Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-09


figures upon the matter, since these ar
ticles are handled in SO many diHefent
classes of stores. The department stores
have only a fraction of the trade LOS.
metics are a staple article on the nsl VI
ALI drug stores, while the most exclusive
customers, Of course, procure theirs from
the beauty specialists. who are now to
he found in such great numbers in every
large city.
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There never has been such a general
use of cosmetics as at present IN the ms
tory of the
Paint and Powder world. Former
Used by All Walks. paint and DOW
der was confined to the fashionable Cir
cles and to the stage. Now it Is FOUND
among people in every walk of life.
1t is no longer used in secret. The pow
der puff is used openly upon the street,
in the theater or wherever the lady nap
pens to be il she thinks her appearance
requires a little freshening up. She Is
never without her vanity box, with its di-
minishing mirror, and powder puff. rouge
brush and lip rouge are applied with mar
velous dexterity. so general has the Gus
tom become that in the larger summer
resorts where great crowds are assem-
bled woman who is brave enough to APP
pear in public implanted and unpowdered
attracts attention.
Perhaps there is no place where cos
metics were quite so literally displayed
this summer as upon the famous Board
walk at Atlantic City. There painting
and poWdering were done in public TO d
most amazing degree. Many of the fair
q her Carried WafernrDof vanity boxes.
and after disporting themselves in the
ocean these modern mermaids proceeded
to make their toilets while resttA% upon
the sand. Instead of combing out their
long locks with combs of pearl, as did
their mythical ancestors, the modern
mermaidS apply cosmetics to hide the
ravageS of the salt water and sunshine
upon their carefully manufactured com
pleXionS.
In conservative old Philadelphia the
use of powder among the women of the
younger set is appalling to their vanity
hating Quaker elders. 1t is said that at
least one fashionable wedding was nearly
broken off last winter on account of IL
rouge bottle. Every fashionable dress
maker knows that at present a little
touching up of the complexion is essen
tial to secure the best effects in some
of the new shades of dress materials. So
the fitting room is supplied with we'll
equipped toilet table providing COM
pleXions for either a brunette or a blond
beauty. The arrangements had bee. made
for a wedding of Philadelphia belle
with fashionable clubman. and one of
the most exclusive modistes in the city
was furnishing the gowns, not only for
the bride, but for the other members of
her family as we'll as the maid of honor
and the bridesmaids. 1t happened that
the fortunes Of the brides family We're
dependent upon her grandmother, an au-
tocratic old lady Of rigidly conservative
ideas. A few days before the wedding
the old lady went Gown to the modiste's to
consult with her as to the best mode of
combining her priceless old lace and
Lyons velvet in a gown suitable for the
dOWager to wear az the coming wedding
It transptred that the maid OF honor
who had been this brides best friend
from childhood, was in one of the fit
ting rooms at the same hour to have
the final fitting Of her gown. 1t is Of
course. well understood now that all
the members Of the brides party, in
Guiding herself, IesOrt to some arti-
fetal means of preserving them from
the pallor often caused by the nervous
strain of the long ceremony, so the
maid OF honor vas proceeding to make
up her complexion before trying on her
gown. AS she applied the rouge with
the skill acquired only by frequent
gust, and turning to the door, which
had been carelessly left ajar by the at
tendant. who had gone in quest of her
gown. she encountered the angry gaze
of the brides grandmother, who was
the terror OF all who knew her.
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There was a grand scene The maid
Of honors dress wss not tried on. The |
old lady went +!
Blush OF the BRIDE homo and de- |
-. n.,I - p.I4, clared that her |
0sAnS ~"s Va -'"ssAe' granddaughter |
could not be attended at her wedding
by ''hussy that put on paint and pow
der like a play actress" The bride de- /
clared that she would not be married
at AL unless her friend coNd attend