The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-19

many wax and porcelain children that she
doesn't know what to do. is a Jewish maiden.
crowd is always around her, watching and ad-
| mlring. Men, women and children stop tc gaze
upon her beautiful face, and SO winsome is her
| loneliness that no shadow of envy, thought
| of jealous Displacement, comes across the
mind OF any woman who looks at
| her, Her peerlessEess is acknowledged,
and all do her homage. She sits there all
unconscious OF the murmurs of admiration;
her long golden hair floating in wavy masses
over her shoulders, and her large blue eyes, rich
| In color as paeonles, meeting the gaze OF her
worshipers with grave, frank innocence For
| her beauty is not that of the Semitic race. The
typical Jewess is dark, aquine and has riGh
olive complexion, with full red lips and flashing
| black eyes. Many such may be at the FAIR
/ but none of them is comparable to the golden
| haired daughter of Rebecca who sits among the
dolls, sometimes smiling and chatting with Witt
ors, and again gazing seriously far away and
| talking to herself, all unconcerned and careless
| of the throng There is not so much as sug
gestion of coquetry in her smile, word or
action; not trace of self consciousness about
| her. She is there because of her rare beauty,
| but she does not seem to know that she has
| the most winsome face, perfect features and
| sweetest rose bud mouth in the world. Her name
is Mabel Herts, and she will be four years old
| next June.
| 1t is almost universal hallucination that tact
is something peculiarly feminine, and that all
women possess it. Tact and intuition are sup
posed to work out for the gentler sex, without
conscious mental effort the results that unfortu-
| nate man must reach through the laborious wear
| and tear of gray cerebral matter. Tact smooths
away the rough places and makes social inter
| course easy and pleasant; puts the awkward at
ease, and dlspelS the painful Self-conSciousness
| OF the embarrassed novice Tact is great
| thing. At the Hebrew fair one day, was lit
! tie scene in which the average amount of femi-
nine tact was displayed. Three or four
girls met in the middle of the hall, greeted each
other efusively. and kissed all round One of
them, after the OSCILLATION, looked critically at a
| rather pretty Jewess, and said: Emma, what
| makes you wear that bangl declare it makes
| you look like your oldest sister,
When little Johnny said: Girls is just the
same as boys only long hair and no sense" He
must have been recent witness to a striking
display of feminine tact.
"How young she looas' .How does she man
age to conceal the marks of age9' Who has not
| heard these phrases fitting about the auditori-
UNI of theater when some long popular actress
is on the boards2 The questioners are not always
ladies, but rule the ladies are most vitality
interested in the problem suggested How can
one prevent age from showing itself in the face
and what is the secret of the actresses long en-
during youth! AS to the latter it is hardly
worth while to pay much attention to it, think
for the art of making up for the stage is quite
different matter from that of making up for the
drawing groom. In the one case the artist can
make use of broad, suggestive touches; in the
other everything must bear an elaborite finish
So there are two styles of painting in vogue in
facial establishment well as in pictorial art.
But know something much better than paint
for preserving youthful appearance in the face.
1t is very simple, and was suggested by the
massage treatment for removing super
fnous flesh. In this case the object
is in measure to restore wasted
flesh, or rather to prevent waste. Wrinkles, the
surest mark of advancing age, and the hardest to
eradicate or conceal, are due to the gradual
wearing away of flesh underneath the cuticle
Why does it wear away! Because the facial mus
cles have either too little, or the wrong kind of
exercise. 1t will be observed that wrinkles usu-
ally take downward course This is due to the
wrong kind of exercise. What exercised Why!
the washing and wiping of the face. to be sure.
Not that am going to advocate the discontiu-
ance OF this salutary and wholesome exercise; |
| simply suggest change in the method. Instead
OF rubbing the face down. in washing and wiping,
| always rub upwards. This will have the effect
of counteracting the influence of the flesh to de
part fronrunder the cutice and will keep the
face free from wrinkles. 1t is rather an awkward
habit to acquire at first but perseverance will
make 1t second nature, and the result is worth
many pains This exercise is designed partcu-
larly for the benefit of the eyes and upper por-
ton of the cheeks.
For the lower and middle portion where hol-
lowness is often noted rather than wrinkles,
but sometimes both, there is another plan.
The facial muscles are subjected to very slight
activity in the ordinary exertions of eating
and talking. To fill the cheeks out plump and
round it is necessary to develop the muscles
there. These muscles very slight at the
best and any special effort we'll directed will in
crease them in capacity and size An excellent
exercise for this purpose is this: Take piece
of soft leather kid or chamois skin will do, and
put the end of 1t between the teeth then chew
gently upon it for several minutes, taking care
not to raise the teeth from the leather. If the
teeth are raised it will bring into play only the
ordinary muscles OF mastication whereas the
purpose is to develop those that are seldom
used. One who tries this method will find the
cheek going through queer action that is any
thing but graceful and pretty; nevertheless it is
immensely effective, and will restore its youth
full plumpness even to the most hollow cheeks of
the decrepit sexagenarlan. Those in middle
life, or those who are just beginning to feel the
approach of age, will find this plan especially
valuable. Its beauty does not recommend it,
but its simplicity does
It occurs to me to inquire why talking should
not be effective in keeping the facial muscles
fully developed There are women who talk in
cessantly and it might seem that uninterrupted
activity of the mouth in conversation would be
enough to effect all the charging of muscles de-
srable to attain youthful appearance So il
would if talking exercised the right muscles 1t
will be observed that the most talkative women
have the most hollow cheeks. so there is no en-
couragement in this for cultivating converse
tional powers. The reason why excessive talk
ing brings with it premature decay of facial
beauty is that talking exercises almost exclusives
~ the orbiculars oris the muscle that serves as
mouth-opener. The tongue and throat muscles
are brought into play, of course. but they are
not to be considered in discussing what may
have an effect upon the external face When the
orbicularis ors, therefore, is exercised to the /!
exclusion of the more distant portions of the
cheeks, 1t will be developed abnormaly in |
strength; and when advancing age brings about
the decay of the tender cheeks, the snewey
orbicuaris ors remains 10 its full vigor and size
and the cheeks appear, correspondingly, so |
much the more hollow and wasted. There is no |