, 1891-02-05
SOME SECRETS OF MAKING UP.
IL n wnT,Hu Must Use Artificial Color
She tan Do 1t 1.-the Rouge.


Il - wnTsu Must Use Artificial Color
She Can Do 1t Rouge.
The idea Of making up" is extreme
ly distasteful and suggestive of the bal
let 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. Particu.
larly /, this noticeable in boxes at the
theatrH or opera, where the glare of the
footli-hf increases the pallor OF deli.
cate w,r:t-n. and dims the coluring even
of the freshest and faireSt youthful
faces.
The great beauties of bygone ages
owed mnch of their triumph to the
secrets oi the toilet. but, unfortunate
~, 50 ~iealDHsly were these secrets guard
ed that they were buried with their
owner Rut since it is every woman's
bounden duty ard privilege to make
the best Of the beauty which she pos
whether the CREATOR has en-
dowcd her with n greater or lesser share
Of charms. "a little chapter on the
makeup" for ladies may interest some
fair reader.
SonIe one wise in the arts suggests
hat the appearance of the neck and
arms is always most pleasing in evening
dress when they have been sponged
with p%erfuIned tepid water, thoroughly
dried. and then bathed with a lotion
composed Of equal parts of glycerine
and rose water. While this is still
damp a thick coating of powder is APP
piled with a puff and left on till the
last 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-
6ed 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. rs the delicate membrane of the
lips may become hard and dry.
Powder on the face shows less il APP
piled with a bit Of cliamois rather than
a pun. or If n pun is used the powder
should be rubbai gently into the skin
with Il hare's foot or a sailIl soft brush
NAAt % - ~ Ahfl VII AFfNff-~ l1'aAfl-.
Eyebrows ARE Wonderfully improved
by Rubbing good briiliautine into them,
and then ]corying or training them into
proper curves with a fine tooth comb
or the fingers The %brilliantine does
away with the need ot the actors pen
ell. as it darken- thp ii1ir.
There was once a famous lady who
tinted her cheeks with mashed straw
berries washed oil with uiIs, but the
inexpensive and easily obtained garden
beet will give the check as fair and
natural a bloom, aud can in no sense
be construed rs rouge or paint. Just
why it Is so much more shocking to use
a 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 a knife, and left to drain its Juice
out for beauty's use. The liquid should
be applied with a cameI's hair brush,
and toned down after it dries with a
coating of powder. But the woman
who uses it must have such artistic in
SEPARATIONS and nicely of execution that
even her most intimate friends will
imagine that she is made up"
or the whole process will result in dis
astrous failure New York Sun.