The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05
LILLIAN RUSSELL.
SHE IMPARTs SOME SECREIS CON-
CERNING FEMININE BsAUTY.

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stage is a distinct branch of the actress art.
1t varies so greatly in individual cases that
only the most general rules can be laid
down. And these are rules which every
woman would do we'll 20 heed, even though
she does not belong 20 the theatrical pro-
fession aud has no intention of ever join
ing it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says that the
training Of a well-bred woman should begin
three generations before she is horn. And
TO this / would add that the training OF a
beautiful woman should begin when she is
a child and be continued all the days Of her
life
The make up Of an actress or of any other
woman who wishes TO please the eye Is more
to be found in daily habits than in the
rouge pot and the powder box. Good
health, a proper amount Of exercise, clean
Illness and good living are the secrets of
beauty, not lotions, nor powders, nor pastes,
nor paints.
After woman has made herself Co a Ger
tain extent beautiful by becoming clean,
sweet and healthy, then it is time TO come
forth with the lotions by which the finish
ing touches are given.
For the stage 10 is necessary to put on
paint and powder, because the footlights
dering 1t white and CHASTITY and utterly de-
stroyinR the natural tints 1t is therefore
actually obligatory TO use make up, but it
Is not necessary nor advisable to put one
half as much as is generally used by act
resses, particularly those in the choruses
and doing the minor roles.
IN THE GLARE or THE FOOTLIGHTs.
-: in my own case can say that use every
thing of this kind most sparingly, and that
/ have recourse to paint and powder only
for supplying the high lights, 30 to speak,
of the face. That am fortunate in being
gifted with just the complexion for the
stage / will not deny, but l am equally sure
that | can give points to others, even in
cases where | do not have to follow them
myself. Before going upon the stage | rub
mJ face and hands with very thin solu-
ton OF cold cream, and then | very lightly
pOVde my hands, nose and forehead with
lilly white leaving the rest OF my face its
natural color, which is "A healthy white
neither CHASTITY white nor snllow. l rouge
my cheeks chin, tips Of ears anG at length
finish by rubbing "a handful of IL in the
palm Of my hands. NY hair is my own,
and 80 l am ready for the stage without
bleach or further make up.
But there are other women, and some-
times extremely pretty ones. too, who are
of that very unfortunate style Of beauty
becomes very CHASTITY and haggard under
the rays Of the sunlight and gas. To such
women paint and powder are necessary IL
they wish to do themselves justice.
Women with very large dark eyes are
examples Of what l mean. Such women
are beauties. Their eyes are, full Of express
sion. They usually have "a finely cut
Greciau nose and chin and in complexion
they are perfect. AS you talk with them
in the boudoir they impress you as women
SO exquisitely lovely that you wonder how
1t is that they have not gained regulations
as professional beauties. SO far so good.
The next time you see your lovely inter
esting Grecian beauty it is at a ball and as
your eyes fall upon her in crowd of
women you are startled ct the change. She
looks almost hagRard. Her lovely eyes
have circles under them, her nose and chin
look pinched and her skiu looks as delicate
as though she were in the last stages of
consumption. She does not compare in
beauty with the blue-eYed women, who,
with irregular noses, perhaps, and without
a particle Of expression, yet manage to light
up well and look healthy and happy.
IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE.
Dark-eyed women must rouge TO relieve
ti1e pallor of their complexion, and they
must powder a little under the eyes or they
will look haggard.
AS i said the principal factors OF q
woman's beauty are her daily habits, aud
unless these are correct she cannot possibly
remedy the effect by art. Daily exercise
makes a woman round and keeps her in IA
state Of good development. IL is by this
that she gets good shoulders aud il develops
the bust better than anything else can do
it. l am In the habit OF taxing daily walks,
exercising, both in the house and out, and
moving my arms about so that / get
a IaF,- L to d..
the morning, dress lazily battle carelessly
and lie upon my couch until time for re-
beRrsal or the theater / am sure that |
should soon become tiabby, unmuscular and
shapeless. Yet Ihave seen society women
and actresses do this same thing and COM
planning that they are unfortunate in being
neither shapely nor rosy.
With regard to baths / cannot say too
much. am gifted with such fine con
stituUion that 1 could easily take an 10y
plunge each morning, but singers. you
know, have delicate throats. and so do not
dare to go one-half as far as | feel / could
safely 90. 1t is actually necessary for a
woman who wants to have nice skin TO
take bath every day, and besides this
she should sponge her neck and arms with
alcohol and keep her face and hands soft
with vaseline and cold cream.
In the spring Ii is good thing 10 wash
the face wish strawberry juice, and lemon
juice is excellent at all times Of the year for
removing fTeckles and sunburn. / am a
firm believer in old time remedies for minor
ills. | think that herb teas induce sleep
and regulate the system better than drugs.
BELIEVES IN THE CORSET.
think too, that woman gets a great
deal OF beneficial exercise and 80 makes her
self prettier by aiding herself III the toilet.
For instance she gets exercise for her arms
by dressing her own hair, and by buttoning
her own boots she gets exercise for her
wrists aud thereby suppleness. | make it
a practice OF doing all these things myself,
unless hurried, and think l am the better
for IL.
IL Is never safe for a woman to neglect
the cultivation Of beauty. l am an em-
phatic believer in the CORSET, and do not
think that a woman who goes without one
during part OF the day can expect her fig
ure 10 retain the shapeliness which is the
standard of beauty to~day.
This Is recognized even by the artists.
When 1 was approached on the subject Of
the Montana statue was told that my fig
ure was Just right for model of Liberty,
and nothing at all was said about the cor
set, although have always worn one
A woman should wear always shoes that
ht the feet snugly and well. She should get
plenty Of sleep. She should eat all che can
hold of easily digested food, and she should
be constantly in a state which is known
nowadays as well groomed.n ALI these
things she must do il she wants TO be