New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25
BEAUTY.
WHY so MANY ACTRESSES HAVE 1T, AND
WHY DOMESTIC WOMEN ARE
OFTEN WITHOUT IT.

OFTEN WITHOUT IT.
TITS mystery TO me how tney manage always to
look fresh and wholesome, even girsh, when
their manner OF living is directly opposed to
all the laws OF hygiene one ever heard or We
who follow out the tenets Of the early to bed ana
early to rise theory don't look half as we'll.
The speaker was OF talking In
the big waiting-room OF railway CATION.
well known actress, perfectly gowned trim ana
taut as a new-rlgged yacht just ready for the
waves had been sitting opposite 10 them for some
time and II ey had watched her with interest When
she moved away they gave vent to their sentiments.
Yes" was the response. I'm sure that IL
worked till II every night and studied and
practised and posed all day. to say nothing OF
drinking all manner Of things and reading all tho
criticisms my work. should DE Hish' aho
physical wreck"
reporter CHANGING to overhear this corversa-
tion determined investigate the subject ami as
cover, II possible the mysterious taIisman which
enabled a hard working actress 10 preserve Her
charms. while the domestic woman the happy "iis
and mother, the woman OF leisure and ample &C.
complishments. appears fully her age or years
older
I'm tell you the things do the philosophy on
which I model myself. II can be incognito. SAID
one we'll preserved heroine OF the mimic world ana
this agreement being entered into, she proceeded
to discourse the subject
I'm the first place. you must understand any
body who wants to be good-looking must never
worry. Worry means runation death and destruc-
ton to every vestge OF beauty one may have IL
means loss Of flesh salowness, tell-tale Enes In the
face and no end OF disasters. Never mind what
happens. an actress must not worry. once she
understands this. she has passed a milestone on
the high road to keeping her looks.
Then she must watch herself closely. and at the
first symptom OF getting thin or getting stout Vhe
slightest bit too much). she must begin painting
or building up as the may be. It's clearly
demonstrated now that people can he TAT or lean
lust as they like II they choose to take the trouble:
and there's no use in their going about either like
a beanpole feather-bed Some months ago
was getting too stout for the part wanted to
play, for five week ate nothing but beer ana
drank nothing but hot water with little lemon
In it, Tea and coffee bad for The complexion
anyway. All my tendency TO freshness disappeared.
Again. a year ago some bones became visible IN my
neck / got frightened and Immediately set 10
work to change everything in my diet for things
that were fattening. Those bones would GOT nave
come in my neck. but that ! had been fooisn
enough TO worry about something (you know oc-
casionay you can't help Worrying. That season
ate bananas in every shape and FORM and at all
hours at which | could cram them ate them
with cream most OF the time and ate everything
else recommended fesh-producing. Every day.
IL seemed 10 ME. a thicker layer OF i~sn formed
over those bones. and soon had the qualification
OF seeing them disappear altogether. Now. while
7 am Just right. eat what Ike ana always drink
Rhine wine for dinner
LAS regards complexion That is the great thing
and II has be guarded and cared for as zealousy
as a mother cares for her newborn babe. ] never
neglect TO stay for solid hour each morning in
hot bath and | find that that keeps the COM
plexlon in splendid condition. Then ! am very care
full about amounting my face. neck and arms win
the best quality OF cold cream every night. and
every time there is any makeup to take Of When
! go into the surf | put good lot OF coid cream
on my face and cover 1t thick with cornstarch-
that proves protection against both the SAT-
water and the sun.
III a woman wants to he gooi-.ooking" she
added "she must make idol OF her physique. ara
devote the same time and attention to II that other
people devote other things which they worship.
Women who go in for art and music spend hours
each day cutiyating themselves in those pur-
suits: the domestic woman devotes her time to her
children and the affairs Of her household Just so
an actress devotes her time to her physical WELL
being Her good looks a large part OF her stock
in-trade and she is compelled TO care for them IL
is a WEAKNESS 20 the spirit. though. someumess
such constant grooming and occasionally sign
for seclus.on, the freedom Of sack and skirt ana
the feeling that need consider whether or not
my hair has been shampooed or my nails received
their hours polishing There are 50 many hundred
things TO be done In the way OF physical improve
ment, or course every now and again. as often -
II seems needfu. must undergo Turkish natn'
and that ordea. can't be hurried uncer any e"eu"-
stances"
do you think the amount OF mental excitement
involved in an actresses life tends to preserve her
looks?' ventured the reporter
NO | think IL rather strain on her, except 20
far as the avoidance OF monoiony might De said 10
be favorable. In spite OF Coquelins assertion thae
a good actor need not feel the part he portrays
Chat he acts better without feeling III. contend
that he mus, feel 1t. and that emotion is demand
on him II an actress plays part eight times, she
feels 1t at least fve times out OF the eight ana she
must simulate II when she does not feel H. so "hefe
is the difference The massage peop.e claim tnat
the constant use OF the muscles OF an actor race
keeps II looking young gives 1t exercise as 1t were'
bur Of that principe am not prepared 10 speak
There IS one thing sure is conducive to
vouthf,,l looks and that is-sleep think that II
woman gets enough sleep II doesn't make any oleF-
ence whether she gets that sleep at night or In the
day | require ten hours sleep and never fall 10
get IT, Yes. think it is true that actresses as
rule look younger than women who occupy wnas
is called their natural sphere saw bernhar S N
London last summer in the salon ana she ra tr nDs
twice that age Even Mrs. Kendall, with her six
children looks much younger on Inc stag inI Rs, On
hardt does Then look at Miss Terry how young
WAY does not Bernhardt get fat II It is such
she is fat now at least she is very plump. Peo-
ME PERSIST In speaking OF her as thin because she
established that reputation. but 1t 10 good while
since she was really thin
in different words. the same story OF unremitting
care and vatchfuincss over their good looks, Dut
taking into consideration the overheated ilventi-
lated and draugnty dressing-rooms In wncn hours
Of their time are spent. the chaotic comlngs ana
coines that make UP their lives. the jeaousies ana
heart burnings that must be thelrs the glimpses OK
waariness and dissatisfaction which their CONVEX
sation AFFORDED the reporter concluded that their
phenomenally fresh appearance was YET TO oe &c.
Counted for Inquiry had been made far and woe
and near at hand. and ye, no definite conclusion
had been reached concerning the reason OF tneir
stnn M
the subject thoroughly canvassed, the reporter de-
duced the following inference that, apart from me
laws regulating the expression and nutrition OF the
face the actresses secret consisted emery IN me
avoidance OF rnonotony and petty worries these
arch-enemtes OF feminine good looks and good tenn
per the performance OF her work with earnest.
ness and lightness OF heart and the regularity OF
=. arnis.