The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
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 Tho Rose?

tyranny. Plato a privilege of nature.
Theocrftus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift Of nature, Ovid a favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters of recon-
mendation in the world, and 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 defied. Time soon blends
ithe lily and the rose into the rallor Of
age, disease dots the fair face with
~acutaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly Pushes,
moth, IL not rust, corrupts the glory Of
eyes, teeth and lips, yet beautiful by de-
facing the complexion, and fills the e n
sitive soul with agony ~unspeakable.
II such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
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 be
come a part of the system until death2
1t Is vain to attempt to portray such suf-
fering. Death in many cases might be
considered a blessing. The blood and
fluids seem to be impregnated with q
fiery element which. when discharged
through the pores upon the surface Of
the body, infiames 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.
Il. Thus do complexional defects merge
into torturing disease, and piqued van
ity give place to real suffering. A little
Z wart on the nose or cheek grows to the
aIl-devou<inS lupus, a patch Of letter on
the palm of the hand or on the limbs
suddenly envelops the body In its fiery
embrace, a bruise on the leg expands
Into a gnawing ulcer. which reaches out
its fangs to the sufferers heart n every
paroxysm Of pain, a small kernel In tho
neck multiplies into a dozen, which eat
away the vitality, great pearlltke scales
grow from little rash-like i-nfiammatons
in such abundance as to pass credulity;
n so on may we depict the sufferings
TO which poor human nature is subject,
all of which involve great mental dis
tress because of personal designations.
Every school girl or boy knows that
il a pore in the skin in his or her face
becomes clogged a little black head
appears, and surrounding it a little pim-
pie. If a dozen pores become clogged
! there are q dozen blackheads and PIN
pies. So it is with In salt rheum,
or, as it is technically called, eczema,
the cause of the disease seems to be in
the blood, from the fact that the fluids
which pour out through the tubes are
charged with n poisonous element that
. creates the most intense itching and vio-
lent inflammation and rapidly destroys
the outer or scarf skin. This dreadful
form of skin disease attacks all ages,
and may frequently be seen fully devel-
oped in infants at birth. In such cases
it is often called milk crust, SCALED head,
etc. but there is no doubt Of its real n q
ture. and that It is an inherited humor.
If there were not another external dis
ease known, eczema would be a sufi-
cient infection on mankind. 1t pervades
all classes, and descends impartialy
through generations. While some are
constantly enveloped in ii, others have it
confined to small patches In the ears, on
the scalp, on the breast on the palms Of
the hands, on the limbs, etc, but every
where its distinctive feature Is a small
watery blister, which discharges an ac-
rid fluid, causing heat, Inflammation and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
sSalled head, dandruf, belong to this
ecaly and itching order Of diseases. Poo
ffasis, our modern leprosy, with its
mother-of-pearl scale, situated On a red
dened base, which bleeds upon the re-
moval Of the scale, is to be dreaded and
avoided, as Of old. Impetigo, BARRIERS
itch, erysipelas, and a score Of minor dis
orders make up in part the CT ..alogue Of
external diseases Of the skin. Thus far
we have made no allusion to those af-
t.&s@n x-Is, 49, s,
of the blood, viz, swelling Of the glands
of the throat, ulcers on the neck and
limbs, tumors, assesses and marcurial
p~oisons, with loss Of hair, because the
whole list can be comprehended in the
n word scrofula.
1t is in the treatment of torturing, lis
figuring humors and affections OF the
skin, scalp and blood, with a loss Of hair,
that the Cutcura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Origi-
nal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, interchangeable
in any climate, always ready, and agree
able to the most delicate and sensitive, |
they present to young and old the most
successful curatives Of modern times.
This win be considered strong language |
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy Of blood and skin humors
but it 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 is at once
agreeable. speedy, economical and COM
prehensive. Battle the affected parts
freely with hot water and Cuticura soap
to cleanse the surface of crusts and
scales, and soften the thickened cuticle.
Dry, without hard rubbing and apply
Cuticura Ointment to allay itching, irri-
tation and Inflammation, and soothe and
heal, and, lastly, take Cuticura Resolv-
ent, to cool and cleanse the blood. This
Treatment affords instant relief, permits
rest sad sleep in the severest forms Of
eczema and other itching, burning, and
scaly humors, and points to a speedy, |
permanent and economical cure of tor
turing, ~disiguring humors, eczemas,
rashes and infiammations, from infancy
to age, when all other remedies and the
best physicians fail. The remedies con-
stituting the Cuticura system will repay
an individual scrutiny of their remark
able properties
Cuticura Soap contains In n modified
form the medicinal properties of Cuti-
cura Ointment, the great skin cure and
purest and sweetest Of emollients, com-
bfned with tho most delicate and refresh
Ing of flower odors. It Is absolutely
pure. and no ingredient entering It's ON
position ID IN the aliGhtest degres dam