San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-03

pleXion really is. AS our high
toned ladies, who are idle, pride
themselves on their white and
waxy skin, so the girls of a lower
station think that they must look
pale and waXy, to be genteel. The
facts are, such compilations, with
few eXceptions-are in themselves
a sign of disease, of an unhealthy
state of the blood and tuberculO-
sis. only too common in our cities
as the result of bad air, poor nu-
triton and sedentary habits. 1t
is enough to bring tears of com
passion to the eyes of the human
itarian physician, when on a Sun
day afternoon he allows the
prOmenaderS to pass in review
before him and notes among the
many pretty young faces these
pale fOrerunners of decay and
death. Then there is the dirty
red or purple-brOwn complexion,
indicating sluggish, thick, black
blood. poor in oxygen from lack
of free and deep inhalation. The
most beautiful color of the skin,
the bright light red, Titans' car
nation, which our painters so
much admire, is the result of a
! freely cOursing blood. rich in
oxygen and made so by muscular
exercise, by temperate modes of
living and a C%Ontented mind. BY
these means, combined by clean
illness in all things, we have Il
safeguard against all skin dis
eases, humOrs, pimples, black
heads, etc, etc. which destroy
the beauty of men and women,
dOubly so when premature old
age covers the face with lines and
wrinkles.
Let us now enter more into de-
tails of female beauty; let us con-
slider the different parts of the
body. one by one. How should
they be, and how not, to deserve
to be called beautiful? OF course
we mean from the physicians
standpoint, for there is nc ac-
counting for tastes. AS regards
the arms, two faults will strike
the observer; they are either too
angular and lean, or to clumsy
and fat. The happy medium con-
%stitues the beautiful arm, of
which WOerner sings:
A we'll rounded arm,
\ beautiful eye,
\ neat little foot,
Ought to satisfy"
But beautiful arms must have
the dimple of the elbow; it indi-
Gates the proper amount of fat
under the surface with firm skin
and tightly drawn cords, quail
ties which, with good food, can
only be secured by exercise.
There are many things necesa-
ry, that 60 to make up a pretty
foot. In the first place the bones
up to the spine must be properly
formed, the upper leg must be
well juoined at the hip and knee,
and the under part of the foot
must rest firmly in the joints,
else a low instep will result, and
a broad, springless fiat foot. AL
most all the requisites for a pref
ty foot may be acquired, for they
exercise cmfwp hrdluy shrdluhr
depend on the proper use of the
muscles, on early and continued
gymnastic exercises. Even a
large foot, we'll and gracefully
carried, is not displeasing, while
a neat, trim, lightly stepping foot
is an ornament to any woman,
and gives a youthful appearance
even to the old. Following one
of the latter in the street, we
imagine her a young lady of
twenty, and if by turning around
she should betray her age, we
pardon the deception, for her
pretty foot lends a subtle charm.
1t often happens that the tidy
lower limb mOmentarily becomes
visible. To these important ba-
rOmeters of female beauty the
same rule applies as to the arm,
1t should be neither too fat nor
too lean. The twin muscles which
give so much character to the
lower leg of a man, should in a
woman be more rounded by heal
thy fat, but without being cover
ed out of right altogether. Sim
liar conditions obtain in regard
to the hips; they too depend for
beauty of form in grace and popu-
lar muscular development and
lack of development of the hips
in woman are often the results