The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-02-06
BEAUTY and PURITY
Ancient and Modern Ideas on the Subject.
Time and Disease the Effacing Agents
of Beauty. What Has Science Done
to Restore the Lily and the Rose2

Socrates called beauty a short-lived
tyranny, Plato "A privilege OF nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus n silent cheat, Carncades
a solitary Kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift OF nature, Ovid favor OF the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
mcndatlon In the world, and yet none
OF these dlstingui shed authorities has
left us oven u hint OF how beauty is To
be pcrpetuatcd, or the ravagcs Of age
and disease dcHcd. Time soon blends
the lily aud the rose into the pallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutnncous designations aud crlmsons
the Roman nose with unsIghtly flushes,
moth, if not rust, corrupts the glory
OF eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspcakablc.
lf such be the unhappy condition OF
one afflicted with slight skin blcmishcs,
what must be the feelings OF those In
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become q part OF the system until
dcathf II In vain TO attempt To por-
tray such suffering. Death In many
cases might be considered n blessing.
The blood and fluids seem To be I'm
pregnatcd with fiery element which.
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF the body, infames
and burns until, In his efforts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
does sufficient relief come TO cause him
TO desist.
Thus do compiler Iional defects merge
into torturing disease, and plqued van
ity give place To real suffering.
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
70 the all-dcvouring lupus, n patch OF
letter on the palm OF the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelOps the body
In its fiery embrace. abruisc on the leg
expands Into q gDawiDg ulcer, which
reaches out Its fangh 20 the sufferers
heart In every paroIysm OF pain, n
small kernel In the neck multiplics into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like imam nations In such abun-
dance as TO pass credulity; and 80 on
may we depict the sufIcrings 20 which
poor human nature is subject, oil OF
which involve great mental distress
because Of pcrs onal designations.
II there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
q sufficient infiiction on mankind. IL
pervades all classes, and dcscends I'm
partially through generations. While
some are constantly enveloped In IL.
others have IL confined 10 small
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the breast, on the palms of the hands,
on the limbs, etc, but everywhere It's
distinctive feature In n small wntery
blister, which discharges an acrld
nuid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense Itching. RIng-worm, letter,
SCALED head, dandrufi. belong 10 this
scaly aud itching order OF diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
It's mother -of-pearl scale, situated on
n reddeDed base, which blecds upon
the removal OF the scale, is 10 be
dreaded aud avoided, as Of old. I'm
petigo, BARRIERS itch, eryslpelas, and
score OF minor disorders make up In
part the catalogue OF external diseases
Of the skin. Thus far we have made
no allusion 20 those Affections which
are maDifestly impu rifles Of the blood.
viz: swelling Of the glands Of the
throat, ulcers on he neck and limbs,
tumors, abscesses, and mercurial
poisoDs, with loss OF hair. because
the whole list can be comprehended In
the one word scro fula.
IL is In the tre atment Of torturing,
dlsHguring humoTs and affections OF
the skin, scalp. and blood, with loss OF
bsir, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success Orig
inal In composition. scientifically com
pounded. absolutely pure, Interchangeable
In any climate, always ready, md agree.
able 10 the most delicate aud sensitive,
they present " young and old the mot
successful curative Of modern times.
This will be conside ed strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstlnacy Of blood and skin humors
but II IL justified by innumerable sue
cesscs where all the remedies and meth
DDS In vogue have failed To cure, and,
in many cases, TO relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment II at once
agreeable, speedy, economical. and
Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, TO cleanse the sur ace OF
crusts and scales, and soft en- the
thickened cuticle. Dry. without hard
x..hhl,o s,d apnIv Cntfcura Oin tnaat