The morning times., 1897-03-07
THE COST OF BEAUTY.
so Anna Held 1t Means Constant
Routine of Creams and Massage.

Among the many sensations in America
Is the actress, Anna Held, whose physical
beauty has charmed all who have seen her.
According to accounts given of her every
day life, most OF her time is given TO the
preservation OF that beauty so generously
iavshed upon her by nature.
This routine" Of the beauty preservation
process, however. is rather long drawn out,
coinlnencin al 8 clock in the morning and
continuing until 1890 at night. with q
few hours recreations for professional en-
gagementS. Reading ana ccount OF the num-
ber of timeSthat the beautiful young woman
has recourse to cold cream makes one Won
der how she escapes being both sticky and
greasy, for everybody knows too much
grease clogs the pores, no matter how care
fully it may be rubbed in or rubbed off.
Miss Held is awakened, so the story goes,
at . O'Clock in the morning by her maid a
French one, of coursel, and escorted to a
cold plunge bath, after which she has a
brisk, light rubbing. Then she lies down,
but not to dream again, for she is gently,
,lowly, carefully kneaded'' and rubbed
With almond oil
Then she is allowed breakfast, still not
washing her face. but daubing cold cream
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before tasting some fruit, that being her
first course at breakfast Then porridge is
allowed a wheat biscuit, piece of steak
or chops and a cup OF coffee.
Whether she wishes to or not, Miss Held
must not think for half-hour after break
fast. She must enjoy absolute repose; her
only effort at tina time to be the Gondling
of her pet poodle.
At1I o'clock her maid brushes her hair
for twenty minutes and rubs into the roots
a tiny bit of cream to make it glossy. The
same cream is thoroughly rubbed into the
brows and lashes, a black eyebrow pencil
being used to accentuate the outlines.
And now comes the statement at almost
the hour of noon that Miss Held still
doesn't wash her face; that water never
touches it, save the drops that She dashes
into her eyes as a Frightening tonic, an eye
OPENER" asit were. Scented cold cream is
always used TO cleanse the face. IL is
rubbed off with soft linen towel. and
powder puff is used to give that v.lvety
appearance so essential to beautiful skin.
AT this moment small washbpwl is
produced half filled with perfumed water
in which is a bag OF almond meal. Thor
oughly cleansed, the hands are subjected
to careful manicurlng. Miss Held'S toilet
is then performed and she goes for brisk
walk OF an hour with her poodle. At 80
she returns TO lunch, light one, of soup
cold chicken or a salad, potatoes in one
form, and perhaps a little bread and butter,
cocoa or fruit Then follows one hours
sleep. At O'Clock she awakens her hair
is rearranged, and she receives her friends
At $50 she has her toilet performed for
dinner. After that more rest then the
theater, more rest. and then to bed, as she
rarely sitsup after 2:3O. But before sleep
ing, tired out as she may be, She is again
the victim Of the cold cream solution. With
it shei slowly massaged. After the cream
is thoroughly rubbed in cooling lotion is
applied, the lips are thoroughly treated
with cold cream and the whole body again
thoroughly rubbed with almond oil. And
not until then does the beauty sleep