Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-01
THE UGLY woMAN's FRIEND.
Being Made Beautiful

From the New York Tribune
'The Hottentot belle hangs . bangle in her
lip and paints her nose sky blue, doesn't she2"
asked the proprietrsss Of . '-toilet emporium
on an uptown street few days ago. "Yes, she
thinks she 10 just about right when she has put
the last and brightest touch on the round top
OF her nat nose. and with Q delighted SHREK
looks at her reflection in Q bit Of polished
brass, or maybe . pool Of water Well, there
are plenty OF girls in this brilliant city in this
advanced nineteenth century who, though they
DO not paint their noses sky blue. have ideas
on the subject OF beauty quite as faulty and
very nearly as absurd Sit down for q moment
and let me tell you what mean, for you look
very scepticsl"
She shook out her cool bingham skirts ana
cissped her large, dimpled hands under her
chm. The corner she had selected 90 chat in
was secluded one. Her assistants softly
crossed and recrossed the long. carpeted room.
delicious breeze courtesied over the roof
tops and crept in beneath the gay striped
awning. a brass band in n neighborine street
began TO play the garden music from Faust"
which reached the ears eoftened by distance
Altogether il was not unpleasant on summer
morning TO sit there discussing feminine beauty
with a bright-eyed, intelligent apostle who pro-
fessed to be able TO do wonders toward redeem
ing an ugly face.
what does the average girl Of to-day do IL
she finds few pimples on her faceI" she asked,
pursuing up her lips; why she kalsomines
them with one OF the many toilet pastes food
ing the market IL she has freckles she per-
sistently avoids the sunlight, powders her face
until il looks like a chalk mask and altogether
has languid, unhealthy appearance like q
plant grown in a cellar. Do you see2 An
kinds OF skin diseases are covered over by q
layer OF powder, perhaps rouge, too, and this
while the skin is irritated and IN need of most
careful treatment OF course it becomes
worse. Now, don't decry cosmetics. have
large stock of my own manufacture on hand
But the skin should be in a healthy condition
before any artificial means are used. and il il
Is well enough without cosmetics why don't
touch them with a tongs, The American girl
II noted Tor n good complexion, You will saw
IL Is national pride with U.S. But take indi-
vidual cases and tell me how long il lasts? Con-
siuer tne giris OF your own acquaintance. For
| my part cannot tell you how many society
girls have known in a business way who had
complexion as delicate as porcelain until they
were about eighteen or nineteen years of age
and who began TO use powder because il was
| fashionable. and a soupcon OF color on the
cheeks because II was so "Frenchy"
| But do you really think the use Of rouge Ia
general among American girlsy"
II do. And the habit is the increase N
You Will take walk down Broadway with me
any line afternoon in early spring or fall am
| sure viii be able TO point out every third girl
at least with rouge on her cheeks. You can
not tell II. nor can the majority of people and
why nor Not because il Is applied 30 artistic
! ally, but because the youthful faces are smooth
| az the petals of a rose, and receive the rouge
so that the blush appears transparent 60 the
unpracticed eye. Put a touch of carmine upon
the smooth, round cheeks of a healthy baby
and you will have the same effect-a delicious,
pink glow like that on the side Of peach which
has been turned 10 the sun. The success is
not due TO the cosmetic, but TO the exquisite
texture OF the baby's skin, and the same can
be said of the clear-skinned girl of eighteen
VINO begins 10 Keep her own rouge and powder
boxes securely locked in the very bottom of her
trunk. Two years pass and il the same girl
should rub on the slightest bit of rouge any
one could tell il was artificial Because the
skin has become coarse and full of minute
| holes, IL would receive the blush, however
delicately applied, in Jumps. The powder would
/ take on the hideous, bluish-red tinge so often
| seen IN the enlarged pores around the nostris.
| When girl has reached this state il seems i'm
possible for per to do without cosmetics. In
the morning she peers disconsolately into n
mirror, and her face au naturel frightens her.
Ii Is pallld, blotchy, with all the hidden.pim-
piles and black heads in full bloom. Now when
she smears this diseased skin with chalk and
carmine, ties an Elusive, dotted veil over all,
and. quite satisfied with the temporary result
starts out for an afternoon walk or drive she
is Just as much to be pitied as the Hottentot
spoke Of"
Here the speaker complacently nodded her
head and swayed large, palm leaf fan TO
| nd fro.
What do you do TO make ugly people more
| contented with themselves, asked the writer
My customers are people who have reached
the state describe through an ignorant use of
| cosmetics and those with naturally bad skin
The one-tiue beauty with ruined Complexion
and the woman nature sent into the world with
| out any decorative touches are now on the
same level They have TO undergo the same
| treatment 4 can't make a crooked nose
| a WA inf
mouth or make a square Jaw conform 10 the
line of beauty. But / can make scant hair
thick and glossy, color the gray threads here
and there, clip and color lashes and brows,
cleanse the skin, cure pimples, freckles &c
take care of the hands and feet, remove SUPER
fuous hairs, and prescribe proper diet exer-
else, and do much toward keeping wrinkles at
a respectful distance"
do you mind telling me what advice VOC
| give your customersI"
"Bless me, not a bit To be thoroughly clean
| is the first requisite. Let girl become enam-
| ored of her bathtub and take morning drauehts
Of fresh air. Let her use good soap and hot
and cold water alternately in washing the face,
| but only once day. Let her give a gentle
| massage treatment TO the neck and face and
take mild exercise in warm weather great
| deal has been written by actresses and others
regarding the injurious effect Of water on the
skin. Patti, they say, has never washed her
| face in anything but fresh cream, and Jane
Hading wipes away dust, cosmetics, and per-
spiration by vaseline only This. unfor-
tunately, may be true enough. But to saw water
is injurious is pure bosh. And between YOU
and me a woman who will go through a life
time with the pores Of her skin filed with sour
milk, for such IL becomes. or the remains
of unlimited jars Of yaseline, is not over
clean DIR. Buckley, whose reputation as Q
skin specialist is well known, says that a great
many eruptions on the face are due TO the fact
that soap has not been used there; that when
| good soap is used it is as beneficial TO the face
as 10 every other part Of the body. He also ad-
yises q daily rubbing with q dry towel not too
| course. This stimulates the action of the blood
and makes the skin hardy. In regard to warm
water, il it is used alone, il makes the skin
| fabby. By using il first for q thorough clean
! ing and then burying the face in basinful Of
cold water leaves the skin smooth, but also firm
and without that sensitiveness which makes
wind or salt water irritating. After such
cleaning the skin is ready to be manipulated.
Now is the time for the young woman ambitious
to be well favored TO sit down with hand mir
ror in q good light, and fattening her nose
against il commence her search for black
heads. 1t is not always easy TO discover them.
What appears a blotch or q blind" pimple ID
often little colony of we'll hidden black heads.
Watch keys are very popular for boring out
these beastly little things, but they should
not be used. After bathing the spot with Q
spoonful of rose water, mixed with the
smallest amount of carbolic acid-eyen lees
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