Show commons COMPLEX ON CM ald OLD ROME strenuous efforts effort made mad by women of ancient days daye to appear beautiful i our modern da dame m 0 la Is decidedly halt halfhearted in her following after beauty when compared with the fair fashion ables of ancient rome novae it was the fashion at that time for or a lady of high degree to repair to her perfumed bath at about 1030 1030 tn in the morning and aad remain i afa la in it for something like an hour at atthe the end and oft of that hitt time she aha was waa rubbed down dowid not with soft cott towels but with pumice stone atone ind and when this salutary lutary ea discipline was completed be ahe went right away into the complexion complex tod department part ment and clapped on a cataplasm invented by the empress herself and never removed except upon the arrival of a distinguished str stranger angero unless of course the fair dame was thinking of sallying forth la in her char lot tri drink in the admiration ot at the outside masculine world when tho the toilet proper begrin began in preparation tor for an indoor or outdoor appearance a slave clave would remove the medicated plaster and bathe the ladys ladya face LA in asses milk this ot of course coure the montreal star was all very well for or the tha start one greatly object to uie the asses milk nowadays but what would ofie one say cay to to the following delicate compounds which according to pliny were rubbed on one ona after the other in order to impart exquisite delicacy and freshness fresh nesa to the skin first there were ashes of snails or 0 of f large onto ants burned and braised braided in salt malt then an application of honey in which beba had been suffocated after that bitne a savory mesa of at ballets pallets pal lets ll tat fat mixed with onions and as an a final unguent a gentle lubrication with swana grease supposed to be the th dern dernier fer crl cri tor for the removal of wrinkles |