Evening star., 1903-11-21
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Resting, Breathing and Exer-
cising Go Together.
HANDMAIDS OF GRACE
RELAX LIKE A CAT WITH FORTY
WINKS A DAY.
Divide Up All the Aids to Good Looks
That Each May In
terest.
OF GRACE

Written for The Evening Star by katherine Morton.
! The 'lovely maid is lovely. alluring and
altogether fascinating, because she has
| learned, and practices what she has
| learned that the ways Of beauty are three
| resting, breathing, exercising.
| "Oh, this is nothing new" you say.
| Quite true You breathe with every
| breath you draw, to speak flippantly; but
probably you don't breathe correctly, and
you take forty winks' every afternoon,
| and your exercising is confined to an occa-
slonal walk around the golf links, morn
| ing canter on your thoroughbred, or a
saunter on the promenade.
Turn over a new leaf. and make it duty,
If not a pleasure. to attend upon these
! aids to beauty"
They will change the modelled contour Of
the face, making it fuller and rounder; they
will clear the skin; give a fresh color
brighten the eyes; give an erect figure and
impart a delightful eXuberance which is ir-
resistible.
The charm Of vvacty cannot fail to fol-
/ low in the train Of the other attractions, if
| a girl knows how to breathe, to rest and to
exercise. With blood well oxygenated and
| muscles free and elastic. how can girl
help over1owing with bubbling vitality?
Dear me- perhaps you exclaim, IF we
spend all the time beauty experts direct on
our compilations. hands, hair, neck, arms
and feet. there would be no time to rest or
exercise or even breathe.
why if we could manage to do every
| thing just as we are told it should be done,
the hours for sleep would be awfully cut
down, and as for resting during the day,
that would be entirely out of the question
"There wouldn't be time for anything else
if one did everything all the time
'The way 1 manage" one pretty girl eX-
~ rn In
! lively discussion to royal road to
| beauty, ''is to take turns with the different
kinds of beauty culture. l do one thing
| one week. and then another the next week,
| and then exchange that for third. and so
l give everything share of interest
A Breathing Week.
This week 1 am devoting to my breath
ing exercises. This does not mean that
do not rest a little and exercise little
every day, that l do not brush my hair
| conscientously every night, or that 1 fail
| to rub cold cream into my face and neck
| before jumping into bed. But this week
am taking special pains with my breathing,
| and don't you think my cheeks have gained
some color? Why, 1 know they have. [
| suppose l spend twenty minutes every
| morning, and sometimes as much every
| evening, with my correct breathing eXer
| cses.'
Last week I devoted myself especially to
| exercising. / walked two miles daily, and
| did stunts with wands and dumb bells. I
| rather think it has helped to straighten out
my back and lift up my chin, because when
| l was walking L imagined l was a market
| woman with a basket of eggs on my head.
1 alternated this little trick with another
| equally as good. 1 tried to look over the
| tops of all the carriages / passed.
| Il came near OVERRIDING this little fad,
| however.
| This week I am making a business of
| taking cat maps every afternoon.
III you want to know how to really rest
| take a lesson from your cat. Watch her
| settle herself for her forty winks Is not
| every muscle relaxed in utter restfulness
| and repose? So l let pussy be my bright
! and shining example and physical director
| for my relaxation exercises
| She lounges and is lovely is one wo-
| mans way of saying that if you would be
| beautiful you must understand the art of
| relaXtlon or have spells of absolute repoSe
| Resign yourself to a kimona for at least
! half an hour daily. Or If you prefer a more
| elaborate negige revel in billows of chif-
fon and ussue-like silks.
Has Angel Sleeves.
In one society womans wardrobe is a de-
| licious costume of seashel pink silk 1t
has all the grace of Grecian robe whose
severity has been softened by the art of a
Partisan designer The sleeves, built on the
old-fashioned angel type, sweep almost to
|
Let the brunette choose a delightful COM
bination In black and gold and crimson, and
the pale blonde silver and green. Any one
can rest thousand times better If she
knows that she is making a picture of her
self.
Resting exercises of a more vigorous kind
are also to be commended. After the relax
alton on lounge or chair, stand up, take an
erect position, and then make complete
circle of the body from the waist up. With
the hands on the hips circle right left, for
ward and back. Keep the feet firm, and
make the circle free and even 1t is the one
| movement to rest and free and also to
strengthen the waist muscles.
| After resting comes breathing. Not only
| must women breathe for beauty, but for
| health. Eminent authorities declare that
| one generation of correct breathers would
| regenerate the race, and disease would be
so rare as to be looked upon as curiosity
| A Doctors Advice.
| With the building up of the lungs through
| proper breathing there Is a meta bolism-
| this is the doctors word for it--of all the
| tissues and organs.
Not only the lungs, but all the internal
| organs are brought into play by correct
| breathing. 1t develops the heart, stomach,
| liver and Kidneys, directly and indirectly,
| and nc lrishes all these organs as they
| should be nour1shed by more blood and
| better blood In constant and regular circu-
lation.
The breathing exercise is to slowly raise
| both arms. as if they were lifted up by the
breath while inhaling. Inhale until the