Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-05-14
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 Roso7

Socrates called beauty a ehortlivcd tyr
amy, Plato q privilege Of nature. Thcocritus
. delightful prejudice, Theophrastus a
silent cheat, Carneades y solitary Kingdom.
Homer . glorious gift OF nature, Ovid . favor
Of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the ,otters Of recommen-
dalton In the world, and yet none OF these
distinguished authorities has left us even .
hint Of how beauty "a TO be perpetuated. or
the ravagcs Of age and disease deaed. Time
soon blends the lily and tho rose into the
pallor of age, disease dots tie fair face with
catancous disfguratiors and crimsons the
Roman nose with unsigatly Pushes. moth, II
not rust, corrupts the glory Of eyes. teeth.
and lips yet beautiful by dcfacing the conn.,
plexion, and Oils tho sensitive soul with
agony unspcakablc.
II such be the unhappy condition Of one
afflicted with slight skin blcmishes, what
must he the feelings Of those in whom tortur-
ing humors have for years run riot. covering
the skin with scales n sores aud charging,
the blood with poisonous elements to become
. part Of the system until DEATH? 1t Is vain
to attempt to portray such suffering. Death
in many cases might be considered q bless.
ing. The blood and fluids seem to be i'm
pregnated with a fiery element which. when
discharged through the pores upon the sur
face Of the body, inn ines 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 comr,exional defects merge into
torturing disease, AMI piqued vanity give
place to real suffering. A little wart on the
nose or cheek grows 10 the all-devouring
lupus, a patch of letter On the palm of tho
hand or on the limbs suddenly cnvclops the
body in its Gerry embrace, 4 bruisc on the
leg expands into n gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs to the sufferers heart
in every paroxysm of pain, n small kernel
in the neck mu.tlplies into a dozen. which
eat away the Vitality. great pearl like scales
grow from little rash-like inilammations in
such abundance as to pass credulity and SO
on may We depict the suffcrinGs to which
poor human nature is subject, all Of which
involve great mental distress because Of per-
sonal designations.
II there were not another external disease
known, eczema alone would be 3 sufficient
infiction on mankind. 1t pervades all
classes, and descends impartially through
generations. While come are constantly
enveloped in Il, others have 1t confined to
small patches in tho ears. on the scalp. on
the breast, on the palms Of the hands, on
the limbs, etc., but everywhere Its distinc-
i've feature is a small watery blister. which
nammati0n, and intense Itching. Ring
worm, letter, scaled head, dandruH, belong
TO this scaly and itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis our modern lep.osy: WITH is
base, which blecds upon the removal Of the
scale, is TO be dreaded and avoided, as Of old.
Impetigo, BARRIERS itch, crysipelas, and q
he catalogue Of external diseases OF the
skin. Thus far We have made no allusiOn
TO those afiictiOns which are manifestly
impurities of the blood, viz: swelling Of the
glands of the throat. ulcers on the neck and
limbs, tumors, abscesses, and mcrcuiial poi
sons, wi h loss OF hair, bccatec the whole
list can be comprchcnded in the one wore
scrofula.
ing humOrs and affections Of the skin, scalp
mi blood, with loss OF hair, that the Cuticur,
remedies have achieved their greatest sue
cess. Original In composition, scientifically
compounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
in any climate, always ready, and ayrceabi
to the most delicate and sensitive, they PIC
sent to young and Old the most successful
CuraLVe5 OF mOucTn utncs. 1uIS Will ~
considered strong language hy. those &C
q~uainted with the character and Obstinacy o
blood and skin humors, but IL is Justified b
innumerable succes 'es where all the rcmedie
and methods In vogue have failed u cure
and, In many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura Treatment Ii at once agree
able, speedy. economical, and comprehci
sive. lathe the affected parts freely with h
water and Cuticura soap. to cleanse the SUI
face of crusts and scales, and soften III
thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing