THE TOILET OF NEW YORK LADIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2283, 18 November 1889, Page 2

THE TOILET OF NEW YORK LADIES.

Tho luxurloaa hubiia of Now York women '■•;n attll on tho inoeease. Tha maid ).c\a ceased to be aoffioient attendanc , ncr timo being mote or less abeuibed by tbo tollot and oognato mattors, oo the present plan is to engage the servloea of % woman who goes out by the day or hour, and whose cards read Ladles' TotletS. She has entire oharga of the persons of her customers, and it is her duty to see that they are kept beautiful. Onoe or twice a woek ehe rubd, oomba, brushes, ollpa, and cloana their hair, undertaking to keep It soft, sleek, and thtok. She manipulates the nails, and osei and reoommenda suoh ungueoio as are warranted to keep iho hands soft and while. She la a pddloure as woll, and keeps her customers' feet In as perfect oondltlon >b toir hands. She has • thouaund dlflarent

DEVIOKa FOE BBAUTIJXINQ IHB VAOB, and undertakes to wnrd oli wrinkles by hen rubbings and emollients. She tralm eybbto*ra In the way they Bhould go, removes enperfluouß hair, ln'duoaa eyUahen to thioken and lengthen, keepi the skin smooth, fresh »nd f»lr, and doolatea ahe oan make tbe lips keep their bloom without the use of roogo. She looks after the figure, too, having a system called tho Swedish movement, by which she tightens up fljoold dquoolob, rouada thin throats and lean arms, and removes ivy of the disfigurements of outllno that have rosuited from tlght-lgolng und the abnormal tendency of flesh to any one part of tho body. She reduces flash and undertakes to develops symmetry. The pplnolpal occupation, however (says " Figaro"), of this person, and tho ono best rollahed by her employers la

TUB MABSAOB fIa.TR, Tho tub is filled with warm water, quite as hot as oan bo comfortably borno, and into this is thrown a bath bag, oonaloting of a littlo Hack of ohooso oloth, loofioly filled with almond monl, powdored orria root, and grated soap. Tho wator turns soft and milky us tho contents of tho bag dinsolvo, and tho okin U nihbod with tlto b»g, which inakos a Ntnootu violot porf umocl lr»thor, uud loaves tho floeh mi Hoft na a ohild'a. Tho bntuor is rubbed dry, and rolled m v big shoot of Tqrkixh towelling, itnd then ovory inch of tho body 1b ourofully rubbed, knoadod, and pluoliod with hunda luoletonod m vlolot wntor, whioh iiwproßnatoa tho slim with a faint llowor lileo porfutaa. This UkoH tho plnoo oi! oxorc^eo iv a groat uiouburo ; uud womon who mo too lndolont o» too busy to walk or praotiso m a gyiiumuliun ilnd this koopn tho skin m equully good condition, and is a wovo ptoau»nt method o{ Hotting tho blood ia circulation, Another frwjy of those dainty women is. to.

QLMIf m BILK*. Thoy havo long abjured a,ny other woar for undorqlothoo, and now thoy are being ; ohown lv ohopa that oator to all now ! whims of tho nox, Boto of allk ahoeta and plllow-qweo In nil qolosro, With those go the beautiful Rut Indiaa blankets, woven ontlrely of raw allk, aud downflproodn oovorod with eurah ok B *Un. Theßo ahoatu and plllowa are hom-atltched wltl> n oroat or monogram ooabcoldeced In OQ o ownor. Somo of then^ Lave a delio*t« to. violet., has oovenl ullkeu bod furnlahtngaof pale m« 0 , with wreaths of Parma g? 1 ?* ambroldered areund^thora, The Ulnati bUnkot fa a deepov parple and the Vlolet-oolqreel, downapifead is perfumed Wjlh, imqhQts of vlolot powder.