The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20

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A beautiful woman called on me re-
Gently. says Dorothy Maddox, in the Phil
adelphia Enquirer She is a beauty at a
time when most women have forgotten
they were ever even half way good
looking. L wanted her to talk. l knew if
1 could but once get this fair exponent of
art to open her pretty mouth, 1 should
hear something interesting. | was not
disappointed, Approaching with caution
the theme of themes. we were soon deep
in the discussion of the gospel Of physical
Improvement,
After skipping about the edges of the
topic. I said: Won't o give me just a
few reasons for that fine-grained skin u
yours. those clear eyes and that perfect
color? And your figure: do tell me how
you keep yourself down to the right num-
Der of ~pounds?"
LAS for freight. I have myself in hand
beautifully. l remember about six
months ago. 1 found l was getting too
fleshy. / keep my weight at one hundred
and thirty. Fol- my height, 4 think that
about the thing. don't you""
1 promptly replied. Il do and she
went on: 81 started straight for my IA
yorite teacher in my favorite gymnasium.
and / said to her. Take ten pounds from
my weight In four weeks | had gotten
rid of eight pounds solid.
IT went on diet. The food n eats at
such a time does help the complexion so
much. There was nothing mean about
my fare. 1 was allowed juicy steaks ana
now and then a chop. All the meats We're
UNDERGONE.
81 lid nave to put up with stale bread
toasted and toasted Boston crackers ana
graham crackers l always learn to do
without butter in about a week Butter
eating is a habit; nothing more, ! was
told to eat salad of any kind, but must
dress it with vinegar or lemon juice; no
oil. Most of the green vegetables coulo
have. such as spinach and cabbage. made
into slaw. and all the cranberries l want
ed.
II started an orange and apple diet TO
go along with the rest of the things. HOT
water and lemon juice was my STANDBY as
a drink Sometimes l took weak tea,
sweetened very little. Cold water l love-
but it is as much of a fattener as oil. so I
did not get much of it.
sit is wonderful how soon one grows in
different to eating and literally eats to
live.
B the time / had lost ten pounds ana
a HtA more, saw what figidly strict oiet
woula do for the complexion. MINE pc
came as smooth as a piece OF satin, ana II
had that brilliant look that always comes
from health, I determined then ana
there to stick to plain food. n4ee nourish-
ing food, you understand, and | nave ever
since. / can find any quantity of eatables
that are excellent outside the messes
female epicures use to redden their noses
- -. 49, a o,od Skins the color OF
the UNDERGONE crust of d lardy pie
sDo you believe in hot water and soap
and all that kind of a thing? don't
mean for the body, but the faceg"
Very quickly she answered.: Most as
suredly / do. Now l am speaking only
for myself. My skin needs to have its Sc
cretions stimulated. Soap and hot water
does this. How we do fuss over soapsI L
dearly love sweei-scented soaps such as
a rare violet or something of the kind, but
I leave them to the other women. | never
have found any brand quite so nice as the
Spanish CASTLE. Mine is so pure looking,
and 1 know it is pure; ! @eald not be
afraid to eat it.
ssDo 1 like a camePs hair brush2 I do,
but did you ever know anything to cause
nave a different opinion about II. l md
it fine. That settles the brush as far as l
am concerned. Thank goodness, l THINK
for myself. With a brush, hot water and
CASTLE soap, / never GO to bed WIN a
dirty face. A naturally dry skin compeis
the use of some cream, after my face mas
been washed. I ave my own set OF mas
sage movements. They are gentle and
Just the regulation sort Why, if L failed
to rub cream into my pores before going
to bed I should wake up in the morning
with queer little lines hat a stiff and
starched skin and pressure against a
pillow are apt to make"
.All over baths? Let me see, ] have so
many. I adore experimenting with them.
When [ am stiff and lame and horrid feel
ing from too long a walk or bicycle ride,
/ Jump into a bath made of sea-salt ana
warm water. Sometimes a plain alcohoi
bath, one-third water and two-thirds neu-
trail spirits, which is cheaper than alco-
hol. This bath is really a sponge. 1t IS
a nice way to wash when the hot water
has given out or the bathroom is chilly.
1 hate the smell of spirits; reminds me OF
dead people, SO / always sprinkle myself
after an alcohol bath with lots of orange
flower or some kind of toilet water.
Turkish baths are all right for me. be-
cause I am inclined to be feshy. About
the incest DALI dAtCA VII S
First a quick rub with the softest side of
a loofah and then a finish with the
toughest Turkish fibre towel [ can buy.
SPY the way, / have become converted
to a polishing rag of chamois and silk;I
sometimes one. sometimes the other
These are just for my face They give
the skin that soft, bloomy look that al
high-priced powder produces. | like them
immensely"
Then the conversation switched off to
exercise, massage and sleep. | found this
handsome creature, with figure supple and
slight, with facial contours as youthful
as those of women half her age. had a
cream she could trust for every occasion
found she never lost an hours sleep that
she did not find it again. I discovered
she had her tranps marked off so MANY
miles a day. and beyond the dust, and
noise of the towns limits.
I found this healthy specimen OF
womankind thinking for herself, Ishe
having argued that no subject shoulf be