The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-10
ON MADAME YALE ASSIST FENIIN-
me EARS TO SOLVE WOMAN's
PERPLEXITY.
HEALTH THE ESSENTIAL
THE FAMOUS BEAUTY INSISTS, OF
WoMAN'S TRIUMPH, A LOVELY
FACE.
EXERCISE AND A GOOD FIGURE
Go Hand in Hand With the pursuit
of the Priceless Legacy OF
Beauty.

tiful is not the question" but How to
be beautiful" was the silent question
which Madame Yale must have felt
was put to her yesterday in the Metro
politan opera house, if an unusually
large and attentive gathering or ladles
had any significance at all. The lecture
was announced for o'clock, and When
at 2:15 the curtain rose the audience
craned their necks to get the nfst
glimpse of the apostle of feminine
beauty They waited but few min
utes before Nine. Yale appeared in an
artistic gown, made decollete and
sleeveless. Though she confesses to
forty five years, she did not appear to
those in the audience as more than
half that age. Her hair is of the fair
est blonde shade, and her skin pos
sesses a. transparent brilliancy. 1t was
somewhat difficult to catch the speak
er's first words, as there was great
crowding into the already over-crowded
room, and the rustic Of skirts and the
buzz of voices almost overwhelmed the
opening remarks. But those who could
not hear the introduction found conso-
lation in turning the terrible opera
glass upon the lecturer and subjecting
d
satisfied them that the madame was
a marvellous illustration Of her own
theory She began by dlsclaiming any
sympathy with the ordinary cosmetic
treatment and the offensive artificial
beauty emanating from the apothecary
shop. 1.-The foundation Of beauty"
said she, us health; as well spread
clean cloth over mess Of filth and
expect the cloth to stay clean as to re-
move the black heads, pimples and
moth patches from a skin fed by i'm
pure blood and expect the complexion
to remain clear. Clean the blood and
the entire inside Of the person, and
then when the outside has been clean
ed it will stay clean with reasonable
carefulness." Then to preserve the
buoyancy and elasticity of youth, Nine.
Yale insisted upon the necessity of
exercise, free, easy, natural, and plenty
of it, to keep the body supple, grace
full and shapely. After warning her
hearers against a shock at her return,
the speaker excused herself in order
that she might exchange her gown for
one more suitable to calisthenic eXer-
cises.
Her last remark, as she bowed her
self out, was that for the sake Of art
and beauty she would make a personal
sacrifice and, while there was nothing
vulgar except to the vulgar, in the
graceful lines and curves of the hui
man form, it was for the sake of per-
feet freedom that she had limited the
lecture to ladies. When the curtain
rose again some of the women made
terrible faces at the handful of men
in the orchestra, others looked with
half averted and frightened counte-
n2nces toward the entrance door as If
expecting Madame Yale to re-appear
in adarnite array. When they saw
figure step upon the stage in white silk
tights, guarded by a short Greek tunic
with silver filigree border and girdle,
there were perceptible signs of relief
and many an "um" of delight with
suspiciously masculine timbre in it, too.
Madame was certainly at her best in
this appearance, as she revealed per-
feet womanly development The con-
tour of her figure should have added
weight to her unqualified denunciation
of the corset, as an ogre to comfort,
health and beauty. During a pianissi-
mo rendition by the orchestra, Madame
Yale went through a number of eXer-
cises. conducive to the development of
the various parts of the body. She
afforded some very laughable illustra-
lions of affected and ridiculously awk-
ward walks often seen upon the street.
At this time, also, the necessity of
intelligent bathing was pointed out in
a very effective manner. One piece of
advice must have struck CONSERVATION
to the hearts of the few men there,
but as all men are free and equal and
are entitled to the same protection from
unnecessary shocks, it is only just to
warn them that if, hereafter, they find
their breakfast coffee blued with skim
milk, they must maintain a grateful
silence, for the cream has gone into
the bath to make the wife beautiful.
Anyway, the most sophisticated chefs
are beginning to teach that cream i'm
prisons the flavor and that milk is bet
ter for bringing it out. So take it
philosophically and make yourself
think the cream is sour as grapes. Ma
dame Yale retired a second time, and
when she returned in handsome gown
of nile green silk, she explained the
efficacy Of her remedies, showing that
wrinkles, gray hair and lusterless eyes
were not the inevitable marks of age.