| CHAPTER I. | |
| Woman’s Business to be Beautiful.—How to Acquire a Clear
Complexion.—Regimen for Purity of the Blood.—Carbonate
of Ammonia and Powdered Charcoal.—Stippled Skins.—Face
Masks.—Oily Complexions.—Irritations of the
Skin.—Lettuce as a Cosmetic.—Cooling Drinks.—Sun-Baths.—Bread
and Molasses | Page [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Care of the Hair.—Children’s Hair.—When to Cut it.—Ammonia
Washes.—Glycerine and Ammonia.—Pomades.—How
to Brush the Hair.—Cutting the Ends.—German
Method of Treating the Hair.—Southernwood
Pomade.—Hair-Dyes.—Dyeing the Eyebrows and Eyelashes.—Superfluous
Hair.—Depilatories.—Washes for
the Eyelashes and Eyebrows | [22] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Elegance of Manner.—Grace of the Latin Races.—The
Secret of Grace.—Gliding Movement.—Calisthenics.—Erectness
of Figure.—Shoulder Braces.—How to Acquire
Sloping Shoulders.—Care of the Feet.—The Art of Walking.—Picturesque
Carriage of Southern Women | [35] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| N. P. Willis as a Critic of Beauty.—The Perfume of the
Presence.—Charm of Good Circulation.—Chills are Incipient
Congestion.—Paper Clothing.—Luxuries of the
Bath.—A Substitute for Sea-Baths.—To Secure Fragrant
Breath.—Delicate Dentifrices.—Fine Cologne.—A
List of Fragrance | [48] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Morals of Paint and Powder.—Antique Toilet Arts.—Washington
Ladies.—Making Up the Face.—Whitening
the Arms.—Tints of Rouge.—To Make French Rouge.—Milk
of Roses.—Greuze Tints.—Coarse Complexions
Caused by Powder.—Color for the Lips.—Crystal and
Gold Hair Powder.—Dyeing Blonde Wigs.—To Darken
the Hair.—Champagne and Black-Walnut Bark.—Doom
of the Complexion Artist | [59] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Récamier’s Training.—Diana of Poitiers’ Bath.—High
Beauty of Maturity.—The Worth of Beauty.—George
Eliot on Complexions.—Dr. Cazenave.—Barley Paste for
the Face.—Prescriptions of the Roman Ladies.—To Remove
Pimples.—Cascarilla Wash.—Varnish for Wrinkles.—Acetic
Acid for Comedones.—To Remove Mask.—Lady
Mary Montagu.—Habit of Italian Ladies.—Wash of
Vitriol | [70] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Shining Pallor.—Lustrous Faces.—Golden Freckles.—Tiger-Lily
Spots.—Sun Photographs.—Nitre Removes
Freckles.—Old English Prescription.—For Yachting.—Almond-Oil.—Buttermilk
as a Cosmetic.—Rosemary and
Glycerine.—Lotion for Prickly Heat.—For Musquitoes.—Protecting
Hair from Sea Air.—Fashionable Gray Hair.—Dark
Eyes and Silver Hair.—To Restore Dark Hair.—Bandoline.—Cold
Cream.—Almond Pomade.—For
Skin Diseases.—Sulphurous Acid | [77] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Service of Beauty.—Not for Vanity, but Perfection.—Eyebrows
of Petrarch’s Laura.—Fashionable Baths.—Trimming
the Eyelashes.—Luxury of the Toilet.—Its Magnetic
Influence.—A Safe Stimulant.—Amateurs of the Toilet.—Cosmetic
Gloves.—To Refine the Skin of the Shoulders
and Arms.—Sulphate of Quinine for the Hair.—For
the Eyebrows and Eyelashes.—A Harmless Dye.—To Remove
Sallowness.—A Hint for Stout People.—Perfumed
Bathing-powder | [86] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Hope for Homely People.—Two Vital Charms.—The Way
to Live.—Sunrise and Open Air.—Bleached by the Dawn.—Live
at Sunny Windows.—In Balconies and Parks.—Christiana’s
Breakfast.—Brown Steak and Good-humor.—True
Bread.—Device for Stiff Shoulders.—Corsets and
Girdles.—The Latter more Needed.—How to be Pleased
with One’s Self | [95] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| The Bonniest Kate in Christendom.—A Word to Mothers
and Aunts.—Different Vanities.—The Sorrows of Ugly
Women.—Recipes of an Ancient Beauty.—Sand Wash.—Color
