Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-28

pronounced II a serious u.s., Of Sali.a-.
ZION caused by Ensrcuriai poisoning.
Tnr hasc OF the iice bleach was cu,o-
mol az ONE other form Of mercury
ANA, With her lace steamed. every pore.
WAS open to absorb the poison inlu thu
biond
Ever; The innocent io"kia. face now
ders ottoi' contain Injurious inSredi-
enis IN" "learl white or pearl pow
der" which is The base of many OF them
is rotiing bu, suh-chioride OF bismuti,.
i nlrsi dangerous poison.
Nearly very druggist las 4 Drag
sist's Recipe BOOK" Nhlci. contains
III" formula or most Of the proprietary
medicines ard toilet preparations. and
con.dlrs formulas by which the ,,hnr-
macist may make his own preparatory.
OF that kind. In one OF these books,
looked upon bv the profession as the
best and mos, reliable. the following
comment IL made upon th. use of bis
niuth powders.
Makes Skin Leather-Like
The continued use Of bisinuth whites
VIII injurc the skin and ultimately will
produce paralysis of It's minute vessels,
rendering it yellow and leather-liSe.'
Among The formulas ia this book il
one of a face powder manufactured III
the east. which is advertised to be free
from lead or any other poisonous min
erai. 1t Is made OF: French chalk. cor,.
w pINitAN 'Atat anu tdft'tllftt
s%ulphate.
Another widely used face pow Der.
guaranteed as soft. smooth and haru,-
less as sN~ansinnu. is composed as foi.
lows:
Zinc oxide. rs parts.
Oryis root. is parts.
French chalk. "A parts.
The zinc oxide is il deadly poison.
y face powder watch IS guaranteed 10
be- II delicate preparation. free from,
anything %injuricus. ana warranted t"
impact the bloom oi NiMon to the face.
is composed of bisniuth. subcarbonate.
zinc "Nidc, corn starch. French chalk
and preciritat:d chalk.
a face powde, manufactured ia u
large western city known tn nearly
every woman in the southwest. has
printed upon it's label the following am
noulcenleut 1t impartS a. brilliant
transparency to the skin. remoyes all
piinples. freckl"s and ii~scoiorations.
the skin deiicately soft, is per
fcct!y haglnless and contains no arsenic
or other ,~es!l. material"
Its fo,,nu'a is:
French chalk. -. parts.
Calcium carbonate. 81 parts.
Bismuth oXN-chioride. II parts.
Nearly all OF the face paints and face
lotions and washes contains bisntuth o.
some form of lead or zinc, all of them
dangerous Ingredients. one of the best
Known ilulid face paints is composed
OF 10 parts OF bi..nluth white and 12O
parts OF water. nothing else. 1t sells
for 81 II bottle. aiil costs abou, 6 cents.
bottle and all.
One liquid FACE paint is So poisonous
that 1T is Iiilicult to understand hoN
any woman can use ii for any great
length of time and not become down
right sick from it. II contains oxide
of zinc. subnitrate of bismutfi and
pilllnbate of altImtna.
\ cosmetic advertised TO soften aud
whitei the skin is nude by sleeping
white arsenic III water. Attached tn
this formula is the warning: Its u.s..
is attended with considerable danger
Beauty Hypocrisy of Women.
4. woman operator in = beauty shop
said the other day. Beauty is not ever
skin deep these days"
But this hypocrisy of women is az
old as history. The Wife of Nero. king
OF Rome. used upon her face Il paste
that became so hard after a day or two
that il could only be removed by n
warm bath of asses milk. Her beauty
dazZled the eyes OF the men ignorant
of her deception. But the modern man,
knowing more of wonlan's ways, eau
not be blamed II he regards with, cold
cypicism the alabaster complexion that
he knows iS made up Of bisinuth white.