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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1908)
mz cnsGcn sukday journal, portlane, sueday coining, ' hay zt0 s9cs -TTTS3 n ad t ma ' T".J A-aV.a-e da ' i 4 1L er cower 7rejrrrrerr' W" 1 "I 0 CI There is-aPhysicalras Well as a Financial Price to Be Paid T VERY 'man would like to be rich or - ri powerful, every woman would like to 'i be'beautiful, declares a saw of, more or less antiquity , In the days of the Grand Monarch there were many beautiful women connected with the court of France. The radiant loveliness of none, however, could compare with that of the famous Nindn de tEnclos, who, frotj her fifteenth to her ninetieth year, was noted far and vAAe and reserved almost the beauti of youth to ' the uatr -As the years passed there was.wonder that her beauty did not fade.' TJib ladies of Louis XlV'sxourt watched her with amaze- - - .. m. a ' 9 ment; tn old are tier skw rematnea as vemeiy as that of a child; it retained the pink flush of youth; her hair did not Jose its luster nor ner eyes tnetr vtvaetty. This woman had mastered Ahe art for which the sex has eternally striventhe van quishment of are and the preservation of the beaut of xoutn. T today women still pursue the same quest, and, by the aid of modern science, are able for many years to ward of the ravages of time, efface the wrinkles and maintain the peach bloom of their May time; But the cost of beauty is not light either in time, money or physical efort. The price many women pay for continued physical at tractiveness would prove astonishing if it could be reduced to a money equivalent. Beautr which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth paoullar grace MUton, ralrer than the evenlag air, ' Clad In, toe beauty of a thousand stars. If artowa wwyHOEVER wrote "Beauty cost her nothing" W i uvea long -sexore ae-present ayr wnen4 , women mora generally than ever seek to .. preserve their fairness in defiance of time. There la no aecret about It, there la no xnaglo to be used. Tha ooat la la money and time and care much money, a great deal of time and tedious, palna taklng earn, A mlraculout formula of beautr is ret to be found. An expenditure of anywhere from $2600 to $15,000 a year ia only an Item of the price. Long hours,' even aeur and in baths; an amaalng number of ointments, and salves and creams rnuat be need dally and applied with a knowledge that Is truly scientific. There most be long walks and drives, a careful diet, abstinence from many things dear to the palate and diversions dear to the heart ; Beauty is an Inexorable goddess; she demands ab solute fealty. This given, she will reward you with ' J f Tax OUR MMB Ml g I - ... II . i . ,. . i - . t umu j -" 111 flLM: 4 - . mamami-im n is " v ;i - f Km 1 -..,- -. -.- ygW 'H-riK.iaaa ' ' 1 !l X 1 V, ax iii' the fairness of Phryne and the length of beauUful days of NIsob de 2'Encloa, Thousands of women today are vslng the same means Of preserving their trasbaesa. They spend hours at their toilet; they adopt Uaaamres ranging from eosmatica to Ice massages. Zn every olty, la the charmed circle of society, you wW meet matrons whose age, were yon to learn It. would gtyrprlse you. Tes, elderly woman who appear almost young. Woman of 10 looking Uke women of 40, and woman Of 40 looking like othara in their twenties. The only dif ference la that they have gained the polae that cornea with years. What are the means adopted? Perhapa the best place to go to learn these esoteric facta would ba one of tha fashionable "beauty emporiums." or parlors, where tha wealthy women go, and to follow, In detail, tha process which they undergo. SURPASS ANCIENT ROME In completeness these places surpass the baths of ancient Rome and Pompeii, alao in magnlfloenoe appointment. A woman can get anything in treatment from a cabinet bath to a foot massage; anything in the toilet line from a complexion cream to a $1000 coiffure. These parlors are complete in every detail, and during the half day apent there onoe a week the patron will get her luncheon, read the lateat mage slnea or moat popular novel, often meeting her frienda and having aoolal chats during the treatment She arrivea, say, at 11 o clock in the morning. Alighting from her auto, she directs the chauffeur to return for har at 4.10 in the afternoon. Her day Is ar ranged and the attendanta ara ready for her. Everything la done aystematlcally. First she will take a Turkish or a cabinet bath. The cabinet bath is one of the latest things, and la affective in reducing