Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-28
WOMEN POISON THEMSEL YES
BY USING "BEAU?FERS" THAT
ARE JUST SO MUCH POISON

Women ana girls. M their search Tor
more beauty than mtlurc gave thcin.
spend inan thousands of collars a
year tnr worthless and Fraudulent mix
lures. and oft,inrs eXl"sn themselves
Ia tn" dangers nj blood and skin poi
soning
An eminent physician declares that
many of the ills from which women
suffer are caused by the use of poison
Gus cosmetics. lotions. washes and 9th
or Kind of 'beautiliers." The poison
I'm these things is absorbed through the
pores OF the skin into tho blood
One "f the most widely advertised
blooms" guaranteed by the manu-
facturer To be perfectly harmless" and
warranted Ia give to any face the blush
OF youth. WAS analyzed and found to be
soft water holding in suspense - per
cent. of zinc oxide"
Twenty hair dyes, lotions. washes
and other dccnctions guaranteed to
make a woman beautiful were recently
examined and found to be just water
and some sort at poison. such as bis
mrth, zinc. lead ar mercury. A mar
Nelous beautiier" known by name to
almost every n was found to con
sist of n pinch of caloIncl diluted il
water. 1t cost TIL" manufacturer. bot
tie. label and all. about 4 cents. II sold
for s1.o0.
An idea of the tremendous patronage
given these ilostcuns may be had by Il
visit to II of the toilet goods Sec
lions of a department store. on TO tn"
beauty pari0rs" of a beauty doctor"
The manager of one of these toilet ar
ticlcs departments in u large store said
she believed that every woma and
girl. without exception. used so,nc sort
of II "beautiticr." and that the average
woman you'd give every cent she could
lay her hands upon to amy person who
would convince her that she could be
made more beautiful.
In st. Louis RECENTLY Il woman sued
II beauty doctor" for damages because
he gave her "A scar where he had prom
iSed II dimplc. He had advertised to
I remove rinklcs or amy other kline of
Facial defects. and t." put a.cunuins lit
tie dimple in cheeks or chin. The
woman Went To him and he cut into
her face. promising that when it healed
she would havc a dimple there. In
stead 1t left AN ugly scar and she very
properly sued him for damages.
In New York city not long ago II
young woman who had a habit OF
wrinkling her forhcad down in the
form OF - frown went 10 a beauty doc
cor for relief. He promised In remove
the wrinkles and the frown.
The fellow cut n slit in h.r scalp
NV 'pI VI lltl iI'du from ear 10
ar and cut off ): slice of her scalp in
the shape of u half moon and then
ireW the two edges together and
>cwed them. This pulled the skin of
her forehead up tau Il elevated her
eyebrows. BuI. while it did not re-
move the frown. IL put in its place Il
acuous stare tina, Was twice as bad.
She had son. through the world before
browning at everything. After The sur
gical operation of the beauty doctor"
she stared at everything in wide-eyed
and empty establishment. like Il silly
child.
! Face Bleach Saliva:ed Her.
In St. I.oui last summer IL young
widow heard of 4 wonderful face
bleach that would give a complexion
that men would rave over. She bought
a box of it and. after steaming her face
thoroughly. she rubbed il in and mas
saged it and went to bed with the
white stuff plastered tiricklN upon her
face. Tho next morning her face was
terribly swollen and sore. but she
thought nothing of that because the d.
rections upon the box said that the
preparation would puff the face up for
a day or two and would then settle
down into a finely blcached complexion.
But the widows face grew worse. n
her joints became sore and her gums
swelled and her teeth loosened. The
family physician Was called in and he