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.