The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-17
A VAIN HUNT FOR BEAUTY
ONE WoMAN's QUEST FOR 4 pr,cy
LIKE COMPLEIION

woman, as she studied herself IN tie vi,,. w
"You mean king" observed Mrs. lothian
mo. I DON'T I'm not n comic oucrn. .vo,..
sometimes am q holy show. | mean, opo.,
DO you know what I would do as soon as I s.
within sight Of the throne7"
Have IL moved to Oshkosh, l suppose =" ,,,,
Mrs. Gotham with her most metropolitan ar
The Western woman took no notice ~ rm.
~ should create q new court position N.
said.
~ file my application right now" remarked
Mrs. Gotham.
~ don't think you'd care for H." dublous,
Anyway, you Wouldn't be eligible. YAM,
complexion's too good"
What in tho world would my comple1Io,-
It isn't good. anyway. and you know IL hayeto
do with it And even II | had a good com.
pleIion-which. Of course, | haven't | sho.Ia
think that would be q recommendation"
The Western woman shook her head.
No for this job che remarked. "You'v.
heard Of the Kings faster. We'll. wha, do 20,
say TO an oIpcrimenter to the Quccnfr
"A sort OF scientist. you mean -
"scientist nothing!" exclaimed tic Western
woman. ~ mean that I should pick cut ,on.
woman upon whom to try all the experiments,
that ! didn't caro- to try first on myself
And you want one with n bad complexion, ..
"Um, not SO awfully bad: aboat lts min.
you know. so that tho conditions would be nj.
most equal. I don't suppose there would be am
great rush for the position. | might have Il,
condemn an experimental, Just as they con.
denim ground for streets and railways. But
wouldn't IL BIO convenient TO have some one tina,
you could order to diet and exercise. and 10
pasted and prodded and rubbed and electrified
and every fool thing you heard Of OF course,
ninety min out Of q hundred OF the thing,
---I - ~ $500. IL = d.
such an easy way OF finding out the hunircdth.
Now. / wal reading to-day that tie Proper
way In which TO secure a beautiful complexion
is to eat apples. Apples raw and apples baked;
apples dried and apple sauce: anything IN tie
apple line. In short don't care for AZ pie. ny.
self. but II l had q court experiments | could
put her on an apple diet for a few weeks and
ind out n 1t amounted to anything or not.
"That wouldn't be so bad for most people,
either. I suppose the trouble would come when
J. ordered the e~xperimcnter TO get up at A.
and drink = pint of warm milk. Or Z | mads
her ride horseback when she Eas deadly AFRAID
at night. or drink whatyou-calI.it tea. or lave
. mn.senss rub her face three times a DAY,
r %Whst a 10. you ID show SeSu1 such tlins'"
And for the best Of reaons," said tn,
Western woman. quite unabashed. -" For no
and about 40 others. IL / had had the CON.
plexion OF an angel 10 start with | would have
another look ., the glass aud sighed. - ''A
Then you don't think much Of beautifersf"
,n I,in t ,n,s 81, fse W.s !. 9ns v fsoips ,o5 SsinG Se'aa-
And that 10 2"
BE born beautiful II people will follow
they'll be all right. It's like nothing succeed.
ing 30 well as success, Nothing beauties ks
mistake and thought their ia were cave
with six-inch armor plato instead Of delicate
s Woman Mh en, y yS o. iss sSs w wa5 1 sss{ 1 TO- steam sm' n.;
face at night so that the skin would be softer aud
more susceptible than ever. and then she ~;
outer cuticie right Oh. In spots. At least. a. :Sr
as APPEARANCES vent It might better have made
Why, what a fool of q womanv' exclaimed
Yes; that's what thought too. Especially
the sias, 70 o, n ! out Why my husband said 10
Mrs. Gotham looked an en- barrassed inquiry.
"oh. yes" said the Western woman 10 re.
spouse: II was the guilty party. That was only
successful complexion. Not that i wanted 70
discourage IT. On the contrary. I'm afraid I've
Tor my souls salvation. The limitations OF ny
complexion were SO much more apparent, TO ms
the .hsG sl 1H1' ! Sas % Brought sSuiih h iacs Il, una Face , sf,h La u
former, And only once in a while woke ppto't,
And what good does 1t all do 2" continued
the Western woman despairingly. "Dn wa
suppose that baked apples or raw apples or ~
Cling complextoni APPLES are all right enough.
pudding. but they Won't make a Mime. Rtca%s;
out OF me, and / know 1t. Nothing would! ltt
taken years OF my life and uncounted laver'o.
last. Why. when l was 10 | used to get up At
daybreak 10 summer aud 90 out and WISH m,
was what made the flowers SO fine and smooth
and delicate.
everything you can think Of. I've even irti
not washing IL at all. ON. yes, | have. lAar,
tho creed Of some people-that yoH mustn't wa,h
your face. at least not in water. You can sicsn
or give in a dry wash in bran. or rGb cd
clean AS YOU can rstit.b91 waIer /, +" be a,sSi
only sparinGly on great occasions; that is all
Yes, OF course. Still that seems pretty sen.
sible compared with some OF the e1pedirr.ts t'
attaining beauty; One prominent authority "A
orcps rubbing or cold cream into and tie. o.
OF the pores Of the skin: This .ourd, ,imls
that IL you didn't get the formula Ja., s.hE
nothing. could be worse for II comp,eNton, TO
secret OF the process hinged on the fact 'tAi iNs
pores Of the skin are spiral Ike a curk,,rt";
That being the case. II you rubbed roEad aid
round In one direction you would ruhthinR'!no
vigorously In the opposite direction yog "os,.a
Inn what was in the pore, OUT. To
rectton was in and which direction Wa u.
! always got 1t turned around ani a. t-5i
would rub the way | should have doac 10 la'
morning, and. in the morning. nWl.rt me No.
Jury by rubbing the way | ought to htNr uDNs
the night before. BY the way. :" said tie " r,i"'4
woman suddenly, what do you do fT !o-'
~ Why-I don't do anything"
Oh, nonsense! Every, woman has sone
hobby In that direction. What T. your. ~
Why, nothing unless-lt might be yoa
would call my red flannel a hobby"
What's that ~
only that several times a day | rub my Nrs
lightly but briskly with red flannel. it,,ml'
lAtss the skin. rubs of the dry, dead ctlfe'
and keeps the skin from, growing s1N.'.
. is that SO ~ asked the Western wo0lH., re- 1
fectiyely. Then she added You SORT u''.j
TO rod flannel; don't you II wa YuH "' 90
me To tic my head up In red flame! az r..a'NA
remedy Tor insomnia And do you iIuA ~
this flannel rag p
Mrs. Gotham blushCd.
~ haven't q beautiful complexiuu" -he q.
clared. But" she went on, " | a;lr .Nu.r ~
good qualities which my skin may posses '''"'
use Or what YOU call this flannel rag.
, W hich goes to prove that ms rcr.l" a.,'.
pelng born beautiful l. the only good " age.
MI sighed The Western womau, eLAn..t Lex
e ton,, 80. nn