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ing of the face has been sanctioned by all the 

 courts of Europe, its origin was derived from the 

 most uncivilized part of mankind. In some mode 

 or other this art has been employed in all quar- 

 ters of the globe, and as each nation considers 

 the customs of those who differ from themselves 

 in the manner of disguising their persons as ridi- 

 culous, it proves the absurdity of the practice. 



Madame de Latour observes, that from north 

 to south, from the east to the west, amongst 

 savage people, and in civilized nations, the taste 

 for painting is universal. The wandering Arab, 

 the sedentary Turk, the beautifal Persian, the 

 small-footed Chinese, the blooming Russian, the 

 phlegmatic English, the indolent Creole, and the 

 lively trifling French women, all wish to please, 

 and all like to do so by painting themselves. In 

 the deserts of America the savages paint their 

 bodies red with the root of a species of Bugloss 

 that is indigenous to their country. The ancient 

 Britons painted their bodies of a blue colour. 

 Duperron tells us that a young savage girl, who 

 wished to attract his attention, took slily a piece 

 of coal, and retiring to a corner pounded it, and 

 blacked her cheeks with the powder, then return- 

 ing with a triumphant air, as if this ornament 

 had rendered the effects of her charms more 

 secure. 



