The times., 1899-03-12
| NO GOOD EXCUSE
FOR UGLY GIRLS
Every Woman Can Be Attrac-
tive These Days.
Art a Kind Stepmother for Natures
Child.
A Judicious Course of Training In
sures IA Lovely Complexion. Bright
Hair. and Sparkling Eyes.

Society has quietly accepted the fact OF
late that rouge is de rigeur. The tint is
laid on so delicately, so artfully, so plaus-
IDLY, that it requires not only lynx eye
to detect it, but long acquaintance with
a woman to make sure she does not resort
to this artifce. Her cheeks are never vul-
carly red, but faint sweet bloom appears
on either side and seems to come from be-
meath TO grow down into the chin and show
ever so family along the rim of the pretty
ears.
This is all due to the fact that grease
paint is not used at ALL it is too loud in
tone and coarsing to the skin to be toler-
ated; furthermore, clever woman never
looks upon the rouge pot when it is red
until she has made visit to a certain deal
er in toilet articles in Paris. At this small
shop, sort of Louis XIV boudoir. you buy
a pot of coloring matter on disk OF por-
celain, and small tool covered with white
cotton. Til. pot of coloring matter does
not cost very much but what does ,ome
high is the preliminary business OF having
a tint of pink matched TO your skin.
It>was the owner of this shop VINO made
artist, rarely colors two persons alike, and
that the true pink glowing in the cheeks OF
one blonde or dark person IS not at al tho
same that glows in the cheeks OF tnat
persons own sister. perhaps. SO IN mat
little shop you sit before mirror ana
patient artist selects after repeated trials,
the color that harmonizeS exactly Win
your particular quality of skin, CLINT OF
hair and tone of eyes. There are eNactiy
sixty-fiye pinks to choose from, and Wheh
you leave the shop you wear a Oiush ds
| faint or deep as your type OF looks require,
and one so exactly harmonizing that IL ao-
\ solutely resembles what you would nave
! il nature undertook TO do the colorinS her-
! self
! II is the matching that costs, and then
! the shop woman gives you lecture on
| the rational use of rouge. She explains
/ that to thoroughly deceive the eye II Is
not sufficient merely to tint the cheeks.
| because when by natural circulation OF
/ rich blood the cheeks glow, the chin ever
| go lightly gets a bit OF the rosy fluid as
well. so do the ears on the rim, and when
/ you have taken one lesson in touching up
your face there is no suspicion or vulgar,
| sticky paint OF artifeiality about 1t
| All this New York women have learned
| in Paris. Just as the Parisienne has I'M
pressed on them the importance OF carry
: ing poWder- puff in her mun or pocket
and using il freely. In Paris they make
! these puffs of pale pink down, fastened in
the centre of a dear little pale pink hand
| kerchief. BY means OF a draw-strlnS the
| middle OF the handkerchief gathers about
the puff, and no scattering OF rice powder
comes OF wearing the pretty thing in your
pocket Every woman who realizes how
unbeautiful is the look OF a shiny nose, or
greasy forehead. carries one of these.
| The use of rouge is advocated by many
women merely for the brilliancy it lends
the eyes, but New York bellies do not trust
to rouge alone TO do this. They have
learned TO wash their eyes as carefully
and regularly as their faces Especially
in the cold weather, when eyes not over
strong grow bioodshot and weak from fac
ing cruel wind. nothing is so soothing
/ and tonic as to wash the balls. An eye
glass is used for this, filed with warm
water tepid tea, or a solution of boric ae-
| i'd and when the glass is filled and up
, turned on the eyes, all the dust collected
on lashes and in corners, and bits OF SCOT
1 or sand grating on the sensitive corners,
are expelled and Inflammation reduced.
/ Besides this benefit a daily washing of
the eyes makes them more permanently
bright and liquid than any other device
| yet attempted.
| Oil of cageput is the newest remedy for
! inducing eyebrows and eyelashes 20 grow,
/ lust as all the thin girls with hollows in
taken TO tippling on milk and glycerine.
Z 1t is a simple remedy and harmless enough,
( if il fails to lay flesh on Uncovered bones.
and il has the advantage OF not coarsing
1 the skin, as drinking porter Is accused OF
| doing. Two teaspoonfuls of the best giyce-
rine in a glass of bloodwarm milk, taken
| after every meal and at bedtime is the
| rule with the smart young women who
dare not wear decollete gowns and who
| have found it very much more difficult to
| procure flesh than their fat sisters find it
| to lose adipOse tissue.
| Anyone who comes to New York and gets
! q chance to observe at close quarters the
| pretty women who ornament opera boxes.
can hardly overlook the fact that pretty
bare hands no longer show glittering nails
| at the finger tips. that the immaculate
fairness of throats and shoulders is appar-
| emily not due to powder nor unusual pallor.
| and that nearly every woman has Won
derfully bright hair.
Well it simply amounts to this, un-
naturally polished finger nails are no lon
ger regarded as significant of good taste.
As much care as formerly is spent on the
manicure but to show wonderfully rosy
nails with snow white and beautifully
clear curved tops, is the aim OF the we'll
bred beauty Pink finger nails, as pink
cheeks bright eyes and shining hair, indi-
cate health and health is one OF the high
est forms OF beauty, so if your nails are
pale and blotched with white bruises. the
| refuge of a coral fluid remains TO you
This is a species of lacquer painted on the
| nails surface. left to dry and produce q
pretty pinkness that makes the top OF the
nail look wonderfully white by contrast
As stimulating as our climate is to lib
erty and patriotism, 1t is an agent for al
most destroying the texture, and vigor of
human hair. and after the most robust'y
healthy girl reaches twenty her hair is too
apt to fade. 1t may not at once turn gray.
but the sap that makes it shine dries up
and dull brown beads are the rule in an
assemblage of even handsome women.
Now lifeless hair is about as unornamen-
tai as false diamonds that refuse 10 gilt
ter. and to correct the peroxide is ad-
ministered to the regeneration OF even
the most dreary looking tresses. The lii
uuid must be administered after a thor
ough shampoo by an expert hairdresser.
and one teaspoonful diluted does the busi-
ness. Strands as lustreless as those in a
horses tail it electrifes with a sheen that
seems only possible to extreme youth.