The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
BY KATHERINE MORTON. Copyright, 1908, by T. c. 1rcClure.)

carriage of the head
 That famous young Brazilian. Santos Dumont. is afraid of only one thing-the American girl. Why? Because she Is so pretty.
 | T don't know whether it can be called fear" he explains. Tt Is, perhaps. too delicious. But yes. 1 am afraid of the | American maiden, she is so very lovely. It is not only in New York I noticed this; I have met a great many Ameri-
 can women in Paris. They are charm ing. charming"
 "Prettier. more attractive. more be- witching than the English women," is Hall Gaines verdict on the American girl. He qualities it. however. by add ing, but not SO regularly beautiful The English ideal of womanly loveli- ness is something quite different from the product of American environment-calm- CT, less vivacious, more regular and
 statuesdue, less bewitching and beguil- ing.
 The pretty Irish girl Is a charming | type-blue-eyed. ruddy-cheeked, we'll | rounded. with soft. brown hair. A grace and fascination all her own | belong to a Russian girl. She knows the value of her giancing eye and the ten- dril twist of her hair.
 The girl of Flanders must be tall and | graceful. with blue eyes and hair like | furnished gold.
 Brought up on grapes. their warmth
 and bloom get into the blood of the | Spanish girl. and give her Ioveliness
 that is as intoxicating as wine-an ex- quisite type. -
 The little Dutch beauty has a peach.
 blow complexion and fIaxen locks,
 which are always coquettishly ar
 buxom damsel. with smooth pink and white skin.
 ! No Clrcassian maiden can be attractive
 unless she have finely arched lips and a i charming figure.
 Beautiful as an angel" says an Ital- | inn cavalier of hIs lady love. Italian | eyes are large. humid and !anguixhing,
 with long curling lashes Next to the | beauty of the eye is the beauty Of the
 flashing teeth The Italian girl is also
 blessed with magnificent hair.
 Each nation 1t would seem, hal Its own
 ideal. and the poet asKs despairihsly'
 ''what all women think they possess" | answers the cynic.
 Ask your nirror::'' says the French
 man. But the philosopher replies. "1t is
 that which every lover sees in his sweet
 heart, whether she possesses it or not" " Answers to Correspondents. Julia.--Athletics makes waists smaller,
 not larger. College girls who go ih for Rymnastic training are growing smaller | fin the waist and broader in the shoulders.
 according to statistics. This change is 1 attributed to 8 more correct standing pos
 sition and the strengthening of the mus | cies of the shoulders. One young woman | within a year has effected decrease of | one inch in her waist measure and an in-
 crease of one-ha1f inch in breadth of
 shoulder. while her lung capacity has in- creased from fs3 10 =SO inches.
 Nancy A.-An eyebrow set consists of a pair of tiny baby brushes. one soft sHd l the other hard; pair of straight and a | pair of curved scissors. a pair of tweez- I CTS, a smoother. a little box for soap and | one for an emollient tiny sllken sponge
 pencil and a case of eyebrow pencils. The
 cost is from s up to S2s. you have
 money to burn."
 L. H. LA good filling for a bathhag Is made of i quart of bran. drame of pow dered orris root, one ounce of almond
 meal and half cake of white castile snap l shaved into thin strips. Mix Shese thor
 oughiy and then put them into cheese l cloth bag. .
 Lady May.-The lock of hair you send is of the Titan order--tfIat is to gay. the hue between blond and red. really red dish gold.
 Philip Cone.-For dandruff, strong black tea Is good Shampoo the head with tA's l once in ten days, brushing the hair care funy before and after its use. Marjorie WA great temptation after exposure to the heat and the probability of sunburn Is to wash the face. Water acts like a mordant to set the dye of the
 sunburn. The complexion that might per haps have escaped with faint rednessi be- comes scarlet and even blistered nHer
 washing. Wipe the face carefully w.th