St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-09

mocracy. Evidently this Wing was IN error.
1t belongs bv right to these noble danes and
damsels who fear lest drops of water shall
tieck the whiteness of their pearly faces
they wipe tenderly their dimpled cheeks
with bit of chamois SKIN. If they can
afford the process, they become enameled.
Pshaw! We do not believe word of it. 1t
woman.
But really, is not the greater part of what
is written for ladies gush of utter nom
sense? To judge from this, one might be ied
to believe there were women whose whole
existence is drawn out agony of endeavor
by every vile and device, to be
come beautiful, en- regle for polite
society. TO this end personal com
fort is sacrificed. A degree of martyrdom is
endured that in any other cause, would be
heroic. The poor votary of fashion Is told
Gn the intervals of rouge and POWDER to
wear tread and milk pOultices upon her face.
Or. better, avail herself of Nine. ks
special mask. How one is to manage The
eyelids is not laid down. We infer that the
proverbal heroine of romances who appears
of a morning With dark circles under her.
eyes. has worn This prescribed poultice or
mask aforesaid. Surely, who could rest
whose eyes were weighed down by both poul-
tice and peoples of the dear god Morpheus?
Also. this devotee of fashion is admonished
to go weekly to the manicure, and with semi
frequency to the chiropodist The nail of
the hand OF a. professional. The
the digital extremities must be
shaved and fashioned to an infinitesimal eX-
actness of nicely. The fieshy points of this
score of members must be pulled, pinched,
massaged into infantile plumpness of shape.
A half hour at morn aud a half hour at night,
and even. Intermittent intervals, are to be
spent in polishing oue's nails
v hat dainty piece of mechanism does
become this distorted feminine creation!
She has passed from the finishing hand of
the Infinite. through the fashioning modes
and enerVatlng processes OF artlstes till, an
exaggerated silly, insipid monstrosity, you
behold her as she Is, a carlcaturc OF W0m-
anhood.
For one. returning to the first person,
have too much respect for, and too much
faith in. the women of society," as class to
these socalled fashionable letter writer's
Sooner do l think this aping and
following of the ways of actresses
is sought to be initiated by those
not in the higher walks of life. The lady
accustomed always to wealth and the refine
ment it brings cannot but be elegant delicate
and charming; and those less highly IA
vored attribute this superior grace to an
pers and magazines. and which, if
long time followed, will be sure
to render their faces blotched, PIN
pied and altogether uni eautiful. An
Otllcf part VI tueSc
deiuging Instructions: 1t is not enough that
face, fingers and feet must be manipulated,
but the soul, if that can be found, is to be
called into requisiiion to govern the express
sion of the countenance and to control all
emotion. To smile. to be surprised. TO be
pleased or displeased is not to be thought of.
And so even the SeamStress thinks she must
become an automaton. / would not be mis-
understood. The heart may not be worn
upon the sleeve. pearls may not be cast be-
fore swine: but | would as lief my two llpS
were sown up by thai terror of childhood
the devils darnIng neede-as be obliged for
ever to lie thinking how shall l act, what
shall l say, and how do look? TO have
every faculty of the mind thus drowned in
eternal self-consciousness must be hideous-
equal to an imprisonment tor life.
A great many things might be said by these
letter writer's that would be tar more useful
and far less deleteriCuS in their applications,
than these Accommodations OF boutades, paga-
teiles aud rodomoniades that fill endless col
umns Of valuable space
MINNIE MARY LEE.