Our society . otfar out of the way. How to Acquire a Bright and Smooth Shin,—The mostperfect form will avail a woman little, unless it possess alsothat brightness which is the finishing touch and final polish ofa beautiful lady. What avails a plump and well-rounded neckor shoulder if it is dim and dingy withal? What charm canbe found in the finest modeled arm if its skin is coarse andrusty? A grater, even though molded in the shape of themost charming female arm, would possess small attractions toa man of taste and refinement. I have to tell you, ladies, and the same must be said to thegentlem
Our society . otfar out of the way. How to Acquire a Bright and Smooth Shin,—The mostperfect form will avail a woman little, unless it possess alsothat brightness which is the finishing touch and final polish ofa beautiful lady. What avails a plump and well-rounded neckor shoulder if it is dim and dingy withal? What charm canbe found in the finest modeled arm if its skin is coarse andrusty? A grater, even though molded in the shape of themost charming female arm, would possess small attractions toa man of taste and refinement. I have to tell you, ladies, and the same must be said to thegentlemen, too, that the great secret of acquiring a brightand beautiful skin lies in three simple things — temperance,exercise, and cleanliness. A young lady, were she as fair asHebe, as charming as Venus herself, would soon destroy it allby too high living and late hours. Take the ordinary fareof a fashionable woman, and you have a style of living whichis sufficient to destroy the greatest beauty. It is not the. THE TOILET AND TOILET MEDICINES. 307 quantity so much as the quality of the dishes that producesthe mischief. Take, for instance, only strong coffee and hotbread and butter, and you have a diet which is most destruc-tive to beauty. The heated grease, long indulged in, is sureto derange the stomach, and, by creating or increasing biliousdisorders, gradually overspreads the fair skin with a wan oryellow hue. After this meal comes the long fast from nine inthe morning till five or six in the afternoon, when dinner isserved, and the half-famished beauty sits down to sate a keenappetite with peppered soups, fish, roast, boiled, broiledand fried meat; game, tarts, sweet-meats, ices, fruits, must the constitution suffer in trying to digest thismelange! How does the heated complexion bear witness tothe combustion within! Let the fashionable lady keep upthis habit, and add the other one of late hours, and her ownlooking-glass will tell her that we all do fade as the leaf.
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