Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-10
WOMEN MADE PRETTY.
Good Health the First Requisitc-A
Physician Tells How Women May
Preserve Their Good Looks and at
The Same Time Preserve Their Health.
Prom the Chicago Herald.

Preserve Their Good Looks and at
she Same Time Preserve Their Health.
Prom the Chicago Herald
The time has gone by when woman's face
was her fortune but still there is in the human
cOunteuanee a charm or a something that
attracts or repels the observer. We admire a
pretty hand or foot, are struck by the carriage
OF an elegant figure; supple arm or a
massive head of hair captivates our attention.
but the eye is never so strongly attracted by
any part of the body as the face. All other
features bear general resemblance or
adaptation to contiguous parts but the face is
in Itself entire. individual. complete. and has
its own type of intelligence and beauty. 1t
Is the tablet on which a life is written.
Conceal the face and. while the psychologist
may determine the temperament and physical
characteristics. the impress of thought aud
emotion. the penciled touch of joy, anger. hate,
avarice passion the burrows CT care and anxiety,
the angles of whitening sorrow, the habituai
smirk of strategy and design, the fawning smiles
OF treachery and deceit, or the meek cast of
piety and humility afford no signs of character
to warn or win. While regularity of feature Is
quite desirable. and even attainable to a large
degree In childhood. beauty of form is not the
sole requisite for an attractive face. Mental
culture, c0ngenial occupation contentment of
disposition will tighten up the Inca
ments OF face with a refinement of
grace beyond expression Ii is the duty
OF every lady to make her face pleasing.
and this she is amply able to do. mOrose dis
position, melancholy. preverseness jealousy re-
venge, hate, anger. pride, happiness, morbid
krlef, love. Imaginary trouble, fear--one or
more OF which are always occupying the mind
Will chisel the features and stamp deeper and
deeper their indelible impress upon the face and
make 1t either attractive or repuIsiye
Alice Cary, in her little poem Take Care"
makes very pertinent allusiOn to this relation
OF passing emotions to the expression of the
face:
Go and stand before the glass
And some ugly thought contrive,
And my word Will come to pass,
just as sure as you're alive.
While there are few who do not have to con-
tend with undesirable impulses either from
heredity, early formation of character or the
circumstance OF every day life still it remains
obligatory to cultivate an impenetrable cOunte-
nance. pacidity of feature. and cheerfulness of
expression IN order to preserve the beauty of
face.
'PLACIDTTT OF EXPRESSION"
says an eminent physician, Twill never be mis-
taken for vacancy, and the woman who so gov
erns herself has the satisfaction of knowing that
her face will rarely betray her, for on calm
face passing emotions do not rest long enough
to mirror themselves" The value of this COM
known to business and professional men to need
comment, for who ever saw a successful doctor.
lawyer or merchant with a tell-tale face. And
III the emotions are not to mold the face women
must stop scOwling. trOwning. pOutng wink
ing. twisting the mouth and nose suck
ing the tongue or thrusting it into the
cheeks or out over the lips in a wedge shane
straiEing the eyes wide open at surprising
news. shutting them with rapidity, rolling and
throwing them for stage effect pursuing the
mouth. biting the lips. wageing tine head or car
Tying II q Il canary, grmacing. grnniDg. s9uint-
ing. signing, humming, giggling and continuous
smiling. for not only are such practices r1linoGs
to pleasant facial expression, bat must be at
trbuted to bad breeding. and are so disagreea-
able that II seems almost needless to admOnish
parents and teachers for permitting such bad
habits to be acquired--Or big girls who GER
fanny should have better taste.
Among the lower classes pronounced tvpes of
beauty are rarely met with. as vicious tenden-
eies. exposure to want and debauchery and the
necessity for hard labor cause their features to
lose much OF that grace and refinement which
other surroundings might develop. Another
reason for cultivating the expression and pur-
SUNG an upright. lofty idea is seen in the con-
trasf between men and women. The latter can
not with lnPunity nurture unwOmaniy thoughts
anger. and the baser passions or succumb to
care. grief misfortune or recklessness for. being
possessed OF quicker and more delicate sentiments
than men. with finer and less accentuated fea-
lures. greater susceptibility of physioGnomy and
delicaey of muscle the traces on the feminine
face are more marked, more durable and almost
lneradicable. Love is also 4 wOndrOus artist in
painting beauty on the female cOuHtenance and
unless the music OF the tender passion is PLAYED
upon her heart there must be one chord missing
from her life. But all cannot be wooed; there
are not men enough TO go around; there must
still be some unplucked roses on the BUSH and
though all things else fail, woman is still the
sculptor of her own statue.
Where nature has done little, woman Is justi-
fed in getting what aid she can from art But
DE very sure that the two powers do not collide.
Cosmetics have always beer and probably always
Will be used TO repair conceal the blemishes i'm
natures portraits. And if women have tried
every other expedient. then. and not till then.
should She have recourse to the rouge pot and
powder puff. But if they are used let them be
pure Nearly all the cheap cosmetics contain
white lead and other ingredients which ruin the
complexion beyond repair. There are washes
Tor the face. imported goods, warranted to be
genuine, which, when applied to the face absO-
lutely seem TO renew youth. so thoroughly and
completely do they conceal freckles blOtches.
fesh-mOths, eruptiOns and all blemishes of the
skin. But such goods cost from 50 to $50 Der
gill. and are not within the reach of the AVERAGE
woman As it is impossible for facial beauty to
coexst with weak nerves and constitutional in
frmty, it might not be a bad idea to regard the
treatment of some of these affections
THE FIRST ESSENTIAL is GOOD HEALTH.
and without it a good complexion is an impos-
sibility.
why. 1 can tell when O woman Is deraneed
the moment see her face" said a West Side
physician to the writer. II ask her casually.
not meaning to be Officious, How is your
health:' and invariably comes the answer. All
right. doctor But it is not all right Sunken
eyes. hollow chests, round shoulders, blue
punched features, sallOw complexion often
marked with patches of deep yellow cbapped
lips. tainted breath. do not exist when the health
Is all right The American women" he con-
tinued. ARE going down. and going RAPIDLY
too. Why. not one in a hundred sleeps enough
or at the proper hours: they don't eat the right
kind of food or wear the right kind OF clothes:
they don't take outdoor or indoor exercise
What does an aimless walk amount to- or a
drive. lolng in close carriage? Bah. its pre-
posterous- Our women are outrageOusly
shamefuly lazy"
Just get your pencil ont and I'll tell YOU
what to advise them if they want good COM
plexions'
I'm the first place. she wants plenty of warm,
loosely hitting undertaking, with one, or not
more than two, heavy wooden skirts hung from
the shoulders or corsets, for the sex would fall
to pieces without corsets; they are all that keep
women In an upright position, Now, then, YOU