Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
When Diana Makes Her
Evening Toilet
CEREMONIES AND FORM
TAKES TIME, MONEY AND Pa
THENCE.
No Stage May Be Hurried if Best Re
suits Are Expected to
Follow.



Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton
When Diana makes her evening toilet, it
is procession-a gradual passing from
one stage to another That the elaborate
ceremonial may not be an exhausting one.
1t is preceded by cup of chocolate This
Is a hint she takes from her French maid,
who tells her. sin my country madame
takes her cup of chocolate every night
every highland then in the morning, she
looks fresh and blooming"
This is quite true; the beverage, taken
the last thing at night has rejuvenating
effect and gives a color and bloom which
makes ones reflection from the mirror In
the morning a more pleasing one than that
of the night before, when it was perhaps
trife worn and weary and colorless.
OF course, there can be no hard and fast
rule laid down. 1t may not be best to try
this might cap" every evening, and GER
ta1nly If one is gaining flesh too rapidly.
chocolate is best left alone, and cup or
hot bouillon substituted. Milk, heated to
the boiling point, but not boiled, is also
nourishing and stimulating; nothing indeed
rests and soothes ones weary nerves like
a cup Of hot milk.
With garments loosened, hair let down
and every muscle relaxed, Diana, at her
leisure, sips fresh life and vigor from a
dainty egg-shell porcelain cup and thinks
over the events of the day; of her triumphs
in the social world, perhaps, and plans
fresh conquests for the morrow.
Fully realizing that she cannot be healthy
or happy or attractive to others, unless
every muscle is well trained, so that throat
and arms are not fabby; shoulders rounded,
head STOPPING, abdomen protruding, and
waist lines relaxed, she devotes quarter
of an hour at least to athletics, either using
dumbells, Indian clubs or a wand.
One evening, perhaps, 1t Is her alabaster
CHI WI o.
ceive her undivided attention; another
night she goes in for arm cultivation or
hand rotation. Or the girth of the hips
must be reduced, or her waist shaped into
symmetrical proportions.
Having conscientiously performed her
duty by her figure, she seats herself before
her mirror to give her hair it's due share
of attention. Her maid always brushes and
dresses her hair in the morning; but at
night, as a rule, she prefers to be alone and
attend to her own toilet. Perhaps she has
a letter to read-not an everyday letter,
but a missive from an absent cavalier, or
she would pen an effusion herself, in which
case the room of the most efficient and ex-
pensive Of maids is preferable to her COM
pany.
Hair is Neglected.
Hair does not get half the attention 1t
needs. Forty minutes at least every night
should be devoted to it's care. Glossy, elias
tic and alive with color Is the rule for hair.
The hair, tress by tress, and the scalp, inch
by inch, should be gone over every day.
Place the tips Of the fingers slightly on
the head beginning at the forehead, then
manipulate the whole scalp with light
movement and firm pressure.
Before commencing the operation the roots
Of the hair, but not the hair itself, are thor
oughly wet with either water or lotion.
After the manipulation the hair is combed
with the coarsest possible comb. Combing
starts, not at the head, but at the ends of
the hair. In other words, it Is combed up
ward to avoid breaking.
Combfng removes dust from the hair and
gives free ventilation. The brush Is next
used; each strand Is brushed up, down,
right, left and In seni-crcies from the fore
head to the center of the head; then from
the nape of the neck upward to the same
point. By this time the head should be In
glow The circulation has been stimulated,
and If the manipulation of the scalp has
been thorough each blood vessel is aroused
to renewed action. The hair is fed only
when there is a flow of blood to the hair
folHcles
Not until the hair shines like satin is it
properly groomed 1t is then braided Ia
Marguerite, for IL the hair hangs loose all
| night It is very apt to get broken and tan
gled.
If the hair is worn parted it Is carefully
combed out every night and parted In Diff
ferent place, that It may not become too
broad.
OF course, Inilady knows enough to sit
down when performing most of the rites Of
the toilet, for by so doing she conserves her
strength and preserves her nerves. At least
fifteen minutes are devoted to the teeth and
for this ceremony she also seats herself at
her ease.
If very weary or troubled with insomnia
she takes alcohol foot BATH or a quart
or SO of some aromatic toilet water Is added
to a warm foot bath. This is restful and re-
freshing.
Last of all, the face and hands are washed
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rose water. The face Is never rubbed dry;
it Is gently patted with the softest linen
towels.
The First Wrinkle.
Perhaps a tiny line appears on the face
She doesn't call 1t a wrinkle" because she
has not yet reached her first score Lines
are caused by thousand and one things
beside age; wrinkling ones forehead, for
example when weighing the pros and cons
of some question with half dozen sides to
It, The next new dress, shall it be heavens
own blue or an adorable shade of green?
Jack and Harry. Shall she smile upon one
and drive the other from her by a frown7
These momentous questions, which arise
before one is twenty, before one is sixteen,
perhaps, are liable to leave faint traces, at
least upon the brow, and only yield to
cold cream and friction. So hopelessly
mixed up are romance and prose in life!
The lines in the forehead, Tines of
thought" she calls Them are coaxed away
by rubbing from the lines to above the ears
and from the center to either side; an emoI-
lent is used; whatever is left on the face
Is carefully taken off with piece of cot
ton batting.
Beautys hand. requires very special care,
if it would RETAIN its power to charm
After washing The hands with soap and
warm water,Ttheye are again washed with
oatmeal and warm water; the oatmeal is
rubbed on the hands, the friction removes
every particle of dust which would roughen
the skin, and The oil in the meal Is soften
ing The next process in hand culture Is
to manipulate each hand, using good
cold cream which Is rubbed into each Joint
to promote fiexibility and firmness If fin
gers are not as tapering as fashion requires,
frequent pinching the ends does a great
deal toward making them tapering.
To prevent 'reughness and redness of the
hands due to fwinters chilling blasts violet
cream should be, used. This is made by
melting over a slow fire one ounce of W hite
wax and ons-haR ounce paraffin; when
melted, three ounces of oil of sweet al
monds are added. and then the whole is
stirred until zcoldi when nearly cold add
twenty drops sof extract of violet
Rough hands can be made fine soft and
beautiful by frequent applications of this
violet cream.
Or almond oil alone Is beneficial If
bottle of glycerin and rose water Is kept on