The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-16
BEAUTY AND UGLINESS.
AN ESSAY ON THE RELATIONS ne
TWEEN GOOD LOOKS AND coon
HEALTH.
A Subject I'm which All women Arc
Interested.

From the time when, as the law books
say, the memory OF man runneth not 10
the contrary, the subject OF beauty and
ugliness has been an Interesting one TO all
men and women, and an al-imporlant
one to many OF them. 1t has been dis
cussed by philosophers and sung OF by
poets; il has furnished eloquent preachers
with q most fertile theme, and has in
spircd the magic brush OF master painters.
Many woman has lived for beauty alone,
and many q one has died for ugliuess. II
has been philosophy to declare that the
beauty OF the mind far OUT shines that OF
the body; il has come TO be prover5 with
those who judge men and women by con.
duet rather than by appearance that
pretty is as pretty does" But in spite
OF all this the majority OF mankind, and
especially the female portion OF II, will
persist in the notion that beauty OF person,
and particularly OF face, hasa great deal TO
do with happiness and success here on
earth, and that ugfiness has great deal
to do with unhappiness and failure.
The oanons and crterons OF beauty and
uglincss are numerous. A person who is
beautiful in the eyes Of one is often ugly
| in the eyes OF another No one rule or
| test can be rigidyapplied to every person.
so many are the elements often entering
into tho thing called beauty. But Of one
! thing there can be no doubt, and on one
| thing all can ngrce-no face rs beautiful
whose complexion is muddy, discolored,
pimpled, blotched or dis6gured by orup-
lions OF any kind. However beautiful the
eyes may be, however luxuriant and rich
| the hair, and however regular aud delicate
the features, such face Is essentially ugly
and must be esteemed 80 by all. On the
contrary, no face, however irregular the
features may be, however unattractivo the
hair or the eyes, can be looked upon MS
ugly when It's skin is pure and clear and
delicate, soft and smooth as satin, and
riyaling the peach in its exquisite tints.
What delight to the eye is such com
plexionl What source Of just pride to
the envied possessorl
The causes Of an impure and blotched
complexion are several In number. In
the first place, the blood may be in bad
condition. II may DO impregnated with
impure matter, which is thus distributed
to every part OF the system and eventually
| finds It's way 10 the surface. Or II may ba
sluggish in It's circulation, resulting i'm a
stoppago Of the pores OF the skin through
which various secrctions OF the body find
| stopped up the impurities that would 9th.
erwisc escape are deposited, and occasion
pimplcs and other cruptions. But this IN
not the sole cause Of such skin dsfgura-
tons. There never was time, probably,
when women did not make greater or less
use OF cosmetics, aud, although il is gen
orally known that their use is often dan.
gcrous and always injurious, yet their use
Is exceedingly prevalent at the present
cay, and Is a prolific cause OF complexion
blcmishcs. The reason is plain. Nearly
all Of them contain poison OF one kind or
another, and, II not absolute poison. at
least some deleterious element that
tends not only TO imperil the general
health, but 10 permanently injurc the
skin. And even II these cosmetics were
absolutely free from poisons and from in
furious ingredients, their effects would be
bad enough any how; for they would still
clog up the pores Of the skin and prevent
the discharge Of the Becretions that seek
an outlet through Il. In any case, there
fore, and under all circumstances, the use
OF cosmetics IL positively injurious, and
should DO abandoned by all women who
do not want their complexion 10 be utterly
destroyed forever.
There AFRO two distinct classes OF skin
diseases, the acute and the constitutional.
The latter are always chronic and very dill.
cult. rs q rule, TO cure. Under these two
general heads there Is n great variety OF
forms in which these diseases appear.
From simple pimples they range all the
way up 10 large liberated cruptons Some
Of them are limited 10 the face, while
others spread over the entire body. Most
of them itch, some Of them scale of, and
all OF them arc unsighIly and annoying In
the extreme.
There il but ono way OF permanently
removing these designations aud restoring
the complexion TO lis original and natural
clearncss, aud II cannot be done in any
other way. II IL an absolute waste OF time
10 attempt TO remove them 10y performing
any operation or applying any prepare.
| ton 10 the face. THIS Is like trying TO kill
a treo by chopping of It's branches. The
trunk and the roots are still there, and ns
long as they arc there new branches are
bound 10 come. The only way TO do is TO
dig II out by the roots. Then YOU know
that II Is out, aud out Tor good. The same
way precisely with disease Of tho skin.
You must get nj the root Of the trouble.
Now, the root Of the trouble In diseases OF
this kind Is plainly the Blood II Is
the blood, therefore, that must be taken
In hand, o. IL were, aud attended TO. II
IL II impoverished, then Il must be en-
richcd and strengthened; II IL Is sluggish
il must be stimulated and It's circulation
increased. II II Is filed with impurities
aud injurious substances, then these i'm
puritics aud Injurious substances must be
removed. Whatever the cause may be,
the seat Of tho trouble must be cotton nj
before permanent and thorough cure eau
be effected.
Now, as all Is not gold that glitters,
neither does every medicine that II repre-.
scnpd as u euro Tor skin Diseases do all
that Il Is represented 10 do The number
OF such alleged remedies is legion, and the
amount OF money thrown away on them
: would fll bank vault As We have the
best interests OF our readers at heart, and
! have no other object whatever In Wow
/, than to help them, We take advantage Of
, this opportunity 10 say that there are al
: least two remedies which, from the grca
! number Of absolutely reliable voluntary
, testimonials TO their efficacy, aud from Oh,
vast aud constantly increasing sales they
, are having, We feel thoroughly justified II
i heartily recommending. They are medi
! cines that have been having a wide sale In
|. this section OF late, and that have been do
, Ing an immense amount OF good. They