The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22

short time the Pdrisians learned that the
young and beautiful Mile. Christine Nils
son would make her debut at the Theater
LyriQue as the vocal heroine Of Verdi
then new opera, La Irayiata,' which mad
already failed al Naples, and much TO the
chagrin OF her Datroness and teacher,
both Nilsson and the opera duplicated the
Naples fiasco here. The reason given for
the singers failure was that, whereas Vi
oletta. or as she Is called in the play. Ca
mile, is dying Of consumption in Its
most acute stage. Nile. Nilsson was
buxom, robust girl from the rise TO the
fan OF the curtain, and her failure was
emphasized by the laughter which greet
eli the words Of the doctor in the sad death
scene: she IL fading away"
Here are the secrets OF beauty. as they
have been cOnfded 10 the writer in the
Chicago Tribune. by many beautiful WO-
men. They viii be read with interest by
that vast army Of women whose pos
sibiNues' have never been developed.
Bernhardt, who says modestly at -.
You need not tell me ] look young; /
know it, says her youthful face is due
10 her art in dressing.
MY eyes don't shine" she said to
reporter. They only appear TO shine
when 4 am animated upon the stage, be
cause j have little makeup around
them. And for another cause. know
enough not 10 Outshine them. / have
never worn a jewel Ia my life next 10
my face. Not for a thousand francs
would ] make a middle-aged gypsy Of
myself BY wearing diamond earrings or
bright jewels where they would, flash
brighter than my eyes.
You say my neck Is lovely You have
never seen my neck. Aiy gown is cut
low. So ii Is. but the backt I need or
nament around my chest and throat. My
back Is thin-and interesting. Look how
fascinating / am when / turn around.
My forte is my hight Did you ever see
Sarah with walking skirt on2 No, and
you never will. Ny skirts are all drab-
bly,. j look taller so. Bernhardts beauty
is her hair II Is full and red. Other
red-haired women scrape the hair away
from their pale fOreheads and look like
scarecrows. / pun mine down TO my eyes.
/ pull 10 up around my ears and look
bewitching! My beauty is In my personal
taste"
Mrs. Leslie Carter became pretty by
learning to hold up her chin, says the
New York World. She has features too
pointed for beauty, but by lifting her head
a charming expression was given her
face. Emma Eames is another woman
who became beautiful by holding up her
head. Her nose is too big. her mouth
too small, and her face too hatchety for
good looks. Notice the loveliness Of her
pictures-that head raised with the sweet
ethereal expression in the face. Most wo-
men can improve their looks by carrying
the chin up; not too high, but clear of
The Princess Of Wales insists in these
days Of partings In wearing her hair to
her eyebrows. II Is a wig that Alexandra
wears. but she realizes, like Bernhardt,
that she is too thin and pale to allow
and age Alexandra dresses in grays. the
color Of her eyes, but advises her plain
daughters to wear gray also. When
dressed in other tints, even the loyal
Britishers whisper the words 1.-THE plain
young woman who acts as coach"
to musical celebrities, teaching them their
parts at the piano. tells this story OF
seeing Calve get ready for Carmen"
at the Metropolitan opera house:
Calves eyes are her strong points
her eyes and her hands. She began with
the eyes. out of a little box she took a
pomade that j would call vaseline and be-
gan rubbing her eyebrows with II. Gent
ly with each palm alternately as one
hand got tired, she rubbed the eyebrow
curving il upward in the middle arch of
beauty and carrying It up high over the
"sstop st.. / said TO her after l had
watched the operation for fifteen min
utes. Your eyebrows are shining like
1 shall need the shiny brows.' said
she, for when ] am excited my eyes
are like stars.
men Of the audience. She makes them pink
by rubbing them fifteen minutes with
rough towel. They are firm and smartins
when she gets done. Her hair ripples nat
uraily, but too tight to suit her She
vets II with cologne, dries IL until Ii
flies, gathers il at her neck in a close tie
and Is ready for the stage. She lOosens
it. lets It fly or throws It up on top OF
her head. You can do anything with
your nalF II You keep II shampoOed with
a good drier like cologne
PaufS system Of beauty is massage
When she was young IT might have been
something easier But for the woman of ~
who wants TO look 90. massage f. the best.
PATHS maid begins every morning a fteg
breakfast and works until time for mad
ame's luncheon. She smoothes out the
wrinkles of the hands, massaging them
until the plumpness at the wrists rnelts
away, and the knuckles alone are pudgv
PATHS figure come in for its share or
rubbing. NJ
vigorous treatment of the rolls of far
that are bound to accentuate themselves
But after the evening performance comes
the hard work. When Patti is ready for
bed her maid hands her a candle and a
mirror. With this La Diva goes over her
complexion inch by inch looking for win
kles. After Lucia di Lammerrnoor'' there
IS crease between the eyes that looks
NE IKE iIo"n ana makes Patti older than
Setting down the candle madame bids
me maid go TO work. Slowly the finger
tips travel over that wrinkle again ~
again. until not trace of IT is left TIE
neck gets its share of rubbing. MADAM.
mas 70 ald m this herself. She does ID nv
exercise. Twenty times she Iefts h.
4 clinched fist upward, twenty times on,
ward and twenty times at the sides
/ ny gives the throat work and strength
to firm shape. - ~
In my time comments a v,omsr 8,
/ the New York Times, IT have seen a., IN ~
shopping district the gradual absorntiin1,Ts
OF al small stores into half a dozen ~
Inereabout, mammoth establishments II
I sixth avenue, for example from Tvyentv-
! tnlrd street TO Eighteenth street tvVen3v
{edts ago there were probably fwenfy
/ business nrmS. up stairs and down ~, e.;
4 cry block on the west side of the street.
I there are now or will be next autumn
Mnsn one hrm shall have swallowed its
lasL corner DIX already in its throat
+ eight establishments in the whole i've
! blocks. me anaconda process has gone
I the street. Broadway has NOT Co.. ~
+ the. same sweeping out of smaller sbo1s
( IN FAVOR OF the larger ones. Women VIZ
shopped on that thoroughfare in fhe ss,
T ~ seventies, between Twenty-seFentb a.
/ Fourteenth streets, can recall a nunbeT
I OF delightful lingerie, lace embroid err
+ things were 70 be found, not one OF which
remains " 'i'~h