The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-08
RICHES AND COMPLEXION.
Women Who Spend Thousand Dol
lars a Year For 1t.

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Would you believe there are women
in Chicago. wives of wealthy residents
and leaders in the foremost social cir
cles who paw out this amount annual
ly for preparations and treatment cal
culated to preserve and create a beau
tiful face?
To the woman whose complexion rem
edy consists of one bar OF soap, ana
who confines her beauty culture to
liberaly daily application of this soap
f1oated upon the top Of basin OF pure
water or spread across the surface OF a
crash wash cloth, with perhaps the
luxurious addition of small bottle OF
unadulterated glycerin during the win
ter months. when sharp winds bite and
chan. il seems incredible that such
nrincelv sum could be expended upon
the complexion.
Yet in Chicago women are TO be found
who value their compilations not one
whit less than the $1,000 mark and who
do not hesitate to draw on their hus-
bands exchequer to the full extent of
their convictions. OF course, the thou
sand dollar complexion is not encoun-
tered with great frequency during daily
walks along State street, and every
pretty woman in Chicago is not so
deeply indebted for her beautiful face,
Dul III lilE Ddlt lOblliS VI Allt NlAlclA l So
where the wealthy and daughters Of
the wealthy congregate, where men
dwell on beauty and feast their eyes
upon a fresh. rOseate complexion,
these dearly bought faces are not so
uncommon
EASY FOR THE SPECIALIST.
A woman's chief pride lies in her
complexion. Wealthy women, perhaps
more than those occupying less con-
spicuous stations realize that their
most priceless gift is a beautiful face.
The attractive woman is aware of this
fact, because she is attractive and be-
cause she sees in the mirror of her
dressing table a vision of what she de-
sires more than any other one thing on
earth-gracef fascinating lines of ex-
preston, and a clear fresh, bewitch-
ing complexion The less fortunate
woman, the one whose face is not at
tractive and whose complexion is not
what she wishes it might be, knows
that beauty is a princely endowment
through a mental calculation Of acute
envy. And so the complexion specialist
profits both ways. The woman with
the beautiful complexion pursues a
course of retention. while her sister
seeks to obtain that which she has not.
Thus it is that many a Chicago wom-
ans face costs annually more than a
good many men who support families
receive in their pay envelopes during
twelve months of service. The require
ments of a woman who gives much of
her time and consderab BILE of her money
to beauty preparation and of the one
who seeks by artificial means to attain
an equal standard of beauty come hioh.
There are a thousand and one prepara-
lions and lotions included in their LIST
of toilet articles and all Of them cost
money. The fact Of the matter is that
a wealthy woman feels justified in re-
sorting to almost any art or device or
IN approaching any reasonable eXpendi-
ture to keep her complexion in as per-
feet condition as possible.
TRIPLES THAT MOUNT UP.
When reckoning the annual cost of
good complexion that is maintained or
secured through artificial means the
calculation becomes a matter of trifes
for it is these tTihes that go to make
up total that would stagger any man
Of ordinary financial standing. No
woman goes to her specialist and hands
over thousand-dol bill on Jan. l
with the admOnitiOn that she expects
beauty within the year. She hands out
her money a few dollars at. a time
Sometimes she gets a two ounce tab
let for a dollar, or contracted cake of
soap for which she pays another dollar.
or complexion wash to keep the skin
velvety and free from blemishes which
is considered cheap at $150 Then.
again. her money goes for some other
condensed package or phial from
which the elixir of beauty is expected
to spring.
COST OF BEAUTIFIERS.
There is really no end to the remedies
women adopt to preserve and beautify
their compilations. Columns could be
consumed in enumerating them, yet a
lair estimate of the amount of com
pleXion money" expended by a fairly
active woman in the quest for beauty
can be arrived at
First Of all. she must have at least
two cakes Of complexion soap every
week, and she usually pays 81 for each
cake. Then the next indispensable
is a complexion wash. and
no woman who really desires a good
complexion would think of even at
tempting to skimp along with less than
two bottles of this for every seven
days Herein lies another expediture
Of SO. This is but the beginning Of her
-tNN'Af'' h'AAN must ictN Z btdulN SOAP.
which she would not dream of paving
less than 81 cake for: elixir Of beauty.
not to be touched for any consideration
less than. 81; skin food. put UP in pack
ages that command $3.50 each; super
1luOus hair remover. which. though a
luxury at s. a bottle. is at the same
time necessity: various lotions. not
to he had for mere song: skin whit
ener. at 81 a box, and complexion
cream. for $l.50
This outlay is startling, but it is only
a mild beginning. Next come the COM
moner artificial agents of beauty. She
uses several gallons of alcohol during
the year for bathing purposes. and has
a conspicuous array Of flesh brushes
In summer she must have a prepara-
ton TO protect her skin from the evil
effects of the sun, and the sharp winds
of winter call for something more Her
list also includes a dozen or more bot
ties Of a preparation for mixing with
the toilet water in which she washes
and bathes. If she is annoyed by
freckles she is placed at additional ex-
pense, for the complexion doctor has
this annoyance and is. pre-
pared to meet it for $3.50 per applica-
ton
@NAN - NCiN MA0oE l IAo.
After the complexion loving woman
has exhausted every means OF contrib
dting TO her own beauty she has the
masseur to fall back upon, and in this
way she manages to get rid of good
deal of her annuity Of complexion
money. She is treated for wrinkles
and flabby flesh, double chin, crows
feet under the eyes, lines across the
forehead mOieS coarse 1,oyeS aud
countless other disfiguring marks and
blemishes, which are as varying as
women themselves. She visits the mas
seur during the day and wears a mask
at night in order that she may have a
good COMMUNICATION and III If