corpulency. The bath will require one-half to three quarters of an hour. Shut up In the square cabinet bath, hot vapors surrounding her, she sits and decides har social engagements, plana her coming entertain menta and chats with the attendant Coming out of the bath, ahe Is wrapped In four or five woolen blankets, and rests for three-quarters of an hour Or an hour. Than the attendanta will give an alcohol rub, after which comes a body massage. The Hem for the cabinet bath Is $1, for tha Turkish bath $1, with SO centa additional for the rub. ' The body massage, which lasts an hour, costs II. Perhapa in addition, ahe will dealre an Oriental-rub, which laats twenty mlnutea and coats 60 centa A massage of the feet, with trimming of the nails, takea up another hour and coata $L Cutting of corna costs 16 cents apiece additional. - If there are hairs on tha faoe. these are removed BET " W Atus Phfia Grand Opera. The air in 'th I . vest auditorium, faintly redolent of rio- mm f Hi A. 'iMi lets, tne peritune wnicn was provinij. the . . favorite of the season of 2008. - " In front of the curtain, tense, almost breathless " anticipation. For the directors of the Opera had x , , decided to revive, with all the splendor of a mod ern cast, the utterly forgotten work, 'Taust," by in ancient French composer named Gounod, Mme. d' Andante, irhose voice wa the envy of artistio i America, "was to sing the numbers of the triste Harguerite ; Signor Penseroso, the tenor whose . ' - range, power and sweetness had netct bean, aotxal. t '' If If Ills re, n M . Mm v - r- lira 1 ..Inr1- .!'ll5 ml p7 " it f'v USED. A esi-- a w. .4 a. i u i i . : t--r- T -ill- ' 1 ' jpi'i ! ill' '.. ' -y I L r. : r r i j - t f. yr . . v v 'sot or by man of an lotrto nedU Tb operation 1 barmlaai. A hair wax la' alao rubbad on tha faea, which adharaa to tha akin and ramovea tha fin a hatra. Ninety par cant, of tha woman who go to tha parlora, according to a laadlna; axpart, hava hair on tha uppar Hp. Thla traatmant ot tha (aco raqulroa about an hour, and eoata from 11.50, to $10. with tha hair ramovadt tha (aoa la maiaarad, an operation raqulrlno; forty mlnutea. Thla ooata 11. Ticket! ara usually purchaaad entltltna; ona to twalva traatroanta for 110. A eouraa of treatment for tha re moval ot hair on tha faoe not requiring aapaolal at tantlon can ba had for fit or 125. Next tha hairdraaaars ret to work. Perhaps tha patron will hava a ahampoo ooat, 25 centa. Or per bapa her hair naeda retouchlna;. Ton would ba sur prised to learn, a balrdaeaaer atatea, tha number of women who hava their hair dyad, bleached or touched. A woman who finda that to preserve her youth aha must brighten up fcer hair may hava It bleached or dyed. . - '- f , - . Thla operation la usually dona when aha la not aroine; through a oouraa of other treatment, aa It take a from ona and ona-half to four hours. The ooat ranges from 515 to 120. Thla done, once a month aha will hava tha roota touched up, at a cost of 5. Mere bleaching; will make the nalr two or three shades lighter, and la done by using a solution of peroxide. Bleaching .la not ao popular as It was some .years ago, and last y$ar tha henna effect became the rage. But tha anxious woman may find that her hatr la not aa thick as It was In her sohool day. She will adopt a coiffure polite term for a wig. She way spend $1000 or more for thla. It muat ba kept In trim and dressed. So, after her face Is massaged, and while her hands are being manicured, she will have her hair dressed. - All the switches must be combed and dressed not a few women wear switches all the puffs must be puffed out, and by the time the hatr la gracefully mar celled ahe will hava spent two more hours. Tha hair dressing will cost upward of 75 centa, and the manl oure of the hands 60 centa Tips are extra and will amount to several dollars. Luncheon at noon, while she Is resting after the cabinet bath, will cost $1 or $1. By the time she emerges from the emporium at 4.80 and entera her waiting vehicle har cheeks will hav assumed a roaeate glow, her hair ia freshened and bright, ahe has apparently recalled the fleeting spirit ed, was to be that surprising sinner, Faut. It was a musical occasion more than momentous; it was eventful Behind the curtain, despair, . agony, madness ! Both d' Andante and Penseroso soprano and tenor o hoarse with influenea that, though they would be able to struggle through their roles, artistio failure was inevitable. "Ruin -ruin I" shrieked Monsieur Sucre, as he -laid another handful of hair on the prompt