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Show ' IT ANCIENT COSMETICS. J ' alii Pace Painting; nn Art of Almost Tre. at j historic Origin. fa The fishlou of painting the farel im j dates from time Immemorial, and Is ot! yS it no modern growth, therefore, the dress- il if 1 lug table of tho twentieth century wo- Jfi ji man wllh Its cosmetics and Iln facet fol i ponders, Is reulls no new thing, hue lll)3, since the use of icismcttcs In any liberal Sfj ! degree was out of general favor fori 1? 1 Sears, the lavish revival of the art oC ilf I face pnliiting ma) Justly be considered! ;t L N modern n V What first Inspired women to paint! 1 raj v. their faces la unknown, but the, fash- Bjfji Inn inn) hue had Its origin In a cus- IjV" ' torn the mvngen of piehlstorln times, tf 1 who eoloicd ihcli bodies with brilliant ,l or dull pistes, 11a the case might be, 'xk In older to rendei thenix-lvcs fasclnat- jfj Ing tu tho women or repulsive to their II . enemies In battle. It la recorded that Itf.t 11 111I1I the remains of the earliest pen- 1 pics frnrtincutH of lliiinnltc 11 brilliant ,I t red ami nf muuginesi. ore vvhlcli jf ' pio.liice.1 black -have been found, and JlKS. Ilerodotiin says ' W ben Hi. Kthloplans l!f go to war thes' rub half of their body Kgr IN Willi .n.ni.-r ..11.1 .0.' .ii.irr ii.eee wicix 'JI lesj vermllllnii, ' Pace palming Is believed il S B to have In en tu vogue tout) It C, for we 18 'B nre told that In Ihe lnml.11 of women l iBI l.clnngitiL; In tho uldetst Chaldean clvlll jfi fl r. itl.. 11 lumps nf blnrk eolorlng- stuff, M I which served to pnlnt the esehrnns. If,) M The lllble makea several allurtona Q to the use nf cosmetics umong the wo. L9 J liven folk. We rend of painted Jezebel f 3 iT looklm; nut at a window on the arrival slf As of Jehu nt Jczreel, and Jeremiah, In re. II J f proving Ihe young Jewesses says "In fj 1 vnlu you piint the clrelo of your eyci ,IA , with anlliiiony, 1 nut- loveis will de- ,.4 V splse )ou" We nre reminded, too, by 'k it modern wrltri that "the author oC ha J Ihe Hook of Lnocli assures un that even $S i before thu eltluge angel Atail bad ;: I taught the datigbteis or men the art i ji of painting the face" These tllbllcnl '(i I allusions to the vanities of women sug- JIB ( gcsl thst the mnileiu love of the rougej jl pot I too deep. muled to bo easily over- tj j I ionic, and may, In fact, bo tegaided as 'j l an Inheritance from snmo of the earll- .j b tut peoples. In the use nf antimony K 1 y l9 there was orlglnulls no doubt, a. motive) ifi IT other than a vain one, the cjebrow a and III fK cyeluah.s being blackened In order let (fa ji shield Ihe eset fiom the daizllng light. A V In Ihe name way that Indian mothers! .it f today protect Ihe eyes of their babes V f with kohol. The ancient HgyptlnnJ J Tl wero greut patrons of the us. of paint il for toilet purposes, and Ihe clreek wo- 18 l men nt an early date painted them- flO selves with rouge Max Ilcerbohm, In fM bis Defense of Cosmetics," tells us lit i that "at Home, In the keened time ot U,; it her elellngolade, gient ladles, according; Uj I in Luilun, ellil not scruple to sciuandrr 'ly ' ull they had upon unguents front aJ ! Arabia" The uo of lougo In Itomei ffj 1 wus origin illy reseived fur religious, t i pun ciscs to pulnt tno stnxues of thee l .: gods cm festal class In the time at V : the Cnesurs face painting was carried j! if to excess, hy the Roman women, who. l-jr tricked themselvea Into greater charm rj b) the aid of their mint boxes, so that V it It wus uuld of them, 'two-thlrds nt thn ' women are shut up lu paint boxe" ' 11 1'opioea, the unhapy wlfo of the Km- il peroi Norn. Intic.duced ft celebrated1 ji eosinetlt knoiin na Poppnean paste. i.,i which was tompowed of bread an't nl 1 Hour and asses milk, and for the muk- RvJ"! Ing of which she kept 11 train of asses, l' -, The pustu wus of so thick u consist- if eiir ihat the fnco when sprcul with i" .' It una like a plaster London Drcsslnfl 1)1,1 . Tabic. V , |