Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-01


the body and more desirable than a
sponge Then, get out of your head
the ridiculous notion that to rub your
delicate skin with rough towel is
healthful. How can you treat the
finest OF materials-.a material that
suffers ii touched by pin, is affected
by too much heat or too severe cold,
by high winds or strong rays OF sun
shine-a5 il il were wrought iron?
Have Turkish towel il you fancy it,
but for the most delicate parts OF your
body use fine, soft damask towels
Now. my friend, you who claim to be
dainty, who would be horritied at
having tooth brush belonging 10 any
body elise, how can you permit Molly,
or Betty, or Nanny to use the same
soap or the same towels that you dog
To keep herself boautiful. a woman
must demand individual belongings,
and it seems 10 mo that woman who
is willing to share the trappings of her
bathroom with ANYBODY else can't be
quite tine in her taste.
There is something wrong in her
mentally. But. you ask, If you object
to cosmetics, what do you offer in their
place. As | said before, the fruit.
grower whose peaches are failures. looka
Tor the cause at the tree and not in the
peach. Ii you wish your skin lovely,
your eyes bright, your hair glossy, you
must not only give to each the treat
ment that is its due, but you must
remember that the skin, the eyes, and
the hair constitute the thermometer
that tells OF the condition of the
stomach. Eat propcr food and digest
it. Then your eyes will never be dull,
your hair wont grow dry, aud your
skin will need neither bleach nor food.
Of course, a dainty woman always
has on her toilet table various glass
stoppered bottles or silver covered jars
that hold materials that make clsanli-
ness luxury. Keep your soaps in
their boxes. You should have three.
one holds the delicate perfumed soap,
meant for your face and hands; another,
your bath soap: and another, the tar
soap for shampooing your hair. Then,
in a jar, there IS some good, pure
cream to be used, il the sun should
burn your skin, the wind make il
tingle. or to smooth chapped lips or
bruised finger nails. In another jar is
the preparation recommended BY a
good doctor TO be rubbed into the roots
of your hair after it has been thor
oughly washed. Or if your hair in
clines to great greasiness, there is O
wash for il, in which quinine is one
of tho ingredients. Then thore is a
box holding tooth paste; bottle
holding tooth wash; and another
bottle filled with myrrh. Some day
you may fear that your breath is moi
quite dainty, and then few drops oil
this spicy liquid thrown in glass oil
tepid water to be used as a gargle will
make you certain of your speaking with
sweetness.
In another bottle is tincture OF ben.
zoiu. Some day you may be in the
country where soft water ia unknown
then put enough of this in the water
to make it look milky, and you will
have a bath that suggests the pin,
woods in its odor, the water will be al
soft as milk, and cause your skin
after the bath, to look like ivory.
Then, there is a bundle of orange. Woo
sticks in a little holder to be user
with ball of silk floss, for keepin,
your teeth free from any PARTICLES.
Every woman gradually collects th,
| perfectly simple preparations that keer
her looking a charming woman. Blu
on her pretty dressing table there neeC
appear no horrible acids, no vii
smelling lards, and no course brushes
meant to treat the face as if it were
kitchen fender. Speaking OF brushes
how can you expect to keep you hal
looking beautiful, when the implement
used upon it are in bad condition:
have been Mortified at the toilet imple
ments used by women whose costume
equalled those worn by the Queen O
Sheba. 1t is nonsense to say that
good brush is cheap brush. A hair
brush worth the having costs goo
bit Of money, but it will outwear /
cheap ones, consequently there ]
economy in buying 1t. 4 good hal
brush can be washed as often as
necessary, and, properly dried, is reall
new. No good workman ever used boo
tools. Consequently, if you wish t
look we'll, to look beautiful, and, hes
of all, to look exquisitely clean, 70
must have the best of tools to use fo
each portion of your body. / har
never known a woman with heautifu
complexion who took absolutely col
baths. They are shock alike to tn
nerves and the skin.
1t has been BALD that Mrs. Lanstr
owed her lovely skin TO bathing in col
water. That is not true. To my &C,
tain knowledge, she takes. every morr
ing of her life, not merely tepiC
but hot bath. After il, she goes bac
to bed, rests awhile, has cup of te
and bit of dry toast, and then get
up. To me, even the genius of III
divine Sarah or that of Ellen TER,
became as nothing by the utter di
regard of each Of them for neatpes
OF the stage Ellen Terry is ore of til
most slovenly- looking women / ha,
ever seen. In her appearance she wou
be enough to convince the world
large of the fallacy that the bath was
! household institution in England. AT
, there cannot be beauty without Pc
feet cleanliness. And if there W.
, nothing else, no charm OF feature, NJ
? of manner, nor of coloring, there won
be something attractive, wonderful
+ attractive, in the exquisitively Gle;
woman. If you doubt this Htateme
, think of some sweet Quakeress VI
+ have met. Or, il you have never o
a countered one of these gentle ladie
q then remember some Sister of Chart
+ Everything in her costume was i
I tended to subduB the material. But
r do not believe there ever lived a nj,
or woman who had ever seen an uc
i Sister OF Charity. Irrespective of i
!, beauty of their lives, the perfect cIea
T lines of their bodies makes them loyel
q My prescription, which ] give you
n nothing, is a fine one. 1t can
n shortened if you like, so that it co
:, sists of the mere quoting of two word