The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-12-15
How to be Beautiful.
From the New York Herald.

These rules ana receipe are taken from
an old book found in Nirgiaia homestead
They were in use among the beauties of
the South in the days when all women
were handsome, and grace of figure was
as common as beauty in rose.
To get thin-Eat great deal of chopp-
ed meat without any potato in it. Drink
little fluid of any kind except strong tea.
Exercise great deal without drinking.
and do not eat bread and butter or candy.
Lemonade, acid drinks of all kinds and
saline mineral waters are excellent. Drink
4 glass of clear water before breakfast.
To get fat-Eat vegetables and sleep
after each meal Go to bed at 9 o clock
and lie in bed half an hour after you wake
up. Laugh great deal. Drink water
by the pint or the quart if you can. Drink
weak and sweet tea, with plenty of milk
in it. Take cod liver and sweet oihs as
much as you can. Eat until you feel as
if you would burst at the table. Put
plenty Of butter on your bread and do not
6e.afraid of ales, layers and sweet wines.
This will guarantee gain of FIVE pounds
a month, and, if you can sleep great
deal, of double that amount.
To have white skin-Eat no meat at
ALL Become a vegetarian, they always
have beautiful skin. Once in six weeks
or 50 eat meal of fresh meat This does
away with the tendency to scuryy-that
curse of the vegetarian. Drink as much
water as you can. eat little grease and
touch no tea or coffee. Your breakfast
may be oatmeal and oranges; your dinner,
fruit, nuts, fruit tea-preferably ounce
tea-graham mullins, caulifower croquettes,
marmalade and dishes of stewed vegetable.
The diet is not so bad when you get used
to it, In large towns you will find one
or two restaurants catering to such as you.
To become very muscular-W Walk great
deal, carrying always something in the
hands This develops the arms To roll
a hoop might be good if one were brave
enough to do so in public. Practice lifting
a little every day Never strain or tire
yourself. Eat meat, drink milk and prac-
tice bending backward, forward and side
way every day. At night rub about a
tablespoon of brandy or rum into your skin
on the under and tender part of the arms.
To have plump hands-Rub them with
sweet oil night and morning, Exercise
them by rubbing together. Never wear
tight sleeves or snug gloves.
To keep ones feet small-Tlhs is diff
cult The first sign that one has passed
youth is the tendency to wear a large pair
of shoes-and this is necessary. The feet
spread and really grow. To remedy this
wear shoes as long as can be managed,
but not as wide as seem necessary. Never
wear old slippers around the house, unless
they are snug in the width. and be careful
of corns These are never necessary while
the chiropodist exists.
To have fine color-Wash the face
with the juice of preserved Strawberries in
winter, and in summer rub a ripe berry
over the face Bathe again with very
warm water.
For smooth. white skin. without diet
ing-Bathe the face daily with buttermilk.
A preparation of tincture of benzoine and
rose water is excellent for whitening pur-
poses There are very good prepared
creams. But these are never cheap. Do
not 90 under 81 for them if you want
them compounded of fine and pure mate
rials.
To have one garments sweet-scented-
Make sachet bags and slip them in the
Innings of dresses. They will-if good at
frst-keep their scent for year or more.
Fold the bodices of the scented gowns and
lay them away in air-tight boxes. This
fills them with scent
Then there follow dozen other recipes
for being pretty, sweet and attractive gen
orally, and the old book, whose wording
has been here modified and modernized
considerably, winds up by telling the young
ladies of Virginia that they deserve no spec
ial credit for following out these hints and
suggestions, as they are absolutely necessary
for every girl who would be a lady. >