The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05

beauty, ana How Art May Ala Nature'-lo
Beautify the Hands and Remove Moth
and FreclSles Beauty In Bare Feet.-A
GastrOnOmicaI Hint, and One for Moth
ers.-Dog Fashions and Turkish Court
ship.
Say, girls, an editor who will give
some of his space-when so many mat
ters are demanding its use-tO the ladies
for an opportunity TO chat and gossip
occasionally on matters that interest just
their own sweet selves, isn't too common
nowadays, is he ? And | feel that all
the women in Vermont will join me in
expressing appreciation of this esteemed
privilege.
Dear me, what shall say first, I've
got enough to say to fill page; but l
remember that there is just one lestrlc
tloD placed upon me--that / must not
Overrun a column and half, with the
warning that if do. the remorseless
blue pencil will go through my 'copy"
like ''streak of blue lightniDg"-l be
lievd that's the way it was put to me by
that terrible being, the editor.
Did you ever know a woman who
didn't want to be beautiful Heaven
knows, some of us have reason enough
for il? Well, did you ever know one
who really understood how to aid ma
ture by art in this direction, without ut
the same time adopting methods or ap.
plIcations that were actually harmful or
injurious. know just such woman
a dear friend of mine in Burlington, ana
here is ''pointer" she gave me the 9TH
er day :
mot one woman in ten knows how to
wash her face" said my friend. ''lu
the first place wash your face at nigh,
with good soap and soft water, mad
into strong lather, and then rinse off
with cold water, then dry with coarse
towel, after which rub the face with
chamois. In the morning the face
should simply be wiped off with damp
washrag dipped in cold water. Colo
cream and oils are injurious to the COM
| pleXIon."
tell you, the girl who undertakes
the value of physical charms at the out
set of her social career makes a mistake
that she will be long in retrieving
| Women, as well as men, are influenced
by physical attractions, and If there
could he found hostess who would eX
press herself as frankly as did well
known wldOwer, who once explained
that the reason he always took prOml-
nent young lady to the opera was b.
cause she looked $50 stunning" shr
would admit that it is always the pretty
girl who is invited to assist at afternoon
teas or wherever else social success is
| to be scored.
Unfortunately, not all girls are pos
sessed of this desirable attribute; but II
he less favored are willing to let skIllfu
art correct the errors of nature there II
no reason why they should not maxi
themselves quite as attractive as those to
whom it costs no effort to be beautiful
And next in importance to beauty
ranks vivaclty. 1t goes long way to
ward reconciling society to the absence
of beauty and is the pain-featurpd glris
salvation. Don't be silly and don't be
intellectual-this last is where the plain
girl too often makes a mistake. She re-.
lies too much upon her sterling worth,
and society cares nothing for such quail
ties. Andssociety can't be blamed. Tht
world moves much too rapidly for more
than surface acquaintance with one
another, except when special circum
'tances make 1T worth while to stop and
learn. So, be beautiful or be vivacious
Now, hands are no unimportant fea-
ture of womanly attractiveness, ,althougt
not everybody realizes 1t and there are,
probably, lots of women who don't know
that one of the simplest and best things
o remove all stains and soilng and to
neal all scratches and ch fl 6 on tn
hands is bOrax water. To make 1t, pu
crude borax into bottle and fill it with
hot water. When the borax ls dissolved
add more to the water, until at last the
hot water can absorb no more and
residum remains at the bottom of the
bottle. To the water in which the hands
are to be washed, pour from this bottle
10 make it very soft. 1t is very cleans
ing, and by its use the hands will be
kept 10 excellent condition. No gloves
should be worn on the hands at night
A drop of warm mutton tallow applied
TO lip sores just before going to bed will
soon cause them to disappear; and this
is also an excellent remedy for chapped
hands. 1t should be applied at nigh
and well rubbed in. The toughest OF
hands by this treatment will quickly BE-
restored to their natural condition.
Next to blemishes on the hands, moth
and freckles are frightfully common
annoyance to the woman who would
look fair in the eyes of her liege lord, or
IN those of some fellow who may here
after sustain that relation to her, and
yet am told by Middlebury lady that
these may be removed easily by using a
wash composed of equal parts of Tactic
acid and glycerine. Certainly, it is
harmless when applied to the skin, and
IT'S at least worth trying.
| Who doasn't know tnO that there is
beauty though it is somewhat rare-in
the foot The most beautiful foot is the
slender one, and the stylish girl recog-
nlzes this fact. Her shoes are always
large enough to avoid cramping the foot
and yet are snug and wonderfully neat
nd delicate. This is the reason why
some delicate girls can dance all night
without rest, while others have to retire
early from brilliant ball, leaving their
hearts behind-In case they do not dance
and suffer so much with their feet as to
preclude the possibility of real enjoy
meDt. A stylish girl, moreover, If her
feet are rather large, will seek to com
pensate for this disadvantage by cul l.
waiting shapliness in them, which easily
may be accomplished by following the
directions of good manicure-or ped
Icure, as you VIII.
Many bellies are willing to sacrifice, to
some extent, the appearance of their
feet in public by wearing large shoes, in
order to preserve, inviolate, their beauty
when the feet are bare Ii girl wears
a proper shoe, when the foot is bare and
she stands upon in the privacy of her
bedroom ,it will be rs pretty and delicate
as baby's. The instep will be high, the
heel delicately formed the skin as white
AS ababaster, with possibly blue veins
showing through. The general form of
the foot will be slender, the toes taper
ing, parallel and separated by about the
thickness of a sheet of paper, aud
adorned with pink-tinted nails. A girl
who has such feet as these and l know
some who have them-well may take
pride and pleasure in contemplating
? them.
r To turn from that which delights the
eve to that which delights a most i'm
( portant sense, want to run in righl
! here little hiOt about very palatable
dish-one that any good wife may rea
! sonably expect to please the palate OF
: her lord and master, however capricious
e 1t be, immensely. refer to "oyster
= bars which are just lovely. Do try
D them. Sift two ounces of fine flour and
, mix with il few grains of cayenne.
Take three ounces of oysters, which have
been previously cooked in little lemon
juice and allowed to harden and drain,
P pound them we'll. Add the yolk of an
3 egg, and mix all the ingredients tOgeth.
! er until they form smooth paste. Roll
, out the paste into a strip one-eight Of an
P inch in thickness and five inches in
( width, which will be the length of the
: bars. Cut this strip of paste into mar