El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-05

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| they were obliged = make every dolldI
! buy as nearly two dollars worth o.
goods as possible Give me a Jar OF
/ A. b. c. massage cream some Hqulu
! rouge an eyebrow pencil and bottle
| of Y. y 4. hair reStorer, said the Ilrsl
one and from a shabby looking purse
! she counted out 81 to pay Tor heI
4 beauty aids. The next woman invested
! in lip rouge a box of black patches
| liquid powder and some pink com
/ pIexion enamel a cost of $1-I5- Ihe
| third invested in a grand combination
/ toilet supply specially advertised LOT
! that day at $3.50. 1t included a col
! lection of cosmetics such as lip rouge,
/ LIQUID face rouge, massage cream and
: eyebrow pencil and two boxes OF pow
der Within Is minutes a dozen WON
en- had squandered over so at that
counter for cosmetics which genera
ton ago it would not have occurred to
any woman in good standing to IN
clude in her list of essentials
According to the estimation of
well known merchant, the money eX-
pended upon cosmetics during the PAST
year has amounted to almost one thlIu
of that spent in cities for dry goods
Il is Of course, impossible to secure
any definite figures upon the matter
since these articles are handled in SO
many different classes of stores Inc
department stores have only a fraction
of the trade. Cosmetics are a staple
article on the list Of all drug stores,
Vile the most exclusive customers, OF
course. procure theirs from the beauty
SPECIALISTS who are now to be found
in such great numbers in every large
city.
Use Of Cosmetics Is General.
IN re never has been such a genera
use of cosmetics as at present in the
history of the world. Formerly the
use of paint and powder was con-
fined to the fashionable circles and TO
the stage. Now it is found among
people in every walk of life. It is no
longer used in secret. The powder
puff q used openly upon the street.
in the theateTs or wherever the WOm-
an happens to De 4 she thinks her ap-
pearance requires a little freshenlhS
up. She is never without her vanity
box with its diminishing mirror, ana
powder puff, rouge brush and lip
rouge are applied with marvellous deX-
terity. So general has the custom
become that in the larger summer re-
sorts where great crowds are as
sembled a woman who is brave enough
to appear in public Imprinted and un-
powdered attracts attention
Perhaps there is no place where cos
metics were quite so literally DIS
played this summer as upon theta
nous boardwalk at Atlantic City
There painting and powdering We're
done in public to a most amazing de-
gree Many of the fair bathers car
ried waterproof vanity boxes and after
dispOrting themselves in the ocean
these modern mermaidS proceed TO
make their toilets while resting up
on 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 manu-
featured compilations.
QuakerS Have the Habit
In conservative old Philadelphia the
he Tr-nr n
the younger set is appalling to their
vanity hating Quaker elders 1t IS
said that at least one fashionable we'd
ding was broken off last winter on
account of a rouge bottle Every fasn-
iona Bile dressmaker knows that al
present a little touching up OF the
complexion is essential to secure the
best effects in some of the new SHADES
of dress materials. SO the fitting room
is supplied with a well equipped
toilet table providing compilations Tor
either a bruette or a blonde beauty
The arrangements had beer made Tor
a wedding of a Philadelphia belle with
q fashionable club man 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 well as the maid or
honor and the bridesmaids. 1t nap
pened that the fortunes of the bride
family were dependent upon her
grandmother. an autOcratic woman OF
ricidIy conservative ideas A few days
before the wedding she went down 10
the modiste's to consult with her as
to the best mode of combining her
priceless cid lace and Lyons velvet in
a gown suitable for the dowager to
wear at the coming wedding
1t transpired that the maid of honor,
who had been the 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. resort to some aru-
fetal means of preserving them from
the pallor often caused by the nervous
strain of the long ceremony. so the
maid of honor was proceeding to make
up he- complexion before tryinE on
her gown. As she applied the rOuS-
Xith She skill! acquired only by 1fc-
Q:teni use, s lie heard an exclamau n of
disgust and turning to the door which
had been careleSsly left ajar by the
attendant 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.
There was a grand scene. The maid
of hOnOr's dress was not tried on Inc
grandmother went home and declared
chat her granddaughter could not be
attended at her wedding by "a hussy
that put on paint and powder like a
play actress The bride declared that
she would not he married at all unless
her friend could attend her After
much excitement, the intended maid OF
honor. who possessed some sterling
qualities received a sudden telegram
calling her south The wedding went
on without her and the grandmother
never once suspected that the beauti-
ful blush which covered the face of
the bride throughout the cere-
mony came out of the same kind of
bottle as was used by the deposed maid
of honor.
Men Not Exempt.
While il has been generally sup
posed that women alone are guilty of
the use of cosmetics such a belief is
now entirely erroneous. Even the
most masculine man is not apt to Op-
pose a facial massage by his barber in
which the same kind of cream may be
used which his wife or sister finds
most efficacious in removing incipient
wrinkles. Several years ago men dis
covered also the cooling effects of
talcum powder aside from its value
in removing the greasy shiny appear
ance caused by excessive perspiration-
1t is a mistake to suppose that FEM
mime vanity is any stronger than that
of men a any rate. The elevator man
of any large hotel or public building
will tell you this The fact that the
order has been given for the removal
of all mirrors from the elevator of
many/public buildings in number Of