Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1907 — New Powder “Rag.’’ [ARTICLE]

New Powder “Rag.’’

Members of the gentler sex used to carry small chamois skin bags filled with talcum powder concealed about their persona in various mysterious places. If a bag was not at hand the knotted corner of a handkerchief would do. The powder thus coucealed, iu conjunction with the moistened corner of a handkerchief, was used to make an impromptu toilet in cases where soap and water was not at band and to restore the ravages of wind and dust. Thu apparatus now has been coudemnwl as crude am) bunglesome. The newest wrinkle is the “papier poudre,” a French imi>ortation. It is a little square of thin paper, smooth on one side and slightly roughened on the other, which can be used equally well as a sponge, powder puff, or perfume bag. The slightly roughened side acts as a sort of sandpaper, cleaning the dust from the face, while at the same time the scented powder is rubbed on The advantage of the paper poudre !S in the fact that it can be concealed anywhere —in the pnkn at the glove, under the belt, or folded in the handkerchief —and in the hands of a skillful manipulator can be used without attracting tne slightest attention by means of closer combination with the handkerchief.