The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
virginia's Beauty Rules.

Philadelphia Times.
These rules and receipts are taken from
an old book found in a Virginia homestead
They were in use among the beauties of the
South in the days when all women were
handsome and grace Of figure was as com
mon as beauty in a rose.
To Get Thin.-Eat a great deal of chopped
meat without any potato in it. Drink little
fluid of any kind except strong tea. Exer-
else q great deal without drinking and do
not eat bread, butter or candy. Lemonade,
acid drinks of all kinds and saline mineral
waters are excellent. Drink glass OF clear
water before breakfast
To Get tat.-Eat vegetables and sleep
after each meal. Go to bed at o'clock and
lie in bed half an hour after you wake up.
Laugh a good deal. Drink water by the
pint or the quart if you can Drink weak
and sweet tea with plenty of milk in it.
Take cod liver oil and sweet oils as much as
you can. Eat until you feel as if you would
burst at the table. Put plenty of butter on
your bread and do not be afraid of ales,
layers and sweet wines. IhlS Will guarantee
a gain of hVe pounds month and, ii you
can sleep great deal of double that
amount.
10 Have a White Skin.-Eat no meat at
81. Become a vegetarian, they always have
beautiful skin. Once in six weeks or SO
eat meal of fresh meat. This does away
with the tendency to Scurvy-that curse OF
the vegetarian. Drink as much water as
you can, eat little grease and touch no tea
or coffee. Your breakfast may be oatmeal
tea-preferably ounce tea-Graham mullins,
caulitiower croQuettes, marmalade and
dishes of stewed vegetables. The diet is not
so bad when you get used to it. In large
towns you will find one or two restaurants
catering to such as you.
To Become Very Muscular.-Walk a great
deal, carrying something always in the
hands. This develops the arms To roll a
hoop might be good II one We're brave
enough GU to do SO in public, Practice lifting
yourself Eat meat, drink milk and practice
bending backwards, forwards and sideways
every day. AT night rub about tablespoon
of brandy or rum into your skin on the I'M
der and tender part of the arms.
To Have Plump Bands.-Rub them with
sweet oil night and morning Exercise them
by rubbing together. Never wear tight
sleeves or snug gloves.
To Keep Ones Feet Small.-This is diff
cult. The. first sign that one has passed
youth is the tendency to wear larger pair
of shoes-and this is necessary. The feet
spread and really grow. TO remedy this
wear shoes as long as can be managed, but
not as wide as seem necessary. Never wear
old slippers around the house, unless they
are snug in the width, and be careful of
corns. These are never necessary while the
chiropodist exists.
To Have a Fine Color.-Wash the face
with the juice of preserved strawberries in
the winter, and in summer rub ripe berry
over the face Battle again with very warm
water.
For Smooth, White Skin, Without Diet
ing.-Bathe the face daily with buttermilk.
A preparation of tincture of benzoin and
rose water is excellent for whitening pur-
poses. There are very good prepared
creams but these are never cheap. Do not
go under 81 for them if you want them
compounded of fine and pure materials.
TO Have Ones Garments Sweet Scented
Make satchet bags and slip them in the lin
iEgs of dresses They will, If good at first.
keep their scent for year or more. Fold
the bodices of the scented gowns and lay
them away in alright boxes. This fills
them with scent.
Then there follow a. dozen other recipes
for being pretty, sweet and attractive gen
orally, and the old book, whose wording has
been here modified and modernized consid-
erably, winds up by telling the young la
dies of Virginia that they deserve no spe-
cial credit for following out these hints
and suggestions, as they are absolutely
lady"