The Washington times., 1894-04-10
how 10 Be Beautiful

One of the most important steps to the at
tainment OF beauty. says a writer in the New
York Recorder, is the night bath. Never re-
tire at night without removing from face,
neck, hands, and body the accumulated dust
OF the day and the wornout cuticle which
peals off the face and body. and, when not
promptly removed, will spoil the complexion.
Begin with the face. cleaning it with soft
water and almond meal or fresh goats milk
or watermelon juice or almond oil and rose
water or a safe toilet cream. Wipe the face
gently with a soft linen from the chin upward
to the ears, and from the nose to the temples.
Next. the neck and arms. and so on. The
body may be sponged with warm water and
good soap. rinsing off with perfumed water
or unfermented wine. The wrists and hands
will finally be treated to the same dressing as
YOU gave the face and neck. Always in wip-
ing the hand stroke from the finger tips up
ward Oil well around and beneath the fin
ger nails. After treating the face, and before
reaching the body, straighten out the eye
brows and carefully pinch them in narrow,
beginning at the inner end and working to-
ward the temples, both at the same time.
Once every ten days. or. ii you have bad
complexion and liver, once week. get into
bath OF very warm water and at once wet
the top of the head with cool water. Have
your maid, with o coarse japanese gourd
bath mitten and plenty of soap and little
borax give you thorough scrubbing. Fol-
low with rinsing of bran water of tepid
temperature. Now dry the body, and again
follow this with a sponging of fresh goats
milk or fragrant distilled water, into which
you have put Il bit OF almond oil.
In applying this take the joints as points
of departure-that is. for example. oil the
groins thoroughly. and from there rub down.
out and upward: from the front and back of
of the knees rub down, out and up, in radia-
tons Under the arm is an exception. Here
YOU should rub from back and below toward
the arm. This will deposit additional flesh
20 fll the hollow. Swinging the arms stead
lily and firmly in a circle will aid in develop
ing muscle and filling the hollow about and
under the arms.
For the bust rub from back and below, for
ward and upward; a dash OF cold water. wip-
ing quickly; rise on the toes while inhaling
the lungs full of sunny air. or at least fresh
air: while the lungs are inflated, tap the chest
gently When your chest. breast, and internal
viscera are lifted, the sagging, weeping-wil-
low lines OF the face will disappear. Singing
and laughing little every day will aid.
The deep wrinkles running from the side of
the nose to the side of the chin may be gently
manipulated and rubbed crosswise or from
the mouth toward the ear The crows feet at
the outer corners of the eyes you are to strokes
perpendicularly or crosswise. The little
creases between the eyes and at the head of
the nose are to be rubbed horizontally or from
eyebrow to eyebrow. And the wrinkles across
the forehead are to be stroked upward In
manipulating and stroking these wrinkles,
creases or lines. you are first TO dip the fingers
in cold water, oil or cream.
Time sorrow, irritability, abdominal re-
Taxation, and too much laughter, these all
show their footprints on the face in wrinkles
xrh nd IA iDht aipia
The hideous grimaces indulged in by a GER
tain smart class of society people are fruit
full of an untold amount of wrinkles. And
when these people grow old they will become
veritable scarecrows. Fill the mouth with
air and by n combined chewing. initiating.
and contracting process exercise and lift the
cheeks.
For wrinkled and relaxed conditions of the
eyelids and bagging below the eyes the fol-
lowing is recommended: Moisten the eyes with
pure water; alternately expand, energetic
and contract the eyes; now roll the eyes
around and around; now look up, nov down;
now contract intensely; now open to normal.
Some say that the eye to be beautiful must
be large; that is mistake. 1t is not the size
nor the color. but the general expression of
the eye that gives it beauty. The large eye
indicates predominance of the physical ma
ture, and. when it bulges and shows the
white below the pupil. sensuality: the small
eye, mentality; the normal eye. poise.
As the modern woman's business and in
tellectual pursuits increase her frontal brain
her eyes decrease in size and increase in alert
ness and expression. The large, dreamy, and
voiuptuous eyes are something of rarity
now in America. Thick lips belong to the
large eyes. and may be perceptibly thinned
by drawing them in between the teeth many
times a day.
The very thin lips are said to be far less de-
slrable than the thick lips. They may be
broadened out by pouting them out and by
various other simple exercises. The mouth
to be pretty may be small and curved like
Cupid's bow, but to be beautiful the mouth
should not be extremely small. nor its curves !
be so accentuated as to call the attention from
the other features.
The ears should be set close against the |
head and should be exquistely proportioned, |
with the upper half broader than the lower |
1t should be detached at its lower end and IT. |
folds and curves should be shel-like and |
pink. The ears should be in proportion to |
the head and body.
A small ear is better than one too large
The doDley-like ear should be tied to the
head through the day when possible and at
night confined by lace cap. Women have
the advantage over men in that they can very
nicely arrange their couture to conceal bad
ears, and thus call art to aid where nature
has failed.
The nose. the most conspicuous feature we