for the Nails.—Embrocation for the Hands.—Soap
to Bleach the Arms.—Freckle Lotions.—Artistic
Enthusiasm at the Toilet | [108] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| A Dark Potion.—Olive-oil and Tar for the Face.—Olive-tar
for Inhalation.—Carbolic Lotion for Pimples.—Cure
for Musquito Bites.—Pale Blondes.—A French Marquise.—Deepening
Colors by Sunlight.—Seductive Cosmetics.—Nose-machine.—Finger
Thimbles | [117] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Removal of Superfluous Hair.—Effects of High Living.—Work
of Typhoid Fever.—Roman Tweezers.—Lola Montez’s
Recipes.—Paste of Wood-ashes.—Bleaching Arms
with Chloride.—Cautions about Depilatories.—Public
Baths.—Improving Complexions by the Sulphur Vapor-bath.—How
Arabian Women Perfume Themselves.—Profuse
Hair, Sign of Nature’s Bounty | [125] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Madame Celnart’s Works of the Toilet.—Literature of
Beauty.—Cares of the Toilet.—Arts of Coiffure and
Lacing.—How to Hold a Needle Gracefully.—Iris Powder
for Tresses.—Arts of Italian Women.—Depilatory used
in Harems.—Spirit of Pyrêtre.—Herbs used by Greek
Women.—Mexican Pomade.—Dusky Perfumed Marbles.—Lost
Perfumes.—Sultanas’ Lotion.—Brilliant Paste for
Neck and Arms.—Baking Enamel | [134] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| The Last of the Rose.—Weighing in the Balances.—To
Love and to be Loved.—The Enigma of Love.—Its Power
over the Lot of Men.—Inspiration in the Looks.—The
Land of Spring.—The Duchess of Devonshire.—Women
at and after Thirty.—Training of Emotion.—Warming
the Voice.—Crow’s-feet at the Opera.—Bohemian Arsenic
Waters.—Recipe from Madame Vestris.—Milk of Roses.—Sweet-oils.—Opera-dancers’
Prescription for Restoring
Suppleness | [146] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Fearful Malady of which no one Dies.—Esprit Odontalgique.—Gray
Pastilles.—Important to Smokers.—Mouth
Perfumes.—Care of the Breath.—Directions for
Bathing.—Perfumes for the Bath.—Bazin’s Pâte.—Quality
of Soaps.—Bathing and Anointing the Feet.—Nicety
of Stockings.—Delicate Shoe Linings.—Feet of Pauline
Bonaparte | [155] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| “The Leaves are Full of Joy.”—Nobility of the Body.—Its
Possibilities.—Brain and Heart Dependent on it.—Physical
Culture Imperative in America.—Our Contempt
of Health.—Easier to be Magnificent than Clean.—Distilled
Water for Every Use.—Substitute for Stills.—Vapor
and Sulphur Baths.—Bran Baths.—Oatmeal for the
Hands.—Frequency of Baths.—Remedies for Hepatic
Spots | [165] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| The Banting System.—A Quaint Author.—Trials of Corpulency.—Result
of Living on Sixpence a Day.—Indifference
of Doctors.—A Wise Surgeon.—Relation of Glucose to
Obesity.—Diet for Stout People.—No Starch, no Sugar.—Losing
Flesh at the Rate of a Pound a Week.—“Human
Beans.”—Humors of Banting’s Tract.—His Gratitude.—Honors
to Dr. Harvey.—One Day with Dives, the Next
with Lazarus.—Bromide of Ammonia | [175] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| A Letter.—Trials of a Plain Woman.—The Best Husband
in the World.—Burdock Wash for the Hair.—For Children’s
Hair.—Oil of Mace as a Stimulant.—To Restore
Color to the Hair.—Sperm-oil a Powerful Hair Restorer.—The
Cheapest Hair-Dye.—Cure for Chilblains.—Loose
Shoes the Cause of Corns.—Pyroligneous Acid for Corns.—Turpentine
and Carbolic Acid for Soft Corns | [185] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| A Talk about Complexions.—Delicate Lotion.—Cause of
Rough Faces.—Sun Painting and Bleaching.—Court
Ladies Refusing to Wash their Faces.—Experiments
with Olive-tar.—Consumption and Clear Faces.—Rev.
