Telegram-herald., 1890-06-30
NATURES COSMETIC.
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One OF the brides. Who have been
cheering New York with their brig ght
faces aud the charming manners OF
early nstrimony, is young woman
from New England She hss last gone
with her husband back to their home
near Providence, snd she las left the
recollection with those who saw her OF
the most exquisite deliesey and beauty
OF complexion ever seen
The girl, for she Is still In her teens,
and therefore a girl though bride,
was not conspicuous in otherways. She
was just as pretty and charming sad
deliciously innocent and yet demure as
are all the other sweet creatures who
come 10 Gotham on their bridal trips and
who make one Of the most entertaining
sights in New York
But she had a complexion that post
of passion would go into delirium over
Nobody saw her who did not look at
her as long as courtesy or opportunity
would permit. and no doubts would rise
about the artihciality of these exquisite
tints. The maker of cosmetics or flesh
enamels rho can initiate such coloring
as that has fortune at hand But il
can't be done, because the play and
movement of color in tho cheeks are be-
yond imitation.
There are no words that will properly
and perfectly describe this young brides
60 mplexion. Her skin at the forehead,
temples, nose and chin, were white,
and her skin seemed soft as the petals
of rose White does not accurately
describe the color, but there is no word
that does express the idea OF the per-
feet purity of skin which is meant
when we speak of creamy whiteness.
Her nose beyond the eyes was as
nearly like the tint of a polished pearl
rs flesh can be. Then the color begin
ing at the cheek bones by the most in
fnitessimal shading warmed from n
gentle pink like the inside of sea shell
TO a roster color lower down the cheek
The sun makes such tints in the clouds
at sunset sometimes, bnt no painter
ever mastered these gradations in his
coloring
to the girls who are oorn and bred whe's
she was. There is a strip of ea coast,
stretching say from New Haven around
TO Cape Cod. where the breezes, the sea
air, impregnated as it is with balm
from the gulf stream, gives to the girls
this wonderful beauty of complexion.
And there is also to be found along
this coast the most perfect cosmetic in
the world
1t is somewhat strange that this pink
and alabaster coloring, this mo Thereof
pearl gloss, is confined to the ch eeks of
the girls who live within si ght of the
sea- and to those who dwell wit hin the
limits of the $50 mi les from New Lon
don to Cape Cod. OF course those who
expose themselves recklessly to the sun
lose some of the delicacy, yet even that
exposure docs not leave the skin swarthy
OF tanned. 1t seems simply to take off
the exquisite polish of the skin.
Some of our painters have long known
of this delightful popularity and
charm of this coast line, and among the
young men of this desolate country
there has long been a belief that the
girls that grow up there have the most
beautiful compilations to be found in
the world. Those who are sus eptible
to such charms should in their summer
vacations take trip along this sea
shore, not where fashio nable hotels are,
but among the plain farmer folks or
even in the fshermen's homes, where,
though the swell of the sea abounds.
those delicious colors that nat ure puts
upon the girls faces are to be found
Is it the sea air that does this lovely
paintings 1t may be, thou gh the sea
air elsewhere is sometim es apt to make
havoc with pretty complexion. Some
of the artists think that the low sandy
stretches along the shor give back
heat and reflection of the sunlight that
paint these delicate tints, just as they
do with the shells on tropical shores.
Others believe that there comes from
tn gulf stream balm that moistens
the cheeks and puts the touches of
beauty upon them.
But the girls believe in nothing but
the pools. There they find the needful
cosmetic, as they belive. Sea water
makes the pools, but sea water directly
from the ocean will not do. The girls
would as soon wash their face in SOAP
suds as in the water that the last tide
has brought in. The pools are made
by the rush of the sea during very
high tide or a blow The water is
dashed into little hollows in the rocks,
or in little shallow places in the sand.
and wheh the sea recedes some water is
left in these hollows Then when the
sun has come out and warmed il aud the
mist has mingled with it and it has lain
there exposed to the silent chemistry of
nature for some days, il becomes the
true cosmetic.
The true sea shore girl knows her
favorite pool. She will 90 in the morn
ing and bsthe her face in it. and, if
duriLg the day she happens by, she will
lave her skin with the water. and she
believes that, as the inside of the oyster
shell is often beautifully tinted and
that all living things that the water
laves has a delicate color, 80 it is this
same water that brings the charm to
her skin.
The men use the water for neural gia
and have great faith in its healing
powers. but the girls never have neu-
ralgia, and so they get the virtues Of
the water upon their cheeks.
There is one peculiarly aboat this
tintinz and thatis thstit is hollow
sr1 fckIa blessing and IL very apt
early % leave the cheeks or the girls.