The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-11-29

many WOlHeH, the HdtIeF VI Keep
ing young is problem that seems al
most unsolvable. This is because they
do not give heed to the Importance of
the matter. They look in the glass,
see with regret the approach of crows
feet" or a gray hair or two, and then
go away to lament over the ravages of
me, without making any effort to
overoome the old gentleman's advances
Ard afteFs all. it is a comparatively
simnle thing dekeep fresh and youth
,ful-looking without Ne az S@4'eso6smet--
les, enamel, dyes and other mineral
or vegetable substances which may
serve the purpose for a time but in the
end leave the user all the worse for
the application.
There is nothing like exercise and
diet to promote the good health which
is a necessary Accompaniment of-in
fact the vital principle which serves to
preserve-youth and beauty. The av-
erage woman Of today is apt to sacri-
flee all things to her comfort. Exer-
else is bore; dieting is troublesome
and almost painful; because effects are
not at once apparent, she dispenses
with any little reform in the mode of
living which, in contrite spirit, she
may have taken up. have known
women who made firm resolves to un-
dergo a systematic course of exercise
and followed it up religiously for few
days, meanwhile scanning their glass
eagerly to note results. None devel-
oping at once, they have voted the
whole thing fraud and gone back to
the old routine of pleasure and indo-
lence.
The woman who is really in earnest
about preserving her beauty and youth
will find, in short time, that the few
simple rules to follow soon become a
source of genuine pleasure. say rules,
but that is not to be taken literally.
There are no set rules to follow; one
must be guided by common sense, land
enter thoroughly into the spirit of the
thing, for mind has as much to do
with accomplishing results as the act
ual training. The woman who assigns
to herself the task and then goes about
it in a desultory fashion. with half
.
better not make the attempt at all.
The system of exercise l follow may,
to some, seem almost heroic. To me
it is an absolute pleasure, and has now
become sort of second nature. In the
first place, when / awaken in the morn
ing drink at least two cupfuls of hot
water. Then plunge in warm bath
is followed by a thorough massage,
and take a few minutes of rest before
eating breakfast. This meal consists
of a piece of dry toast and, perhaps
a cup of weak tea. If it is summer
time, a game of tennis or practice with
the medicine-ball is next. All the mus
cles are brought into play, and at the
exniration of fifteen minutes / am in q
profuse perspiration. But the game is
enjoyable, and l continue until thor
oughly weary Then into the bath-tut
again and another rundown, and ar
ready for breakfast No. 2, which con
sists of lean chop and toast-bu
nothing of a liquid nature.
If the day is fine, spin on my bicy
Gle is next in order. For this / wea,
a medium weight sweater over my reg
ular costume, and the ride is never les:
than ten miles and at a pretty goo;
pace. Reaching home, and after an
other rundown, / don some loos
costume and read or otherwis
pass the time until lunch. This mea
is always very simple, all starchy o
fattening foods being religiously ex
cluded. Allowing little time for di
gestion, some other game is indulget
in-such as tether-ball, or perhap
golf A short carriage drive follows
with a bath and massage at the finish
This takes me up to dinnertime, whel
usually l eat what my fancy dictates
That is the one meal of the day il
which | do not stint myself although
/ avoid, so far as possible, any food
which have fattening tendency. TIL
evenings, too, are spent in quiet relax
alton, as consider have done enoug
for the day The following mornin
the same schedule of baths, eXercis
and massage is followed, and | tax
genuine pleasure in carrying out tn
schedule laid out There is nothin
hard or disagreeable in what l do. /
the winter, when bicycle riding is on
OF the question, l play ping-pong, o
row few miles in an indoor boa
The punching-bag. l find, is gran
form of exercise, and 1 am becomin
an expert at that.
Inc care or the SKIN is, OF cOurSs
an important factor. The simples
forms of emollients, used in connectio
with facial massage, find are the bes
But they are of little use without til
exercise which briggs the natura
glow of health to the cheeks.
The hair should be carefully locke
after, as nothing so much tends I
make woman look youthful or prett
her FFnrOunipo
shampoos, combined with persister
brushing. will do all that is necessar
in that line.
But, above all, avoid worry. Nothin
will bring wrinkles to a woman's fac
quicker than fretting over real or in
aginary evils. That is where the min
must aid the body. All the diet an
exercise in the world will not remed
detects calsei nv q n l1nnaS r- mind III