The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-12

The girl fond of admiration has
full neck Not bone shows. Yet it
is a slender neck for all that. Vanity
shows, as in the nose. in the straight
arstocratic lines, in the clear skin,
which is very fine in grain, and in the
length of the neck, for the vain girl
is very swanlille as to the movements
of her head. 1t swings as upon a reed
of exceeding grace and willowness.
This swanlike neck is very lovely.
The young girl whose neck is growing
long and awkward and ugly can COM
fort herself with the thought that
some day, when she has attained the
full maturity, this long, ugly duck
ling neck will become that of Il beau
tiful swan.
The athletic girl has throat affect
ed by her sports. 1t is long rather flat
and it does not widen. as it should
where it joins the head: neither does
it widen toward the neck. 1t fultills
all necessary purposes of the body, but
ii is not pretty
'Nhc great popularity of the neck of
the athletic girl is it's method of join,
ing the head to the shoulders. 1t is
the same shape and size throughout it's
length, and the head is set upon it
awkwardly and in wooden fashion
There are no pretty curves to break
its Monotony.
The shoulders of the athletic girl
are very square and the head and neck
are set upon them in an angular fash
ion which. while it may denote the
athlete. surely does not denote the
society beauty.
Still. the athletic neck has it's good
points and its recommendations. 1t
never gets stiff: it can bend this way
and that: it never aches. and inside
there is Il set of mechanical works
that rarely gets out of order.
The heroic girl has the classic type
of throat. 1t may be beautiful and it
may not he so. according to the care
that is bestowed upon it.
The heroic type of neck may belong
to the beautiful woman. but it does
not always do so. Very often it's beau
ty is married by the lack of ftmininity
in the face. For the heroic type of
neck is possessed by the strong mind
ed woman, the woman who leaves the
pot to boil itself. while she goes out
into the world and bOilS the pots of
other people.
1t is the woman with the heroic
throat who decides that home is no
place for her and who gets out into
the world So that she can perform the
feat known us invading mans terri.
tory.
But the heroic ncckcd woman. while
she may be tlis; grceablr. can also lie
magnificent. She is capable of great
/ nobility of character: and when YOU
get her for Il friend. she is yours for
life. or until you deceive hr".
There is Il certain type of neck
which belongs TO the girl who is fond
| of having her own way. Turn around
with your back to the mirror and take
your hand glass in your hand Ii
YOU are Il girl fond of having your OWL
| way your neck will he. not fiat and
straight in the back. but curved.
There will be an arch which is the
arch of beauty. but the arch also OF
Seliishness. If the head pushes for.
ward too far. it means ambition. and
if the chin drops. it denotes stubborn.
ness.
The neck requires room and it re-
uul'es air. 1t must have its proper
ventilation, and it must not be bound
down tightly from morning until mid.
night. If you are treating your neck
in this manner you will suffer for it,