Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-21
PORTALS NEW YORK LETTER.


beautiful in features, yet beautiful be-
cause Of a certain charm Of freHhness
in skin and an air of "well groomeu, ="
was luncbing with her today ard
in talking fell upon that all-absorbing
TOPIC, dear TO female hearts, "how to
be beautiful. y
''It's all in the care one gives ones
person. tins woman declared.
When | was younger | used to
wonder what was meant by the "mys
tories Of the toilette. Tubing, do
ing one's hair and getting into ones
CLOTHES did not seem to me in any way
to border Oh the mysterious. The
toilette was a very simple affair to my
mind; but am beginning to appreciate
that there are mysteries deep, dark
and peculiar mysteries at that.
Lent IL the season most women take
to quietly look themselves over and de-
eide on regime for the attainment of
an end.
The hardest efforts toward cleanli
ness fall 10 the lot OF the business girl,
the woman who sits oil day IN dusty
office, her nose gathering little periods
of dust and exclamation marks VI SCOT
until she looks like revised proof of
spelling book.
II she wipes her face with damp
cloth the punctuations are merely
rubbed in. III she allows the dust to
collect it takes n scrubbing brush and
piece OF pumice stone to remove the
layer Of dirt at night
Truly, her misery is complete and
usually her complexion is wsecked.
The fight with soap and water must
be inoessant To neglect the thorough
for n ainula Aav a ff,a ltfkp
the skin to become duh and dingy and
unbeautiful. At night Is the time to
reckon up your innings against dust and
CRIME Never think Of going to bed
l,without giving your face fine. vigor-
Gus, energetic operhauling with com
plexicn brush, warm water and pure
white CASTLE Soap-or any other sonp
that Is hygenic and reliable.
Get the correct brush, which will
not mat down. Dip il In the water,
then full 1t over the soap--and sail in.
When you stop to think Of the way that
you we're accustomed TO wash your
face, with q dab here and another dab
there with o wet rag as big as postage
stamp, you will wonder how you ever
associated with yourself when you had
such dirty face.
The effect OF the scrubbing is two
fold. The skin IL cleansed perfectly.
Circulation Is revived and muscular
tissue is enlivened and made firm, and
pretty glow results. The second effect
ia the mental exhilaration which
scrupulous cleanliness brings. Ii is
like starting the day with brisk
bath, well-brushed hair and we'll
caged-for finger mails. 10 be sure, you
may feel we'll gr1omed for only brief
time in this soot-speckled atmosphere,
but the effect will be telling. Just the
same.
To keep the face clean while one is
travelling IL the worst problem Of all.
Sponging with cleansing lotion or
wiping the face with cleansing cream
are the best methods, but are not, I'll
confess, very convenient ones. There is
nothing more generally satisfactory as
cleansing agent than cucumber milk,
recipe for which appears below. The
face can be wiped over with o soft
cloth or sponge onto which small
quantity of the milk has been poured.
Afterward dust the face with good
harmless antiseptic powder. One
cleansing at noontime should do for
the business girl with face ordinarily
sooty.
1t might be Just as we'll to add line
or two OF caution about exhibiting
these adiuncts of the toilet table tc
one s. friends.
1t is 10 very bad taste and is likely
to bring on mild ridicule.
Keep your identifying paraphernalia
to yourself, as you do your beautifyine
secrets.
All Of which brings me to the con
cusion that the brainless woman j.
not the one who has the most sense
the brightest intellect or in whose
head is stored the greatest amount o
Information, but the woman who know
bow to think and how to kee3 hel
thoughts to herself. Alas!. wolnei
gabhle all to freely. Talk is the ban,
OF femininity. Prattle makes the hear
sick, and the finer ssnsibilities ar
NduIled to the good things of earth.
Keep your face clean and don't tall
too muoh.
Then you will he beautiful, or prett
close to 1t, anyway.
fortia, you should use the cucumhe
milk, there is nothing like it for th
skin.
Then she told me how to make II
ard | should like all my readers /
know, and to anyone atidressip
'Portia, Every Evening Office, vii
mington,' and enclosing a two cen
stamp, ! will sand the reoeipe yhjc
every woman will find invaluable.
Sitting 10 this cafe, the Mecca {
the woman of the world, could nc
help but be impressed with the nunbe
of women who "Make up!o
The advice OF your English Pune
to the man about to marry would eeej
to many of US the host advice to Civ
to the woman who seeks to make he
sell beautiful by the use of paint.
Ihe average person would cry on
"Don't"
But If she will make nm, LEFT h,
at least do 1T artistically; let her lear
how.
Emptying the rougs pot or IL
powder box is not likely to lead
edifying results.
MAKE up is as much of an art
dressing, though. l will confess, NJ
quite rs universal
say quite" advisedly.
Most women-I do NOT dare now
speak of American women do SON
thing to add to their charms. Now
is a touch of gold to the hair, now
tint that elongates the eyebrows, nc
Just rub of carmine over the cheek
The idea of makeup or painting
70 remedy as much as possible al
faults there may be in the face.
The art is as old as antiquity. TIL
aristocratic ladies had slaves who q
voted themselves to it exclusively.
In the earliest centuries it was us
only by Mussulmans, Jews and Pagan
Since, early in the sixth oentur