. Oh, yes, we havc II great
lmlny regular customers in the mako up
line"
II suppose you have actresses, too:"
"Wcll, not so many You SIC, they know
how 10 do their own make up That's a part
of their business just as much us fine dress.
ins. but ladies generally make II botch
of it-cithcr get too much or too little, SO
they savo themselves the bother and fuss by
having it done for them Just as much as hair
dressing or maIlicurins There, your hairs
'loue-now better let mo touch your face up
n ~littlc-you'vo no idea how nice you'd look.
Mo- Well-good day"
My Turkish bath attendant tells me that
She has seen the frightflil ruvago which COS
nctics and dyes have produced.
81 wish ladies would sec the results of such
follics as | have" she said, they would not
try every vile cosmetic and hair wash in the
market"
Hair dresscrs say that the yellow bleach is
not much in demand now The lemon haired
blondes are not i'll vogue. The red haired
girl is the rage. The hair that looks brown
III the dark and turns red in the sun is also
very desirable.
POISONOUS COSMETICS.
know lady who had such hair, or, ut
least. her back hair was that color. Her
h,,n. v.nro u,,,rb 6url.o,. fhn, L,nr L,oj. I,,;,
and the contrast was not pretty Her hair
dresser suggested doctoring them IL bit.
81 don't dare, she said.
81 have stuff which will do it-positivcly
harmless" he urged.
'Drink some of it and I'll believe you, +" she
said. and he complied. She argued that if it
couldn't hurt his stomach it ought not her
head, and allowed transformation to take
place. Nor has She ever experienced any ill
results. But it is generally very unsafe to
taInper with onc's hair Blindness and in
sanity arc often brought about by this oily
This has been told women again and again,
but they pay no heed and rush madly in
where angels would fear to tread. There is
no risk Il woman will not run, no pain she
will not suffer, if she thinks thereby she can
be made more beautiful.
| know q woman who has used cosmetics
all her life, and those, too, of the rankest and
most poisonous kinds. Now slo is paving
for it. Her skin is something terrible to see.
Physicians tell her it's her stomach but those
who have seen her daubing ON lotions, pustiles
and powders know better. She was II hand
some woman. too-slc had no need of these
accessories. Her friends often demonstrated
with her, but to no avail. Now she is reap
ing the whirlwind.
know Of another lovely woman who was
sensitive about her freckles. She took some
powerful cosmetic and removed them. She
never seemed strong after that, and died be
fore she was so knew another who would
take infinitesimal doses of arsenic. She
died with some unknown stomach disease.
Gut the saddcst case | know of was one OF
most beautiful, dashins society woman.
remember seeing her one night in her stump
tuous, glowing beauty. the queen of an ict
carnival, surrounded by 1atterers and ad
mircrs. | did not SEQ her again until tire,
years afterward, and then she was being lee
along tho street by an uttendant-totally
blind from the excessive use of cosmetics
and, worse than that, continually subject tt
terrible cpileptic fits.
These are awful examples, hut true ones
and still in the face of these and kindred
warnings women will insist upon paintin;
and powdering and dyeing themselves
Edith Sessions Tuppcr III Chicago Herald.
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