The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-21

nesting close to her collar bone but
II is the correct thil q AMI she can wear
it every morning and afternoon while
n low necked gown she dons only occa-
sionally. Anything hut that She will
fast every week, Will give many of
her old clothes to the poor, will relin-
quish her rather sure chances for the
favor of o certain very popular man
but give up that high collar, never.
Along toward spring after she
has worn FOR some time the now
stylish pique stock or the velvet or
silk crush crash collar with the dainty
little turnovprs OF sheer linen and after
she has spent more money than she
would care to acknowledge in massage
and expensive creams her neck will be
discovered to have become round and
reasonably plump again. Perhaps she
hasn't succeeded in eradicating the
dark brown line that. like the trace of
the hangman's moose, tells its own
/ tale, but the sharp nosed bones will
/ be covered and the lovely curves will
! fit back like the angels they are. But
! then will come again the charming
| shirt waist and the same old collar
with perhaps a story added.
Now, you dear girls, you can work
out those hollows with a ruinous
amount of cold cream. you can, by iu-
dicious manipulations succeed in cover
ing the protubcrances that now appall
! you, but you never will, unless you
belong to the fat sisterhocd, and these
lamentations are not written for that
class--you never will succeed as sat
isfactorily If you Go not, for a consid-
iNI fAYn nf "a ~
the lovely linen collar.
Now the great difficulty is that the
average girl will not be persistent
enough in the treatment Of her neck
to secure satisfactory results. She Will
rub in cold cream most industriously
for a half hour at a tlmo-fOr as much
as two nights. Then she comes home
late from dance, or has played golf
too hard that day, or is too sleepy
or for some other reason neglects her
self-apponted task for the succeeding
seven nights. Then she wonders why
her bones do not go out of sight. Five
minutes brisk maHge every night is
worth an hour once a week on twice
a week. Some nights she grows weary
in we'll doing and daubs cold cream
very hastily over her face and neck,
draws her nghtie w over the annont-
ed surface and goes to seep cherishins
the GeluRton that she has done her
whole duty by that poor, i'll used an
atomy. OF course she isn't nice when
thus creased. neither are the pillows
the sheet or the counterpane. The
next morning she is cross at the sight
of her well CREASED night gown and
provement in her neck. Miracles
aren't often wrought for careless dam.
sells. cold cream, chiefly applied to
a lace trimmed night, gown and o
Marseilles spread isn't effective in pro.
ducing fat on the collar bones. There
isn't the slightest occasion for getting
a suspicion Of grease on the clothing
of maiden or bed The amounting pro.
cess should continue until the cream
is absorbed and then the surface
should be carefully wiped free from
oil. A good cream will absorb rapidly
and it is astonishing how much car
be taken in by the pores. 1t should
have no yellow tinge. as this denotes
the presence of vaseline, although th
cream may contain white vaseline
which is equally bad for the face. I
EnOulu De procured ITOUl d TelIuDli
dealer, who will tell the customer th
formulae if necessary. Lanoline is
great fattening medium for flabb.
4 flesh, but not all skins will bear mucl
of this in the mixture. Pure olive oi
is as good for the neck as anything
and can he purchased in small guam
e titles, thus not being In danger o
f ! turning rancid. The thinnest throat
neck and chest rubbed in a circula
y motion with as much cream or oil a
y can be readily absorbed every nigh
will most surely yield the desired re
suits in three or four weeks time
but do take off that high, tight cola
: whenever possihlc-at least in you
. room, when something soft aud uncon
fining can be twisted about the throat
, although it would be better durin
the course of treatment to remove a
covering from the neck whenever tn
g slightest opportunity offers. If wOme
y keep on trying to see how many eXtr
stories they can construct on their col
t lars the next generation of girls wi
p probably be built in such giraffe-lik
c proportions that there wilYbe no occasiO
to write dissertations on developmer
of the neck, as it will be simply in
II possible for any woman to wear
decol!ete costume. A swan-like thros
3 sounds well in poetry and old-tin
" romances, but it is fast becoming to
d literal. Saucy Bess