The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
FOR FEMININE READERS
GHotP OF WOMEN
BEAUTY-MAKING METHODS.
Whnt women who Know HOW 20
~. ,-c uc.rtrc-CooIer Weather
Brings Thoughts Of New Dishes

the lady OF the house was sitting III d uaiN
corner and nad shown a disposition 10 re-
main I'm the background. Later arrivals
brought her Of necessity 70 the front 10
welcome them and she stood for a moment
in a glare OF light from the hall
What on earth. Emily Jones. have you
been doing to your face?" inquired the rcd
haired matron. who because she had known
Mrs. Jones all her life considered herself
al liberty to SAY anything" on whatever
occasion. what in the world have you
been doing?"
Every one turned TO look. and naturally
Mrs Jones felt annoyed. Ordinarily Of a
sallow complexion, her face was now OF
SO deep a red as to suggest having been
parboiIed. She would undoubtedly have
been glad at the moment if a trap door
had opened under her inquisitive friend
and swallowed her up. but as it was she
did the heroic act that most women do a
hundred times every day Of their lives
laughed when she would have preferred TO
swear.
We'll. II you must know" she said.
usbtlv land as we're all friends I'll tell
you. w been having my complexion doc
tored."
.Oh-h. oh-h, tell US how was the chorus
OF ordinations.
..WelI. there isn't much 20 tell. I've been
under treatment for a week By a woman
who calls herself a skim specialist. She has
splendid recommendations and testimonials
or / wouldn't have tried her. In fact
Cousin Sarah wrote TO nc about her from
chicago: told me the woman had worked
wonders with her-had taken of every
freckle. Naturally the treatment could not
helm takin. freckIes off, for as a matter
9. - &c fh1 rnffrO nrfnr skin
which. / suppose. is why my face is so red
Tonight. But / really don't know why
Cousin Sarah at her age should care TO go
10 the cxpense-the woman does charge
scandalousIy. Those freckles Of Sarah's
are forty years old if they're a day, and it
must he like losing old friends to part with
them"
Il haven't the pleasure OF your Cousin
Sarah's acquaintance. said the blonde
matron. "but from what you say / am sure
she is a woman who feels an interest in
life. When a woman ceases to care what
her complexion is like then 1 know she
is losing her grip on things in general.
Now I'm willing to confess that though
freckles do not worry me wrinkles do. Yes,
wrinkles. Oh. you're kind to say they're
imaginary, but they're really there around
my eyes and on my forehead. and I'd like
TO have them rubbed out. I've tried a lot
OF things-massage and court plaster and
so on, but I can't see that they do any
good. Court plaster? Why. yes. You put
a piece on over the wrinkles. you know,
when you so to bed and it sort Of smOoths
them out. Gets the skin into the habit of
being smooth. At least that's the theory.
But 1 fear that I shall never get rid of
these marks of age. And yet I'm only
twenty-ni-'
'Ah-h. an, Take care. Don't let advanc-
ing age affect your memory. Maria" ex-
claimed the woman on the step. AT least
two OF us here helped celebrate your birth
days when we all used TO have 'em and we
emember."
"A few wrinkles don't amount to any
thing" said the woman in the big rocking
chair. I'm beginning to grow a little stout
brutal ~neighbers called her fat when they
spoke of herr and a double chin is showing
itself. OF all things l dislike a double chin,
and if your complexion woman will guaran-
tee to remove that extra chin I'll pay her
her price even if 1 have to go without my
fall tsilOr-made. I've simply endured
misery with that chin. I've had il mas
saged and I've taken all sorts of calisthenic
exercises-yOu know the doctors say exer-
else reduces flesh. I've positively done
hard labor with dumb bells and I've walked
hundreds OF miles it seems TO me. And
dieted! Why. I've absolutely starved my
self going without the things l wanted. and
yet that useless chin shows no signs of
leaving. It's a great afniction.
ut seems to me that it's much easier 20
get thin than TO gain fiesh.' complained the
thin young girl in white. Now. I've gone
in for exercise-you know the doctors say
exercise brings flesh. I've gOlfed and I've
Towed and I've walked, and. as for eating.
I've fairly created a panic in the family.
Mamma says with everything so high in
market she can't cater to such an appetite
without a bigger allowance. And yet my
collar bones stand out the same as ever and
/ simply can't wear a low-necked gown"
"Well. since this seems To be an expert
ence meeting, said the plain young woman
with the red nose, / don't mind saying that
I've conscientiously tried everything the
papers have recommended for the last"
Everything shrieked the rest Of the
group.
Everything for the last five years that
promised 10 make woman beautiful The
woman with the red nose continued. firmly.
Not that 1 expected TO become beautiful.
but / hoped to improve on what nature had
done. Nature sighted me and had plenty
OF room TO work in and to test the beauti-
fers."
But to try everything, Why, you must
have spent all your time at It," said the fat
woman i'm the big chair. Il have put in a
good deal Of time myself in improving
processes. but 1 haven't tried half hat I've
read about"
Yes; 1 think 1 may say that I've con-
scientiously tried everything that could
possibly apply to my case. I began back in
the Shirley Dare period and took a course
OF her drugs and herb teas. Why. I've
taken enough dandelion extract to have
made me a human dandelion. When hap
pcned 10 mention 10 the doctor what I'd
been doing he said il was a wonder nv soul
hadn't been waited away from my body
ike the dOwny seed from the plant. That's
the trouble with these things. Doctors will
never tell YOU anything 10 do to improve
your lOoks-they seem 10 think it's beneath
their dignity-and then when you try ex-
periments they really enjoy pointing out
how mistaken you were"
The plain Young woman caught her
breath and vent on again. II was a theme
cn which she had evidently felt deeply.
There's s~teaning. You know how every
paper and wOuan's magazine you picked
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