| Show BELI OLD ROME THE TIME ana MONEY THAT WERE I 1 SPENT ON THEIR TOILETS modern axil ost of culture are with ancient tlene alb latter toay muffle tho secret of eternal youth BO eager ly sought by the magicians of all centuries and bought in vain has almost revealed itself to the present generation at least we have its watchword which Is hygiene for youth means beauty and beauty means health and the beauty specialists accomplish all their successes by means of rational methods based on a careful study of the causes that may affect to its detriment the health of the skin in tho dim back ages of the world 0 civilization beauty was made a cult of the utmost moment but tor many a century after the downfall of the greek and roman empires such matters were allowed to not until the declining scars ot the nineteenth century was the subject reinstated as one of paramount interest but today beauty specialists abound some for face treatment others tor manicure and again many more tor electrolysis of course these treatments are expensive but it is worth much to a woman to be rid of a careworn expression moreover to feel that her youth and therefore her beauty is somewhat restored has a beneficial influence upon her mental state but whoever fancies that the modem husband Is to be pitied for the cost 0 his cifes beauty preservatives should consider the toilet expenses of a roman lady in the comparatively early days of the worlds history excessive as may appear the time and money spent now upon the art of beauty cultivation the grooming of a modern woman of fashion seems invested with an admirable simplicity compared with the time and money thus expended in the days of and agrippina in the early days of rome three classes of slaves assisted at the toilet of a lady of fashion on leaving her bed which was usually at noon she immediately went to her bath she was carefully rubbed with pumice stone she then put herself in the hands of the cosmoses cos motes a class of slaves who possessed many secrets for preserving and beautifying the comiles lon therefore their functions were considered of the greatest importance especially ally as they claimed for their arts advantages by the cosmoses cos motes her face was thoroughly sponged with asses milk then massaged with various mixtures corresponding sp in intention to the skin food of these days with ashes of snails and of large ants bruised and burned in salt with honey in which the bees bad been smothered with the tat of a pul act mixed with anlon ob shades of araby and lastly the fat of a swan was vigorously applied to which attributed tho property of removing wrinkles red spots were effaced with a piece of woolen cloth steeped in oil of e roses and freckles were treated with a scraping of sheepskin mixed with oil of corsica to waa added the powder of frankincense then appeared the second class of slaves armed with pinchers pin chers and porcupine quills one of anem extracted every hair however minute from the face of her mistress and another cleaned tho teeth with grated pumice stone with marble dust and finally with a toothpick of porcupine quill A third class of slaves who were grecian colored eyebrows eyelashes and hair to the shade of my ladys taste iier lips were treated with red pomade but it chapped they were first rubbed with the inside of u sheepskin then covered with the ashes of a burnt mouse mixed with fennel roots the last touches of the toilet were given by the favorite attendant the slave kept by every patrician roman woman for the sole purpose of apply ing fragrant unguents each part of the body had its own unguent the hair had sweet marjoram the neck and knees wild thyme the arms balsam the cheeks and breast palm oil the feet and legs saffron then after a final sprinkling of ludlan perfumes on hair and dress the favored slave in order that the finished work might be appreciated banded to her mistress a mirror it was not of silver those BO common they were used only by slaves but a costly thing of gold ornamented with precious stones held by a handle of mother of pearl the mirror itself formed of a composite of several met ils BO polished as to be not inferior to glass which was then unknown ah the modern husband may be congratulated that his lines were not cast in the days of bruens and cato of deicas washington star |
