The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-13
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BEAUTY AND: (
Ancient and Modern Ideas ii ti,,ss atGtb6ja.
Time and Disease the EffacInG An1nts
Of Beauty. What Has Science Done
to Restore the Lily and tbs. Rose?

Socrates called beauty short-lived
tyranny, Plato . privilege of nature,
Theocritus . delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus silent cheat, Carneades
. solitary kingdom, Homer . glorious
gift Of nature, Ovid 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 N even . hint of how beauty 10 TO
be perpetuated, or the ravagcs Of age
and disease dened. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor of
ago, disease dots the fair face with
cntaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly 'hushes,
moth, II not rust, corrupts the glory
Of eyes, teeth, aud lips yet beautiful BY
defacing the complexion, and Hills the
sensitive 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
become part of the system until
death3 1t IL vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death in many
cases might be considered . blessing.
The blood and fluids seem 10 be i'm
pregnated with a fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF the body, inflames
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 complcxional defects merge
into torturlng disease, and piqued van
ity give place to real suffering. A
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
TO the all-devourlng lupus, patch of
tetter on the palm Of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
In its fiery embrace. abruise on the leg
expands into q gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fansk 10 the sufferers
heart In every paroxysm of pain, q
small kernel In the neck multiplies into
dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like inhamma In such abun-
dance as to pass credulity; and so on
may we depict the sutlerings 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 ), eczema alone would be
. sufficient infiiction on mankind. 1t
pervades all classes, and descends i'm
partially through generations. While
come are constantly enveloped in it.
Others have 1t confined to small
patches In the ears, on the scalp, on
tA vat hA ,1vr,a <xr L.
on the limbs, ETC., but everywhere its
distinctive feature Is small watery
blister, which discharges an acrid
fiuid, causing heat. Inflammation, and
intense itching. Rng-worm, tettcr,
scaly and Itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
Its mother -of-pearl scale, situated on
q Redeemed base, which bleeds upon
the removal Of the scale, Is to be
petiyo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and a
part the catalogue of external diseases
Of the skin. Thus far we have made
no allusion to those affiictions which
are manifestly impu rifles of the blood,
viz: swelling of the glands of the
suAO0es Ai~SAb VA VIC uVSA auo hubons
tumors, abscesses and mercurIal
poisons, with loss Of hair. because.
the whole list can be comprehended in
the one word scro fula.
1t is in the ire atment of torturing,
disfgurfng 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, unchangeable
in any climate, Away ready, and agree
able to the most delicate 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 obstinacy OF blood and skin humors
but 1t Is Justified by iunumerable sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
ods In vogue have failed to cure, and,
In many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment is at once
agreeable, speedy, economical. and
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, to cleanse the sur acc of
crusts and scales, and soft en- the
thOkened cuticie. Dry. withou hard
and apply Cuticura DIN tment