Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-01-06

Nine. Lola Montez, a superbly hand
some woman Of a picturesque career,
was the first of her sex to publicly adj
vGcate the cultivation of physical
beauty. She was the first woman le"
turer with a beauty message to her
own sex. She established the beauty
cult and was the first woman who
dared to say what every woman in her
heart has acknowledged beaut'
is power, and that there is no NOR
irn0Ortant mission than to be beautiful
in the strict sense Of the word. Lola
NGntez's lectures were printed IN the
early ffties. The book had large
sale. though it's publication was con
si1ered as highly improper, and women
for the most part purchased it sub
rosa. 1t has long been out of print
She declared that strong coffee ana
hot bread and butter form diet when
30 most destructive to beauty. The
heated grease, long INDUCED in, is sure
to derange the stomach, and by caps-
fng or increasing bilious disorders
gradually overspreads the fair skin
with a, wan or yellow hue.
After this meal comes the long ia st
from 9 in the morning till or in the
afternoon, when dinner is served, and
the haIf-famished beauty sits down to
safe a keen appetite with pepper9d
SOUPS, fish, roast, boiled, broiled and
fried meats; game, tarts, sWeetmeatS,
ices, fruits, etc. How must the constl
tuition suffer in trying to digest tbs
n2egange! How does the heated con-
plexion bear witness % the combustion
within!
Let the fashionable lady keep Ip
this habit and add the ether one u
late hours, and her own looking gla IS
will tell her that 1--WE all do fade as the
leaf" The firm texture of the rCun|
ed form gives way to a flabby sOfcness
or yields to q scraggy leanness or
shapeIess fat. The once fair skin as
sume8 a pallor or redness which the de-
luded victim would still regard as the
roses of health and beauty. And when
at last she becomes aware of her condi-
ton, to repair the ravages she flies &c
padding, to give shape where there IS
none; to stays, to compress into form
the swelling chaos of flesh, and e
paints to restify the dingy complexion.
But, said Nine MOntez, vain are al
these attempts. No; if dissipation,
late hours and -2EOderatiOn have
once wrecked the fair vessel of female
charms, it is not in the power of Escu-
lapius himself to right the shattered
bark and make it ride the sea in gal
liant trim again.
Cleanliness is a subject of indispen-
sable consideration in the pursuit of a
beautiful skin. The frequent use of
the tepid bath is the best cosmetic
can recommend to my readers in this
connection. By such additions, cor
pOreal impurities are thrown off, GU
taneous distractions removed; and
while the surface Of the body is pre-
served in it's original brightness, many
threatening disorders are prevented.
The Complexion.
There are many disorders of the
skim said Lola, which are induced by
culpable ignorance, which owe thei"
origin entirely to circumstances con
nected with fashion or habit. The fire.
quent and sudden changes in this
country from heat to cold, by abruptly
exciting or REFRESHING the secretions
of the skin, roughen it's texture, injUr~
it's hue, and often defOrm it with I'm
seemly eruptiOns.
And many of the fashions of dress
ing the head are still more inimical to
the complexion than the climate. The
habit the ladies have Of going into tie
open without a bonnet and often with,
out a veil is ruinous one for the skin.
Indeed, the fashion of the ladies' boz
nets, which only cover few inches If
the back of the head, is a great tax
upon the beauty of the complexion.
In this climate especially the hea
and face need protection from the At
mOsphere. Not only a wOman's beau
ty, but her health requires that she
should never step into the open air.
particularly in autumnal evening"
without a sufficient covering to her
head. And if she regards the beauty
of her complexion she must never so
out into the hot sun without her veil.
The custom among ladies of drying
the peTspiyation from their faces by
pOwdering, or of cooling them when
they are hot from exposure to the sun
or dancing by washing with cold water,
is most destructive to the complexio,
and not infreQuently spreads a humor
over the face, which renders it hideous
forever.
A little common sense ought to
teach woman that when she is over
heated she ought to allow herself 20
cool gradually and by all means to
avoid going into the air or allowing
a draft through an open door or wiz
dow to blow upon her while she 10
thus heated. If she will not attend 10
these rules she will be fortunate, SAL
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