Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-23

gorgeous. turkey rugs and velvet-coV
cred furniture, low divans and costly
portieres, with lotions enough to sail a
yacht and powders enough to start a
| flour mill.
Il have an appointment at ten
o'clock" said Madame; lit is with q
lady who is having her skin treated
but she may not come in until after
noon or tomorrow.
1 expressed some surprise, as l had
supposed that woman would keep au
appointment of this kind if she never
kept any other.
"'Oh! not at ALL" replied Madame,
who, by the way, was most friendly.
Such people usually are; l notice. Cos
netics may not improve the complex
ion, but some way have an idea that
they are rather good thing for the
temper
"a lady makes an appointment to
come to me at ten o'clock certain
morning, an appointment which she
religiously intends to keep, and she
/
on her way here she meets Mrs. So
and-so, an intimate friend, who ex-
claims:
.:'Oh! ! SIN so glad to see you, dear
Jennie, or Mary or whatever her
name may be-you must come with
me to select new winter dress
".Ohr hesitates Mrs. No. l, 1 can
not. have an engagement; am going
to
"And here she hesitates again. No,
not for all the world would she tell her
nearest and dearest aad best friend
that she is not satisfied with the COM
plexion that has been given her and Is
having another one made to order.
Oh! no. She can't do that; her friends
may make the discovery, but the sub
iect must not be mentioned, so she
vacillates, and can think of no excuse
except that she was going to Macy's
'or soap or hairpins-and so she agrees
90 with her friend.
Now that is the way they do, and |
never know when to expect my Gus
toners. The always come, though
if not on the day of the appointment,
soon after-and as l understand how it
is, l am not particular about the mat
ter"
"When l started business here q
year ago." Madame told me in one OF
the few and far-between times when
she had no callers, my first advertise
ment brought me thirty-one costumers.
That is, the first day 1 opened the es-
Establishment, thirty-one ladies called
here, and nearly all of them bought
some of my goods"
Are people so quick to run after
every thing new in this line? thought.
Perhaps it is not to be wondered at,
for beauty's chief point lies in the
complexion, and since the time that
Cyrus old grandfather, Astyages,
adorned himself with paint around his
eyes and color on his face; since the
time that the Egyptians applied a
black powder by means of an ivory
bodkin to the pupils of the eyes, up to
the present time, and for all time to
come, the art of the cOstumer and
beautifier will be in demand.
My days experience showed me that
from the young girl only fourteen or
eighteen years of age up to the shock
ing old woman who paints. powders
and wears a wig, all ages and condi-
lions are represented among the GUS
toners of such an establishment. Nor
is it only the one sex who give good
money in exchange for such articles.
There was a case not so very long ago,
reported in the papers, of a man who,
so it was stated on the authority OF his
wife and six daughters, used baby
powder, pink face powder, and burnt
cork to darken his eyes. That face
powder is occasionally used by the
sterner sex | have on the authority Of
Madame.
In one of Mr.. Sala's stories we read
that an enemy of the heroine-whc
was, of course, beautiful -'insinuateo
that her complexion Git was statuesque
marble-like in its pallor) was pasty
and cadaverous; that her hair Git was
blue-black as a ravens wing) was dyed
and that her eyebrows were painted. ,
Could her enemy have insinuated
any thing more unkind? During the
day presume between thirty-tive anC
forty people called. 1t is needless tt
remark that each and all were in pur
suit of beauty, and willing for its sake
to put up with any amount OF incon
venience and go to any expense. There
never was q time when women did no
love to make themselves beautiful-f
very laudable ambition, provided M
harmful preparations are made use Oh
The best means of preserving the
complexion is first to avoid care ant
worry, anxiety and fretfulness, which
are detrimental to the complexion
Try to sleep well, and be careful o
diet, and meet the world as it comes
Cold atmosphere and plenty of colo
water are good tonics, excepting II
cases of exceedingly delicate people
Protect your faces from strong winds
bv wearing thick vail until the skin
becomes somewhat hardened to the
cold.
Some good writer's and prominen
physicians oppose the use OF cole
water and advise hot water.
81 must say l am much opposed t.