The herald., 1896-05-31
A COSMETIC TREATISE
After she has passed her thirtieth

After she has passed her thirtieth
birthday this is a question for every
woman to answer for herself. Under
that age think it the gravest of mis-
takes for girl or woman to use even
face powder. 1t is, first of all, unbe-
coming, and any sort OF artifice jars up
on uS when associated with youth.
From babyhood until about thirty
then (uniess there is an exceptional con-
dition of the skin, which makes the use
or little powder necessity, no cos
metics but soap and water should be
used
After thirty? Well, it all depends.
Some women retain youthful and love-
ly complexion long after even their fif-
t1eth birthday; but the excitement, the
tension of modern life, the wear and tear
OF maternity. the never-ending grind of
society, all are potent factors in robbing
our American beauty of her bloom, and
give her frequently a naggard sort of
pallor which quite destroys her appear
ance. Women are like flowers and
beautiful out-of-door pictures-all deli
cacy and grace with an atmosphere of
spring and summer emanating from
them; that Is, when they are as nature
intended them.
When a young wife sees haggard
looking ghost of herself reflected from
her mirror; when, perhaps, she is pain
fully conscious that the eyes she loves
pest are turning from her faded beauty
to less worthy object. then think she
is not only justified in resorting to every
aid Known to cosmetic art to bring back
her lost charms, but stupid not to do so.
But IN any and every case we should be
careful to an extreme degree of using
artificial expedients during the day.
The manifestly made-up woman is too
atroclouS blot on the landscape to even
discuss. The faded woman may. with
safety. use the least little bit of finest
powder for her face; she may carefully
brush the delicate eyebrows after the
lightest possible touch of vaseline to
restore their luster: she may bathe her
lips with an aromatic toilet water which
Will bring the color to them, so that
when she smiles her rather wan little
face will be transfigured by the contrast
between the pretty lips and the entranc-
Ing double row of pearls. She should
attend to every point of her toilet with
scrupulous exactness; every part of her
dress should be irreproachable: for
nothing so accentuates fading beauty
as carelessness; a Veil selected with a
critical regard for its becoming spots:
this is about all woman from thirty to
any age should venture on for the glare
of the strets. This is about all that can
be safely and imperceptibly accom-
plished for daylight, and woman thus
freshened will be most attractive.
Instead of an enamel. which always
gives the face porcelain look a deli
cate liquid powder is first applied to the
face, neck and arms. For this purpose
q small velvet sponge is used. The
liquid should be wiped off with a cha
mots skin before 1t has time to dry or it
Will appear sticky. No woman can
safely do this for herself. The wash, il
evenly spread and properly dried, is
really imperceptible, but there is danger
Gin doing it without assistance) of miss
Ing ever so small part, which is fatal.
A little color for the cheeks-the finest
French rogue is the best made. The
slightest touch of the eyebrow pencil to
the eyes, faint addition to the color of
the lips. stolen from a stick of French
"Grenadine." as 1t Is called; little pow
der all done In the strongest glare of
daylight until the subject has become
skillful. and this sort of makeup is posi-
lively imperceptible at night and be-
yond question wonderfully becoming
1t is utter nonsense to say that no good
woman ever used paint or powder What
about our ancestors with powder and
rouge and patchs. 1t is simply Ques-
ton Of fashion.