St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-08-15
MAKING UP.
Some of the Secrets of My Lady's Toilet
Chamber Revealed.

Chamber Revealed.
The idea of making up" is extremely
distasteful and suggestive of the ballet
to the woman of refined taste, and yet
such is the delicacy of coloring in most
American faces that in the blaze OF
brilliant lights their beauty seems
faded, Or is lost altogether. Particular
ly is this noticeable in boxes at the
theater or opera. where the glare OF
the footlights increases the pallor OF
delicate women and dims the eoloring
even of the freshest and fairest youth
full faces.
The great beauties Of bygone ages
owed much of their trump to the Sc
crets of the toilet. but, unfortunately
SO jealously were tfr,.se secrets guarded
that they were btr1E4 with their
owners But since cit is every
woman bounden duty and privilege to
make the best ofcthe beauty which she
possesses, whether the Creator has en-
dowed her with greater or lesser share
of charms, little chapter on the make
up for ladies may interest some fair
reader.
Some one wise in the arts suggests
that the appearance of the neck and
arms is always most pleasing in even
ing dress when they have been sponged
with perfumed tepid water, thoroughly
dried, and then bathed with lotion
composed of equal parts of glycerine
and rose water. While this is still
damp thick coating of powder is ap-
piled with puff and left on until the
last paoment. If it is then rubbed in
thoroughly, but gently. the skin will
seem beautifully white and all traces of
powder will have disappeared.
The scarlet tint of the lips is intensi-
fed by wetting them with perfume, and,
when that has dried, touching them
with cold cream to soften them. This
treatment should not be applied very
often, as the delicate membrane of the
lips may become hard and dry.
Powder on the face shows less if ap-
piled with bit of chamois rather than
a puff, or if a puff is used the powder
should be rubbed gently into the skin
such as is used on babies heads.
Eyebrows are wonderfully improved
by rubbing good brilliantine into them,
and then coaxing or training them into
proper curves with ine-tooth comb or
the fingers. The brilliantine does away
with the need of the actors pencil, as
it darkens the hair.
There was once famous lady who
tinted her cheeks with mashed straw
berries washed off with milk, but the
inexpensive and easily obtained garden
beet will give the cheek as fair and
natural bloom, and can in no sense be
construed as rouge or paint. Just why
it is so much more shocking to use bit
of color on the cheeks than any amount
of powder on the face and arms and
shoulders is a bit difficult to compre-
hend, but such seems to be the prev
alent opinion among conservative
women. The homely vegetable is simp-
ly cut with knife and left to drain its
juice out for beauty's use. The liquid
should be applied with camel's hair
brush and toned down after it dries
with a coating of powder. But the
women who uses it must have such ar
tistic inspirations and nicely of execu-
ton that even her most intimate friends
will never imagine that she is ssmade
up" or the whole process will result in
disastrous failure.-N. Y. Sun.