Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1903 — BEAUTY AND PURITY [ARTICLE]

BEAUTY AND PURITY

Ancient and Modern Ideas on the Subject. Time and Disease the Effacing Agents of Beauty. What Has Science Done to Restore the LJIy and the Rose?

Socrates called beauty a short-lived ?ranny, Plato a privilege of nature, heocrltus a delightful prejudice, Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious gift of nature, Ovid a favor of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world, and vet none Of these distinguished authorities has left us even a hint of how beauty is to be perpetuated, or the ravages of age and disease defied. Time soon blends the lily and the rose into the pallor of age, disease dots the fair face with cutaneous disfigurations and crimsons the Roman nose with unsightly flushes, moth, If not rust, corrupts the glory of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by defacing the complexion, and fills the sensitive soul with agony unspeakable. If such be the unhappy condition of one afflicted with slight skiu blemishes, what must be the feelings of those in whom torturing humors have for years run riot, covering the skin with scales and sores and charging the blood with poisonous elements to become a part of the system until death? It is vain to attempt to portray such suQ'erlug. Death in many cases might be considered a blessing. The blood and fluids seem to be Impregnated with a llery element which, when discharged through the pores upon the surface of the body, Inflames and burns until, in his efforts for relief, ths patient tears the skin with his nails, and not until the blood flows does sufficient relief come to cause him to desist. Thus do complexlonal defects merge into torturing disease, and piqued vanity give placo to real suffering. A little wart on the nose or cheek grows to the all-devouring lupus, a patch of tetter on the palm of the hand or on the limbs suddenly envelops the body in Its fiery embrace, a bruise on the leg expands into a gnawing nicer, which reaches out Its fangs to the sufferer’s heart In every paroxysm of pain, a small kernel lu the ueek multiplies into a dozen, which eat away the vitality, great pearl-like scales crow from littlo rash-like Inflammations in such abundance as to pass credulity; and so on may we depict the sufferings to which poor human nature is subject, all of yvhlch Involve great mental distress because of personal disfigurations. If there were not another external disease known, eczema alone would be A sufficient Infliction on mankind. It pervades all classes, and descends impartially through generations. While Some are constantly enveloped in It, others have It confined to Fmall patches in the ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs, etc., but everywhere its distinctive feature Is a small watery blister, which discharges an acrid fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and Intense itching. Ring-worm, tetter, •called head, dandruff, belong to this scaly and Itching order of diseases. Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with Its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on a reddened base, which bleeds upon the removal of the scale, Is to be dreaded and avoided, as of old. Impetigo, barber’s itch, erysipelas, and a Score of minor disorders make up in part the catalogue of external diseases of the skin. Thus far we have made no allusion to those afflictions which are manifestly impu rities of the blood, viz.: swelling of the glands of the throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs, tumors, abscesses, and mercurial poisons, with loss of hair, because the whole list can be comprehended in the one word scrofula. It Is In the treatment of torturing, disfiguring humors and affections or the/skln, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, that the Cutlcura remedies have achieved their greatest success. Original in composition, scientifically compounded, absolutely pure, unchangeable in any climate, alway s ready, and ugreeable to the most delicate and sensitive, they present to young and old the most successful curative of modern times. This will be conslde ed strong language by those acquainted with the character and obstinacy of blood and skih humors but it is justified by Innumerable successes where all the remedies and methods in vogue have failed to cure, and, In many cases, to relieve, even. <* The Cutlcura treatment Is at once agreeable, speedy, economical, and comprehensive. Bathe the affected parts freely with hot water and Cutlcura soap, to cleanse the sur ace of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry. without hard rubbing, and apply Cutlcura Oln tment

to allay Itching, irritation, and Inflammation, and soothe and heal, and, lastly, take Cutlcura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood. This treatment affords Instant relief, permits rest and sleep In the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burning, and scaly humors, and points to a speedy, permanent, and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring humors, eczemas, rashes, and Inflammations, from Infancy to age, when all other remedies and ths best physicians fall. The remedies constituting the Cutlcura system will repay an individual scrutiny of their remarkable properties. Cutlcura Soap contains in a modified form the medicinal properties of Cutlcura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest and sweetest of emollients, combined with the most delicate and refreshing of flower odors. It purifies and invigorates the pores of the skin, and Imparts activity to the oil glands and tubes, thus furnishing an outlet for unwholesome matter, which if retained would cause pimples, blackheads, rashes, oily, mothy skin, and other complexlonal disfigurations, as well as scalp affections and Irritations, falling hair, and baby rashes. Its gentle and continuous action on tlienatural lubricators of the skin keeps the latter transparent, soft, flexible, and healthy. Hence its constant use, assisted by an occasional use of Cutlcura Ointment, realizes the fairest complexion, the softest, whitest hands, and the most luxuriant, glossy hair within the domain of the most advanced scientific knowledge to supply. Cutlcura Ointment is the most successful external curative for torturing, disfiguring humors of the skin and scalp, including loss of hair, In proof of which a single anointing with It, preceded by a hot bath with Cutlcura Soap, and followed in the severer cases by a full dose of Cuticura Resolvent, is sufficient to afford Immediate relief in the most distressing forms of Itching, burning, and scaly humors, permit rest and skep, and point to a speedy cure when all other remedies fall. It is especially so In the treatment of Infants and children, cleansing, soothing, and healing the most distnssing of Infantile humors, and preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, and hair. Cutlcura Ointment possesses, at the same time, the charm of satisfying the simple wants of the toilet of all ages, In carii g for the skin, scalp, hair, and hands far more effectually, agreeably, and economically than the most expensive of toilet emollients, while free from every Ingredient of a doubtful or dangerous character. Its “ One Night Treatment of the Hands," or “ Single Treatment of the Hair,” or use after athletics, cycling, golf, tennis, riding, sparring, or any sport, each In connection with the use of Cutlcura Soap, is sufficient evidence of this. Of all remedies for the purification of the blood and circulating fluids, none approaches in specific medical action Cutlcura Resolvent. It neutralizes and resolves away (hence its name) scrofulous, Inherited, and other humors In the blood, which give rise to swellings of the glaiius, pains in the bones, and torturing, dlsflgnring eruptions of the skin and scalp, with loss of hair. Cuticura Resolvent extends Its purifying influence by jneans of the pores to the surface of the skin, allaying Irritation, Inflammation, Itching, and burning, and soothing and healing. Hence its success in the treatment of distressing humors or the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, which fall to be permanently cured by external remedies alone. The grandest testimonial that can be offered Cuticura remedies Is their world-wide sale, due to the personal recommendations of those who have used them. It is difficult to realize the mighty growth of the business done under this name. From a small beginning in the simplest form, against prejudice and opposition, against monied hosts, countless rivals, and trade Indifference, Cutlcura remedies have become the greatest curatives of their time, and, in fact, of all time, for nowhere in the history of medicine is to be found another approaching them in popularity and sale. In every clime and with every people they have met with the same reception. The confines of the earth are the only limits to their growth. They have conquered the world. To the test of popular Judgment all things mundane must finally come. The civilized world has rendered Its verdict In favor of Cutlcura. *