Rouge And Perspiration

a. iaay corresponaent ot tne uinannatti Oazette, writing from Washington uring the recent warm spell, says : " Rouge and perspiration have long )een deolared enemies. Think of the inortification of raising a delicate camric niouchoir to absorb the moisture, and upon removal, finding it (the laouchoir) overed with the blushes supposed to be virgin to the damask cheek ! I stepped nto a 'ladies' fancy Btore' the other day, and while awaiting ïny turn to be served msied myself in looking about. Some uriously ornamental articles, in pretty ;lass cases, arrested ray attention, and, when opportunity offered, I asked what hey were for. The girl gazod at me incredulously for a moment, as did Charlie when watching ;he maneuvers of Oliver Twist, he said, ' Oh, my eyes, how green ! " but perceivng that I was really an ignoramus, in he matter, opened one end of the long, lainty looking box, and disclosed theren nestling a tiny ball of such exquisito unk that my eyes glistened instinctiyely n gazing upon it. At the opposite end was a corresponding ball of white, and n the central compartment dark mateial for penciling the eyebrows and givng that languishing expression to tho yes by touching the lower eyelashes. íew York girls onderstand putting it on o perfection, and in another part still was a " crimson dye for robust lips." " Do raany nice people purchase these things 'i " said innocent I. " Again looking ' how green,' sbe said : Scores of people you know and meot every day of your ufe are constant consumera, and it's funny enough to listen to their various excuses. One lady said her country íriends had written in for a supply of toilet articles. They didn't have such things in the country, but she .did wish they wouldn't ask her to execute such delicate commissions for them ! All the time I could see the rouge on her face. Then a young lady said she had broken some rare ornament (rouge color, of course), and could find nothing else suitable wherewith to mend it. " Why, Admiral Blank's daughter rouges, although the girla declare she can't, for they hHve seen her wash her lace and rub it hard, and the color remi-.ed. But I will teil you the kind she uses, said the girl, now becoining talkative, and lifting a tiny gold-trimmed vial filled with luniinous liquid, she continued : "This is rouge vinaigre. It is inserted undor the skin ïn the forin of a hypodcrmic injection, and the slight wound concealed for the time being by a smali piece of court-plaster. "You may rub the outside as inuch as please, but nothing will come off for your trouble. The vinaigre stains the skin a lovely, bright, healthy hue, rather too healthy for American girls, and will stay for weeks without renewal." " Is it not injurious?" I inquired. " Well, it must be used carefully, and it is well not to experiment on yourself, but leave tho injection to the skill of the experienced. Sometimes, if the blood is out of order, it cauees the face or body to break out, but then it is not dangerous, only unpleasant in such a case." I walked away, feeling that I had learned something new, if not elevating, about some of my fellow-travelers. I thought of the women of Bible times, against whose follies of mincing gaits, darkening under the eyes, and other absurdities of fashion the prophet uttered such anathemas, and wondered why, in endeavoring to be beautiful, the most ïideous means were used to bring about such a result. I think the banged hair, ;urning a pretty woman into a biped ?kye terrier, the bleached and dyed tresses, the painting and enameling, the padding and general distortions of the ieriod - ugly, unpardonable, ungraceful and unlovable, and if I was a man I wouldn't marry a girl of such monstrous ad taste.