Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10

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but what are you going to do about
wrinkles9" Intercepted the intimate caller sud
denly as this arch woe of femiuinity burst ON
her consciousness.
"Wrinkles?' repeated fair and forty with
serene accent that her visitor considered most
inappropriate to 80 desperate q subject.
wrinkles? Well. half of them need never
come II a woman will preserve her wits about
her. and the other half can be mitigated, il not
quite effaced, by little judiciously applied and
quite harmless industry
On, what is it?' asked the intimate caller
eagerly, as she bent forward with intense eyes
and clasped hands. 'Lookr' and she pulled
up ner veil, -! have two miserable perpendicu-
lar lines right between my eyes. For PHYS
sake tell me how to get rid Of themr'
FAIR and forty gave her an analytical glance
ana then remarked with cold comfort:
SOME WRINKLES UNNECESSARY.
IL was quite unnecessary your ever having
those. They came from frowning because you
were cross-you see 1 am quite frank with
you-or else because you were perplexed or
absorbed. Now, no matter how vexed one is or
now worried. does it do any good, pray, to
screw up ones forehead in tight knot? The
advice should give to prevent the formation
OF such lines would be the same as Punch dis
Pensed to those about to marry-simply don't
The horizontal lines across the forehead are
quite as unnecessary. They would never come
them"
But can't keep elevating my eyebrows
wnen the sun shines in my eyes,"
And does that keep the sun out of them?"
mo. Idont know as it does" was the some
what reluctant confession"
well, then, don't do it, or if it has got to be
an unbreakable habit get some dark glasses to
wear when in the glare Of pavements. They
are not very becoming, to be sure, but they are
infinitely more SO than wrinkles.
so you see, went on fair and forty, "the
forehead wrinkles are quite avoidable with
nttle thought. l believe, indeed, one might
live to be a hundred years old and never have
them, but when you actually do possess them.
why, refrain as much as possible from the ac-
tons that you have found produce them. and
DO this to scare them away" and fair and
forty placed her two pretty palms on her white
unilned forehead and began stroking it outward,
hrst with one hand and then with the other,
"a movement" she explained, (which If done
perslstently will have the same effect on a
wrinkled forehead as ironing has wrinkled
clothes.
The unyouthful double chin and the droop-
Ing lines that form from the nose down
aren't such heinous offenses, because one isn't
80 palpably to blame for them. They come
from relaxed muscles, but as the muscles of
the face can be developed as well as the
muscles OF the arm or hand, why, do this to
prevent them losing firmness or to restore it if
'oov ohu Aoi tWO pdiuls Went up peTpenQlCu-
iarly again. this time one each side of her nose,
from which she began taking turns in stroking
her cheeks outward.
And this, )" she went on, ceasing that move
ment and meeting her palms under her chin,
ana from thence moving them alternately up
unlovely lines. for some years"
But crows feet! CALCULATED the intimate
caller in a dread whisper.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT crows FEET,
"Oh, crows feet said fair and forty quite
indifferently, ''don't worry about them. They
are the very last Of all to come, and some. in
deed, who possess a complete assortment of all
the other known varieties and species OF
wrinkles never have them. Then they aren't
SO ugly If one does get them. for they come
from laughing, and give q sunny look to the
eyes-something like the rays from the sun
ITSELF At all events, don't try to prevent them
by restricting the expression Of laughter to the
mouth. have one acquaintance who, to ward
away crows feet, never laughs with her eyes
unless she is absolutely overpowered my mirth
and you should see her! 1 certainly never be-
held so gloomy smile. She reminds me of a
smooth, grinning mask.
Eyes, the directions that have Just given
you. together with rubbing the cheeks round
and round with the palms of the hand to make
them firm, and washing the face with an up
ward movement instead of a downward, will
largely do away with your special horror of
wrinkles"
But, mercy!' said the intimate caller, show
much time it all takes. l never could do even
the plain duties Of the day If 1 went through
all that performance
.'Time!' echoed fair and forty EVERY
thing that l have mentioned needn't take an
hour day, and I'll warrant you spend that
much and more on fancy work or some SINH
larly foolish employment that isn't going to
effect your looks in the wears to come In the
least No, putting it at the longest" she re-
peated, with a calculating expression of coun-
tenance. IAN hour would be ample for all l
have told you-thirty minutes for your hair
brushing, fifteen for the physical culture exer-
cises for strengthening you and fifteen more for
the self-given facial massage.
That" said fair and forty, lean be counter
acted by learning at any gymnasium. or Of any
Delsartean teacher, a short series of simple
movements that will exercise successfully all
the muscles of the body. One needn't lift
dumb bells or swing Indian clubs while going
through with them, either. The movements
alone, and which. moreover. will not require
more than ten minutes of ones time. will suf-
flee to strengthen The muscles SO that your
head will be we'll poised and your back beauti-
fully fiat and straight And they. combined
with daily walking, will keep one from getting
stout.
''If women weren't SO lazy about few little
things of this Sort" said fair and forty with
some spirit as sne gave retrospective glance
over her sex's derelictions, there wouldn't
be SO many of them moaning over the loss of
their good looks And walking aside from its
advantages that l just mentioned. improves
the complexion. Haven't you noticed that
after thrty-five the compilations of men are
apt to De fresher and smoother and better gen.
orally than those of women of the same age2'
YES"
"Well. it is because they spend more time in
the open air than do women.
but you've got to stick to it If YOU expect it
10 benefit you," she added with emphasis '.for
eternal vigilance, which, you know, is the price
OF liberty. is also the price of well-preserved
looks and when through haste or fatigue you
feel inclined TO omit any of these matters, as
for instance the Strengthening exercises, then
stop and reflect that to do so is as great a sin
against your well appearance as to neglect
washing your face in the morning is against
the virtue Of cleanliness and You'll be SURPRISED
what a stimulant to effort that though is
You'll be less tired, too, at the beginning for
rest consists in n change of activity as well ms
in repose, and stretching the muscles of the
body from their normal position. rests them
just as does stretching the hands after having
written for a long time
OLD BUT YOUNG.
''Yes. indeed" said fair and forty "as far as
l am concerned, when have reached the al
lotted three score and ten Of humanity l in
tend to be worthy of that compliment the
gallant Autocrat of the Breakfast Table paid
some lady on her seventeen birthday-It is
better to be seventy years young than forty
wears old