Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-04
FACES OF THE FAIR.
If Beauty Must Paint Her Cheeks She
Needn't Use Rouge.
JUICE OF THE BEET Is BETTER.
The Blood Of the Strawberry Will Do, but
It's Harder to Get.
SECRET OF THE SUCCESS OF POWDER

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 alto
gether, says the New York Sun. Particu-
larly is this noticeable in boxes at the thea
ter or opera, where the glare of the foot
lights increases the pallor of delicate women
and fairest youthful faces.
The great beauties of bygone ages owed
much of their triumph to the secrets of the
toilets, but, unfortunately, so jealousy
were these secrets guarded that they were
buried with their owners. Bukssince it is
every woman's bounden duty and privilege
to make the best of the beauty which she
possesses, whether tie Creator has endowed
her with greater or lesser share of charms,
little chapter on the makeup" for ladies
may interest some fair reader.
HOW TO USE THE POWDER.
Some one wise in the arts suggests that
the appearance of the neck and arms Is
always most pleasing in evening 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 a thick coating of powder is ap-
piled with puff and left on until the last
moment. II 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 intensified
by wettlng 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 u bit of chamois rather than a
puff, or il puff is used the powder should
be rubbed gently into the skin with a hare's
foot or small soft brush such assis used on
babies heads.
BEETS FOR THE CHEEKS.
Eyebrows are wonderfully improved by
rubbing good brilliantine into them, and
then coaxing or training them into proper
curves with fine-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 strawberries 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 comprehend,
but such seems to be the prevalent opinion
among conservative women. The homely
vegetable is simply cut with knife and left
to drain its juice out for beauty's use. The
liquid should be applied with camels hair
brush and toned down after it dries with
coating of powder. But the woman who
uses it must have such artistic inspirations
and nicely OF execution that even her most
intimate friends will never imagine that she
is made up" or the whole process will re-
suit in disastrous failure.