The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-04

metics used all through the world says that the
money that American women pay for them
would paint seventeen thousand houses, allow
ing seventy-five dollars for each house Not
withstanding this horrible charge, l don't be-
lieve American women will quail when it comes
to buying anything they think will add to their
beauty. OF course in nine cases out of ten it
doesn't add to it, but even man has to confess
that tiny little bit of powder, to take the shine
off the nose, is desirable. When Ovid was writ
ing about women and their ways he said that
fancy for looking i'll and delicate, and playing
on the feelings of the men, had taken possession
of them, and that it was a smart thing to get
fetching pallor on their faces by white lead and
other stuffs. In the ruins of Thebes an entire
toilet case was found, with bottles of perfumery,
jars of powder, and tubes of paint, with brushes
and cloths, evidently showing that the belle of
that day not only knew how to take care of her
skin, but believed in having good tools to achieve
good results. The bellies of Nineveh were will
ing to suffer to be beautful they had their skins
made smooth with pumice-stone and then they
were enameed
COSMETICS IN THE oLDEN TIMES.
Cleopatra not only had every cosmetic known
in her day to add to her good looks, but she
also wrote a book on the care of the skin, which
is, unfortunately for the bellies of to-day, out of
print. In 1779 the English Parliament, which
always looked for the protection of its men,
considered a bill that read this way: "All
women, without distinction as to age or rank,
maidens as well as widows, who should deceive
the male subjects of His Majesty and mislead
them into marriage by means of paint salve,
beauty water, false teeth, false hair, Spanish
wool, corsets or padded hips, should be pun
ished under the provisions of the law against
sorcery, and the marriage shall be declared
null" The bill did not pass, believe, and it
probably emanated from the brain of somebody
who had been deceived, and who wished, gener-
ously, to save his friends. In England to-day
paint is much more generally used than in this
country, where what is known as "saucer
rouge" and which is applied with soft linen
rag, is in greater favor. Englishwomen make
up abominably: from the Princess of Wales down
to the chorus girl the idea of improving the face
seems to be to put dab of rouge under each
eye, not to shade it at ALL to leave the ears and
chin untouched, and to suppose that everybody
believes this is real.
HOW TO USE RoUGEs AND PAINTS.
frouge is used it should always be shaded off
with little powder, the lobes of the ears and
the edge Of the chin each being touched slightly
with it, because any face on which there is a
glow of color has the pink also at these points.
Nobody blushes in a round spot; shape the pink
little to your cheek, and if your face is very
full make it longer than round. Don'tput it on
at all unless you think you can't go without it
that is to say, that you look so ghastly you feel
that you need it. A color is sometimes given to
the face by dabbling it in gin and water, the gin
bringing the blood to the surface and giving it
life as in addition it softens the skin, there is
no reason in the world why it shouldn't be used.
BRIGHT woMAN's COMPLAINT.
Here's typical complaint from a bright
woman Said she: Because 1 read good bit,
because 1 go to the theatres, because 1 have in
dividual opinions as to what 1 read and see,
somebody called me a clever woman. l despise
the word. l would rather be called thief A
clever woman always seems to me to be one who
is plotting and planning out for herself and for
herself alone. If she is clever with her needle
she only uses it to make her own belongings. If
she is clever with her pen she writes letters to
less clever people to make them feel what fools
they are. If she is clever with her brush YOU
are expected to breathe in an atmosphere of
paint and artists talk whenever you come near
her If she is clever about bringing up her chill
dren she is certain to make prigs or villains of
them, and if she is clever about managing her
husband you may be pretty sure that he deceives
her Call me bright, call me stupid call me
anything you want, but don't call me clever"
WHAT IS CLEVER WOMAN.
What is really a clever woman?
clever woman is one who looketh we'll after
the ways of her own household
clever woman is one who undertakes moth
ing that she does not understand
clever woman is one who is mistress of tact
and knows how to make the social wheels run
smoothly
clever woman is one who makes the other
woman think herself the cleverest
A clever woman is one who acts like hot water
on tea; she brings the sweetness and strength
| out of everybody else.
clever woman is one who always makes the
| best of any situation.
| A clever woman is one whose ability is never
unpleasantly felt by the rest of the world.
| A clever woman is one who acknowledges her
neighbor's right to live, who doesn't believe that
| she alone is the motive power Of the world.
| A clever woman is the one who is at ease in
any place and among any people.
clever woman is the woman, my friend that
you and / should want for guide, counsellor
| and friend. BAB
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