The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

During the Roman Empire, says God
evs Magazine, Venus was the tutelary
deity of womankind, and high and low,
young and old bent the knee before her
shrine. The adornment of the person was
looked upon as tribute of worship to
the lovely goddess. and every woman
sought to do her reverence. The art of
embeshing the person became veritable
craze, and woman of fortune was wont
TO employ as many as eighteen tire-wo-
men, who were called by names sugges-
tive of their particular occupations. There
were maids who attended to the hair
alone and were known as cenifores; the
pectades anointed the abundant tresses
with fragrant oils, and the ornatrix put
the finishing touchess placing the Jewels
and flowers in the elaborate couture.
The Roman bellies of the empire dyed
their hair blonde, red, and even blue,
according to the caprice of the moment.
They used cosmetics of every kind to ex-
cess, and, like the Moorish women, aug
mented the lustre of their eyes by means
of antimony; they also penciled their eye
brows with a bodkin blackened in the
smoke of frakincense.
Wealthy women bathed in asses milk,
and slept with their faces pouhiced with
bread stepped in asses milk in order to
efface wrinkles. Even poets sang the
praises of certain cosmetics and Ovid
wrote a laudatory poem on the merits Of
a preparation which he asserted preserv-
ed the freshness of the skin to old age.
1t was a curious mixture, and was COM
pounded Of lily roots, yolks of eggs, harris
horn, gum benzoin, flour and honey, which
were all boiled together.
Plny mentions a species of face powder,
made of earth from the island of Chic,
dissolved in vinegar; Juvenal writes that
the countenances of the Roman women
were disfigured with this supposed beautl-
fer
Among the Roman ladies it was the fash
ion to be very pale, as red cheeks were
not deemed aristocratic. To obtain this
desirable pallor a quantity of chalk was
rubbed on the face.
Many of the cosmetics in use in Greece
and Rome have been discovered among
ancient relics; antimony, the Oldest of
them ALL has been found in the utensils
belonging to the Stone Age.
THE women detectives of this city,
said the chief of police to a New YORK.
World reporter, "have been uniformly
successful. They are employed by all the
private detective agencies, and have prov
ed themselves invaluable. 1 myself was
witness to one instance where an enter
prising woman detective, who was on duty
in one of the largest New York shops.
identified two very daring thieves who
mad long escaped detectives and triumph
anty handed them over to a policeman.
Women are not at yet in connection
with the police force of this city. During
me nine months that l have been in Of
nee there has been no occasion for en-
ploying them. But if 1t were necessary
would employ a woman very quickly.
they say, you know, that a. woman can
not Keep secret. have every reason
10 believe that she cam and can keep it
a. long as may be necessary. And when
nave on hand case that requires par
ucularly delicate manipulation 1 shall put
II INTO the hands Of some quick-wtted wo-
man IN whom have confidence, knowing
mat she will keep her own counsel and
10 me work wisely and WELL
man best fitted to take up?"
Well, women are most apt at discov-
eilhg one another's failings Ny expert
ehce of crime and crime-hunters has
SHOWN me that in cases where a woman
Is at fault there Is nothing like another wo-
man for hitting upon the clue and bring
ing the offender to justice in manner OK
peuluous and sure. A woman employed
uurlng the holidays in the dry goods stores
1y De the means of saving hundreds OF
uoHars. Her acuteness at detecting in
stances of kleptomania is unexcelled.
mere are, however departments in which
man may be particularly skilled where
woman may not succeed, so there is no
question Of competition
My experience has taught me to re-
spect woman's ability" concluded the
euIet OF police, with an air which indi-
Gated that men were distinctly inferior in
COMPARISON, land when the occasion arises
shall make the experiment Of enlarging
'He detective force in that direction"
For men may come, and men may go.
DuI we stay on forever"
the sentiment, says the New York Tri-
pane, of many Of the old New York fam
.ues, who, from their vantage ground OF
descent and well-invested |
Fortunes, watch the rise and fall in the |
soelal armament of many a passing me- |
cor or fashion. One Of these transitory |
30 Drillant luminarles was Mrs. Dick |
aarch, who, apparently coming from no. |
"here, suddenly obtained recognition as |
professional beauty while her husband |
used as a financier in Wall street. TO |
nose interested in social evolution the |
lory OF her appearance and subsequent |
Iecess may prove interesting.
me elder March had amassed a consid- |
rable fortune. and left It to his son, who, |
Nlth his very pretty wife. the sister Of |
ne Of his classmates, continued TO live /
the old butter-and-eggs colored house J