Show f fr 1 Secrets I II I I j of Famous Women if tl BY ANDRE DUPONT t I CJ Copyright I h br T T Tb Press Publishing Co THE COMPLEXION OF OP MARIE ANTOINETTE r 1 r 42 4 2 f ri S Sp I p j T 4 I I II I I iI i i iI I p S v- v vi's is i's isi i t r-t l JL- JL 1 I T TOYS TOYS' ow- ow dl disagreeable How tire tire- HOW I some lome exclaimed poor Marie Marlo Antoinette as es she ehe tie stood shiverIng shiver shiver- Ing scantily clothed In her apartments In tho the draughty palace of at Versailles on ona ona a particularly cold winters winter's du day duy while her underwear traveled trl slowly from court lady Indy to 0 court lady luly until at la last t tIt It reached one lofty enough In rank to present It to her Just Jus at nl this moment Iho tho door opened and In came tho the Count Countess ss of ot Provence nc Sa a 0 still more high and ml mighty ht lady lally and tho the garment s had to travo tra down theline tho the line lino again that she ml might ht have the hereditary honor o of It to the tho Queen of l France rance Brought from tho simplicity of or the Austrian court at tho tim age of or 11 1 tu tv marry the heir to the crown of oC France Mario Marlo Antoinette found on her arrival that she zhe was waa hedged about with a n multitude mul mUI of or Irksome restrictions Even the intimate details of ot the tho toilette had haa been mado made a a masterpiece of oC j nut But In spite of at It all alt her freshness and vivacity captivated everyone who saw aw her Even th the tho Jaded old king Louis XV was wa especially taken h by the freshness froth fresh ness nus o of her complexion although Mm Mme v Du n Barry the court favorite favorito spitefully pointed out that the little princess had J Irro Irregular ular features I 1 h I c A I h I et ett ette's ettes complexion pl xI was wo one of f fh h her chief hl beauties and she delighted In all the tilt artS arti of oC tho the toilette until the troubled waves of or tho the revolution broke over her he head ld and P. drafted ed first her husband ant and then herself to death upon tho scaffold i i B By IW certain must musty historians she sho has bon called vain and frivolous But I Ithe the chances are aro ro that she was no more moro vain that hat th the average society woman oman She was fond rond of or drees loved to go to parties and ond masked balls and took great care to preserve her ut be beauty This Is about the tho Sum sum Bum and arid substance of ot the charges against as her when whon the mass or falsehoods that were ere about her are aN sifted slUed from Crom tho the truth Over a century ago 0 washes for Cor the complexion were held In almost super super- esteem And man many were compose composed com corn pose posed 1 or of most curious Ingredients lents such as Ill the wings of or pigeons cons white wine Ill lily Illy seeds and other strange e mixtures Marie Antoinette Is 15 said to have o pro pro- served nerved her er complexion b by bathing It frequently In buttermilk Which buttermilk which by tho the WILY way Is Just as efficacious today as It was waa In too the eighteenth century and century and sho she also used a a awash wash which according to toan toan tonn an nn old book of ot the period WD was made of ot six lemons cut In slices and a handful handful hand han ful CuI of ot white Illy lily petals and southern Bouthern- wood the whole Infused In two quarts of ot milk To this was Vas added an I and a a. halt half of white whito sugar and an ounce 5 nf 1 Af r or tn HI tho r face c at bedtime was wa t to b be rubbed with ih It and It was said Id to give a beautiful luster to the complexion Vine Vino water ater was another complexion specific that was as thought ht of or by bythe bythe bythe the queen This consisted simply of ot the drops that oozed from grape vines In Inthe tho the month of ot May and June Junc It was wasI I thought to preserve the youthful beauty of or the face Strawberry bern water ater tor was another toilet aid devoutly believed d In InIn InIn inin In those days das The court perfumer declared de do- dared that Marie MaTle Antoinette ma made e her teeth white by rubbing them with strawberries stra In summer and with salt BaIt In winter But nut according to mo modern ern Ideas the greatest beauty secret of or all b by jy this unfortunate queen was her careful care care- ful tul UI diet In the memoirs of at her first lad lady in waiting It is recorded that The temperance tempera of ot the tho queen was was remarkable In the tho morning she had iad coffee corree or chocolate and rolls for dinner white meat of chicken lamb Iamb or oreal orveal orveal veal eal with which she drank only water And she supped on broth or the wing wIng- of ot a 0 fowl In all aJl the tho troubled history of ot the tho time there Is only one ono fh figure ure more pathetic than Marie Antoinette and that Is her herson sou son the tho little dauphin as the crown prince was wa lIo C called t In Frince Fr About the fate Tato of ot this poor little bo boy there Is some doubt but tho the probability Is that ho 10 died In prison from treatment Ill at atthe atthe the he of ot 10 ago |