METROPOLITAN
CULTURE
SERIES
BEAUTY:
ITS
ATTAINMENT AND PRESERVATION
FIRST EDITION.
NEW YORK:
THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY, [LIMITED].
1890.
CONTENTS.
BEAUTY DESIRABLE AND OBTAINABLE.
THE BEAUTY OF LOVELINESS.—MANLY ATTRACTIVENESS. 15
MORAL AND MENTAL AIDS TO THE ACQUIREMENT OF BEAUTY.
THE DISPOSITION, A FACTOR—MENTAL CULTIVATION NECESSARY. 20
ESSENTIALS:
ELEGANT MANNERS. GRACEFUL BEARING, AND A PLEASING VOICE.THE PERFECT WALK—GRACE IN ACTION AND REPOSE.— THE MUSIC OF SPEECH 25
EMOTIONS DESTRUCTIVE TO BEAUTY.
THE STAMP OF THE SOUL.—THE LINES OF UNLOVELY TRAITS.—NOBLE THOUGHTS CONDUCIVE TO BEAUTY.—ANTAGONISTIC SURROUNDINGS. .32
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY.
TIME’S FIRST TRACES—THE PROPER AMOUNT OF EXERCISE.—PROPRIETY IN LOVE—AGE SHOULD GOVERN DRESS—A SERENE OLD AGE. 40
CHAPTER VI.
THE BENEFITS OF SLEEP.
SLEEP A RESTORER—THE TIME FOR SLEEP—SLEEP MORE POTENT THAN MEDICINE—THE PROPER POSITION FOR SLEEP.—HYGIENIC LAWS. 50
CHAPTER VII.
GENERAL HINTS REGARDING THE BATH AS A PROMOTER OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY. THE ANATOMY OF THE SKIN—TIME AND DURATION.—THE FREQUENCY OF THE BATH—THE ADVANTAGES OF SOFT WATEER.—TME TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM: . 61
CHAPTER VIII.
BATHS: DIFFERENT VARIETIES. TURKISH BATHS—RUSSIAN BATHS.—SHOWER BATHS—SEA BATHS.—RULES FOR SEA BATHING.—SUN AND AIR BATHS. 72
CHAPTER IX.
MASSAGE. THE HISTORY OF MASSAGE—THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE.— FACIAL MASSAGE-—MAKING UP THE. FACE. 86
CHAPTER X.
POPULAR EXERCISES: HORSEMANSHIP, ROWING. SWIMMING, CALISTHENICS, ETC. HORSEMANSHIP.—GYMNASTIC EXERCISES—SKATING.— DANCING.—RUNNING.—CTCLING. —GENERAL RULES. 95
CHAPTER XI.
COLDS.
OBJECTIONABLE SLEEPING ROOMS—GENERAL PRECAU. TIONS.—RASNY-DAY BOOTS.—OLD FASHIONED REMEDIES—SIMPLE REMEDIES.—THE PREVENTION OP COLD SORES. 110
CHAPTER XII.
THE HUMAN FORM DIVINE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WAIST.—PERFECT PEOPORTIONS.—DEFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT—EXERCISE COMMENDED. 123
CORSETS AND TIGHT CLOTHING.
IMPROVED CORSETS.—HOW TO LACE A CORSET.—SANITARY CORSETS.—TIGHT BOOTS AND GLOVES.—STOCKING SUPPORTERS AND GARTERS. 132
CHAPTER XIV.
DAILY HABITS, GENERAL DIET AND ORDINARV EXERCISE. REGULAR DAILY HABITS—DRY MORNING AIR A TONIC.— SLEEP AND DIET—HEALTHFUL FOODS.—DINNER AND TEA.—A MERRY WALK—EXERCISE AS A REST.—~PROPER FOOD FOR THE TOILER. 142
CHAPTER XV.
INDIGESTION OR DVSPEPSIA: WHAT, WHEN AND HOW TO EAT.
CEREALS AND FRUITS—EATING TOO RAPIDLY—FOODS TO VOID—REMEDIES FOR FLATULENCE. 159
CHAPTER XVI.
PROPER CLOTHING. UNDERWEAR AND OUTER GARMENTS.
CLOTHING NECESSARY TO VITAL FORCE—WOOLEN UNDERGARMENTS RECOMMENDED—DISADVANTAGES OF COLORED UNDERWEAR—THE RENOVATION OF FLANNELS.— PETTICOATS OP SILK AND MOHAIR.—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED. 160
CHAPTER XVII.
