The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26


cxtreme cold. and replaced them during
the heat OF summer by silk ones.
An old italian recipe for celebrating the
injurious effects of salt air and sunshine
= 10 battle the face with the white OF an egg
we'll bclten. Let it dry on the SKIN ~ mlu
rinse II off after fifteen minutes. nus
treatment must be repeated three or ioul
times and always as night before retiring.
The eating OF the drug arsenic has lohe
been INDUCED in for the whitening OF Tue
skin The constant ufe OF thus impaIls
peculiar wnVy Wilderness admired py soihe'
hut It surely must interfere with the luhc-
tons OF the stomach after a time Amoug
! the peasants Of the Austrian APPS tue u9e
OF arsenic has been common since thurr
immemoriul. They begin at the age Oh
~ or 20 TO take small portions -FOUR or ~
! times week and continue the habit az tilel
grow older. increasing the quantity pnt
not he frequency Of the dose.
The tale is recorded of a certain "onuu
who had been whitening her SKIN WIN
| "trlsnitute OF bsmuth ma EisteIy o.
! bismuth our ErandmotherSS called II
and who CHANGED 10 battle, while mus
whitehead, in the Harrognte sulphurous
springs. If il be a fact that the woman
IN question went into a HarroGate bath OF
sulphurous water while skin painted Win
hi-muth mnglstery. then II must have peeh
true what is recorded IN the tale-th9t sne'
in one instant turned a. black as any Elmo
pinn wherever the pigment was lald on
In the days OF our own grandmother
the pannCea for all complexion Ills "hs
The application Of detection made from
soaking Wild tansy in outtermilk' an OK
tremely innocent and effective cosmetic
Among the other things resorted 10 LOT
the emphasis OF personal beauty was me
use Of black court plaster by the FRENCH,
II was cut in various shapes end worn upon
the face the shape and position Of each
piece having some particular meaning;
This il n coquetry founded on the NV OF
contrasting color'. the white object peihe
set of in bold relief by contrast with the
bICk. The Chinese women affected Dlach
teeth, the Persians red and the Japanese
gilt The Spanish and Italian women
tinged the edges of their ears a pale PINK
In some countries special ATTENTION "HS
given the tngemnlls. Excessively Ione
nails are still considered mark oil Oeauty
by the Chinese and the Perslans being
fond of rosy nails tint theirs to the desired
shade
Among many ancient Egyptians female
feet were given share OF attention ana
care Women walked little wives oil
Mussumans lived retired lives within thelr
homes
The custom Of powdering the hair dates
back a. far as the sixteenth century ana
was first introduced by the nuns in French
converts Those who had occasion to leave
the coisters for any reason we're wont To
powder their hair 30 as to make IT appear
gray and give them venerable look } e
fashionable danes were 80 struck WIN tne
novel effect of white powder on dark hiilr
that they soon appropriated the device
a. one Of the arts of the worldly toilet.
Out of this grew the use Of tlnts IN the mar
The Roman women often used blue pow
der. and later in 1850, Empress Eugene
set the fashion OF using gold powder
Rome under tho empire and Greece dur-
ing the time of Pericies were seized with
MANN for golden hair Tho bellies ana
fops of the dav devised several methods
whereby hIacl, locks might he changed TO
golden yellow, but bleaching did not always
succeed Consequently quite a trade was
established with the fair haired tribes be-
yond the Alps who sold their locks TO lAtin
merchants, 10 be worn on the heads oil
Roman handles,
Many a dame dampened her raven treSses
in the strongest Of muratic acid and sat
in the sun to bleach her hair 10 the coveted
yellow Others used I've and afterward
anuinted their heads with oil made from
goat fat ashes Of the beech tree and GER
tain yellow flower
The itnerant barber, who passed down
and out when people ceased to usc powder
in their hair was quite a parsonage IN MS
day lie went from house TO house. armed
with soap bowl to FL the chin, powder
boxes pomatnm and puTs, was always
a ucwsmonger and gratuitous scandal
bearer.
When Wigs were in vogue the Roman
dame. had Ia their warirobes ~ many
wigs a. costumes and when the choice OF
wig wls made il was necessary TO arrange
the eyebrows llshe5 and complexion in
harmony II was then hat the slaves were
especially charged with the makeup of the
face a delicate operation. cal!ed by ii
Zero. -Medcamenta candoriS ct ruboris.
Imagine a husband possessing vile Of
various hues and shades, Small would be
his excuse for going Gstray in that event.
His fancy might have full play and when
lie was seized with an onconquerJ hle de-