Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
Time and Disease the EfaCing Agents
Of Beauty.
What Has Science Done to Restore the Lily
and the ROse7

Ns AoNp a pIiNlltBt VI nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice, Theoph-
rastus 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 recommendation in the world, yet none
OF these distinguished authorities has left
us even a hint Of how beauty is to be per
petuated or the ravages of age and disease
deied. Time soon blends the lily and rose
INTO the pallor of age, disease dots the
tair face with cutaneous designations and
crimsons the Roman nose with unsightly
bushes, moth, If not rust, corrupt the glory
Of eyes, teeth and lips yet beautifed by
detacing the complexion, and fills the SEN
sitive soul with agony unspeakable.
IL 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 a part of the system
until death? 1t is vain TO attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death in many cases
might be considered a blessing. The blood
and fluids seem to be impregnated with a
fiery element which, when discharged
through the pores upon the surface OF the
body, tn1ames 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 complexional defects merge into
torturing disease and piqued vanity give
place to real suffering. A little wart on
the nose or cheek grows to the all
devouring lupus, a patch OF letter on the
palm of the hand or on the limbs, suddenly
e~1velops 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 in every paroxysm OF pain,
a small kernel in the neck multiplies into
a dozen, which eat way the vitality, great
pearl-like scales grow from little rash like
infammations in such abundance as to
pass credulity; and so on may we depict
the sufferings to which poor human nature
is subject, all OF which involve great men
tai distress because OF personal d~isfgura-
lions.
Every school girl or boy knows hat II
a pore in the skin in his or her face be-
comes clogged a little blackhead appears
and surrounding 1t a little pimple. II a
dozen pores become clogged there are a
dozen blackheads and pimples. So 1t is
with acne. In salt rheum, or as 1t 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 a poisonous
element that creates the NEST intense itch
ing and violent Inflammation and rapidly
destroys the outer or scarf skin. This
dreadful form Of skin disease attacks all
Fr,,,nNNIv kn aann fatIIy
developed IN infants at birth. In such
cases II is often called milk crust, scald
head, etc, but there is no doubt OF it's
real nature and that 1t is an inherited
humor.
II there was not another external disease
known, eczema would be a sufficient in
Fiction on mankind. It pervades all
classes and descends impartia!ly through
generations. While some are constantly
enveloped in it, others have 1t 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 dis
~tinctiye feature is a small watery blister,
which discharges an acrld duid'
causing heat, Inflammation and In
tense itching. Ringworm, letter, SCALED
head, dandrun, belong to this scaly and
itching order Of diseases, Psorlas, our
modern Ieprosy, with its mother Of pearl
scale, situated on a Redeemed base, which
bleeds upon the removal OF the scale, Is to
be dreaded and avoided as Of old. Impetigo,
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 10
those Affections which are 'aanifestly i'm
%purltIes OF the blood, viz: Swelling OF the
glands Of the throat, ulcers on the neck
and limbs, tumOrs, Assesses and mer-
curial poisons, with loss OF hair, because
the whole list can be comprehended In the
one word scrofula.
II Is in the treatment OF torturing dis
figuring humors and affections OF the skin
scalp and blood, with loss OF hair that
the Cuiicura remedies have achieved their
greatest success. Original In compost
ton. scientifically compounded, absolutely
pure. interchangeable in any climate, always
ready and agreeable to the most delicate
and sensitive, they present to young and
old the most successful curatives of mod
ern times. This will be considered strong
language b. those acquainted with the
character and obs.inacy OF blood and skin
humors. but It is justified by innumerable
successes 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 agree
able. speedy, economical and comprehen-
siye. Battle the affected parts freely with
hd 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, irritation ana Inflammation
and soothe and heal, and lastly take Gu
ticura Resolvent TO cool and cleanse
the blood. This treatment affords Instant
relief. permits rest and sleep In the sever
est forms Of eczema and other itching'
burring and scaly humors and points 10
a speedy. permanent and economical cure
OF torturing. dishguTing humors, eczemas'
rashes and Inflammation, from infancy to
age when all ether remedies and the
best physicians fail. Thu remedies con-
stituting the Cuticura system will repay an
individual scrutiny Of their remarkable
properties.
Cuticura Soap contains In a modified form
the medicinal properties Of CuticuTa ONT
ment, the great skin cure and purest and
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