W. H. H. Murray on Olive-tar.—Porcelain Women.—Drawing
Humors to the Surface.—What is to be Done
for the Weak Women? | [192] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Sulphur Baths.—Bleaching Old Faces.—Experiments in
Bathing.—Cautions.—Need of Public Baths.—Their
Proper Prices.—Method of Giving Sulphur Vapor-baths.—Hot
Baths for Hot Weather.—Russian Baths at Home.—Improvements
Needed in Public Baths.—What they
Should be.—What they Are.—The Russian Vapor-bath.—After-Sensations.—Brightness
and Lightness of
Health.—Reverence for the Physical.—Influence of
Bathing on the Nerves and Passions.—Necessity of
Public Baths | [198] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Devices of Uneasy Age.—Bread Paste and Court-plaster
to Conceal Wrinkles.—Accepting the Situation.—Plain
Women and Agreeable Toilets.—Examples.—The Rector’s
Daughter.—Dressing on Two Hundred a Year.—Écru
Linen and White Nansook.—A Senator’s Wife.—A
Washington Success.—Dull, Thin Faces.—Hay-colored
Hair.—Advantages of Lining Rooms with Mirrors | [212] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Physical Education of Girls.—A Woman’s Value in the
World.—High-bred Figures.—Antique Races.—Inspiration
of Art not Vanity.—The Trying Age.—Dress,
Food, and Bathing for Young Girls.—A Veto on Close
Study.—Braces and Backboards.—Never Talk of Girls’
Feelings.—Exercise for the Arms.—Singing Scales with
Corsets off.—Development of the Bust.—Open-work Corsets
the Best.—The Bayaderes of India and their Forms.—The
Delicacy due Young Girls.—A Frank but Needed
Caution.—Care of the Figure after Nursing | [224] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| Hands and Complexions.—Preparing for Parties.—Refining
Rough Faces.—Carbolic Baths.—Chalk and Cascarilla.—Glycerine
Wash.—School-girls’ Flushed Hands and
Faces.—To Soften the Hands.—Red Noses.—Secrets of
Making-up.—Cologne for the Eyes.—Cosmetic Gloves.—To
Impart a Brilliant Complexion | [238] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| Women’s Looks and Nerves.—A Low-toned Generation.—Children
and their Ways.—Brief Madness.—Women in
the Woods.—Singing.—Work well done the Easiest.—Sleep
the Remedy for Temper.—Hours for Sleep.—The
Great Medicines—Sunshine, Music, Work, and Sleep | [247] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| Changing Wigs and Chignons.—Matching Braids.—Frizzing
the Hair.—Crimping-pins.—Blonde Hair-pins.—What
Colors Hair.—Bleaching Tresses.—Sulphur Paste.—Foxy
Locks.—Freshening Switches | [257] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| Hair and Complexion.—Black Dyes.—Persian Blue-Black.—Peroxide
of Hydrogen.—Chloride of Gold.—Transient
Dyes | [267] |