CLEANLY HABITS AND NEATNESS IN DRESS NECESSARV TO BEAUTY.
A SYSTEMATIC TOILET.—THE ADVANTAGES OF NEAT ATTIRE—TIDY PETTICOATS—DRESS TYPICAL OF MOODS.— FASTIDIOUS PERSONAL HABITS. 183
CHAPTER XVIII.
GENERAL CARE OF THE SKIN: ANTIQUE AND MODERN ARTS.
SPRING MEDICINES.—THE FIRST NECESSARY STEP.—THE MOST EFFICACIOUS BATHS—EMOLLIENTS FOR THE BATH.—THE BEST WHITENER OP THE SKIN.—THE ADVANTAGES OF INUNCTIONS. 194
CHAPTER XIX.
THE COMPLEXION- ITS GENERAL CARE.
FAMOUS FRENCH BEAUTIES.—ICELAND BEAUTIES—CLEANI.INESS A BEAUTIFIER—THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXPERIMENT.—THE USE OF HOT AND COLD WATER—STEAMING THE FACE. 206
CHAPTER XX.
THE COMPLEXION, CONTINUED: ITS GENERAL CARE. MILD BLISTERS—SULPHUR BATHS.—A FRENCH BEAUTIFIER—ENGLISH COMPLEXIONS. 219
CHAPTER XXI.
THE COMPLEXION, CONTINUED: COSMETICS, LOTIONS, CREAMS, POWDERS AND ROUGES.
THE HISTORY OF COSMETICS—SOAPSTONE POWDER.—LOTIONS.—A WHITENING LOTION—OLD FASHIONED LOTIONS—GLYCERINE AND COLD CREAM.—FACIAL MASSAGE.—AN ENGLISH PASTE.—POWDERS.—DROPCHALK RECOMMENDED.—ROUGES.—VEIN MIXTURES. 229
CHAPTER XXII.
BLEMISHES: DISCOLORATIONS, FRECKLES, TAN AND SUNBURN; MOTH PATCHES OR MASK; MOLES; MUDDINESS OF TINT AND BIRTHMARKS. WHAT CAUSES FRECKLES.—A SAFE REMEDY FOE FRECKLES.—FRECKLE LOTIONS.—TAN AND SUNBURN—SIMPLE REMEDIES FOE TAN—MOTH PATCHES.—MUDDY SKIN
AND BIRTHMARKS. 255
CHAPTER XXIII.
BLEMISHES: CONTINUED. WRINKLES, BLACKHEADS, PIMPLES. SCARS, POCKMARKS AND WARTS.
WRINKLES IRONED OUT—REMEDIES FOR WRINKLES—AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION—ACNE PIMPLES—REMEDIES FOR BLACKHEADS.—LOTIONS POE PIMPLES.—SCARS AND POCKMARKS.—HOW TO CURE WARTS. 272
CHAPTER XXIV.
MISCELLANEOUS BLEMISHES AND DEFECTS. FLUSHING, PALLOR, SCURFY SKIN, DRY SKIN, GREASY SKIN AND EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION. FLUSHING—PALE FACES.—ROUGH OR RED FACES—GREASY OR OILY SKIN.—EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION.—CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE PEESPIRATION.NATURE REQUIRES CLEANLINESS. 289
CHAPTER XXV.
THE SHOULDERS, ARMS AND HANDS.
HOW TO BE GRACEFUL—WHITENING LOTIONS—TO IMPROVE THE HANDS.—BLEACHING LOTIONS—GLYCERINE AND VASELINE.—WHITRNING PASTES—REMEDIES FOR MOIST HANDS.—A HABIT TO BE BROKEN. 302
THE FINGER NAILS.
GENERAL CARE OF THE NAILS—TINTING THE NAILS.—BITING THE NAILS.—MANICURING.—PEDICURING. 312
THE LIPS, TEETH AND BREATH.
WHAT THE MOUTH MAY INDICATE.—DEFORMITIES OF THE LIPS—EMOLLIENTS FOR THE LIPS—THE TEETH.— CULPABLE NEGLECT—A DENTIST’S CARE ADVISABLE.— SAVE EVERY TOOTH—INJURIOUS FOODS AND USES.— PROPER DAILY CARE.—DESIRABLE DENTIFRICES.— POWDERS AND WASHES—-HOW TO USE DENTIFRICES.—A MALODOROUS BREATH REMEDIES FOR A BAD BREATH.—POPULAR PASTILES. 328
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE EYES, NOSE AND EARS.
