The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28

have ever graced this weary world by their
presence, held it bounden duty to keep
themselves looking at least as well as ma
ture intended; and many of them went
even farther than that, il not generously
lowered with beauty at their birth, and
improved upon nature by every means
IN their power. The stately danes of the
olden times-our great grandmothers and
their graudmothers-did not disdain arti-
Iicial aids by which to enhance their good
looks. Those respected ladies had their
books on cosmetics, and receipts for pre-
serving the hair or changing its color.
Their pomades and powders and rouges
and beauty-baths and patent offenders for
one portion of the human form divine, and
oompressers for another part in the way
Of stays. The more refined and hlgh-born
they were, the more attention they seem to
have paid to their personal charms, and
each generation Of beauties wrote in
the family book a detailed account Of
ali that had tended to increase her
loneliness, with minute directions
for preparing and applying those
aids which she had tested and found
worthy Of imitation. so that the coming
beauties of the family might profit by her
experience anu perhaps lLuplONC upOu H.
It is said that Cleopotra herself wrote
book on the arls of the toilet and many
more celebrities have done the same thing.
It is also asserted-but l cannot say with
how much truth - that in Cleopotra's
palmiest days the red-haired goddess was
AS desperately bothered with freckles as
any country laSsie of the present With
the same ability to cope with the most dire
emergency which she afterwards displayed
by shuffling off the mortal cOil'' at the
proper time, she set her great mind to
work to find a sovereign remedy. She
found it in what was thel called "Virginal
Milk which may be made in this way.
To one quart of rOSeWater add, drop by
drop. one ounce of tincture of benzoin,
stirring it constantly. Probably they had
not precisely these preparations in that
early day, but something of the same
nature, upon which the modern
equivalents are an Improvement To use
the . virginia. milk" put just enough of ii
into your hand basin to turn tepid water to
the color of skim milk, and then wash the
face, hands and neck with 1t thoroughly
afterwards drying them with a soft towel.
BY the way, it is a great mistake to
imagine that rubbing the face with harsh
cloths or sponges, or using any sort OF fric
ten upon it, is necessary to keep the skin
and its infinitcsimal pores free from dust
black heads" or TO alleviate wrinkles,
as some have said. Ones face must be
dirty indeed to needsany such heroic treat
ment and as sensitive skin is sure to be
injured not benefited, thereby.
Should you try Cleopatra's remedy, don't
make the mistake that an acquaintance of
mine did. She wrote the prescription and
sent it TO a well-knoWn druggist, but
whether the chirography was at fault, or
the man of pills did not see straight that
day-benZine was substituted for benZoin,
with most disastrous results.
At this season of the year, persons who
are troubled with freckles are hunting high
and low Tor things 10 prevent or eradicate
those pests. It is no alienation to ones
misery to be told that those beauty killers
attack only the most delicate skins, and
that men believe the most loveable girls are
those who freolzle; even the consultations
Of religion fail to console when ones
countenance is covered with brown
patches that look like small buckwheat
cakes.
The very best remedy for freckles is
First to take as good care of the skin as
you can consistently with good time,''
1.-THE latter being of decidedly more import
ancel-that is. to wear wells when prac-
ticable and hats that shade the face. so
that when boating, fishing, picnicing, etc,
the sun will not smile too fervently upon
you: and then to use the ''Virginal milk
sboYe mentioned.
A good thing for skins that are inclined
to be rough and dry is warm bath, into
which an ounce of pure glycerine has been
poured, taken once or twice a week OF
course the bath in question means
for the whole body, and that amount
of glycerine is sufficient for several
gallons of water. 1 have never tried it
myself, but am solemnly assured by those
who have that few such baths are war
ranted to make skin like buckram soft
and smooth as a baby's. But don't try it
on the face, unless you mean to retire from
the world for a time, or to go all summer
rs closely yelled as the Sultana--because
the glycerine opens the pores and softens
the skin to such marvellous extent that
every vagrant zephyr or sport Of a sun
beam will leave its stain upon you, and
pr~oaro the way for numberless freckles
and wrinkles.
The best thing for the face, hands and
neck in summertime, to give tone to the
complexion and make it resist outside in
duenc % as well as to keep it soft and white,
is to battle tn m in tepid va er to which
has been added little common vinegar
This remedy which should be used alb out
once in two or three dpYs-in mentionC d in
the Oldest toilet books, and was in great
favor away back in the tine of the Stuarts
For the ''summer gIrI aud equally uu-
occupied mamma who are sitting on
Verandas and lawns and singing in ham
m0cks, these long, bright, days, there is
plenty Of occupation more pleasant and
profitable than eternal novel reading, that
may properly come under the head of
PICK UPS FOR LEISURE HOURS.
Since the button craze has so burdened
our maids and matrons, no end of congenial
occupation may be fonnd in painting or
otherwise decorating those costly append
ages to the toilet. To those who are
artists. even in a small way, the big, plain
white buttons of common porcelain present
unlimited possibilities Of the most inviting
character. Tint the ground of them to cor
respond with that of the gown they are
going on, and then put upon the figure OF
the design of the goods, as nearly as you
can CODY it. For example, suppose your
aesthetic tea-gown is old rose or faded blue
in color, with lear or spray of flowers, or
scroll patterns upon it-you see how easy
1t would be to duplicate the design upon
the buttons.
Or, if you know how, you may paint
more elaborate set, at very small expense
and with much pleasure to yourself, which,
great deal of NOR ey. For one pocket you
NAV have a moonlight scene at sea; and for
the other a gallant in knee breeches and
lace ruffles bending before some lady fair
Your monogram may hold q post of honor
and +he pictured faces of Marie
Anton cite and other court beauties and
celebrities. You know it is the height of
fashion to wear harlequin sets of buttons
that is. those that are no two alike, except
in size-the more bizarre and mismated