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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, March 24, 1889, Image 7

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HELENADAILY INDEPENDENT
TOBE BEAUTIFUL
TheQuestion of Cosmetics and Other^Aids to Nature Discussed by^Evelyn Malcolm.
Descriptionof a Vitil to a French Sa^^lon, Where Clear Complexions^Are Made to Order.
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Nh.w,Yi^KK, March IV-[Special cure^apuudVuev uf the lud^pt'iident J^The Hot^ten tot in-ill- liaiitfK a handle In her lip aud^paint her nose sky-blue; the Malay beauty^flle^ hi r teeth cloae to the minis and staini^them black; tht* .Sultau'a favorite palnU her^eyeltdH and colon her rtu^er uaila with^henna
Theenlightened woman d^*i none of^theae thing*, of course. Mie understands^the law of beauty better than the benight^^ed Hottentot, better llian the indolent^beauty of the hareui. .Nevertheless, ac-^eurduig to her light, she follows the same^instinct, and ^for ways that are dark aud^for tricks that are vain^ to enhance her^beauty or hide her blemishes civilized^woman Is tint one whit different from her^less fortunate slaters.
Thissweeping statement admits without^doubt of many exceptions. It would be a^very sad state of affairs if there were no^girls whose cheeks boasted of the freshness^acquired only from Innocent applications^of cold water. Nevertheless in all the^large cities of this country and Kurope cos^^metics form an Important part of the ave^^rage woman's toilet.
Kverydrug clerk will tell you of the^large trade in pastes, powders and hair^washes. A certain manufacturer of Paris^does an enormous business In bis face pow^^der alone.
ArsenicIs sold under different names,^and its effects may be noticed every day on^the faces of very young girls, who, it ap^pears, are the only oin s silly enough to^buy it These arsenical preparations re^^move every spot and treckle from the skin^if taken in sufficiently larce doses, and^leave It not only smooth, but dazzllngly^white^the whiteness of wax. not a natural^flesh tint. If continued they shatter the^constitution and eventually destroy every^vestige of former beauty. If commenced^and used only for a short time health may^be saved, but the skin, still preserving its^waxen ap|h*arance, slowly turns yellow,^deepening in color till it reaches a genuine^jaundice hue. The moral is^shun arsenic^in any form as you would a plague^. Your^physician will tell you that although It is^sometimes given as medicine, it is never^given in quantities sufficient to affect the^skin. When it does the result Is ruinous.
Notmore than three years ago there was^a small store on upper ^ixth avenue. New^York, kept by an old and very Interesting^Frenchwoman. She sold everything that^could possibly be required on the most arti^^ficial woman's toilet table.
Onewinter night, during the ball season,^1 stopped In to buy some manicure articles^and found her lust commencing operations^on a ^subject,' as she called customers of^this kind.
Thesubjects eyes were closed as she lay^back in a chair In a curtai ed niche. At a^sign from the Krencb woman I took a chair^at a little distance, where I could not be^seen, and watched her process It was^certainly as astounding as interesting.
Shefirst dropped a silk sponge in warm^watet and bathed the face and neck, and^then dried very gently with a soft cloth.^This done, she covered every inch of skin^from forehead to bosom with a grease that^resembled white glue; over that she rubbed^in a delicate flesh-colored powder; then^pencilled brows and lashes with a tiny^camel's-halr brush, shaping the former^with her practised thumb and toretiuger;^touched the edges of the lids with a faint-^blue powder, drew a delicate network of^veins on temples and shoulders, colored the^cheeks a faint but enduring pink, the lips a^deep red.
Thatwas all.
Thesubj'-ct stood up at length, a verita^^ble work of art. and looked in the mirror^with complacent admiration. The work^was certainly done with an astonishing^nicety, hut in the simulated, unchangeable^blush there was nothing of nature, and her^smile, as she hurried out to she cab waiting^for her, was as false as the shadows under^her eyes.
TheFrenchwoman gave her shoulders^an eloquent shrug, as she dropped the eas^^ily-earned ten-dollar bill into her cash box.
MOUUJKtTIONTO A LITTLE POWDKK.
Oneso often hears the expression. ^Sure^^ly no one can object to a littte powder.
Thereare not many who do. A little^powder is Innocent and harmless. Hut a^girl often commences with ^a little powder^to take the shine off,^ but ends by carrying^a powder puff in her pocket, with which^she dusts herself at every opportunity, ap^^parently blissfully uncouscious that her^nose seems made of chalk.
