Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-03-25
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,
Theocrltus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
q solitary kingdom, Homer q glorious
gift Of nature, Ovid favor Of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon.
mendatlon In the world, am yet none
Of these distinguished authorities has
left us even a hint OF how beauty Is TO
be perpetuated, or the ravages OF age
and disease doaed. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crlmsOns
the Roman nose with unsightly Pushes,
moth, If not rust, corrupts the glory
OF eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defaclng the complexion, and ILLS the
sensitive soul with agony uuspeakab.e.
II such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin blemshes,
what must be the feelings OF those In
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores aud charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become part OF the system until
death2 1t Is vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering, Death In many
cases might be considered blessing.
The blood aud fluids seem to be i'm
pregnated with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF the body, innames
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 ~ cause him
TO deslst.
Thus do complexlonal defects merge
into torturing disease, and pqued van.
lily give place to real suffering. A
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
TO the all-devouring lupus, patch Of
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelopes the body
In It's fiery embrace, abruise on the leg
expands into a guOwlng ulcer, which
reaches out It's fangA 20 the sufferers
heart In every parOxysm of pain, r
small kernel In the neck multiplles into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-llke scales grow from little
rash-lke infiam nations In such album
dance as TO pass credulity; and so on
may we depict the suiierings to which
poor human nature Is subject, all of
which involve great mental distress
because of personal designations.
II there were not another external
disease kno 4, eczema alone would he
sufficient in1lctiou on mankind. IL
pervades all classes, and descends I'M
partially through generations. While
some are constantly enveloped IN II,
others have II confined to small
patches in the ears, on the scalp, on
the breast. on the palms Of the hands,
on the limbs, etc, but everywhere It's
distinctive feature Is small watery
blister, which discharges an acrid
nuid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching, Rlng-wOrm, letter,
SCALED head, dlndrutf, belong to this
scaly and Itching order OF diseases
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
Its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
Redeemed base, which blerds upon
the removal OF the scale, Is to be
dreaded aud avoided, as of old. I'm
petigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and a
score OF minor disorders make up In
part the catalogue OF external diseases
of the skin. Thus far we have made
no allusion to those Affections which
are manifestly impu rifles of the blood,
viz; swelling of the glands of the
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, abscesse a, and mercural
poisons, with loss Of hair, because
the whole list can he comprehended In
the one word scro fula.
II Is In the ire atment Of torturlng,
dshgurng humors and affections Of
the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss OF
hair, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal In composition, scientifically com
pounded, absolutely pure, interchangeable
In any climate, Away ready, and agree
able TO the most del icate and sensitive,
they present TO young and old the most
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 1t Is justified by innumerable sue.
cesses where all the remedies and meth
DDS In vogue have failed TO cure, and
In many cases, TO relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment Il Mt once
agreeable, speedy, economical. and
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cutl
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace OF
crusts aud scales, and soft en- the
thokened cutlcle. Dry, without hare
rubbing, and apply Cutlcura DIN tmenI