The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-31
COSMETICS IN PARIS.
Il FRENCHWOMAN,S F1CE MAY BE
TINTED AL oYER. s

Some Are Very P~oisonous-A Pleasant
Lunch Incident-Dinner Table Novel
ties-OnIy a Paper Wonlan-A Kiss
Badly Discounted.
1t is probable that never since the days
that hair powder went out of fashion has
the custom of making up the female v1sage
been so much in vogue as it is at present
| The powdered coiffures necessitated the
use of rouge, as the artiticially whitened
locks made the freshest of bloom look
pale, and any degree of ~sallowness was
accentuated. There is no such reason at
the present day for the use of rouge n
face powder, but the practice starred
during the latter days of the Empire by
the Empress Eugene, who vainly tried,
by the use of hair dye and cosmetics, TO re,
pair 'the irreparable outrageS OF time,
has now become almost universal IN inc
fashionable world of France.
English and American ladies use cos
metics to a far less extent than do the
Parisians, the former indulging princl-
pally in mild varieties of blonde hair dye
and the latter being addicted to the COM
paratively innocuous practice OF using
face powder. 1t is a curious fact that IN
England, where fair tresses are so often
to be seen, the practice of dyeing the hair,
in some one or other of the many shades
of flaxen or gold to be produced by art1-
fetal means, should have become so COM
mon.
1t is probable that the inventive talent
of the English hairdreSser has resulted IN
the production of an article of that nature
which is not only efficacious, but innox-
ious as well. Most of the French blonde
hair dyes ave a basis of acid and not
only dtscolor the scalp, but ruin the hair,
causing it to fall out in handfuls after the
coloring process has been continued for q
certain length of time.
One of the most powerful of all known
hair dyes is a preparation of the henna,
the drug used in the Turkish harems for
the purpose of staining the finger nails
and imparting to them a deep roseate
hue. AS a hair dye it colors the locks q
bright, rich auburn, but if used of too
great strength it produces the ugly shade
of red known in bygone days, when
golden n auburn tresses were not IN
fashion, by the vulgar name of carrots.
Thu black hair dyes are far less used than
formerly. They are all more or less
poisonous, having sugar OF lead 1nVarl-
ably as one of the chief ingredients.
Many cases of facial paralysis and in
some instances of fatal brain disease,
nave been traced to the use of these per-
nicious fluids. A delicate pale pink fluid
is prepared by the best perfumers of Paris
for whitening the hands. This is applied
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tity is poured in a cup and is then taken
up into a little sponge n rubbed thor
oughly over the back of the hand and the
fingers, being left for some Il and
then wiped off lightly with a piece of fine
flannel. The fingers are then tinted very
family with liquid rouge from the first
joint to the nail. The nails themselves
are polished with agate powder, and are
then tinged with a pale shade of rose
color by a special preparation.
But that part of the make up of the
hands is usually confided to q professional
manicure, as it REQUIRES very careful
manipulation. When the treatment is
completed the lady is able to display a
dainty white land with charmingly rose
ate finger tips. In some instances, when
the make up is very elaborate, the veins
are traced with a blue liquid manufac-
tured for the purpose called azurine. The
ears and nostrils then demand attention.
The former are shaded with rouge around
the edges and on the lobe. The latter are
tinted inside with u durable kind of liquid
rouge. The eyebrows are defined by
means of a small, soft pencil. hi eyes
are darkened at the roots of the lashes.
| The leading French actresses, including
Miles. Jane Hading and Bartet, make use
of some some special preparation for their
ewes, the composition of which is kept
| secret, and which makes the eyes singu-
| larly brilliant.
1t is not altogether harmless, as Mile.
Bartet suffered at one time from a severe
attack of inflammation of the eyes, caused
by its use. The blue pencil was intro
duced, if not invented, by Nine. Judic.
The lips are stained with a powerful
preparation formed of rouge and dis
solved in vinegar and ammonia. Some of
the Partisan bellies employ a professional
beautifier to get them up daily, a woman
who m every morning armed with
her paints and washes and pencils and
dives. There are French gentlemen, too,
ci-devant male beauties, who pay their
hairdresser a fixed salary for his services
for two hours daily. These services send
the man of sixty out into the world
every day with at least fifteen years taken
from his apparent age.
From four to five hours a day are some
times consumed by IN elderly lady in the
elaborate processes by which she strives
to restore to her complexion and features
the hues n freshness OF her vanished
youth. have heard of one instance of
this kind in which the daily cost of the
cosmetics employed was not less than
$3.-PhiladelphiG Press.
Her Nice Lunch.
OF course / wished to do all In my
power to make Pattie's visit pleasant,
| and as | have been several times invited
| to lunch with some young people whom
we have met, / thought it would be o
good time to give a little lunch company
while she was with me. You know my
dining room will not accommodate a very
large number of guests, and have to call
culate pretty closely. Invited six Young
ladies, making with Pattie and me eight
the very largest number l could seat
comfortably.
Perhaps you will smile, dear mamma,
when | tell you how closely | fitted my
menu to my guests. | planned to have
| boullion, oysters with cream in those
pretty pink shells Lucy gave me, chops
and peas, quail on toast, and a salad.
This was as much as my one little maid
| could manage. Then l thought / would
indulge in the extravaganza of having a
dish Of fancy ices, so | ordered just eight
pink roses in spun candy-this made an
ornamental dish-and Pattie placed a
| small bouquet at each plate. There were
lust eight iced roses, eight pink oyster
Shells and eight bouquets.
The hour arrived to sit down at the
table, and everything was ready and quite
to my taste, but one of the guests who
had accepted my invitation had not ar
rived. Half an hour passed-long enough
for the boullion to cool and the oysters to
spoil. I tried to practice on your advice,
dear mamma, and bring my philosophy
to bear upon the occasion, but while l
tried my best to keep calm, l could feel
the color come and go in my face as the
moments passed.
At length the door-bell rang, and I
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