The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-06
BELLIES OF OLD ROME
THE TINE ANO MONEY THAT WE'RE
SPENT ON THEIR TOILETS.
Modern Methods and Cost OF ReRuty
CuItHrc Are simple Compared with
Ancient LnAuriousness - Hygiene
the Latter Day Magic.


Ancient LnAuriousness - Hygiene
the Latter Day Magic.
The s'trat of eternal youth. so eager.
" sought by the magiclans OF all cen.
tur,e. ana sought in vain, has almost
revealed itself to the present genera.
tion; 1T least we have its watchworl,
wAtaA is hygiene For youth means
beauty. ana beauty means health, and
the ,h5.,ful beauty specialists aerom-
pl>h All, their SGeca>SeS by mcan> ot
rat,oul, methods based on a careful
study 81 the cau,c> that may affect to
It's da,. laout the health Of the skin,
In ,h,, dian back age, Of the world Of
I civilization beauty Was madn a cult OF
the utmost moment but for many a
ceu;u.y after ,An downfall Of the oirarE
an = Roman e,ap.re- such matters were
. allowed to 42a,u. Not until the de.
ciiu,a- years Of abe uiartecuth century
was the ~aajert rrlu~ttrd rs on" 4
par5uuau iat1rest E0t today beauty
specialists aoouad >omo for face treat,
meat. o4rI~ for manicure and a-uA
many wr"n for c'ectrp'yNlN,
81 course these Treatments are *,
rea>,yc, lGt Il is worth uuch to wo.'
man 10 l." rlJ Of careW0rn cNprrs.
sion Moreover. to feet thdt her youth
and thef fore her hrafIy j, somewhat
restored has beneficial iHau"uce upon
her meutaj state.
BGt whoever faHe.es th9t The ~ ,icln
husband j. t. bee pjtcd for the cost Of
his wjfe'> beauty pr. ~rryatiycs should
consider the toilet expresses Of 10
man lady in tAr comparatively early
days Of the worlds history Excessive
as may appear the time aud money
spent now uoaa the art of beauty cuiu-
yatiDn, the grooming of a modern won.
au Of fashion seems Invested with an
admirable simplicity compared with
the time auI money thus expended In
the days OF fuppaa aud Asrippina
In the early days OF Rome three
classes Of : slaves assisted mt the toilet
OF a lady a. fashion Ou leaving her
bed, which was usually at noon. She
immediately went TO her bath, where
she WAS carefully rubbed with punire
stone. She thru put herself in the
hands Of ih" cosmetics. class of slaves
WAC possessed many secrets for pre-
serving and Identifying the complex
ion. thereto their functions were con
sidered OF the greatest Importance. es-
pecjJily rs htF claimed for their arts
hy-eiGu alN, lItl-cs.
Ry tJe cosmetics Der face was thor
ou@Ay sIol-ed with asses uliik, then
mdssascd th various mixtures CORE
spending In attention 70 the skin fuod'' /
of these days; with ashes ~ snails and
Of large ants. bruised ana burned II
salt: with honey in which the bees haC
teen snothoged; with the fat Of a pu
t,t mixed with onjua-oh. shades cf
Ar&ty' And lastly the Fat of swa
WAS vigorously applied, - wA.ch
attributed Tia" IT pcrty of r,moy.u
wrinkles l. / spo'S werc clYaCrd "
a piece II wo.,.cn cloth stepped in oil ..
roses, and lrrchirs were treated With /
a scrapl1g or >ll@epskin mixed with Oh I,
OF Cor<.ta, to which was added the /.
powder Of fsunkaceusc.
Thea appeared the second class of
saves. armed with pinchcrs and prrcu
pine quilts. One Of them extracted ev- /
cry hair however minute. from the /
face of her mistress. aud another clean /
Ell the tceth5with grated rumicc stone, I
with marble dust aud finally with a
tooth?tck Of porcupine quill. (
A third class of slaves who were Gre I
clan. coIorcd eyebrows, eyeIa shes and |
hair 10 The shade OF my lady's' taste.
Her lips were treated with red pomade.
but ii chappcd they were first rubbed |
with the Inside of sheepskln. then I
covered with the ashes OF n burn. I
mouse mixed with fenncl roots.
The last touches Of the toilet were
given by the favorite attendant, the !
slave kept by every patrcian Roman
woman for the sole purpose of apply
Ing fragrant unguents Each part OF
the body had its own unguent-thc hair
had sweet marJoram. the neck and
knees wild thyme. the arms baIsam, /
the cheeks and breast palm oil. the feet
and legs saffron. Then after II final 1
sprinkling OF Indian perfumes on hair
and dress the favored slave In order
that the finished work might be appre-
elated handed to her mistress a mirror.
1t was not OF slyer-those were so
common they were used only by slaves
but a costly thing of gold. ornamented
with precious stones, held by il handle
of mother OF pearl. the mirror Itself
formed OF n composite Of severa met
a IL Gn tnl u IhIiSl,nI 20 la nk
In -rior to glass. which was then un
known
All, the modern husband may bc con
graduated that his lines were not east
in the days of Brutus ana Cato OF
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