The Springfield herald., 1899-09-01
sERxonETrE ON BEAUTY.
The s>.ietx s.,dle Leaves Lsaes -
the Face That Are Hard
ts E1aee.

t. ERsee.
Our faces get just a. tired as our
backs or our feet, aud then, II we know
enough, we long for the soothing touch
Of fingers trained to knead and pat and
stroke our muscles.
The senaation Ia delightful. Ten vel.
sety balls travelling around our chin,
under our eyes, across our foreheads,
and each ball carrying along cool lit
tie dob Of something creamy and soft
and fragrant,
Many's the spell of cross.grsinness
have had chased of in this wGS. Social
indulgences must be paid for.
We are obliged to grimAce' SOME peo'
pie call It smiling" We EXPECT our
smirks 10 bring lines.
We look to the artfu1 rubber to keep
fnsial mtscies 80 strengthened that
they Will resist the strain TO which they
ire subjected.
We are also +ike enough 70 learn =
few massage tricks as WE'LL
And how careful we TIRE TO get to-
kether delicate lotions thnt will help
our ten fingers 70 do the work demand
I'd Of them.
Imagine how the face Of + woman
pledged 10 Bix euchres Week and o
whist or Two thrown in must need mas;
sage. There ii nothing on earth more
cruelty unkind to good looks than those
persistent efsofts of ours to be agree
able. We caHhbt 90 Into society with
sealed lips bHd Expressions that are
funereal. We begin the great grimac'
Ing act from the momeht we give our
hostess our first handshake to the time
Tor the final adieu,
We can actually feel, II we have
yrown sensitive upon the subject Of
wrinkles, the lhes coihinH about our
,yes, and around bur itt6uth every time
We contract the muscles,
We may be igfi6rant of consequences,
II so We let threndliks &eaves appear,
md that cunning scathb - Time : de'
lighted to be allowed his will. sees to il
that they become day by day deeper and
ieeper.
And there arriteA 4 time when even
Venus mirror fefuses to shelter de;
:ects. Our eyea arc Atill bright, OUT
solor fine, our compilation free from
blemishes, but; alas! b few crows feet
,r q network Of wrinkles spills every:
thing.
It is all foldefel to ttll o woman Of 80
That she may look as goung as girl of
ls. II true to the trtl6t nature has rel
oosed in her she has no need to envy
ihe bud. II she has cared for each gift
With which she has been endowed, she
ian afforti to laugh At She pretsn.ioas OF.
-outh with all its guasheriee. all it's in:
ipidities. II, however,. she has been
Negligent of the ,arte that beautify. an
hnbeliever in stithcs as cure.all for
our intiictions. she mdSt simply bear her
punishment. SHE ~ill bc punished,
sctribution may loitGf: 1t arrives, if
,ot promptly on time, early enough to
torment, to harass. to feproach.
Life may not be such picnic to any
'ne of us that We desire to cling I'd
youth. We may even long to end it;
We should without delay be coached re;
:arding the iroRclad filc which prog.
:ess insists shall be learned. namely,
shat we are EXPECTED to be beautiful,
wholesome, physically d delight and to
'leasc others ahd not ourselves.
How are our faces scanned? We
,hould not hold the years we have lived
responsible. but ,the lives we have led.
Malice and snarling work havoc with
he fairest faces beiy the laws OF
common sense AID hygiene and see
rhere we will bring DIP. Go on from
ZINE to time. plahning reforms without
:arrying out o single plan, and see how
We will come oht. There is no dissipa;
ion, it matters h6tho@ small, that does
not leave its impress. l have no pa
.iencc with xheezy old age, with .
.allow-tinted, bibomisst maturity. !
have no patiehSe with a shriveled;
,archmentlike decay, with lean or D
tat old womanhood. Grow old beauti-
ully. II we do not know how it can BIC
lone we should lose n6. time in finding
2ut.-Dorothy Maddox, in Philadelphia
Inquirer.