Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-21

shining examples of virtue and Iovelness. They have, despite rouge and powder, suffered death rather than dShonor, and have walked calmly to the guillotine with beautiful bravery and saintly loyalty to God and country-and 1 may add that prefer the record of these lovely ones, in- cluding powder and patches, to the his tory of some of our Puritan folk, who foreswore all that was attractive in dress or character, chastised the flesh and made life hideous mentally and phys ically for themselves and others, and by way of diversion burned one another at stakes for dissenters and witches.
 It has been frequently asserted that the free and common use of cosmetics is ai- ways to be accepted as sign of the in- tellectual and moral decadence of a na- tion, but this is hatly contradicted by the history of the extravagant use of cosmetics during the Elizabethan pe- riod so famous for it's tremendous ad- vance in art, literature and science that it is compared to the Augustan age of Greece Queen Elizabeth herself used every known cosmetic which she fancied might assist in adorning her person, and. as at present. paints and powders were used not only by the higher classes, but by all who could afford them.
 No Masculine Advice Wanted
 I think woman should be her own judge as to what extent she should use cosmetics, if at al and 1 eertainly think the subject one she Is entirely com potent to settle for herself without mas culine interference or dictation; more over, I never knew a woman who, if she chose. could not deceive the keenest eye of man on this point. It is always another woman who recognizes the pres ence of powder or artificial color in her sisters face and reveals the secret.
 The Credulous Husband.
 Mot poanv xvepkS siOca summer resort, I was walking with gentleman on the porch of fashionable hotel; he is the husband of one of my oldest friends. He was smoking-I do not ob- ject to other people destroying health and teeth by tobacco if they elect to do so but think the habit may be ticketed hs quite as reprehensible and harmful as powdering the face on warm day. This husband proceeded to entertain me in a resume of the way he had "molded" his wife's character and appearance to suit his own views. He said: When I married Kettle she had a lot of nonsensi- cal ideas and fancies. l just sat down on the whole list. She used to powder her face-I stopped that by refusing to kiss her. Now she never uses anything artificial at all, and is a great sight handsomer."
 Honesty the Best Policy.
 smiled and agreed that Nettie certain ly did look unusually handsome, and an nOuf ldlSF the young WOH1dH HeTSeIl laughingly showed me bottle contain ing a liquid preparation which she sub Stitutes for the powder and has used for eight years without her husbands know1- edge. Added to this I was aware that she Hardened her eyebrows, and had done so from girlhood, s they were almost colorless by nature. I do not find it in my heart to blame my friend, but it seems to me so much better for a woman to exercise her independence on this subject than to deceive her hus> band but so long as men make noun tains of iniquity out of the tiniest box of toilet powder. just so long will the sub jugated woman use it or substitute in secret if she chooses to use it at all.
 No young girl needs or should use pow der or paint of any kind. Youth and health are too beautiful to attempt to improve.
 I have refused hundreds of girls who have begged me to advise mamma to let me use just a little powder"
 Artificial Beantifiers Are for Faded Women
 The woman who is prematurely faded. whose complexion from care or ill health or too frequent child bearing has lost it's freshness and color. is justified in deli cately stimulating the charms she has lost. It is certainly a woman's duty particularly a married woman.s duty to make herself just as pretty and attrac- tive as possible. It is the plain, unadorn-
  husband invariably falls a victim to the wiles of Delilah. The very man who will almost fall in fit at the sight of crimping pins or toilet powder in his wife's dressing room will admire perox- idle or a 'regenerated' titian-haired 1 blonde.
 Let a premium be placed on sallow- faced, pale-lpped dull, thin haired women in the devotion and loyalty of the other sex, and the trade of the cosmetic artist will become a matter of ancient his tory.
 For Women Over Thirty Years Old.
 The cosmetics woman over 30 may use properly are. first, very little extremely fine toilet powder; it should be free from bismuth, which gives the face a DOT celain look and fills up the pores, and of course, it should not contain arsenic or lead. There are several very good powders on the market, not as many, however, as one would suppose. The following is an excellent formula:
 Starch or farina, 16 ounces; orrs flour (F'lorentine), F ounce; essence of amber gris and essence of bergamot 10 drops each; oil of rhodium, ? drops.
 Mix thoroughly and sift through silk bolting sieve. Put up in closely sealed small pasteboard boxes so the odor may be retained. An ounce of powder should last you for your toilet at least a month so you have here al least years supply. Apply the powder always after you have bathed and dried your face carefully and before making the toilet of the hair Frequently meet women who have pow dered their faces after dressing the hair, which is lightly dusted over with the al- most impalpable white. This is too much the method of the condemnatory man who decries powder for his wife but comes from the barber's with lis face, coat, hair and eyebrows whitened by something closely resembling the mooted cosmetic.
 Apply the powder with 0 hare's-foot