PROPER CARE OF THE EYE.—EYE LASHES.—LONG-LIDDED EYES—TO BRIGHTEN THE EYES—STIMULANTS FOR THE BROWS AND LASHES—ORIENTAL ENHANCEMENTS.—TO DARKEN THE BROWS.—THE NOSE—RED NOSES.—EFFECTIVE REMEDIES—POPULAR LOTIONS.—A RELIC OF BARBARISM—GENERAL CARE OF THE EAR. 359
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE HAIR: ITS GENERAL CARE.
THE DAILY CAKE OF THE HAIR.—HOW TO BRUSH AND COMB THE HAIR.—WASHING AND SHAMPOOING THE HAIR-—AN ENGLISH SHAMPOO;—SHAMPOOING~LIQUIDS.—A PROPER SHAMPOO.—CUTTING AND CLIPPING THE HAIR.—THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE HAIR.—THE FEATURES SHOULD BE STUDIED. 387
CHAPTER XXX.
THE HAIR, CONTINUED.
FALLING HAIR, DANDRUFF AND BALDNESS—TONICS AND STIMULANTS. —HOME REMEDIES—REMEDIES FROM THE GARDEN.—ROWLAND’S MACASSAR OIL—THE HAIR KEPT TOO DRY.—DANDRUFF.—T0 REMOVE DANDRUFF-—NO DEFINITE REASON FOR BAI,DNESS.—INVIGORANTS AND STIMULANTS—REMEDIES FOR BALDNESS. 407
CHAPTER XXXI.
HAIR CONTINUED: DYES, BLEACHING LIQUIDS, THE CURLING FLUIDS AND MIXTURES, POMADES AND DEPILATORIES.
HOW HAIR CHANGES COLOR.—THE EFFECT OF SULPHUR.—NITRATE OF SILVER DVES.—STAINS FOR THE HAIR.—HUMBLE DYES—ANCIENT WASHES—MODERN WASHES.—CURLING TONGS AND CRIMPEES.—POMADES.—MILD DEPILATOEIES.—ORIENTAL DEPILATORIES.—A SAFE REMEDY. 428
CHAPTER XXXII.
BEARDS.
FASHIONS IN BEARDS—THE EFFECT OF TONICS—LOTION FOR ACNE—EMOLLIENTS AND DVES.—NATURE AS A COLORIST. 452
CHAPTER XXXIII.
PROPER CARE OF THE FEET.
LONG SHOES—CORNS AND BUNIONS.—PEOFRSSIONAL REMEDIES—SOFT CORNS.—A CURE FOR BUNIONS.— CHILBLAINS.—PEDAL HYGIENICS.—REMEDIES FOR PERSPIRING FEET. 462
CHAPTER XXXIV.
HOW TO REDUCE OR ACQUIRE FLESH.
THE SCHWENINGER SYSTEM—FOODS USED IN THIS SYSTEM.—LEMONADE A REDUCER OF FLESH.—HOW TO ACQUIRE FLESH.—THE FOODS THAT FATTEN. 479
PERFUMES AND SOAPS.
CUNNINGLY APPLIED PERFUMES.—COLOGNES AND TOILET WATERS—SACHET PERFUMES—PURE TOILET SOAPS.— FINE TOILET SOAPS.—PURE SOAP FOR BABY’S BATH. 490
CHAPTER XXXVI.
TRANSIENT BLEMISHES.
SUMMER RASHES.—EARACHE.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS. 502
MY LADYS TOILET TABLE.
HOW TO MAKE ONE.—DAINTY JUGS AND VASES.—A CHAIR FOR THE TABLE. 508
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
DRESS: COLORS, TEXTURES AND DEVICES. THE SELECTION OF COLORS.—TEXTURES AND DEVICES.— LARGE AND SMALL DESIGNS. 515
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD AND BEAUTY. HOW AND WHAT TO EAT.
ORGANIC FOOD—MEDICINAL FOODS.—TIME TABLE OF THE DIGESTION. 522
Editors Note
: This book is being scanned from the original, checked and uploaded for online viewing as fast as I can, but it is going to take a while for me to get all of this online. Please be patient whilst I work on this, but if you find you desperately need access to a chapter for your own research, please email me and I'll try to do that chapter next.As far as copyright goes, this book was published in 1890 and as such falls into the public domain now. However, if you do use material from this site it would be nice to have the work in preparing the online version acknowledged!
One last note, if you decide to try any of the advice in this book, please remember that it was written over a hundred years ago and differs in many respects from modern knowledge and advice!
Sally Pointer
March 2003
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