Asfor rouge^one does not meet many^women in a day's walk who have not at^least a soupcon of color on the cheeks. The^masculine eye cannot detect It always, but^a woman is never Imposed upon. A natural^color shows through the skin, and there Is^no rouge; no artist can give this effect but^nature.
Thenshould not a woman take further^interest in her appearance than to be clean,^to have her hair well brushed, her nails^trimmed^ She certaintly should. A wo^^man should do everything reasonable to^improve her face or form^but cosmetics,^besides being vulgar, are Injurious, and In^^stead of improving tend to destroy good^looks.
Cleanlinessis the first essential to pre^^serving beauty of skin and outline. The^entire body should be bathed every morn^^ing, if a person is too delicate for this a^sponge bath will answer almost as well,^and can never injure If the body is well^dried after it Diet comes next. Avoid^greasy soup, rich gravies, pastry, etc. Don't^eat much butter. Never drink bear.
Freshair and exercise are the only cos^^metics which will have a lasting effect.^A merican girls do not walk half enough.^If they have a short distance to gn, say a^mlie, even half a Bile very often, they take^a car. Knglish and Irish girls think noth^^ing of walking ten miles.
Accordingto some this climate Is too^trying to permit of such exercise, but at^least three miles a day in fine weather^cannot be too much If one feels well.
Avery simple and excellent way to make^the skin clear and smooth is as follows: At^night use the prepared mixture of vaseline^and cold crerm on the face and lips; rub It^la well with the fingers, then wipe thor^^oughly, as sufficient is left In the pores^without leaviug the face greasy. In the^morning wash with plain brown soap, rinse^carefully In warm water and then In cold;^this softens the skin but keeps the muscles^firm, and it a little bay rum of the beat^quality la used after the skin becomes as^smooth as a piece of velvet. In drying the^face rub It upward. This is said to pre^^vent wrinkle*, or at least postpone them,^but Its truth can only be tested as time^go*-a on.
Powdercan be used If desired. The^least injurious Is the simplest^ plain drop^chalk. To improve the half brush it for^twenty minutes every night aad braid^loosely on retiring.
Washingthe bands in water dilated with^vinegar will make them white.
Twogood recipes for removing freckles
are:The juice of watermelon or slices of^fresh cucumber.
Nothing,however, will be of much ben^^efit to the skin unleas the first principles of^health are observed and ihe stomach Is^kept In good order. A woman with a cold^in her head can never be interesting either^^therefore beware of getting your t ^ 1^wet, and don't go out in cold weather with^underclothing fit tor a spring day au1 a lit^^tle jacket weighing about three pounds.
Don'texpect to have bright eyes if you^use them much at night or walk in the^teeth of an east wind without a warm veil^over your face.
Tobe graceful, don't wear grotesque hus^^tles and tightly drawn skirts.
Themost ungraceful auuuate things in^the world are men and women. And yet^(*od meant them to be graceful. Every^^thing lu nature la so. It you have ever^watched a kitten's movements, the circles^a buzzard makes iu iying, the repressed^strength in the dignified step of a mastiff,^the dainty, arch movemeuta of a thorough^^bred's neck, you must know this. Hut^men and women have degenertaed in their^motion; they are careless. They patter or^alouch or luup or shuttle, as a general^thing, from sheer thoughtleasness. Ac^^cording to some writers on the subject wo^^men should be feline in movement, taking^the cat and the panther tor models In the^act of wslklng.
Toavoid a jerky step, practise a contlnu^ous movement from the waist, not from the^knee, lifting the toot parallel to the ground^not bringing it down heel or tee first. This^may not give the ^pantln ' , ^pad^^ding^ so often ascribed to heroines in nov^^els, hut It will enable the walker to get^over the ground with an easy, light, mo^^tion.
Alively expression Is a great attraction,^and the homeliest face Is never uninterest^^ing with It. Let tin* eyes portray what the^lips utter, and don't let a smite play about^the mouth while the eyes remain unsympa^^thetic and expressionless. Montaiune says:^^In a face which is none of the best there^may be some air of probity aud trust, as,^mi the contrary, 1 have seen betw en two^tveautlful eyes, menaces of a dangerous^aud malignant nature.
