The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-01-25
THE PRICE Is HIGH.
DtLUDED WOMEN WHO EAT
ARSENIC FOR BEAUTY
The Deadly Drug Now 30 GENERALLY
rsed That nosrds Of Health Are ton
sidsriag Measure, 60 Restrict o., 'ais
IA Incentive to Murder

sidsriag Measure, 10 Restrict o., sais
IA incenti,e to Murder
To such extremes has arsenic rafing
been carried by the women a. America
that ihc health boards Of thirt, cities
and nine states will shortly take meas
urcs 10 discourage the use Of thu drug.
The concerted action thus lnauguratcd
viii br Unprecedented In H.. nature
and cNtrnt aud % source Of surprise to
mnny persons who have mo- idea NJ the
lengths to which the arsenic habit ha.
rayagcd the health NJ American wo-
men and girls. The first ptimaiion
that any evil existed. say-'tho New
York Advertiser. came In evidences NJ
the enormous Increase In the trade In
ar.onir during the past Eve years. Cow
crnmcntal statistics are always very
dry affairs. but anyone curious enough
Ia compare the figures Of the treasury
and interior departments win b.
surprised at the revelations thoy make
ON Tho subject NJ ar-onic Now. com.
parsons ~ these figures with the
hoalth reports show decline In the
diseases Tor which arsenic H. "a specific.
Thus the health board of New York
first bcramc aware that great quanti-
ties oi the drug were being used with
out the mediation OF doctors pre-
.cripiion. Bat the iuduciiyc evidence
that arsenic " tho source NJ many %
w0min's hoalty became irroiutablr o..
time went on. II Is becoming moro
and more evident that American wu-
men who load lives which make pcr.
-0nal utiructiyoucss "a desirable pls.
session urc characterized los q languor
That De- melting. by q iragllity that o.
more cmb.cmatic of tho Ills than con.
.i-tont with good appetite. and hy
Slow sih..aut utt'ranrc. clear aud
resonant, bri accompanied los merry
ou- rSri,Hb.liiy Of The lips. Added
to thi- i- the growing rarity Of pair
oi ross rhcel,s and the frequency ni
that piIllr of couu.cnuncc which im.
paris distinguished air 10 tho most
irugIiaf features
or cour,c. q Is the effect upon the
skin which tcmpts so many women 10
their ar-cnical scrdtudr. Arsenic. Of
all drugs. Is wonderful IN it, cosmetic
effects, Aitcr icw months dosing
the ruticlc acquires pcllucld clear
ness. free from srot or blcmish. be-.
meath which the line tracing ola vein
or the unrestricted play 81 an emotion
BE- oXquisiioly pictured. 10 bc sure
there are some obstinate skins which
will yield only to u prolonged dosing.
but there l. further compcn .ation In
such cascs through the soften.
Ing OF har.hncss In the visaqc
and n general rounding out Of what.
In this way. becomes n lovely countcn-
nncc. Now this pleasing state Of
thing. like the uglinoss Of the Ebyl.
u external only. The woman who
uses ar.onic for any length OF time
draws drafts upon the near future.
which are only redeemed In the bank
ruptcy Of hor health. The languor.
which externally h delicious prove,
inwardly u torture. Tha, exquisite
whltcnoss oi brow. check. nose and
mock u concomltant only with AN or.
ganlc agony In comparison with which
the path Of virtue IL triumph Of the
flesh. And whom the rcposo Of the
pillow affords to an ugly glrl the vol.
acc Of dreams or sleep. her fair
druggcd slstcr losses like "a skin In "a
storm, lighting vivid Nightmares.
II may not be known TO many men.
although Il undoubtedly Is to most
women, that an immense business has
grown mp all over the country In the
manufacture aud sal, Of what are
known ~ arsenic complexion waters.
In New York. Philadelphia, Chicago
aud Boston those goods nre delivered
In wagons 10 the retail druggist. w
great has the trade become. Tho
waters arc white pellets. which must
bo taken morning aud night indcgn.
ltoly. Now, these goods contain very
little arsenic, but when woman
whose system docs not ylcld readily
becomes inpatient for results sho has
another resource at command This
h 10 persuade a medical friend TO
give her prescription for the drug
or To purchase II ON some pretcnse AT
u store. Young girls are the mos,
frequent Victims Of this sort lisa
curious fact that very few women
over 80 arc arsenic Hends In thi.
country, which shows the habit TO b,
comparatively recent hero,
But when tho woman once becomes
the user Of the drug In this way there
seems no escape for her. Even few
weeks abandonment Of tho drug will
convert her languorous bcauty into
faded ugllnoss, The skin assumes m,
tint of ancient whitcWash. The no.e
grows habby, and the hue which 80
adorns the cheek caprlclously estab.
lishos itself at the tap Of that oliactory
organ. The head grows heavy. and
the nervous system, like the heroine
Of any papcr-covorod romance. Is torn
with contonding emotions, A single
look In the mirror makes this wrctcbed
creature an arsenic consumer once
moro.
Patriotism iun Niot