The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-22
i. The Palm Of Beauty
BY Marie C0reIIi



times. OF else Illuminate on dinner in
stead of eating it.
Nevertheless despite the 'I Spys,
and the perennial Charms of Mrs
JunO-Athene, beauty is as rare ana
choice a thing as ever it was IN days
of old when men went mad Tor II,
and Greeks and Trojans fought foi
Helen, who, so historians say, was past
forty when her bewitching fairness set
the soul of Troy on fire. A really
beautiful woman is scarcely ever seen.
not even in Great Britain, where aver"
age good looks are pleasantly para"
mount. Prettiness,=the pretuness
which is made up of good SKIN,
bright eyes, soft and abundant ha1r,
and a supple figure,-is quite ordinary.
It can be seen every day among bar
maids, shop girls, and milIlnerS man
nequins. But Beauty-the divine ana
subtle charm which enraptureS all be-
holders,=the perfect form, united to
the perfect face in which pure and
noble thought is expressed in every
feature, in every glance of eye, IN
every smile that makes sweet mouth
sWeeter,-this is what We may search
for through all the Isles of Britain, ay.
and through Europe and America anc
the whole world besides. and seldom o.
never find it. Nine-tenths of the WO-
men who are styled beautiful by the
society paragrap hist, possess mercy
the average good looks;-the rest are
generally more particularly dlstln-
guished by some single and special
trait which may perchance be natural.
and may equally be artificial, such as
uncommon cOlOred hair, (Whlch may
be dyed) brilliant complexion (Which
may be put on), or a marvelously
"svelte" figure (Which may be the hap
by result of carefully designated cor
SETS well pulled in). Most of the Gu
Iogized beauties of the Upper Ten
today, have. or are able to get, suff1-
cient money or credit supplied to them
for dressing Well,-and not only We'll
but deliberately and extravagantly, ana
dress is often the beauty instead of
the woman. To judge whether the wo-
man herself is really beautiful without
the modiste's assistance, 1t would be
necessary to see her deprived Of all
her fashionable clothes. Her bought
hair should be taken off and only the
natural remainder left. She should be
content to stand sans paint, sans pow
der sans back coil, sans cOrsets, in
a plain white gown, falling from her
neck and shoulders to her feet, and
thus cheaply yet decently clad, submit
herself to the gaze OF her male fat
terers in full daylight. How many Of
the beautiful Mrs Juno-Athenes CT
the "loVely1 LADY Spendthrifts could
stand such a test uaflinchingly2 Z ct
the SIMPLEST draperfes clothe the
Greek marbles when they are clothed
at all. and jewels and fripperfes on the
goddess Diana would make her grace
J
mon Beauty real beauty, needs no
creator of costume" to define it, but
is. as the poet says, when unadorned.
adorned the most
Now it is absolutely impossible to
meet with any .'unadorned" sort of
beauty in those circles of rank and
fashion where the society paragra phist
basks at his or her pleasure. On the
contrary, there is so much over-adorn-
ment in vogue that it is sometimes diff
6cult to lind the actual true color and
/ personality of certain ladies' whose
/ charms are daily eul0gised by an Oblig-
ling press. Layers of pearl enamel
picked out with rouge entirely conceal
/ their human identitv. 1t is doubtful
/ whether there was ever more face
painting and taking up" Of beauty
/ than there is now.-never did beauty
/ specialists and beauty doctors drive
such a roaring trade. The profits OF
+ beauty-faking are enormous. Some
/ idea of it may be gained by the tact
i that there is Il certain shrewd and
highly intelligent doctor in Paris
who. seeing which way the wind OF
fashion blows. brews a harmless little
mixture of rose-water, eau-de-cologne
: tinctuFe Of benzoin and cochineal