USES OF ENAMEL IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.

Western Star, Issue 1055, 12 June 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

USES OF ENAMEL IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.

The use.of. enamel in Washington society is growing more.and more common. It used to be that only the oldest ; and used enamel upon their faces, and ( in . such cases it but rarely extended below the neck. Now many young girls enamel, and wiih low-cut dresses they must, to carry out the illusion, enamel arms and bust, as well a.', their faces, A sort of enamel powder is now used which is rubbed on and polished until the flesh shows like polished wax. The illusion is well enough when a maiden'has a form like that 6f Mary Anderson, or the arms and bust, of a Venus de Medici, but when she ia of the lean, Bcraggy, corn-fed variety, all angles and no curves, the effect is horrid. . There are nine Bcraggy girls in Washington society to one plump one, and I s think if the men could have the matter put to a vote they would decide in favour of high-necked dresses and Bleev6s buttoned tight at the wrist. Fortunes are spent here in paint and powder every season, and had I the income from the rouge alone I would have more than a congressman's yearly salary.—Cleveland Leader.