The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-04-16
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 Rose2

Socrates called beauty q shcrtlived tyr,
amy, Plato u privilege OF nature, Thcocrltns
delightful prejudice. Theophrastas a
sllent cheat, Carueadcs u solitary Kingdom,
Homer q gloFieas glft OF nature, ovid a faspg
OF the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all tho lc.lera OF reecmmcn'
dation In the world, and yet mono OF these
distinguished authorities has icit Us even q
hint Of how beauty Is 10 hc perpctuated, or
the ravagss OF agc aud discase dehcd. rme
econ blends tho hly aad the fose Into the
pallor OF age. disease dots the fair face with
eataneous designations and erimsons tho
Roman nose with unslghtly nushes. moth, II
not rust. eorrupts tho glory OF eyes, teeth.
aud lips 70, beautiful by defaeing tho com.
plexion, and alls tho sensitive soul with
agony unspeakable.
II such be the unhappy condition OF one
afilcted with slight skin blemishes, what
must bc the ieelings Of those In whom tortur.
ing humors have for years run riot covering
the akin with scales and sofes and charging.
the blood with poisonous elements 10 become
apart Of the sys,em until deathi 10 10 vain
10 astcmps 10 portray such saacring. Death
In many cases might DO considered bless.
ing. The blood and fluids seem 10 be i'm.
pregnased with derry element Which. when
discharged through the pores upon the eur.
face Of the body. inaAmes and burma until. In
his efforts for relief, tho patient tears the
akin with his nails. and not until tho blood
COWS does SUFFICIENT relief come 10 cause him
70 desist.
Thus do complexional defects merge into
torturing disease, and piqued vanity give
place 10 real suffering. A ll,,le wart on the
nose or cheek grows TO the alldevoaring
lupus, patch Of tetter on the palm Of tho
hand or on the limbs suddenly envelops the
body in its aery embrace, bruisc on the
leg expands Into Enawing ulcer. which
reaches ou, lie fangs 10 the sufferers heart
In every paFoxysm OF pain. . smali kernel
In the neck mulilplies into dozen. which
eat away tho vitality. great pearl Ike scales
grow from little rash.ltke inaamma,ions In
such abundance 10 10 pass credulity, and 40
on may We depict the sntierings TO which
R1Nt bhfhaa AAtbAN - uAt{&ANs VI WAAtu
involve great mental Distress because OF per.
sonal designations.
II there were not another external disease
known, eczema alone would be sufficient
infection on mankind. u peryades all
classes. and descsnds impartially through
generations. While some are constantly
enveioped In II, o,hers hare it conaned 10
small patches In the ears, on the scalp, on
the breast. on the palms of the hands. on
the limbs. etc, but everywhere IT. dlstinc.
tive feature 10 q small watcry blstrr. which
discharges an acrid fluid, eauang heat iu,
damnation. AMI Intense itching Ring,
worm. letter. SCALED head, dandrtn, belong
TO this scaly and ltchlng order Of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern lepFOay, with IT,
mother.ot pearl scale, situated OH i,dlsncfl
base, which hlceds upon the tcinoya. VI th0
scalc. Ia 10 be dreaded and avoided, NJ 0f obi.
impelgo, hather's Itch, cryslpeas. aui
score OF minor Disorders make 40 In part
the catalogue Of external dlscaics IS the
skin. Thus FAR we have made no dilusdn
10 those Affections which arc uaniIoslly
impurities Of the blood, via. eNolug OF thc
glands OF the throat, nlcere on this neck aHd
limbs, tunlors, abscessca, and murcuid pol.
cons, wi b iosa OF hair, berat,c the whole
list can hc cOmrrehcnded In the OHc word
scrofula.
II tis In the ,rcltmcp, oi tnrtutApg dlshsar
Ing humors nud affections OG thT sAiu, statp,
and blood, with l0.a VI ha,r, that the California
remedies have achieved their ercab4t knc |
cess. Original In composition, scicaIheNlly
compounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable I
In any climate, always ready, and agreeable Z
10 the most delicate and sensitive, they pge
sent 10 young and old the mos, sucrcssful I
curatlycs OF modern times, fhIs VIII t4u /
considered strong language ~ those a. !
qualnlcd with TIE character aud c,-l aars 81 (
blood and skin humOrs. but II i5 lu,tidud b.
innumerabe sHccesgcs v here all the rene lies
and methods In vogue have failed ~ cHfr
and. IN many cascs, u relieve, econ.
The CuIirura Treatment il NJ once agree
ailr, speedy, economical, an,l r,aunrehrH
si,c I;athc the affected pat, freely with hot
water aih Eutlcurn soar. 10 rlcahtr the SER
face ot rrusts AMI scale, ,uHl soften tIu
thlckehed cutirle. dry, withop' h0ri fD"lHng. /