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when the mafic falls off, and the (peAre (lands con- 

 feffedlf Strange that Britifli ladies, to whom nature 

 has been fo bountiful, fhould diftruft their native 

 charms, and have recourfe to fuch wretched fubfti- 

 tutcs of art ! Is it not truly mortifying that they . 

 ihould thus ftoop to adorn, or rather difguife their 

 perfons, at the expence of their health ! 



But to quit fo humiliating a fubje(5t. If what has 

 been offered be not fufficient to put them on their 

 guard, more would be ineffeftual. However, be- 

 fore I eonclude, there is one fimple cofmetick I can 

 venture with confidence to recommend to the ladies, 

 as a perfe6lly fafe, cheap, and efficacious fubftitute 

 for all the pernicious tribe above-mentioned, and 

 which may be freely ufed without any rifle of de- 

 tection, — a cofmetick which boafts the higheft an- 

 tiquity, and is perhaps the only true one acknow- 

 ledged by Nature. It is not only innocent, but 

 highly conducive to health. It clears the com- 

 plexion far beyond the milk of rofesj and when 

 accompanied with regular hours and briflc exer- 

 cife in the open air, diffufes over the countenance 

 a more animated bloom than the fined rouge. — It 

 is now needlefs to add, that this grand fecret is no 

 other than cold Spring Water ! 



t Particularly on expofurc to the fun, a hot fire, or fulphttreout 

 vapours. 



Method 



