The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-08


course a something that has been talked
about and against and INDUCED in from
the very beginning of the world. mean
the use of rouge and powder. With the
curious new blue grays, the brilliant
shades of orange that suggest nasturtiums
and all the trying violet colors it is difficult
20 find a natural complexion that will har
monte with two or three or possibly five
or six Of these colors gleefully rampant on
the flshionable chapeau.
Nobody knows when rouge was first
used Certainly it was old when Cleopatra
chose little of it to add to her beauty,
,.,bils powder was in such ordinary use
that the beautiful Laura put little on
her face because she blushed too much
,,,bsn she met the gallant poet who adored
her There is an old story of the Mortified
father who came home. and with great
anger and much quickness said to his
laughter. Il have heard that you use
rouge" The daughter looked at him and
answered. Eyes, father, do Very
vau" said the irate parent. go up stairs
and wash it off at once" She did so, AMI
in a little while there appeared a sallow,
rauid. dull faced girl, whose father gave
ore look at her and then said, GO up
s,airs and put it on again."
Evidently she was not like the meidens
who give daub of red to one cheek and
daub to the other and then conclude that
M one notices the added color and be-
rAve that they understand the art OF make
nm ANY woman who realizes that little
mink or a little white or a little black or
little brown will improve her appearance is
wise in using it, but she needs first of all
TO get the right kind of tools, and next
she must learn how to manage them TO
suit her special needs.
An acquaintance of mine has lusterless
ewes. one of those horrid, heavy. pasty
slxins. no eyebrows to speak of, and yet
she is considered pretty woman. 1t is
because she knows how to dress in the
first place, and she understands the art
of make up in the second. She never
denies to her women friends that she calls
artificial aid to assist her in being hand
some but only to her most intimate friends
is given permission to see the process.
She considers the first necessity is
proper place for her toilet table. 1t is
broad has a mirror that is perfect in re-
fecting every virtue and every vice, while
in front of it is a chair just the right
hight for a mistress of the room, for she
is too wise to tire herself by standing or
walking during the making up operation.
All about her are glass bottles with heavy
silver shoppers, glass and china boxes, in
deed all the various utensils that a wo-
man needs when she has ceased to be
youthful and never has been beautiful
GOwned in a pretty robe de chambre, hav-
ing had her hair arranged and her hands
manicured my lady sits down to arrange
her face
The maid who helps hands her, first of
all, tiny glass pot that holds some sweet
smelling and cooling cream. With the aid
OF very thin handkerchief barely a film
of this is put over the entire face and
forehead. There is not enough to give a
greasy look, for whenever that occurs
it is quickly wiped off but there is just
enough to make the rouge and powder
stay in position. Then comes the rouge.
1t is the variety known as the Saucer
which is got from our French cousins.
and ii is applied in the old-fashioned way
with hare's foot. Some goes under the
eyes. That will brighten them and make
'hem look larger. Some is brought down
on the cheeks, and the tip of the chin
gets ITS portion, and so do the lobes of
the ears and the very tip of the aristo-
panc nose Then comes the really trying
part the blending of the powder with the
rouge the laying on of sufficient white
70 soften the red and make it look health
Ial ana yet not cause it to disappear
what must be attained is a rather bright
color which, however, has the advantage
o.. not fading.
linen there is need for a soft pencil,
[aflslan in its make and marked "bruin -
Iol my lady, being wise, knows her brows
must match her lashes, which are brown
a1u not black. After carefully dipping
Her nnger into a bottle of perfume she
runs 1t over the place where the eye
"LoWs ought to be, SO that every particle
Vi powder and rouge is removed from that
curved line which she follows with her
brown pencil being sure that she does not
Jay 1t on too heavy and being very careful
10 give the exact line that beauty de-
mdhds Perhaps she may with a dark
que pencil draw a line under her eyes,
guy well bred woman is not eager to do
ms as lining" the face is difficult, and
NY lady prefers to achieve success. Look
Wen! Why, she does not look like tho
sdule dull skinned, small eyed women who
Glatthg so cleverly, sat down in the chair
before the mirror a few minutes ago.
A"u look at the innumerable bottles of
beautiful cut glass en- her dressing table,
ana being bit curious, you inquire as to
what they are. The first bottle that you
pck up has such a pungent odor that you
recognize it at once as diluted spirits of
csmphor. What is il there for? My lady
laughs and tells you that some times when
sue IS dining out a great deal her appe-
ute gets ne better of her, and then-well
1nen her nose grows a litt,e red, and, in
auntlon to dieting for awhile, she dabbles
the onending member every night with a
niue OF the camphor until it is restored to
~ normal condition. Another bottle, once
Ns stopper is removed, gives forth the odor
oI mr. trees. 1t is explained to you that it
Is Inc tincture of benzoin, few drops of
Which thrown into the water used for
pathlng the face, just enough to make 1t
look like skimmilk, will give il wonder
iuiy eXhilarating feeling. Then there is a
lttle bottle Of myrrh, from which a few
drops put into a glass of tepid water make
YOUR breath as sweet as that of the maid
en- Of ancient days who. when she talked
iet diamonds and pearls fall from her lips
oy tae bye, l have always been convinced
mat the other girl who let toads and SER