Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01
Green Mountains Are Furnishing
Tale for the Boudoir and the
Butter Machine.
New Industry That Proves n Success
Forty Tons Week shipped from
One Town; Women Al over the
Country Use " to Repair
Times Ravascs.

crushed vermont mountains that she is
applying. In fact, it is possible that the
very hill she has SO admired during the
summer or upon which she has played
golf or strollcd with her lover. may later
in lite help blot out tclltale wrinkles. says
Montpelier correspondent OF the Boston
Herald who continues:
1t has recently been discovered that
there arc great stores OF tale mixed up
with the granite that goes to make up
the greater part of these rugged noun
tains. And tale is the chief ingredient
of all face powders. There is town in
Vermont called Moretown. which ships
this ont Mt the rate Of some 40 tons n
week. Not all Of it goes into face pow
der, for it is also used as an adultorant
for butter and -four, in the manufacture
Of wall papers and paint and for many
other things.
II has been figured that more than
Sloo,ooo,@0 a year is spent in America
alone for cosmetics. and it would seem
that tho greater part of this goes for
identifying of womcn's faces The use
of cosmetics ~ not new custom. by
any means. As far back as history goes
mention of such things * made. Profess
sor RacNer OF Munich University. in his
researches among Egyptian mummios.
discovered that cosmetics were used by
the ladies Of fashion in tho Land Of the
I'haraohs in tho time of tho Princess
Aft who was cntombcd some 3. 100 years
ago. And the art of using such things
has not advanced since that period. Those
women of ancient Egypt knew about all
that is known to-day OF tho art of BAN
ishing the external marks Of age and
the concealng of blemishes. 1t has been
found that they used about the same
preparations that arc now used.
For a number of years it was thought
that one lotion of extraordinary powers
had boon lost THIS was tn" bath Of
Isis. II Gas used by the Egyptian prin-
ccSscs who were said to hove had the
most beautiful compilations eyer known
TO women. Thcr" is nothing to. dav TO
,,,,nn FROM, t,,o ,or,hs ,f,or IN. l,nse
OF thousands OF years
Inns palh WIS prepared pF 'he priests
OF Memphis ana TN" secret ~ IT'S prep
Aratl"h was wei kept w men 'h"ops
bocam" bankrupt as a result "f MS Whit'
tor building pNraidS no sod ms daosh-
ter. This 50 angerod IN" 'r'eSts that
they refused To allowed her the sacred
BATH. ana even d'nl'd II 10 h'r d'S'ch-
dants The secret would dopotieEs nave
soon been lost had II not oech Tor Il
young priest who bad fallen IN love
with her, ana WI" revealed III" process.
The bath consisted Of "otn'ng more thdn
Il preparation of lotus water ana a srcas"
prepared from tn" rabbit. Its exact
equivalent Is found to-day IN ruS"wat"r
ana SlNc"flh'. me EeNptiah Processes
sometimes used this hath a. many AS
four times day. and. after til" BATH.
they applied = light powder correspond
ing tn our modern ground tai"
,t>.,>,. .Or r>Ic.Iv yI,pNn\,r
Although the existence o. ta!' ~ IN"
Vermont mountains mas ho"h Known ioi
To- long tilh', II Is only recently tha' us
market Valu" has b"'H realized. once
a company was formed ana actual MIN
ius was begun, II was found that orders
could b" filled The present company, the
International Mining company. is con-
stantly Increasing It's plant, hut tn" de-
mand seems to increase in proportion.
Tn" first company WAS furn;ed three
years ago with former GOV, /, A, Wood
bury at its head. 1t secured possession
oC the property where thu mine is locat-
ard took out enough rock to show what
the quality Of the product would be,
ard. instead OF developing the property,