Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
NOSTRUMS OF THE PAST
OF PILLS, POWDERS
AND HAIR REsToRATIvEs.
Notices Culled From the London News.
papers Of 1S05-Liquor to Grow
Hair on Horses.

| lated this week shows that the advertise
| ment columns were not the least interesting
section of the Times, Globe and Observer Of
november. 1905. the famous issues which
| announced the victory of Trafalgar and the
death Of Nelson
FROM 'He announcements OF the traders
VINO shared that number Of the Observer
with Nelson. Hardy and other heroes much
| Is to be learned OF the habits. tastes and
| aiiments-particuiarly the ailrnents-or tha
Observers subscribers Just a hundred years
! ago. Furthermore. there is an elegance OF
| sGle IN the advertisements a Jobnsonian
rounding OF periods. and ffuency of poetic
| fancy tnat Will well repay perusal by stu
gents OF literature or those with literary
separations Modern schools for teaching
| the art of advertisement writing might 40
| worse than include In their text books soma
| examples OF eloQuence INDUCED in by among
| others. the inventors OF drops for .he
cure OF coughs and kindred maladies Not
| 70 nave cough in those days argued
oneself OF no Importance, Judging by the
| S sp ts cure occupies in the Observer In
| oeeu' any coughless person reading OF the
| virtues or Madden's Vegetable Essence
could only feel regret that he was not quail
| ned to partake of that specific
| 1t is SO easy" runs the advertisement
! that Sixty Drops are q Dose for a Person
| iuii grown-so pleasant that 1t is preferable
| 70 White Wine-so innocent that 1t may be
| given to Child newly born-and so eff1ca
| cious that Disease flies, as II were before
| IT. In all Cases. whether recent and slight
| or long standing and inveterate. its eYects
ble.' anu aiinoS' ihcreoi-
Coughs and Colds.
Great rivalry and not a little iIl-feelins ex-
listed among the ranks of drop and BAL
| sam vendors. One advertiser is excusably
| indignant because a competitor had affixed
| MS esteemed name" to a decoctIon pro-
nounced dangerous to the welI-being of shs
| public VI a"'
There are about dozen only certain
| iSiheoles Tor coughs, colds, asthma and the
like. Several of the advertisers pressed NV
competition. include ''consumptions'' in the
ist OF diseases that can be cured by their
| nostrums The other advertisers hint a.
clearly as the law of libel will permit that
probity is not the most distinguishing trait
IN the character of these gentlemen
SUI they are all put to shame by Mr.
Howley; He advertises pill which. among
| lesser Ills, appears to cure temporary in
self: i'' ii'ii'-
HowLEY's INVALUABLE FEVER Pills
J.. BEING the best and safest Medicine ever esfered
FE 1ne auO Psi for the certain and speedy RE
| HEADACHES, when affecting the senses -
I'VE .b snly; at once taking, cured Mr. John Sartin
q Violent Fever, of which his Wife had died and
F re never "a sed any thing for 20 Mr.
ssS was ss. cured ed by them within two days Of
hath given Certificate. ~
Richness of face" appears to have been
prevalent at the time Nelson was winning
| trafalgar 1t may be that free living"
for which "Dixons celebrated ambitious
pills We're a certain remedy had some
| thing to do with such ruddiness OF com
plexion. Significant, too, is the fact that
the advertisers of remedies for this tell
| tale aniction appeal directly TO the no.
b1hty and gentry" But red indeed must
have been the face and despairinE the heart
OF any man who could read without hope
| MRS Mathews announcement of her eel.
| ebrated abstergent lot on which gently
| opens the pores, eradicates the miasma
| and restores the skin to a degree of fair
ness and purity beyond the powers of de-
| scription.''
Paste Teeth.
What one advertiser calls 1.-THE propri-
| ETY. of personal appearance" received con-
siderable attention a hundred years ago to-
| day. Mr.. Newton, the author of this ap-
| posite phrase, relates how his restorative
tooth powder has received an extensive
| consumption for a series of years by the
first nobility. gentry and a generous pub
| Hc." strange taste!
| OF more Inventive turn of mind II q
| rival, Mr.. Prince, of 1913 Oxford street Ho
| advertises Princes Paste Pearls" where
| by any one suffering an unexpected loss OF
| a tooth could make up the deficiency on
the spot:
| These Paste Pearls are particularly REQ
| commended to persons residing at a distance
from a dentist. who have the misfortune
| OF losing front teeth, they may on an
occasion. be enabled from these Paste
Pearls, to make one themselves. Price.
half guinea per box containing ten
pearls; or one containing fifty. two
| guneas.'
Mr.. Prince no doubt gained many patrons
| for his pearls among the professors and
supporters of the prize ring. an Institution
which fortunately 1ourishes less IN these
days.
Another aid to the maintenance of pro
| priety in personal appe irance" are In
dian washing cakes" They possess says
| the advertiser, the peculiar property Of
| giving the most exquisite de icacy of texture,
| and inconcevable fairness to the hands,
| which are constantly washed by this soap,
and these effects not produced too sud
| denly, If by paint but gradually, by
correcting all the imperfections of the
| skin"
Russia or of 1865 would perhaps have
found a reader sale nowadays than CEN
fury ago. For it was guaranteed to repair
| the ravages wrought by time in the hir-
! suite covering of either human beings or
horses. The qualities OF this hair-producer
are set forth follows:
| Ladies and gentlemen who wish the or
| nament of a fine head of hair. need only
make trial of the Russia oil, which Is
proved to be the only article yet discovered
| for making the hair grow thick and long,
even bald places. Several gentlemen,
| who were bald for years, have declared
| that after using the Russia oil regularly
| for three months, became nearly covered
| with hair. Also many ladies who have ex-
| perenced from the use of the Russia oil.
| who have been deficient of hair from birth,
| can now Through its virtues) appear with
! the ornament of a fine head OF hair. Tho
| Russia oil will be found infinitely seryicea-
BILE in restoring the loss of hair on horses,
| which often proves great disfigurement
| to those valuable animals, and never fails
| of becoming the animals natural color
| Beware of imposition. none are genu!ne
| but those with the Russian Eagle. ana
signed on the outside with red INK by me
proprietors, 'Mochrlkufsky and Prince to
| counterfit which is felony
| The several gentlemen who became
| nearly covered with hair must nave Gus
| notable figures at their clubs