The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-17

if she is very feminine, says Anna Held
in the Chicago Sunday Chronicle.
People do me the honor to say that
am beautiful. and every day my mail
is filed with letters asking me to des-
cribe my rules of life to tell what ] eat
and how I sleep. to divulge the secret
recipes that are responsible for my
complexion and a hundred or more re-
quests that always deluge the young
Ia dy or gentleman VINO mas been Tor
tunate in winning public approval
Everyone seems TO think that I am
spending all my time IN the invention
of new beautihers, like the mix baths
that / began to use some time ago IN
this, however, they are much mistaken
Few women pay less attention to the
complexion than do.
Now, to my mind there is just one
secret that a woman must learn before
she can be beautiful. and that is that
she must be healthy. There are excel
lent cosmetics on the market for skins
that have been ruined by continued
poor health Without health there can
be no beauty, and the most Irregular
features are not unattract1Ve when
lighted by the glow of perfect health.
That is the only thing that I have tried
to remeber all my life. and / have also
held that the only way to get this per
feet health and to keep it was to take
plenty Of good. active exercise How to
obtain the best exercise was the ques-
ton
At first 1 tried walking, and then 1
lent Then a friend introduced me to
the motor cycle and the automobile.
and I found that for which 1 had 50
long been searching
Since that time I have been what the
Americans would cali a "fiend' after
the motor machines Every morning at
6 o'clock, unless the weather is very
bad, I am out for a spin on the motor
cycle 1t is tricycle., rather heavier
than those that are ordinarily used by
women, but I find no trouble in riding
it.
In taking this ride, of course, I dress
in accordance with the weather If it
is cold l wear a thick. gown. If it is
warm, shirt waists and boomers suffice.
In the winter 1 need nothing to protect
my eyes because the sun is not hot
but when its rays are too bright
wear great, green, glazing goggles.
know that they are hIdeOus and that
they make me look unsightly enough as
I go spinning along the road. but what
is one to do2 The eye specialists tell
me that the sun makes the eye squirt.
and that it is the squirting of the eye
that is responsible for the ugly little
wrinkles that every woman wants to
avoid As the result, wear the glasses,
even if they do not make me look well.
1 spend about half an hour, some
times an hour in this ride. and all the
were riding on the clouds, it is so de-
lightful to spin along on the motor
cycle.
When have returned. however, it is
L
lily, and after this there is no more ac-
tive exercise until after the hour of
luncheon Then my automobile is
brought around, and for another hour
I revel in the delightful sensations that
come from riding in this new kind OF
vehicle. In addition to this I get the
fresh air It is not active exercise, THAI
is true, but 1t is almost as beneficial
The remainder OF the afternoon I de-
vote to my work If it is necessary to
do so 1 go to the theater, if not I study,
for there is always something new TO
learn about the English language.
Toward evening. however, no
matter how busy I may have been
all the afternoon, break away from
my engagements and take another spin
on the motor tricycle., and this time I
can leave Off the ugly goggles, because
there is no sun TO make the eyes squint-
This ride. as you may imagine makes
me ready enough for dinner, and when
I go to the theater afterWard feel as
if I could work all night
This is my secret. and it certainly is
a pleasant one. Several times in my
life l have been advised to adopt GER
tain forms OF exercise, and 1 have
usually followed the instructions OF nay
physician. but in no instance has the
recipe brought such . delightful and
immediate return