The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-07


are the secrets of beauty, not lotions
nor powders nor pastes nor paints.
After a woman has made herself TO
certain extent beautiful by becoming
clean, sweet and healthy, then it is
time to come forth with the lotions by
which the finishing touches are given.
For the stage il is necessary to put on
paint and powder, because the footlights
have a peculiar effect upon the skin,
rendering it white and ghastly and ut
terly destroying the natural tints. 1t
is, therefore, actually obligatory to use
make-up, but il is not necessary nor ad-
visable to put ON one-half as much as is
generally used by actresses, particular
~ those in the choruses and doing the
minor rolls.
In my own case can say that use
everything of this kind most sparingly,
and that l have recourse to paint and
powder only for supplying the high
lights, so to speak, of the face. That
am very fortunate in being gifted with
Just the complexion for the stage will
not deny, but / am equally sure
that i can give points to others,
even in cases where do not have to
follow them myself. Before going upon
the stage rub my face and hands with
q very thin solution of cold cream, and
then very lightly powder my hands,
nose and forehead with lilly white"
leaving the rest of my face its natural
color, which is a healthy white-neither
Rhastly white nor sallow. l rouge my
cheeks, chin, tips of ears, and at length
finish by rubbing handful of 1t in the
palm of my hands. My hair is my
own, and so i am ready for the stage
without bleach or further makeup.
But there are other women, and some
times extremely pretty ones, too, who
are of that very unfortunate style OF
beauty which does not light up well
and which becomes very ghastly and hag-
gard under the rays of sunlight and gas.
To such women paint and powder are
necessary il they wish to do themselves
justice.
Women with very large, dark eyes
ore examples of what l mean. Such
women are beauties. Their eyes are
full of expression. They usually have
Q finely cut Grecian nose and chin and
IN complexion they are perfect As You
talk with them in the boudoir they inn
press you as women so exquisitely love
w that you wonder how it is that they
have not gained regulations as profcs-
sional beauties. So far so good.
The next time you see your lovely.
interesting Grecian beauty it is at a
ball, and as your eyes fall upon her in
a crowd Of women you are startled at
the change. She looks almost haggard.
Her lovely eyes have circles under
them, her nose and chin look pinched
and her skin looks as delicate as though
she were in the last stages OF consump-
ton. She does not compare in beauty
with the blue-eyed women. who, with
irregular noses, perhaps, and without
particle of expression, yet manage to
light up we'll and look healthy and
happy.
Dark-eycd women must rouge 20 re-
1ieve the pallor of their complexior~and
they must powder little under the
eyes or they will look haggard.
As ! said, the principal factors Of n
woman's beauty are her daily habits,
and unless these are correct she cannot
possibly remedy the effect by art
Daily exercise makes a woman round
and keeps her in state of good devel-
opment. IL Is by this that she gets
good shoulders and it develops the bust
better than anything else can do it. |
am in the habit of taking daily walks,
exercising, both in the house and out,
and moving my arms about so that
get great deal of exercise. If were
TO rise in the morning. dress lazily.
bathe carelessly and lie upon my couch
until time for rehearsal or the theater
am sure that l should soon become
flabby, unmuscular and shapeless. Yet
have seen society women and actresses
doing this samS,thing aud complaining
that they are unfortunate in being Meth
ershapely nor rosy.
With regard 90 baths canno. say toe
much. am gifted with such One
constitution that could easily take ar