The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1890-07-18

JAPANESE COSMETICS.
Lipa aud Teeth OF wo,non pninted--Ise-
uttrcnhonts OF Married ladies.

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! Lip. aud Teeth OF wo,mon pnintsu-Ise-
quiremonts OF Married Ladies'.
TO ono at all familiar with The cos
metics of America and Europe, and
with the modes of using them, some
interest attaches TO those employed by
japanese ladies. The most striking
feature TO foreigner in this direction
is 10 see tho teeth Of the women black.
Japanese fashion commands thut every
woman when married, or who has
passed tho ago in which she is likely to
lc married, stain her teeth black.
This is done with much trouble and
with repeated renewals. Tho "kit" Of
utensils is mado Of brass and consists
of a bowl Of peculiar form, which will
hold about half a gallon of water
Across this rests q sholf Of decorated
brass 8 inches wide by 10 inches long
On this stands small kettle, in which
the staining liquid IS kept hot, and y
small cup into which to pour some Of
tho staining liquid to cool it, mid from
which it is used OH the teeth. a box
of lacquorcd wood contains powdered
nutgal]s and 4 small feather brush,
and tho whole set, when not in use, is
kept in large lucqucred box.
Tho materials consist Of n solution
OF iron nails in q vinegar made of sour
sake, forming what would be known
chemically asacotutc Of iron This So
luton is vigorously brushed ovor tho
teeth. followed by Il rubbing Of them
with powdered nutgnlls. This forms
black tcnnate Of iron on the teeth, in
Tact, it is our con1non black writing
ink. Tho process renewed weekly
keeps the teeth Of shiny blaclsncss
comparable almost to freshly blackcd
shoes. The fashion is said to havo
originated centuries ago among nobil-
lty, and hence prevails with all other
classes 10 me the practice is simply
The children and youth of both
sexes have oftSn beautiful. regular
white teeth, and the contrast of these
with their soft, brown skins, black
eyes and hair, the blood showing rud-
! dy through the brown skin Of The
checks makes great beauty in the
young japanese Il coming thing. jap
anosc women fade early, and to add to
the ravages Of Time such practice is
sickening. Among the lower classes
there is 81 tendency in the teeth TO pro
jcct forward, and this results in the
habit of keeping tho mouth open. Tho
(! reader can fancy The picture.
am glad to know that young Japan
does not favor this custom, and that
the married women Of today among
tho better classes have abandoned it,
Painting the lips seems 10 be uni
versal with women Of all classes and
ages. Little girls not years old have
their lips bright rcd. The material
used for this is the coloring matter of
satllower, called technically carthn-
mine-,r This plant (carthamus tincta-
mus) is largely grown i'll southern
Europe, and used asa dye. 1t is fa-
miliar to us III America for tho samc
purpose, but not grown to any great
extent. lii the drug stores il is known
as American suifron.
The color when diluted is a rosy
pilI!'; when very deep it has the me-
tallic bronze green Of Il beetles wing,
and it is quite common for Japanese
women to apply the color SO thiclsly
that the lips show bronZy green in
stead Of a cherry red While both lips
arc tinted, tic most Of the color is put
4 on tue center Of the low cr lip, where
tho 'rouC is. This color is sold iii tho
cosmetic shops Qsamamono-ya) as
bcni and is generally in the form Of
little shallow sauccrs Of white earth
cnwarc, on the inside of which the
color has been spread with tic brush
to show deep rod with bronzy green
reflection. These cost about two sen
(onc and one-half cents)
White cosmetic consists Of finely
lcvigatcd chalky material, scented and
put up III square envelopes, holding
perhaps half an ounce. More common
sorts arc made Of dry white lead Tho
utensils for applying white cosmetic
consist OF three pairs Of brushes nlado
Of tho hair Of tho dccr or white rabbit.
Each handle Qour inches long) has q
brush at both ends. This gives an as
sortmcnt OF six brushes of varying di-
amcter and length.
a little Of this white powder being
placed on the hand, few drops Of
water arc added, and by means Of ono
of the brushes thin, smooth white
paste is formed, which nlls tho brush
and is applied TO the skin. Ladies OF
refinement, while thoy use whito COS.
mctic to soino extent, do not do SO cx-
cessively, but the 'geishas" cover tho
whole face, neck and BOSOM with
white, and iii many instances from
it's excess they look ghastly.
Little girls out on festival and holi-
day occasions, dressed in their bright
and beautiful fabrics, will be seen COW
cred with cosmetic white, except thrco
narrow points like those of Vandylse
collnr, which are left Oh tho back of
the neck, points downward, showing
! tho brown skin in those places. Tbo
hands arc not wlitcned and gloves are
seldom worn. Detroit FREQ Press.
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