Show HOW THE EMPRESS OF CHINA PREPARES MORNING TOILET Tho The empress of ot China Is rou rouged ed every ery morning regularly res after breakfast until he her checks cheeks flamo delicately against tho the creamy composition with which the rest of or her taco face has been coated A huge mirror Is then rolled to the couch upon which the source of or all power In China 1 Tl Till Hsu HRU studies the effects ts of the labors Jabors of ot her young ladles ladies so critically cally that it Is said to b be necessary oc occasionally occasionally oc- oc to rouge her twice or thrice before betor the of at the operation quite tulle realizes tho the Imperial Ideal The monotony IB Is made less tedious by song lIong tho the narration narration narra narra- tion of ot court gossip and not Infrequent application of ot nor her majesty's rattan cane to sensitive surfaces The Tue penciling of ot the eyebrows and eyelashes eyelashes eyelashes eye eye- lashes has had to bo be abandoned If we wema ma may trust French sources of ot Information owing to th the growing weakness of or the tho theold theold old lad ladys lady's s sight But the lips continue to be Tho The slightly slightly- stubborn growth of ot hair on chin and upper lip Is III dealt with Ith after the tho fashion of or those western estern artists who ho obliterate black eyes ees b by the application of ot heavy paint A wig of ot extreme extremo lightness notwithstanding notwithstanding standing the suggestion of ot weight conveyed con on eyed s-eyed b by its He crown of ot black hair parted centrally Is adjusted to the cranium The false teeth are nicely established in inthe inthe the thc appropriate place one of tho the most mOHl trying achievements of or tho the whole toilet evidently as ItS the chronic swelling of or her majesty's lower Jaw IB is rumored to be due to some Iome painful experience TV with artificial ar ar- ar dentition No attack of Illness Ulness could be bo too severe lIe to Justify the tho slightest omission of ot cos- cos detail b by tho the several ladles concerned concerned con con- with the empress dowagers dowager's toilet Though h Tsi Hsu be so ill HI that her day mu must t be spent in bed she Is rouged penciled pen pen- cued and masga massaged d on the nat flat of or her herback back She emerges from her toilet weare wo we are confidently Informed b by the French dally daily just referred to looking perfectly na natural tural Her appearance ce even In the severe stage stagG of the tho recent paralytic spell was that of the blooming matron matronS in an autumnal glory of or enchanting womanhood woman woman- hood Our contemporary admits that to toa toa toa a critical western eye ce the complexion of ot Tel Hsu would f seem cm greenish c It But that coloration renders a feminine cuticle cuticle- all aH this the more seductive Reductive to the Manchu 1 eye ep Tel Hsu being Manchu herself to the tips of her extremely long IonS finger nails nalls Her majesty wears wean peculiarly contrived gloves loves in bed not as has been inferred Interred for the he beautification of ot her supple delicate dell deli cate hands but for tor the tho preservation of that unparalleled length to which her fin finger finger fin fin- ger gel nails have attained The nails will break at times the phenomenon portending portend portend- ing In her majesty's opinion a a. calamity to the country B By the time the last lat dash of ot carmine In the Cupids Cupid bow boa of ot her majesty's upper upper up up- per lip has been made appropriate to to the charm of ot woman at 40 40 O the eunuchs have be begun un to admit the throngs into the this hell hall of or audience They The comprise usually the privileged ones ones' of t the court of or Peking a. a a. a viceroy or two in favor supporters supporter of ot the thc four tour candidates for tho the post o of ot otheir heir apparent and some come members of ot the diplomatic corps bearing a a. personal message message mes mes- sage rH from his sovereign The progress of the Imperial l toilet is III bulletined b by the eunuchs eunuch Tho The fate of ot a n. decree abolishing tho the opium traffic or OT the promulgation of ot otan an edict diet for tor which a n. whole province Is sighing mn may depend upon tho the skill of or the young oung l lady d with the rou rouge o brush Once the wig Is adjusted and the empress has passed Into Inlo the hall haH of ot audience not not to tobe tobo tobo bo be confused with the grand apartment In which tho diplomatic corps is official officially welcomed the welcomed the serious business of ot Tel Tal Hsu's lieu's US U'S day commences It may be summed up tip in the word ord evasion e So dexterous dexterous dex dex- has the aged woman become Inthe in inthe inthe the art to which her life lite has been given Ien that It Is a tl p. saying saving IrH a In some pome parts of or Peking Pe Peo king that she has S ceased to live HYe but Is evading e death Curr Current nt Literature |