Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-16

maids" for poets to fancy into rhyme, but
the artist will find large flaws in their
beauty. for 1t cannot but happen that coarse
food and hard work, unrelieved by gentle
care and refined surroundings and occupa-
tions, will prove hostile to velvet skins, soft
features and dainty hands and feet.
Beauty, however, is destroyed Just as
surely by life of high living. The highest
average of beauty is probably to be found
at the golden mean, where the highest
reaches of intellect, imagination and true
nobility are allied with women of the middle
class. This is doubles the reason for the
supremacy of American beauty, yet. withal,
It is a fact that, with the eX-
ception of a few actresses, nearly all the pro-
fessional beauties of England and the conti-
nent have been and are women of noble
birth.
The English woman of the upper rank is
really too athletic for exceeding beauty. She
rides and walks too much, and her tennis
exercise is too great to allow her to obtain
a very rich appearance; for womanly beauty
and strength can rarely be combined. Pure
beauty is calm tender and gentle. Psyche
could not have been so fair had she equaled
Atalanta in speed. Diana never dethroned
the goddess Venus, the latter not having
been huntress.
The English woman is, as a rule, too large
and lank of limb, her features too strong
principally attractive as a picture Of health
Among the middle and more prosperous
classes a warmer grace Of person is more
frequent.
Yet there are many high born DANES
whose brows are crowned with a trophy more
dazzling than even their coronets and who
have won that climax, the title of PRO
fessional beauty" Although much coveted
position to attain 1t is not always a pleasant
or desirable one to possess. professional
beauty is the cynosure OF all eyes. Her every
action is commented on and criticised every
little act of her life is Immediately given
wide publicity in the newspapers and she
cannot "go out" receive or do anything
without being commented upon and approved
or disapproved by the world at large.
BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER.
She is looked upon to certain
degree to set the fashion, and,
Of course, she invariably lives rar beyond heI
means. She is extremely unpopular as 6
rule among women, for her beauty exctes
the envy and sharpens the slanderous tongue!
Of her less gifted sisters. She is usually Q
good woman, but, nevertheless, her reputa
tton may suffer. She must accept every In
vitation and ruin her health at a long serie:
OF balls, receptions and dinners. By the
end of a social season she is weary, body anC
soul OF the honor that has been thrust upor
her by nature and circumstances.
Perfect beauty is. to my mind, largely {
matter OF health. woman VINO Is not II
good physical condition cannot look attractive
One of the most beautiful features about
woman is her complexion, and a good com
pleXion is impossible unless the organs o
the body are in perfect working order.
have found that the best way to keep II
good health and TO keep the complexion clea
is to rise early and take long walks befor'
breakfast. IT is also good TO battle at leas
twice a day and to take massage treatmen
twice a week. This method keeps the pore
Open the blood circulates freely and th'
ruddy hue is then In the cheeks. Man!
women ruin their health by tight lacng. j
is pure vahity-and a very foolish vanity
small waist is beautiful, but tight wais
Is hideous.
The effort is always apparent and th'
woman is thus humilated and rendered
ridiculous by her own foolshness.
Men do not care particularly for small
| waists. 1t Is not, therefore, sign Of beauty
But a woman with large hips and full bus
will always appear to have slender wais
whether she really has or not. That, beinl
natural is truly beautiful. AS far as correc
proportions go, there are many Nnnen o
today who are nearly akin In beauty TO tn
Greek statues One can scarcely so out with
out seeing some woman or girl so perfect II
proportions and so glowing in health ant
beauty that she would not suffer BY com
parison with the finest Of them. There ar
many writer's who go 80 far as TO dtclar'
that civilization has increased the pby slca
charms of the human race, as II has In
creased its wealth, its knowledge and III
| comforts and that this development ha
been especially rapid In the last two or thre
generations.
| Women. it is urged, have boen paying