Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-22
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1t Required IN Army OF Slaves 90 Make
Their Morning Toilet.

CeSClmOuy, WHICH IS scarcely 20 De us
puted, the sun could never have shone
upon less lovely object than a Roman
lady in the days Of the Caesars, when
she opened her eyes in the morning,
for before she opened her eyes great
deal had to be done. When she retired
to rest her face had been covered with
u plaster composed OF bread and ass
milk, which had dried during the night
hours, and, consequently, presented in
the morning an appearance Of cracked
chalk. The purpose Of the ass milk
was not only to preserve the delicacy Of
the skin, but to renovate the lungs. and
30 strong was that belief in the efficacy
Of the specific that some energetic
ladies bathed themselves in it seventy
times in the course Of q single day. Ino,
rays Poppea, the favorite wife of Nero,
never set out on a journey without TAX
ing In her train whole herds of She
asses, that she might battle whenever
she pleased to do 80.
The plaster Of paris bust having weak
ened in the morning in a cracked condi-
tion, it was the Office of a host of female
slaves to mature it into perfect beauty.
TO clear the field for further operations
tho first Of these gently washed away
with lukewarm milk the already crum-
bling mask, and left smooth face to be
colored by more recondite artists. The
slave whose vocation it was to paint the
cheeks delicately laid on the red and
white, having moistened the pigment
with her own saliva. The apparent Of
fensiVeness of this operation was dimin-
ished by a certain number of scented
lozenges, which if tho slave neglected to
take she suffered corporal punishment.
precious article was the paint with
which tho Roman domino was beauti-
fled; it was we'll worthy the case OF
ivory and rock crystal in which it was
preserved. The principal ingredient in
the red paint was q moss, known by the
name of fucus, which is still to be
found on the Mediterranean coast. The
cheeks having been perfected the eye
lashes and eyebrows came in for their
share Of attention, and third slave
dyed them with black mixture, which,
though called fuligo, was no common
SCOT, but composed Of choice materials.
These blackened eyebrows and eye
lashes are absolutely indispensable II
the domino aspires in tho slightest de-
gree to the character of beauty.
The curatress Of the eyebrows was
followed by tho tooth-brusher, who not
only performed the office which this
title implies, but handed to her mistress
some maStich from tho Isle Of Chios, a
specific chowed every morning to pre-
servo the teeth from decay. Even if
the teeth were not already in the head
AT the lady, but had to be inserted by
the doxterous slave, tho mastich was
still chewed to keep up appearance.
ALI this work done, was not the dom
ina beautiful Yet the most important
operations had still to be performed;
the hair had still been uneonsidered.
And be it observed, that although black
ness was essential to the eyebrow of the
l:oman belle, lt was otherwlso with her
hair, which was to be decidedly golden.
n whole division of female slaves was
devoted to its decoration. Tho chief OF
them rubbed it over and over again with
golden ointment till the head COM
peted with the brightness of tho rising
sun. To these several servants Herr AS
mus, the German antiquarian, who has
greatly aided us in bringing so many
details within the compass Of a small
cabinet picture, gives the prettiest
names in the world. The asses milk
maid he calls Scapion, the painter Of the
checks is Phiale, the eyebrows are dyed
by Stimmi, the golden ointment is rub
bed in by Nape, Calamis holds the tongs.
the lips Of Psechas arc the living fount-
aims whence proceed the essences, and
tho handy negress is Cypassis.
OF stays-those modern implements of
SCh-torture-th DONNA knows nothing,
nor would she have put them on if they
Bad boon perfectly familiar to her, for
she does not believe in the beauty of u
slender waist. Over short "tunio" is
2ung the ''stola," which is itself long
tnnic reaching to- the feet, with sleeves
that cover half the upper part of tho
sRn. When tho opening In the stola
hos been closed with the aid Of brooches,
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