Kvrli n Mai ^ oi.ii.
ftBPlltl.lt AN KA1TIOMSM
Th-OldMa)w^rl tV^tlu rneu^l MKhl ltt*ndy^l^ llrt*Mk Out Anew.^F. I\ Powers' Washington correspond^^ence: And so President Harrison is going^to administer on the political estate of^James A. Garfield, deceased, and the two^most conspicuous members of the Garfield^cabinet have returned under Harrison to^to their old places, and the Hlaine Interest^is dominant everywhere, just as it was^eight years ago. This is a % uer turn.^I a ci \ hoity h- n* is wondering where the^tight is to be, for every one assumes that^history will so far repeat itself that there^will be a ti^h aomewhere. Eight years^ago the state department got full pos-^saataosj ot the executive, mansion, aud^the two had a fight with the senate cham^^ber. On this occasion 1 thiuk the senate^chamber is more than half ready for a fight^with the state department or the executive^mansion or both. President Harrison has^a good deal more Independence and force^of character than Garfield had, and to that^extent Mr. Blaine will find himself less the^autocrat of the admmisiratiou than he was^eight years ago. Hut the cabinet Is pretty^0 TSSJIIJ divided between the afMtdeol^and the secretary of state, and the^republican senators are resentful toward^the president, not very friendly to the sec-^retsry of state, and coldly neutral when^not hostile to the secretsry of the treasury.^To-day, as eight years ago, there are two^republican factions in New York; now, as^then, a New Yorker of the dark horse vari^^ety lias been taken into the cabinet In the^interest ot harmony, and now, as then, the^moment the postmasters and collectors be^^gin to be appointed the trouble will break^out.
FromPram-It Wharton to Walker Ulalue.
NewYork Herald: Francis Wharten,^who was examiuer of claims at the time of^his death, was one of the most remarkable^men this country ever produced. His opin^^ion on any grave legal question, national^or Internstlonal, was so greatly respected^that a thoughtful Iswyer always regarded^it perilous to disagree with him. He was^a giant
lietweenWharton and his successor.^Walker lilaine, there is the same diffe r^^ence iu point ot size that there is between^Jumbo and a Jersey mosquito. Wharten^might fall, like Lucifer, ^from morn to^noon, from noon to dewy eve^ and then^n it get half way down to the Intellectual^station of young lilaine.
ThereIs no disparagement intended In^this statement of fact Walker lilaine is^said to be a genial, simple nilnded youth,^who will do the best he knows how, the^chief difficulty being that he doesn't know^bow. When be steps into one of Frsncis^Wharton's shoes he will be ^lost to sight,^to memory dear.
Sweptby the Tide of Popularity^To the topmost pinnacle of success, Hos-^tetter's Stomach Hitters stands a shining^proof of what genuine merit, backed by^the living force of proven facts.can attain.^The North and South American continents,^Kurope, Australia, the West Indies, Uuat^eniala and Mexico have all contributed^wide patronage and testimony of the moat^favorable kind^but unsolicited^to swell^the reputation of this sterling remedy.^Among the maladies for which the must^convincing public and professional testi^^mony proves that It is a benign curative,^are chills and fever, bilious remittent,^dumb ague and ague cake, dyspepsia, liver^complaint, nevousness, debility, kidney^and bladder complaints. It mitigates the^infirmities of age, hastens convalescence,^has a tendency to prevent 111 conseouenoes^from exposure and exhaustion, f'ersons^of sedentary habits and laborious occupa^^tions will find it an ever useful tonic.
Rheumatismis caused by lactic acid In^the blood, which Hood's Marsaparllla neu^^tralizes and thus cures rheumatism.
WhenYou Need
AnAlterative Medicine, don't forgtt^that everything depends asj the. kind^used. Ask for Ayer's s.h^*parilla and^take M other. For Si af forty years this^preparation has had the endorsement of^leading physicians ami druggists, awl^it has achieved a success unparalleled^In the history of proprietary medicines
For a rash, from which I had suf^^fered -^He mouths, my father, an M. I^,^recommended Ayer's Sarss|^aiilla. It^effected a cure. I am still taking th's^aaedlcine. as I Savl it to In* a most pos -^erful hhsMl-puWler.^ ^ J. ^. Codu ^^Denton, Texas.
C.H. Hut, Ornggint, Eransvltle,^Im! , writes: ^ I have l^een selling^Ayer's Harsaparilla for many years. It^maintains its popularity, while many^other preparations, formerly as weft^known, have long lieen forgotten.
Ihave always recommended Ayer'i^Rarsaparilla as superior to any othei^preiisration for purifying the blood.^ ^^ti It. Kitykendall, M. IP, I'ouieroy.W.T.
Ayer'sSarsaparilla,
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PaperingDone at the Lowest Prices.
J.R. SANFOHD.
SANDCOULEE COAL
Doesnot slack when exposed to the air as most all other^soft coal does. A large portion of this coal is similar to An^^thracite in character, and does not till the room with soot.
Askyour dealers for the Sand Coulee Coal or apply to
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