Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-05
By Diane de Morney.

By Diane de Morney.
 TCopyright, 1895, by Diane de Morney.r For Sunday Age-Herald.
 It is a fact that there is no excuse today for an ugly woman, except the most grinding poverty. I do not dis pute the French proverb, I'll sfaut sout- frir pour etre belle," but what woman cares a rush for a little physical self denial if beauty may be purchased at that price. Here in this great city. with its countless suffering poor I will guar antee there are not more than twenty women in a thousand who do noe an nually spend more on cosmetics ana various aids to the preservation or beauty than in charity. l know one woman, fashionable to be sure, ana moving in the best set, but by no means rich as riches are accounted these days, who gives me the following items or toilet expenses which she calls her reg ular expenses "Of course,' she adds, naiyely. 'tthere are incidentals, because one is constantly trying some new ar ticIe don't you know"
 Bath and massage daily,
 A Tidy List of Expenses. $3 per day, say.........$90 per month Manicure .................t lo per montn ltil Pedicure ................... 10 per month Hairdresser .............. 30 per month Perfumes, toilet creams,
 lotions, powders, etc, say ........................ ....zo per iloli'h
 Methods Of an Elderly DSuuOy'
 Madame is inclined to be too stout so she rides horsebacK-not, as she frankly says because she likes 1t, put to keep her flesh down; and also she is an attendant at one of the fash- ionable gymnasums-S100 more month is not an extravagant sum to set aSlde for this branch of the beauty y-presery- ing process, and for sum total we Will consider $265 a month the cost of per fectly well-groomed woman of the dis tinctly fashionable world in New fork city in the year of grace 1895.
 It is only just to say that the lady am writing of is nearer 50 than 40 and looks certainly not day older than 30 in the strongest glare of sunlight
 What else does she do you ask. what time can she have for anything else!
 I answer as she replied when l put the same questions to her: She pays visits, entertains and is entertained" What else should she do? This type of woman has, in her own estimation and according to the decree of fashion, served her highest purpose in maintaining her beau- ty Thlrty-two hundred dollars year she considers in this case at least (and there are hundreds of otherS) wisely eX- pended for that purpose. How many women in New York whose incomes are about $10000 year, expend $30O0 in charl- i ty? I wait for an answer.
 But cannot woman Keep her good
 Fer Much Less Money.
 looks and manage to defeat time at some- thing like a sum within the reach or the average little sisters of the rich? 1es indeed, and propose In these lellers to tell you how. Any woman. do not care who she is how modest her cir cumstances, nor to put it broadly, what her age. today can, by a little care and the practice of necessary rules Which are the price of perfect physical beauty, practically defy the years to come, and cI1 n interest her on the years that have been defraud- ing her up to date; she can get back the youth she has lost.
 First of all we must recollect that cleanliness is next to godlineSS-So far as good looks go, will not say 1t discounts ~ in it's results physically the practice or all the virtues-but to my thinking you have got to be clean before you can De good. Dirt and religion do not blend; as our cook says when the sauces fail to mix smoothly, they kind of kurdle.' Now to be clean means to scrub; yes from head to foot every blessed day of ones life Slayeryi you may say: so 1t is, but we all are slaves to one habit or anotheA and the bondage of soap and water Is a blessing disguised.
 I will guarantee the transformation of a plain, sallow-faced, bad-complex- toned woman into a wholesome, rosy, bright-eyed daughter of the gods within the period of six months if she will follow my advice and the rules I take the liber- ty of prescribing; for be it understood 1 know lot about this subject, having studied and read and personally worked in the laboratory with the leading expo nents of the art of beauty, not only in America but at the fountainhead of the science in France.
 Beauty Bath.
 First of all then the daily bath-taker in tub and with good scrub from head to feet, including the face. A large brusf is now especially manufactured for face scrubbing-it costs at retail $1 25 1t measures about inches in length and across The wood work is unvarnishe6 and the bristles called camels hair bris ties. It is easily obtainable
 Use @ pure soap.
 Bran and almond meal bags are excel lent things for a luxurious bath. They are not necessary for the purpose we hay, in view, but inasmuch as they are de licious and easily obtained by those whC wish to buy them and not difficult tC make at home by those who prefer to dc so, I will add they may be found at the usual shops devoted to toilet articles ant cost about 20 cents each. I will also ado receipt for making them at home to thi! paper. The bran and almond meal bal will make your bath soft and fragrant but it will not do away with the necessity for soap and the scrubbing brush Il your finances will permit you may alsC use in your bath two tablespoonsful of z bath liquid which is very delicate ant fragrant. I give the receipt for making this also;it is easily prepared at home The bran and almond meal bags and lai yirginal are luXuries-not necessities ir the beauty process. You may take youl bath either in the morning or at nigh just before retiring with preference fol the night hour.