Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-14
HE NEW WOMAN'S ARMS They Are ''Lumpy," Like Those
 of an Athlete. YES, SHE HAS OVER DONE 1T A Lotion for Whitening the Arms-Au Effec- tive DepiIatory-The Perfect Neck
 and Shoulder
nY DIANE DE MoRNy.

umphal hour of physical culture we do not sec many aH-bone arms; the fashion able woman is in danger of the other extreme, and of developing the lumpy arm, which may indicate an embryonic Sandow for actual physical strength, but which, from an aesthetic point of view, is what Carlyle would call most unbeau- tiful."
 sa.,s.-.-. The New Woman's Arms.
 I saw at an evening function last win ter ' new woman,' to use the accepted phrase. She was a well-known society girl about "A; she went in,' as she ex pressed it. flor athletics, don't you know" She wore a low white silk gown. her face was freekled and weather beaten, with distinct collar mark about the throat, above which the skin was cer- tainly four shades darker than below it. Her arms were bare also, and the muscles were so developed that they appeared in lumpy protuberances just as those of a professional athlete are wont to do. I could not find the young lady in question attractive. She had overdone it as We Americans are apt to do. A very we'll known young man of fashion. in speaking of this maiden said She's an awfuuy good fellow, don't you know; but one rather wishes she were not so dngy look ing about the face, and that throat really needs to go to the place you send your togs to get cleaned, don't you see.'
 Limbs Should Be Supple and White.
 "Twixt two extremes the golden mean is a good motto for the enthusi- astic of both sexes. Let us not abuse the freedom which the evolution of the new woman has accorded us. Personal beau- ty is impossible without perfect health, to be sure, and health means the bounti- ful enjoyment of fresh air and the right ful exercise of all our muscles but it does not mean the destruction of all the del- icacy and beauty of texture of womans skin, nor the fostering of Jumps of mus cles for the round and enchanting gentle curves of perfect feminine beauty. beautiful arm should be round, smooth, soft, white and plump, not fat; it should taper gently to the hand with an adora- ble little curve a the small, delicate wrist. Many young girls have devel- oped just such a beautiful arm from very meagre, skinny beginning. For those who wish to try the method by which I have made innumerable pretty arms from very scant material give it.
 Meaning of Calisthenics.
 First of all exercise. Calsthenics is derived from two Greek words meaning "beautiful' and Strength" and calis- thenics we must have as our first step. Dumb bells and Indian clubs, never enough to over-fatgue, walking in the open air, horseback riding, tennis any of the ordinary methods of physical cul- ture, with a care not to overdo. This will develop the muscles, which are the plastic material of beauty. With the fresh air those of you who are too thin should take the diet for increasing flesh which was given in a former Beauty Talk. A month of this treatment will work a marked improvement in the con tour of the arm, but the open air exer- else should be part of your daily life at all times if you wish to keep your beauty. Now for the texture of the skin When it is course and inclined to be rough and even pimply scrub the arms with a camel's hair large-sized bath brush. as described in Beauty Talk No 1, every night when taking your evening bath just before retiring, and after thor oughly drying your arms apply the fol lowing lotion:
 Lotion tGiannini).
 Tincture of benzoin, 1 fluid drachm; tincture of tolu 20 drops; rose water, pint.
 Where the arms are unusually thin it will be well to try massage for them not too violent-but gentle, deep mas sage. Let the operator rub the ointment for which here give formula well into the skin during treatment.
 oil of almonds. ounces; spermaceti, l ounce; white wax, A of an ounce; lano- line, ? ounces; glycerine (pure), F ounce; balsam of Peru, A ounce; tincture ben zoin, 60 drops.
 hot water bath. While cooling stir con- stantly and add the balsam of Peru and Z benzoin.
 In the course of month the rough skin, sometimes called goose flesh, will have disappeared. You may then use the following lotion to make them white and pretty:
 Lotion for Whitening the Arms.
 Pure glycerne, one ounce.
 Hydrochloric acid specific gray. 1.16, one imp. fluid dram
 A Rose water, two fluid ounces.
 Bichioride mer. (crystals), six grains.
 Distilled water four ounces.
 Alcohol, two ounces.
 Dissolve the bichloride of mercury in the alcohol then add the other ingre- -dients. Keep in tightly stopped bot tie away from the reach of children. This is a well-known pharmaceutical preparation highly indorsed, but is in tended for external use only. A'7-s-', - When Afflicted With Hair.
 Superfluous hair on the arms is to be depIored, but it is certainly not such an affliction as on the face. Do not be led into the belief that the scrubbing brush will increase the growth of hair on either your face or arms. The contrary effect is produced by the brush which rids the pores. of the skin of the greasy secretions which are life and luxuriance to the unde- sired hair. by the use of a good pure soap and the brush alone the hair on the arms will disappear. and know of noth- ing except the regulation depiatory for taking off the hair immediately. I should never recommend it except in very ex- treme cases.
 Once in a while one happens on poor girl who cannot bare her arms because of a growth of thick black, stiff, wiry hairs. No one can blame her for wanting it off at once. All depilatories should be care fully used. The following is effective for the. arms and may be applied to the skin Operate upon small space at each appli- cations:
 Delcroixs s Pondre Subtle.
 Orpiment one ounce.
 Quicklime, ten ounces.
 Starch, thirteen ounces.
 Reduce each ingredient to a fine DOW der mix and keep the mixture in a closely stoppered bottle. When you wish to use the dipilatory take little from the bottle and add a drop or two of warm 2 water, barely eii6dgh water to make a paste. Now apply to the hairy skin. As soon as the paste dries or even sooner, if much Smarting occurs, wash if off and the hair will come off at tho