book. "Out of my way!" And he hurled aside a pur blind, spectacled old man, M. Wormss, the bibli othecaire of the Opera, who pottered up to him. But something in the old librarian's parch ment visage stayed his ire. M. Wormss found his chance to speak. . . -. "ilonsieur-my friends 1 I have come to save you I," ' -.. t&$S THB curtain rose. The distinguished audience eager, anxious to be pleased turned chill with '' the first notes of the two famous slngera Colds, thla night ot all nights. What a catastrophe! Those old operas, magnificent In their scope, enor mous in their demands upon the voice, they are too much for this generation ot the year J008, made for giants aa they were. It only d' Andante, If only Pense roso were able to attack successfully a single aria, a solitary solol Perhaps one of them may recover. Let us waif, let ua hope! - Could a miracle happen could two miracles happen? it was unbelievable, yet it waa true. The flMt miracle, when Peneeroao intoned Faust's apostrophe, "All Hall. Thou Dwelling. Lowly and Pure.", was ao wonderf ully, limpldly aweet that It waa as though the very spirit of melody, In pity for Its devotees, had entered Into the hapless tenor's throat ' - , . 1 . The seoond ah, the second! France can haver for ret the thrill, the exultant exaltation which uplifted . the audience ot the Grand Opera on that memorable night, of the year 2008, when the caacade of golden notes) poured forth In the Jewel Song of Marguerite. Burely heaven, , seeking to win back to virtue these recreant human souls, must have loaned to that one song the voice of some leader of its angelic choir. Aa, later, the thousands departed, the artists of the eoera, led by the august IS. Sucre, betook themselves of youth. What aha haa apant for one day's trt . may run as follows: i Cabinet bath , ....... t: ' Alonhol rub - Vibratory maeeaae j ,- , -Oriental rub ..................................... )IUHt of the feet ........ n... ................ . j , . Corna (poaaibly thre , Bemoval of auperfluous hair.. ............ la i i . Paolal munxi x i PrMlnr of tbe hair ., , .Manicuring ....................................... ;i Touohing up of hatr ........ i, ' i Total ..... .. ............. fit.th? One's daya expense! you gasp. Only one. mark you. -She will undergo this, system of treatment . once week, perhaps twice. If she is Inclined to corpulency aha will take the cabinet bath two or three times week. This one-day treatment la merely an Incident la the quest of beauty. Her nalr must be dressed daily: for thts regular at tendants go to her house, gh will hava her face ma aeged at home, perhapa dally. And tnere may be various treatments of the faoe, masaagea and ice rub bing to harden the muscles. A complete lint of toilet articles Is required, and for these she will posxtbly spend aeveral thousand dollars a year. - At least three hours daily ara required for facial treatments, dress lng of the hair and the. application of lotions. In the boudoir one will find a small fortune In creams and salves and oils. What must be spent for these may be gathered from a price list of various necessary articles. . Here is a cleaning cream, in a very small Jar, which costs $3; It whitens and claansea the akin. A certain tissue food, which, it is asserted, fills out and nourishes the tissues, costs fa a Jar; on coarse pores and skin defects there will be rnbbed a cream of oxides, coat, per exceedingly small jar, $1. A velvet cream, to make tha akin smooth, coats $3; a freckle lotion, $1; a akin tonic for the nerves of tha face, $1.25; a liquid powder, which is guaranteed not to rub off tha faoe, fl.75; a rose tint, which give that first flush of youth, $1. Tha beauty seeker use an eyebrow dye, either brown or black, a small bottia ot which costs $1. and to maintain that sheeny luster of the hair a brilliantin la copiously used, at 59 cental a bottle. . . - Then there ara eyebrow growers, almond meals, fragrant dentriflces, shampoo preparations, aoalp foodd, foot powders, corn preparatlona, ointment for the fin-" ger nails, enamels, bleachee for the nails, eta, eta &4 Infinitum, coating from 36 cents to $1.60 each. LIVES STRICTLY TO RULE Throughout tha day the beauty seeker Uvea a cording to a prescribed rule. She muet walk In th-i morning. A walk ia mora potent In bringing color to tha cheeks than rouge. Or she will drive for art hour or so. Unless she attends a dinner or party, her diet ia carefully regulated. She will take milk and, prepared foods. Her diet la reduced to a science. Then of course, there