The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-14

Men Don't fCmirt
New York. Nov. I've used Ia sly
Wen we net II gu whose face " IA paih,-
cd that she came either from the South
or Tie WEST. for it WAS claimed HAT \eW
York girls had too much TASTE Ia aph!y
the brush To their round checks and pIiuI
the lily II rosy real. But. alas. all that Is
changed now. Taking Il walk. one Is sur
priseL ut the numLer of women whuSe
faces are made up in the most extreme
fashion. The lips are reddpnvd, the brows
are darkeued, the laslcs are blackentd
and red Is applied 10 the checks in >ucii
Il way that it intens fees al these color
ings and makes IL pretty face look ike
. Il dolls face and removes from the al
teLigent face every appearance OF good
!. sense that it ever had.
OccaS unally Il man admires a woman
, who puts a dab of rouge for evening
wear only on her face cleyerly and skill
fully. when he realizes that she does
. it to look prettier. to appear in perfect
health or for some reason that viii
, make her seem more agreeable to him,
|, then he 10 in favor of it. but the average
man. detecting paint on a woman's face.
especially in the daytime, IS very certain
, to object to it, no matter whether it
r makes her look prettier or the other
thing.
"a 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 be begins to
, wonder il this special woman viii be
foolish enough to use henna on her hair,
become an eastern blonde. so that her
|, skin and hair may Re in harmony.
i wonder when women will understand
, that just rs soon as they begin to fade,
coloring the hair makes each one who
. docs !. look % 'cc=t .c2 -~c-s elder.
while face makeup adds about eight
years to her appearance? Consequently,
: if you are so, you look So if you paint
your face and dye your hair. Where
= Ms, by brushing your hair well. wash
I ing your face clean and wearing happy
: smile, you may look only %. The fact
, that men dislike rouge and its first
= cousin. the paint saucer should induce
r women to drop them and in their places
! to choose n good brand of soap and q
, soft flannel wash cloth.
Men like a natural girl. They don't
want her to he natural in fhe sense OF
: being weedlike. but they ike to think
, that her skin is her own, her hair is her
own, and the larger part Of her anatomy
is her own. though they viii forgive the
use of little curled hair to make one
! look better. because. after MI, IL ii IS
properly arranged. they don't know that
, II is there. But they see the rouge, and
they see the dyed hair. and can you
blame them If they feel exactly az if
q they had before them the Scarlet Lady.
. against whom there is so much very
. loud haranguing? Every well-bred wo-
, man ought to do Ter duty in life, Just
, now particularly. and her present duty
: consists in downing tho use Of the extra
/. color and the encoura Ginc Of whatever
\ heathfu exercise will make the skin
. look well.
4 Why should women who are naturally
3 pale care TO have red cheeks? In the
? great flower gardens there are only q
G few red roses while there nra no end
0 10 white buds and Of palc-hued flowers.
t Why won't the average woman learn
0 lesson from TIE pretty blossoms and
;, realize that they are only worth admir-
Y ing when they are as nature made them
i and not when forced to become black
. by learned gardener? The green car
e nation was tie fancy Of month. Let
@ Congress pass n law making the fancy
Il for artificial redness OF the face a fancy
s limited TO a week.
{ By the bye, the woman with the made
n mp face looks more bizarre than ever be-
cause she is wearing so much black
I. There is a mistake made by almost every
2 dressmaker in regard to black. The aver
IS age mOdiste says: Anybody can wear
black. 1t is suited to old and young
to tie fat and the thin, TO the grill who is
very healthy or Overp1inted and to the
one who is fair as the lily" Now. this
;, is absolutely untrue. Black is just now
p" very fashionable. Therefore It behoovetl
every woman to know whether black
/ suits ner or not. The scarlet lady with
l. her red-cheeks and her made-up eyes
r. and her henna-dyed hair is made tc
d look forty times as loud when she pms
;. on black gown. ns she did before. The
!. somber color intensifes every artificial
g aid to beauty and scems. in its very
I hackness. to call ont. .Iook Mt the red
. look ut the blue! look ~ the black! and
: see how I am made up"'
o The fat woman who has blaci
. silk gown: made with great simplicity
l wonders ne she stands in front OF her
I glass. that she looks stouter than ever
- tiidt every pouuu Va HtsH StSAlS ~ Dc ar
t nouncing itself. She does not know
d 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 trim
h mings both flesh and homes are hiddes
!. Perhaps she has made even II grrater
Il mistake than gcttin. for herself y b!sc.
. silk gown. and has chosen ~ satin one.
e Then indeed she will look twice her own
It size. for as the light comes upon il the
material acts as u series Of iookin:
z glasses and repeats her size until she
d seems enormous. For evening the stou,