The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-08
SHE.
HOW 10 BE BEAUTIFUL.
Answers Given by Paris Actresses
and SINGERS.

Answers Given by Paris Actresses
and Singers.
The best known actresses and sing
ers of Paris have just been asked to
reveal to the world the secret OF eter-
nal youth, and explain how each Of
them manages. while expanding an
amount OF activity which two average
women not of the profession could
hardly furnish between them in other
walks of life, to keep as fresh and as
energetic as though her existence were
perpetual holiday As a mater of
fact ali play and no work would he
the very last combination to suit,
among other actresses Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt, who says that the secret
of her endurance is that she never
rests" Fatigue" she adds. 'fs my
stimulant. Instead of pulling me down,
II spurs me on. She goes TO bed at
3 in the morning invariably and al
ways rises at 2. As for the usual pre-
scriptions for the preservation Of health
they receive scant attention from her.
She always drives. generally in a
closed carriage. to and from the thea
tire, where she spends II or l. hours ev-
cry day without seeing the light Of
the sun, and without a breath of fresh
air. Her diet consists of fish and eggs
chiefly the latter, of which she eats
sometimes as many as ten day. and
she never drinks anything but cham
payne During two months out of the
twelve, however. Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt makes up" as she puts it, for
the anti-hygenic conditions of her town
life. At Belle Isle she is hardly ever
indoors, and when she is, she keeps
every window in the house wide open
in all weathers. Every year / make
this abrupt transition from a clustered
existence to a life i'm the fresh air and
1 have never suffered by the sudden
change. much to the surprise of my
doctors" adds Nine. Sarah Bernhardt.
Her rule of living. summed up as fol-
lows: No precautions of any SSnd,
and unceasng work ten months a
year" can hardly. perhaps, be recon-
mended for general practice. But then
everything Nine Sarah Bernhard
does is extraordinary.
Nine. Bartet, Nine. Worms Barretta,
Mile. Meyer and Mile. Cecil Sorel on
some methods differ but all agree
in fresh air. On the subject of diet.
however. the four actresses of the
Coincide Franchise agree that the best
policy is to "eat when you are hungry
and drink when you are thirsty and
that individual taste and appetite are
the best guides Nine Jane Hading,
unlike Sarah Bernhard has great
faith in quite and repoSe. Nine. Jeanne
Granier has no idea what it is TO con-
slider ones health. What is the good
of following any hygienic treatment
when you are well2" she inquired.
And when you are i'll there's the doc
tor. Mine is a very clever man. Sing
ers in Paris do not appear to be any
more careful Of their health than ac-
tresses Nile. Deina's, only precaution
against chills is to put silk handker
chief around her neck when she leaves
the theatre. Mile. Acte takes a cold
bath every morning. walks out every
day in all weather, and never touches
a drop of wine or liquor. but follows
no particular rule for the care of her
voice Nile. Yvette Guilbert has like
wise great faith in cold water, and
advocates particularly ch scrubbing
with the flesh brush, Ito scrape off the
paint and powder" For that matter.
when off the stage. she never paints,
and does not even rouge her lips"
Fresh air, ten hours sleep, and no sup
per parties are the remaining rules in
Mile Guilbert'S code of health.