, 1892-02-18

&y personal culture.
49, To amy thoughtful observe,
y the difference between the
well groomed woman and the neglected
one ought to be sufficient inducement to
enter the ranks of the former.
The difference between the appearance
of a m who depends wholly on nat
ural endowments and the n who
makes a study Of the preservation of
that beauty is sufficient evidence as to the
result that may be wrought by care and
the inevitable loss hat comes through
neglect. 1t is as the difference between
a horse that eats inc roam and rolls in
the pasture and one that is kept in n liv-
cry, .combed and curried and clipped.
Half the difference between the home
Iy woman and the beautiful one is the
result of care. 1t is nine-tenths OF the
difference between the attractive and
the uninteresting one. 1t is all there is
in style"
Il never look in "A mirror, you know"
said a certain girl to her escort, who
was obliged to suggest some necessary
adjustment of her attire on the street.
IL must say you would be wiser and
look better il you did" was the reply.
more truthful than gracious.
| ave quoted this little conversation
rs my text, and | always feel like re-
peating the escorts answer to women
who say, why, / never do a thing to
my complexion; | leave it all to ~naturel''
In any woman past first youth this
means a drying up, wrinkling skin, or a
shining one, and a general fat, lack
luster air Uf the whole face that does
NOT 1anort pf itua1f Tho aanna roYoo,
will have eyes, teeth, hair, feet scrupu-
lousy cared for. Why should the face,
the first thing observed, the directory to
the whole, be neglected? The very word
complexion" makes some women shy
and ashamed.
This is due to a natural horror of the
old fashioned means of artificial repair
and n general ignorance Of the later
avs of natural preservation. Few wom-
en- realize the amount of latent beauty
that lies in the muscles, tissues and blood
within the power of every woman to de-
velop.
Some women have never had their at
tention called to this subject, so do not
think about II at all. Some are anxious
but ignorant of the means to be en-
ployed. Some are skeptical as to results.
Some are too desultory in their methods
to bring about any successful conclusion.
Many say that they have not the time to
tend to such things" Some are lazy.
The largest number depend altogether
and for all time upon their natural beau
ty, thinking that because beautiful once
they must always remain 80.
A pretty girl is praised for her bright
eyes, pink and white complexion, sunny
hair and white hands, all through her
school and sweetheart days. She enters
int the busy field of motherhood, teach
ing, sewing, music, painting, writing,
sculpture-for fame or lnoney-equally
engrossing. She places her looks in the
bank of time, and dropping them out of
her thought, works away with her mem
tally alone.
She forgets the drafts made on these
looks by time, weather, toll, injurious
methods of cleansing and powdering,
mental disturbance-emotion, anxiety,
irritation, thought She expects beauty
to remain intact while the wear and
tear goes on. First thing she knows she
has overdrawn her cou without re-
placing. One day she finds herself
bankrupt
The bright pink las faded or become a
dull red, the white has become yellow,
the lips are blue and wrinkled, the white
OF the eyes which makes their bright
ness has become yellow and suffused;
the face, though not thin, has a straight
line look instead of the round curves,
shadows lie about the eyes and mouth,
light lines are seen in the corners of the
eyes n nose and between the brows.
Friends begin to say, How Maud has
fallen off in a year!" and they turn to
fresher flowers.
The first intimation she has of the dis
aster is a lovers indifference, the
thoughtless speech of husband or
brother, and the necessity she finds for
increased effort to awaken interest
among strangers. Time was when she
could not pass down the street without
being an object of attention She is not
disturbed by stares nowl
Yet she has not aged. She has simply
grown old looking through lack of keep
ing herself up. That is all.
Meantime a plain companion has been
at work improving the little that nature
has done. She has become plump in
face and figure; the muddy complexion
has become clean and clear looking; her
eyes are bright and strong; her hair
looks fresh and obedient and has a glow
IN 1t that was not born there. Her fore
head is firm and smooth. As a conse-
quence the meek, apologize expression
of form has changed to the calm Ger
tainty that is grace. Her eyes have the
CLEAN of happy recognition in them in
place OF the shrinking look which people
called slyness, INT which was but a
form Of modification.
One's youth may be made a night
mare by a crooked nose, the best ten
denotes may be nipped in the bud by O
mole in the skin and a disposition may
be entirely ruined by-freckles,