Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-04
SOME AIDS TO BEAUTY.
Celebrated Beauties Have Gained Fame
Without Toilet Articles.

Few celebrated beauties have gained
their fame without use of those arts
which are the earliest of all-the arts Of
the toilet.
Madame Recamier, who left more ce
ieprity for her beauty than any woman
mother. versed in all the mysteries OF
the toilet. Her delicacy of complexion
arose from the protection she gave 1t.
never going out except in her carriage
ana scarcely knowing what it was to
SET loot to the ground. Margaret of
An1ou and Mary Stuart in earlier times
were wise In the magic of the toilet,
disdaining neither May dew nor less
simple lotions for cheeks on which the
eye or the world was to dwell. Diana
OF Pottiers beQueathed a legacy of wall
lie to her sex in the use of the rain
water bath. which preserved her own
beauty till at the age of sixty-tive no
one could be insensible to her.
IL is intolerable that women will not
preserve their health and charms to the
latest date, but give up their cases so
shamefuly soon. An intelligent ma
turity refines the face to a high beauty.
which is to the attractions of youth
what the aristocratic head of Byron
would be beside a pink-and-white lady
Killer of society. This serene and fin
isheo expression is not to be gained by
leading passive, emotionless life.
PEOPLE of vivid feeling are the youngest.
Iheir quick alterations of mood make
the face clean-cut, yet do not settle it
IN uniform burrows. Both grief and
JOY are needed to sculpture the fea-
lures finely. No one protesting the
loitiest aims. who understands human
nature. can despise the care of personal
beauty when. combined with moral
worth. Its influence is irresistible. If
the reader goes through the range of
frnt hn fn
missionary biographies, with portraits
OF the original" not one face in ten
VIII dispute this truth.
Least of all let any women neglect
taxing pains to secure n good complex
ion-real ciearness and color, eschew-
ing any pretense of powder and paint.
george Eliot, with her masculine sense,
bears witness to the irresistible ten
dency TO associate pure soul with Il
lucent complexion. No woman can be
unbeautiful If she have this saving
claim. a foreign physician recon-
mends the following for the face:
Three ounces of ground barley, one
ounce Oh honey and the white of one
egg. mixed to Il paste and spread thick
~ OH the checks, nose and forehead be-
lore going to bed. This must remain all
night protecting the face by soft
handkerchief. Wash off with warm
water. wetting the surface with n
dressing the hair. Repeat the applica-
tion nightly until the skin grows per-
iectly fine and soft. which should be in
three weeks. Always wash the face with
warm water and mild soap. rubbing on
a. little cerate when exposing ones self
TO the weather. Care must be taken to
pathe daily in warm water, using soap
freely. t9ning the system with a dash
OF cold shit water afterward, if one can
beart it.
The best wash for the complexion
given Is: Cascarilla powder. two grains:
muriate of ammonia. two grains; emul-
sion of almonds. eight ounces; apply
with fine linen. The frightful discolora-
tion known as mask is removed by q
wash made from thirty grains of the
chlorate OF potash in eight ounces of
rose water. Wrinkles are less apparent
under n varnish of thirty-siX grains of
turpentine Into three drachms of alcohol
allowed to dry on the face. Comedones
or blackheads. call for the simple spe-
cine OF thrtysiX grains of subearbo-
nate of soda in eight ounces of distilled
water. perfumed with six drachms or
essence Of roses. y clever physician
says that he removed comodones from
the faces of girls who applied to him
by touching each blackhead with a
wooden toothpick dipped in ascetic acid.