NOT AN ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 22, 31 May 1890, Page 14

NOT AN ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY.

The Hughes-Hallett eontroversv revives many remini--eenees of the time when Mrs Hallett—Emily Schomberg—was the most famous society woman of her dav. Her beauty was of a striking order, but her manifold accomplishments made her even more d i sringnished. Cosmetics were by no means so generally used in those days as now, but so marvell'vusly perfect was Miss Schomberg’s complexion that a whisper went around to the effect that she had been enamelled, a process which frequently defies criticism, although it makes washing or dampening the face difficult Knowing this, a party of voung people who were going to a ball c*>ntrive*i to give Vli-- Schomberg a seat where rhe cinders flew freely, that they might decide for themselves whether she wa- willing to loathe her face before arriving. To the surprise, and perhaps discomfiture of some present. Miss Schomberg ealmly took out her cologne bottle and generously applied the contents to her brow and cheeks, after which there was no farther question in her eoterie to the genumess of her bloom.