Evening journal., 1897-09-18
THE wELL-eRooMEo WOMAN.
She Is Detter Cared for To-day Than
Ever before.

She Is Detter Cared for To-day Than
Ever before.
Notwithstanding salves and oils and
perfumes and baths. no woman ever hat
so much care taken of her health and
her person as the modern woman has
Indeed, so thoroughly is the care given
nowadays that the unpleasant term
1well groomed" is applied to 1t as If the
object of the care were placed in the
same category with the brute animals.
For tits somewhat OF "horsy" age, and
to call woman a thoroughbred is con-
sidered by many men-and women, too
the best that can be said Of her.
Although in classic times the bath
seems TO have been one of the chief
features of life, yet in the medieval days
$50 had things changed-a lady's
toilet, If not by any means thing Of
brief or slight matter, had very little TO
do with the bath. When her hair was
pomaded and braided with jewels, and
her headdress, her gowns and gear were
arranged, the thing was done. Nor
was there much bathing done in the
days of rouge and patches. Even less
than 100 years ago the habit OF fire.
quently bathing the entire person was
called by good, old, careful housewives
a nasty French fashion,
At the present day the charm OF
woman is the sense Of cleanliness about
her-the bloom on her sweet skin, the
luster in her hair, the sparkle of her
teeth. This cleanliness is her wise ef-
fort to maintain; and II the least par
ticle of what is known as making up"
should become apparent about her she
knows her charm is lost. The rouge
pot, the hare's foot, the pencil OF the
eyebrows, the coral lip salve-if there
is a suspicion Of the use of any of these.
there will be left a hint. a suggestion.
Of uncleanlness in the beholder's mind,
which utterly destroys anything ac-
complished by skill in the pictorial line,
for no one who is not virtually an artist
can use these articles so that she will
not be discovered, and she who is dis
covered bears not only the stigma OF
having failed in her purpose Of the
vanity of caring too much for her per-
sonal appearance, but Of having
tried TO cheat and having beer
unsuccessful in that, Also For the
woman who "makes up" In her dress.
ing-room never knows exactly what
the effect is going 10 be in the full sun
shine Of outdoors, and she who powders
and paints and pencils in the daylight
has no notion Of her work by candle
light; and she who puts on her bismuti
ard her anthony and goes to ball Of
theater does not know atwhat momen
the gas from the chandelier or from
other source is to streak her with mold.
green and bistre-brown and blue.
The good grooming Of the bath, tn
brisk rubbing Of the brush, are reall.
all sufficient wherever there is an.
good degree Of health. Those WHOM
that does not make lovely will neye
2 look lovely In false colors, and it vii
2 make anyone who is at all healthy an
wholesome look more so; and, in tn
long run, the wholesome look is tn
greatest attraction of all, for when tn
beauty of early years has faded the pei
fectly healthy woman who never ha
. any beauty Is bound to be more a
: tractive than she who has neith'
beauty nor health. health itself beln
r. beauty. and continuing a beaut
into old age.
r And then the "well-groomed" woma
! knows not only what sort of clothes
a buy. but how to wear them. She
: aware that style is not n matter {
y money, nor yet exactly Of brains, but c
\ taste.
n no matter what the fashions deere
"well-groomed" woman always di
covers something which is becoming
her. Every year wider scope is allowe
Il for individual fancy.-N. Y. Commerci
L Advertiser.