The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-23
BELLIES OF OLD ROME
THE TIME AND MONEY THAT WERE
SPENT ON THEIR TOILETS.

the Latter Day Magic.
The secret of eternal youth, so eager.
ly sought by the magicians of all cen
turies and sought in vain, has almost
revealed itself to the present genera
ton; at least we have its Watchword,
which is hygiene. For youth means
beauty, and beauty means health, and
the skillful beauty specialists accom-
plish all their successes by means of
rational methods based on a careful
study of the causes that may affect to
It's detriment the health Of the skin.
In the dim back ages of the world Of
civilization beauty was made a cult Of |
the utmost moment, but for many a |
century after The downfall of the Greek |
and Roman empires such matters were
allowed to languiSh. Not until the de !
clining years of the nineteenth century !
was the subject reinstated as one Of |
paramount interest. But today beauty |
| specialists abound-some for face treat |
ment, others for manicure and agai~
many more for clectrolysis.
Of course these treatments are ex-
pensive, but it is worth much to a wo-
man to be rid Of q careworn express
sion. Moreover, to feel that her youth
and therefore her beauty is somewhat
restored has q beneficial influence upon
| her mental state.
But whoever fancies that the moIern
husband is to be pitied for the cost Of
his wife's beauty preservatives should
consider the toilet expenses of a Ro
man lady in the comparatively early
DAYS of the worlds history. Excessive
as may appear the time and money
spent now upon the art of beauty cuid-
yation, the grooming of modern wom
an of fashion seems invested with an
admirable simplicity compared with
the time and money thus expended in
the days of Popp@a and Agrippina.
In the early days of Rome three
classes of slaves assisted at the toilet
of a lady Of fashion. On leaving her
bed, which was usually at noon, she
, Immediately went to her bath, where
she was carefully rubbed with pumice
stone. She then put herself in the
, hands of the cosmetics, a class of slaves
who possessed many secrets for pre-
I serving and beautifying the complex
4 ion; therefore their functions We're con
| sidered of the greatest importance, es-
+ pecially as they claimed for their arts
hygeian advantages.
By the cosmetics her face was thor
: oughly sponged with asses milk, then
maSsaged with various mixtures CORE
q sponding in intention to the skin food
!" of these days; with ashes OF snails anG
of large ants, bruised and burned il
salt; with honey in which the bees haC
been smothered; with the fat OF pul
let mixed with onion-oh, shades Of
r Araby! And, lastly, the fat of swa1
. was vigorously applied, to which wa
attributed the property of removln;
wrinkles. Red spots were effaced VIII
= piece Of woolen cloth STEPPED in Oil 9
lie roses, and freckles were treated witt
a scraping of sheepskin mixed with OF
h of Corsica, to which was added tn
n powder of frankincense.
Then appeared the second class o
- slaves, armed with pinchers and porcu
pine uuills. One of them extracted eN
N ery hair, however minute, from tn
ct face of her mistress, and another clear
rs ed the teeth with grated pumice stone
I'd with marble dust and finally with
- toothpick of porcupine quill.
A third class of slaves, who were Gre
clan, colored eyebrows, eyelashes an
Ut hair to the shade of my ladys" tast
81 Her lips were treated with red pomad
but if chapped they we're first rubbe
he with the inside of a sheepskin, the
NJ covered with the ashes of burr
.s mouse mixed with fennel roots.
= The last touches of the toilet WEI
~ given bv the favorite attendant, tt
Is Save kept by every patrician Roma
woman for the sole purpose of appl,
he ing fragrant unguents. Each part
he the body had it's own unguent-the ha
on had sweet marjoram, the neck ar
PC knees wild thyme, the arms balsar
~ the cheeks and breast palm oil. the fe
and legs saffron. Then after nm
>" sprinkling of Indian perfumes on ha
and dress the favored slave in ord
lat that the finished work might be appr
he eiated handed to her mistress a miro
be It was not of silver-those were
,f- common they were used only by slaves
or but a costly thing of gold. ornament
with precious stones, held by hand
Of mother of pearl, the mirror itse
formed of a composite Of several m'
ais so exquisitely polished as to be n
lnl-rior to glass, which was then L
known.
All. the modern husband may be &C
ch graduated that his lines were not ca
NJ in the days of Brutus and Cato
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