The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
m THE EYES LIES THE CHARM.
4 POINT TO BEAR IN MIND IN
THE BEAUTY HUNT.
Attentions Required by the Eyeiit's ana
the Lasihes-The Eyebrow Pencil YER
missibIe Things That weaken the Eyes
and lnj,ire Their Pretty Appearance

IL Is pretty wen eeldohe'eu i''~S
the greatest charm lies in the eyes. Ger
tainly the eyes are OF the greatest ASSIST
anca In promoting charni-and III Hs
creation.
Once woman who sought to possess
that quality which is called charm Tor lack
OF better title searched through all the
annals of beauty to discover Its secret
At last she found it; and 1t lay not IN inc
teeth. the complexion, the shape OF lhe
nose, or the width Of the forehead out
in the eyes.
The eyes are the windows of the soul
and also of the mind.
Searching the annals OF your own ac'
quaintance, you will find that those VINO
are charming invariably have pretty eyes,
pleasant eyes. eyes that can speak.
The charm of the eyes lies not entirely
in their size, although large eyes are pret'ier
than small eyes az rule. There are small
eyes that are extremely pretty because OF
certain brightness. But where large
eyes are bright, they are positively dazzling
and il they are we'll managed, they 90 a
very long way toward creating the mystic
quality called charm.
But, of course, there must be sonnet hing
back OF the eyes. and here come the diner
ent attributes of charm. There must oe
good mind. and gentle disposition.
These things go without argument, and
there must be the ability to control all OF
these things well.
The girl who would be charming cannot
have muddy complexion. She cannot
have uncertain teeth. Her hair cannot
be streaked with all oolors except the right
shade Her nose cannot be wide and coarse
looking If she is afflicted with any OF
these blemishes, she must free herself from
them, for with them, she cannot be charm
ing.
1t Is easy to have nice teeth, easy to
groom the hair, easy to clear the complex
ion and easy to make the nose delicate
in texture. And when she has attended
to these things. the summer girl can 20
to work upon her eyes, for in this way she
will make herself charming
To begin with, she must not have fatty
eyelids. And to do away with these, she
must get rid Of the cushions OF flesh around
the eyes
These appear as soon as one has too much
adipose tissue, and the summer girl must
reduce until she Is Of the right weight; II
she be a matron getting along toward the
fat. fair and forty stage, she must take
hold OF the situation with vigor, for. once
the fat has accumulated around the eyes,
1t Is exceedingly difficult to get of
Then she must attend to the lashes, for the
eysds must not Be req nor the iasses
unpleasant to look upon because OF their
red Unframed state. The ashes on these
eyes are scanty and the eyes look as though
they had been crying.
To remedy defective lashes. try oathln9
the eyes In warm water-,but never In cold
water. Try treating the lids to daily baths
in boracic acid, made by dissolvtng borax
powder in warm water. Tell the druggist
how you are going to use the powder and
let him give you the best borax for the
~ letting the eyes alone. for nothing
upon them. Try keeping the fingers Oh
them and do not even rub them. ..,-
tices OF dust settle In the eyes. for the
lashes are placed around the eyes TO stand
az sentinels there. and, II thick and long,
they protect the eyeball, keeping floating
lashes are scarce, the eyes are lett unpro-
tected and are exposed to the dust OF the
universe.
Thick lashes are pretty, and long lashes
are charming. II one can secure them by
keeping the eyes healthy thy IT, then one has
The practice Of clipping the lashee Ia not
a good one, for In many cases they never
grow again. Few eyelashes show any
growth from year to year, and 1t Will be
suiaoiently to maintain an even length.
The practice Of darkening the iashes and
the brows is not bad one. judged rom
modern conventional standards. There
was time when face powder was not con-
sidered good form. and when rouge was
thought horribly wrong. In those day.
the eyebrow pencil was considered vulgar,
and the beauty bath intolerabe among
well-ordered people
But nowadays every woman takes q
beauty bath and every woman works upon
her complexion She considers good
face powder as necessary as hairpins,
and the tiny bit OF rouge which she puts
at night Is an essential OF good looks ii
The eyebrow pencil, If used. should he
used with all care. for i must not b. In
evidence ia any way. The trouble is that
it is used too zealously. and with more
industry than discretion.
In using the, eyebrow pencil or the pen
Gil for the lashes, remember that q little
is better than a great deal, and that tiny
touch Is much better than a heavy one.
Also remember that each little mark repre-
sents 100 hairs, and that it is easy to make
too much eyebrow,
In pencling the eyebrows and darken-
Ing the lashes, remember another thing,
which is that the eyeA may very easily
reoeive a sinister look, dark and threat,
ening, II too much bldck DE put around
them They look glowering and lowering
and they seem to frown where they should
seem to smile, A tiny touch may be pretty.
but be careful Of more than the slightest
indication.
TO keep the eyes pretty demands
that they be kept strong, and to keep the
eyes strong IL sometimes very difficult,
There are ways of weakening the eyes
One Of these II to read by a dim light 90 as
to strain them.
It is not good thing TO give them too
much work to do IL you want TO be pretty.
The prettiest eyes are those that close be-
fore IL O'Clock, and these eyes are the ones
that hold their beauty longest. The pref
tiest eyes are those that do not weep or
water, and these ey ~ are eyes that never
look too steadily upon bright light.
Pretty eyes should never be used in
reading while one Ia seated in a rocking
chair Indeed, the owner Of pretty eyes
should avoid rocking chairs as much as
possible, for. IA one rocks the focus of
the eyes chanees continually. and az the
focus changes the eyes are weakened.
The changing Of the focus OF the eyes is
managed automatically by the mechan-
ism Of the eye, and one Is unconscious
Of it until the smarting of the eyes COM
pels one to rub them-and the harm Is
done.
Another hindrance to pretty eyes Ia
| found in the line In the forehead which