Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-07
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
How the Japanese Girl Pre-
serves Her Charms,
ORIENTAL BEAUTIFIER
SHE KEEPS HER CHEEKS BOTH
PLUMP AND ROSY.
A Treatment Which Commends Itself
to Other Bellies or
Beauties.
ORIENTAL BEAUTIFIER

lana OF the clTySdHtIleluu there Is tIc
most extraordinary muscular training
training which commences in early child
hood
This training gives the Japanese woman
the charm of looking very young until she
is very old. She grows up as quickly as she
grows old slowly.
Her body is so trained that every move
ment is graceful She makes the simple
act of serving tea as picturesque as dance.
A bevy of maidens will enter the room
without a sound from their stocking-shod
feet, glide up to you, and then, falling upon
their knees lay the food before you, and
continue kneeling with dropping eyes and
hands, until you are ready to be served.
When the Japanese girl dances you also
learn what her athletic training has done
for her. 1t is not dancing in our sense of
the word. but posturing and dumb acting.
A tragedy may be enacted by the dance.
There is fierce rushing forward in a spring
ing posture, followed by disdain, with
pursed lips tilted chin and scornfully avert
ed eyes. Her stiff rigidity and writhing
postures betoken remarkable muscular
training. Every attitude and gesture is
perfectly graceful above the waist; the gait
alone is clumsy, because the japanese wo-
man wears clogs.
When Japanese women dance they dance
with everything but their feet; they sway
their bodies and heads, wave their arms
If little Miss Chrysanthemum always re-
manned on her knees it would be easy to
fall in love with her. And she does spend
most of her days in that posture, both for
courtesy and comfort.
Delight in Curves.
Nowhere will you find hands and wrists
more delicately nodded than in Japan; no
where arms and busts more beautifully
rounded; nowhere cheeks as plump and
rosy, like ripe, red plums. The Japanese
complexion is clear if brown, velvety and
of a rich damask red. What is the secret
of the plump, smooth cheek; the curved
and rounded arm; the full, well-developed
throat and neck? -"H-
1t is athletic development. What one
kind of training does for their bodies, an
other kind of training does for the muscles
of the arms, throat hands and face.
The little japanese maiden knows even
if she does not put it in SO many words,
that the circulation must be stimulated
and that the blood is brought to the sur
face by friction. Instead of buying flesh
brush or mitten-she probably couldn't find
one in Japanese Shop-She keeps little
globe or BAH tucked away somewhere in
her rainbow hued, flowing sleeve, and when
she has nothing else to do she rolls her
cheeks, her throat, or her arms.
1t is a kind of massage and it answers
the purpose beautifully Not only the
cheeks, but the throat, neck. arms, hands
and limbs are treated to the ball-rolling
process. ..-
The balls are of various sizes, from those
about as large as an orange to spheres
nearly as large as small ball used for
the game of bowls. The balls are of wood
and are heavy.
Why may not this ball-rolling process
be introduced here? Western beauties
should follow their oriental sisters plan of
cosmetic treatment.
Help Circulation.
Like massage, the various motions of the
ball upon the surface of the body bring
the blood from the interior of the body
to the outside surface, thereby stimulat-
ing the circulation.
Massage or ball-rolling takes the place of
exercise in a way. This makes it valuable
for any one who cannot or will not eXer-
else.
The ball is moved in circular manner,
with some little pressure. Wrinkles have
to flee before this ball exercise which is,
| therefore, splendid thing for the skin and
| the complexion.
| The skin of a person in good condition is
| firm in density as may be seen in athletes
who are in good condition.
The oldness of the cells of the skin, as
| they present themselves in the face, and
| particularly in those tissues underneath the
| eyes, where the natural density of the skin
| is less than in other portions of the body,
| is ordinarily, in itself, an evidence of lack
of exercise. The surface Of the face is in
such people generally apt to present an
appearance WHICH may vary IIOll tIiS lCi-
NAL in several particulars.
If women would take exercise their COM
| pleXions would be infinitely better, but IL
| they will not exercise, let them try, by
massage or ball rolling to keep their skin
| in good condition.
Improves Appearance.
| Exercise not only improves the muscles,
but, by increasing the nutrition of the body
generally improves the appearance of the
nd
the more rapid carrying away by the blood
| current of any effete material which may
have accumulated.
The use of the ball is more effective
stimulant for the skin if a hot or Turkish
bath has been taken previously and the
flesh is still warm from it's effects. V1gor-
Gus exercise may take the place of the
bath, provided it has been vigorous enough
to stimulate the sweat glands to increased
eXcretion Through this excretion the skin
is made an unhealthy medium for the de-
Velopment of microbes.
Dermatologists differ as to whether some
of the diseases which attack the face, de-
Stroying the beauty of the complexion are
microbic in character or not Many of the
more common forms of disease of the skin
which interfere with the beauty OF the
complexion are due to microbes.
If the skin is kept in the best possible
physical condition these microbes will
never have chance to get foothold, and
even when they have once obtained ingress
treatment that is directed to the building
up of the body as a whole and establishing
effective circulation will often be suific1ent
to cure the disease and restore the skin
and complexion to their normal condition
She Goes Down Deep.
The little Japanese girl understands all
this, apparently, for she is not satisfied
with merely taking this superficial care
of her complexion. She goes to the root of
the matter, and exercises. She uses an
other ball in another manner. Matches at
bouncing a ball. as they call it, are ia
vorite sports with the maidens OF Japan
The balls are made attractive by being
bound with brightly colored silks.
Another game, which gives them needed
exercise as well as grace and llghtness, Is
battledore and shuttlecock, which they
play to perfection. Their shuttlecockS are
tiny feathered balls, made of seeds, and
their battledoreS are of the same nght
wood of which their clogs or sandals are
made, with the backs painted in gorgeous
colors.
The youthful Japanese belle, like her Sis
ter of the occident, is not averse TO snow
ing off her beauty, dress and figure, and
she finds in her games matchless opportu-
| "a. fNrr 1icYnl.