The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-02-27
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 Rose?

Socrates called Oeauty a shOrt-lived
tyranny, Plato q privilege Of nature,
TheocritUs 3 delightful prejudice,
TheOphrastus q silent cheat, CarnesdeS
q solitary kingdom. Homer g 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
or these distiugui shed authorities las
left us even q hint or how beauty is 70
be perpetUated, or the ravagrs OF age
and disease defcd. Time son blends
the lily aud the rose into the pallOr OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneOus designations and crimsOns
the Roman nose with unSighlly Pushes,
moth, II not rust, CorruptS the glory
Of eyes. teeth. ard lips yet beautiful by
defaCing the complexion, and Ills the
sensitive soul with agony Unspeakable-
If such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin b.emiShess
what must be the feelings OF those in
whom torturing humoTs have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous clements TO
become q part Of the system until
death2 IL Is vain 70 attempt 20 pOr-
cases might be considered a blessing.
The blood and fluids seem 20 be i'm
prrguated 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 10 cause him
20 desisI.
Thus do complexional defects merge
into torturing disease, and piqued van
ity give place 70 real suffering A
little Wart on the nose OF cheek grows
20 the all-devourIng lupus, = patch OF
letter on the palm Of the hand OF on
the limbs suddenly euvelnps the body
in fits fiery embrace, a brui~e on The leg
expands into gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fan.S - the sufferers
heart in every paroxysm OF pain, q
small kernel in the neck multiples into
q dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rssh-like in1am nations IN such album
dance as 20 pass credulIty; and 50 on
may we depict the suferinzs % which
poor human nature is subject, all Of
which involve great mental distress
because Of personal designations
If there were not another external
disease known. eczema alone would be
a sufficient indictiOn on mankind. Il
pervades all classes, and descends i'm
partially through generations While
some are constantly enveloped I'm Il.
others have IL confined 20 small
patches in the cars, on the scalp on
the breast. con the palms Of the hands,
on the limbs. etc, but everywhere its
distinctive feature IS q small wateTy
blister, which discharges an acrid
fluid. causing heat. Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
SCALED head, dandruff. belong 20 this
Ecaly 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, f. TO be
dreaded and avoided, a. OF old. In
petigO, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and
score Of minor disorders make up In
part the catalogue Of external diseases
Of the skin. Thus Tar we have made
no allusiOn 70 those Affections which
are manifestly impu rites Of the blood,
viz: swelling Of the glands Of the
throat. ulcers on he neck and limbs.
tumors, assesses, and mercurial
pOisOns, with loss Of hair. because
the whole list can be Compensated in
the one word scro fula-
IL Is in the treatment OF torturing,
disfguring humOrs and affections Of
the skin, scalp. and bloed. with loss Of
hair. that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success Orig
inal in composition. scientifically com
pounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
f. any climate, AWAY s ready, and aE--ee-
able 20 the most delicate and sensitive.
they present 20 ypun z and old the mot
successful curative OF modern times
This viii be conside ed strong language
By those acquainted with the character
and ObstinacT OF blood and skin huE0rs
bat e IS justified Or innumeraole sue
eesses where all the remedies and meth
DDS in vogue have failed 70 c1re, and,
in many cases. 10 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, 70 cleanse the sur ace Of
crusts and scales, and soft en- the
thickeued cutiele- Dry. without hard
and apply Cuticura OH tment