ara prescribed exercises. Ehe may have her own gymnasium) if not, will go to ena of the fashionable Institutes, where one hour or so will be? spent fencing or bowling. Some woman rat the re quired exercise at golf; others at tennis. . The cost of beauty la not so much In money at time and physical effort. Huoh of many a woman's Ki la devoted to tha quest: almost everything she does la designed to keep her fresh and lovely. . . Would you be beautiful, madam? Would y6n be willing to pay tha price T Beauty Is one of the chief assets of the woman whose career la on tie stage . whether the stage of the theater or of social life. There Is an old legend to this effect; A certertn beautiful princess, gasing one day Into her mirror, aaw with dismay the first wrinkles on her face. Her heart sank with, grief and she was seised with uncontroll able weeping. Suddenly she heard a voice by her ;id. "Why dost thou weep, O royal lady r naked an elfin creature who stood by, a wand In hand, a stas glittering on her brow. . - . "I grow dd." moaned the lady. "My rosea fade, my. lilies wither. l am miserable. Oh, woe la me!" "Thou wouldst be beautiful? I have It within my. power to grant thee eternal youth." The princess sank on her knees; begging the fat ' to grant her this boon. "It Is given it thou wilt pay the price." "And that Is-" . Tny soul Thou win win love, but win never lov: thou wilt reap haryeats of hearts, but thine own wi , be vacant of affection. Thou wilt live, but thy p!j urea win wax atale. Thou wilt wear a mask of gayet . buUhZ.,,,p,rlt 72" ae.vr T?W warm ""h happlaesa." "I will pay tha price only grant me beauty." That is why they say beauty is soulless, althoue good to look upon. Certainly this fable, while It contains a rnodlr-., of truth. Is not entirely true. Many beautiful won. , possess beautiful aoula. But the woman who aeex t . cling -to beauty when time endeavors to enstcri i away pay the price of much loss ot pleasure and pure ly lnteUeotual enjoyment . In solemn procession to the dusty den of the a-r blbllothecaire. They crowned him with a flower c let; M. Sucre wept, and presented him with the cated look of hair rescued from the purlieus of i prompter's box as a taken of esteem; Mme. d'An 1 u and Slgnor Penseroso linked arms with him end 1. i -m v Plw of honor, before a tall mahosrany bo.' wAlonJFr.ed tb banquet that had been luiprovlan. upon me atage. v- ....Jff" y.ePV - Blgaor ; Penseroao wept. Km., d Andante wept, M. Sucre wept some more. Then, ami the.teara of happineaa. M. Wormss, patting the tau S5lreraSce bla t0ld totr thei A indeed, marveloua- Among the archives t found o manuscript It was dated Just a centur? ifi,5 ioW 5.uw H AJIrd Clark, an America that era, when this talking machine waa at l perfected, approached tha dlrectora of the opera, i , asked them whether they would be pleased If, at tlMt d..7' l?7 ""W hear the glorloua voice of Molinra re citing hie eomediea, of Talma declaiming the lines r' CornelUe or Racine, of the long silent and dead bor l. Arnold singing an air of Rameau or ot Glufk, Tti. v w,rSL,ns;uUllei wtt,' ha vain jegrets he arouaoJ. - "Then he asked whether they would afford tha "-"' plea of the ages to come those joya e-f which u. themselves were deprived by the scientlne lneptitii of the ages past They were ravished at the thou He, this ao magnanimous American, undertook rt a - the trouble and the expense. M. Bardy. one of ourc.';- -lata eminent In the year 1808, waa called upn to a ,, the problem of the preservation of the rdlaca n fireserve the volpea He pondered long upon it, in I , ength Introduced Into their composition a cheu which made deterioration impossible. " "In America the home ot thla ancient It CUrk, manufactory alone made two complete ma?hin i -thla I lean against here during every n ':." t works operated; that one company lsud r ords "per day; 15,000,000 such records wore '! I t every year; a great city spent half a mliliao cf J--. . for records within the twelvemonth. "Manufacturers competed for the vol.- cf tatrlcl as fiercely, as lavishly, as inrrfn . i. operas were1 recorded. One nmer, tne iin Caruso, received 140.000 for the reprorfu. t voice for a single year, fchall we won-ur t i pride bade them All Ua, their descendant, v. . tude and with envy? The M. Womss of a -century nenre 't tha facts of today. Only a ft ' - . vaults of the Grand Opeta In Paris, rti- ' by a talking machlno wnrtny fl r- r voices of the nioat notd i.;;rM ' tarred la vaults, as shown 1 the fcl.t-ii. i hsra ., ' i nytrt1 - 1st- i mX. l 7-' 7p
