The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-06
Copyright. 1871

whose face was painted that she came
either from the south or the west, for
1t was claimed that New York girls had
too much taste 10 apply the brush To
their round cheeks and paint the llly
a rosy red. But alas! all that is changed
now. Taking a walk one Is surprised at
the number OF women whose faces are
made up I'm the most extreme fashion
The lips are reddened. the brows are
darkened. the lashes are blackened and
red is applied to the cheeks in such a
way that 1t intensifies all these color
lngs and makes pretty face look like
n dolls face and removes from the
intelligent face every appearance OF
good sense that ii ever had.
Occasionally a man admires woman
Who puts &. dab OF rouge Qor evening
wear only on her face cleverly and
skillfully. When he realizes that she
Soes it to look prettier, to appear In
perfect health or for some reason that
will make her seem more agreeable TO
aim, then he Is in favor of it, but the
average man. detecting paint on wo-
mans face, especially in the daytime,
is very certain to object TO 1t. no matter
whether il makes her look prettier or
he other thing
man has good taste. He does not
want TO gild refined gold. He knows
that the bright paint is not in harmony
with the hair and eyes, and he begins
to wonder il this special woman will
be foolish enough TO use henna on her
hair, become an eastern blonde. so that
aer skin and hair may be in harmony.
/ wonder when women will under
stand that just as soon as they begin to
fade coloring the hair makes each one
who does IL look at least 10 years older.
while face makeup adds about eight
years to her appearance? Consequent
ly. If you are 30 you look As IL you paint
your face and dye your hair. Whereas,
by brushing your hair well, washing
your face clean and wearing happy
smile. you may look only 20 The fact
that men dislike rouge and its first cous-
in the paint saucer. should induce wo-
men TO drop them and in their places
70 choose a good brand OF soap and a
ycft flannel wash cloth.
Men like natural girl They don't
want her TO be natural in the sense OF
heing weedlike, but they like TO think
Mat her skin is her own, her hair is her
own and the larger part of her anato-
my Is her own, though they Will forgive
the use OF a little curled hair 10 make
one look better, because. after all, If il
is properly arranged they don't know
that it's there. But they see the rouge
and they see the dyed hair and can
you blame them If they feel exactly as
If they had before them the Scarlet La
dy against whom there is so much very
loud haranguing? Every well bred wo-
70 do har Int In fa ,ct
now particularly. and her present duty
consists in the downing of the use Of
the extra color and the encouraging of
whatever healthful exercise will make
the skin look well.
Why should women who are naturally
pale care to have red cheeks? In the
great flower gardens there are only q
few red roses, while there are no enc
OF white buds and of pale hued flowers.
Why won't the average woman learn a
lesson from the pretty blossoms and
realize that they are only worth admir-
ing when they are as nature made
them and not when forced TO become
black or green by some scientific appli-
cation given by learned gardener?
The green carnation was the fancy of a
month. Let congress pass a law maxi
ing the fancy for artificial redness OF
he face a fancy limited TO a week
BY the bye, the woman with the made
up face looks more bizarre than ever
because she is wearing so much black
There is mistake made by almost
every dressmaker in regard to black.
The average modiste says: Anybody
can wear black. 1t is suited to old and
young, to the fat and the thin. 10 the
girl who is very healthy or overpairt-
ed and to the one who is fair as the
Iv &c oh
Black is just now very fashionable.
Therefore it behooveth every woman
% know whether black suits her or not
The scarlet lady with her fiery red
cheeks and her madeup eyes and her
henna dyed hair is made TO look 40
times as loud when she puts on a blacl,
gown as she did before. The somber
color intensfies every artificial aid TO
beauty and seems, in its very black
ness, TO call out, Look at the red
look at the blue! look at the black
and see how am made upl'
The fat woman who has a black silk
gown, made with great simplicity won
iers, as she stands in front of her glass.
hat she looks stouter than ever; that
Every pound of flesh seems 10 be an
nouncing itself. She does not know
that, instead of black silk she should
have chosen some soft wool for her
frock; that. instead OF plain. she
should have a trimmed gown, for under
trimmings both flesh and bones are
hidden. Perhaps she has made even
a greater mistake than getting for her
self IA black silk gown, and has chosen
a satin one. Then indeed she will look
twice her own size. for as the light
comes upon IL the material acts as a
series of looking glasses and repeats
her size until she seems enormous. For
evening the stout woman should wear
black velvet trimmed with lace. The
softness ~ the velvet apparently re-
duceS rVr EfZe. ana the lace in It's pret-
~ frou frOus does not call attention To-
every overdeveioped curve. For day
wear. II she prefers black. she should
have a black wool. and that should be
. trimmed gown also.