The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-11
a PRETTY WOMAN.

Essentials Of Beauty as Enumerated
by an Expert Of To-day.
What Is essential to protty wo-
man? Here is the answer as given by
a modern beauty expert:
A pretty woman. first OF all, must
have clearly cut, regular features.
She must have skin above re-
proach, untouched by rouge or powder.
She must have full. clear eyes.
She must have eyelashes long and
curling upward.
She must have eyebrows finely
marked, slightly arched, long and mar.
row; yet the narrow line should be
thicl1y covered, SO as TO be we'll mark.
ed, as If pencilled.
She must have Il straight nose, yet
delicate, neither floshy, nor pointed,
nor broad at the tip, with the nostrils
free and flexible.
She must have mouth rather toe
large than too small, with lips full
and plump and rosy red. Even an ex-
Hulsitely shaped mouth has no charm
| without expression.
She must have even, regular teeth,
OF Moderate size, poarly white, with
| full enamel
She must have q chin neither sharp
nor blunt, but gently undulating in it's
line, round and cushiony, turning a
little upward, with Il dimple in 1t.
She must have Il small delicate jaw,
not large and angular, which gives q
hard, domineerIng look
She must have q throat round, full
and Dillar-lille--a marble column to
support the head.
She must have glossy hair that has
never known the touch Of bleach or
dye.
she must fully understand what best
suits her in the way of hairdressing,
and cling closely to that s;yle.
She must have small, delicate, com.
pact cars Of o shell-likc shape.
She must have Il forehead smooth,
even, white, delicate, short and Of oil
open, trustful character. Arlosto says
"of terse ivory was the joyous brow
she must have long and dencate
hand. yet plump, with tapering fingers,
the tips of which, when resting on the
palm, should turn back little.
She must have a nail "transpareni
like a ruby among pink roses"-noS
long, not round, nor altogether square
but Of Il fair shape, with a white cres
cent visible at the base.
She must have foot not too small
but proportioned to the stature 1t sup
ports; white. well arched, with q
curved outline and q smooth surface
She must have On arm with round
and flowing outline, no sharpness al
tho elbow, and taperlng down gently ia
a small wrist.
She must have sloping shoulders, not
90 broad.
She must have waist twice the size
of her throat, not, as fashion has too
often made it. nearly the same size.
She must have hips high and wide
She must have a good figure, plumI
enough, yet slender enough, though
never suggestive OF IN angle.
She must know how TO poise the
body, in other words, how to stand
correctly.
She must know how to sit without
being stiffwaiSted.
She must possess the pose and re-
poise that mark the daughter Of 8
hundred carls.'
likcned to that of Diana following
the hounds.
She must know how to climb stairs
also how to come down stairs, grace
full, without m attempt to push holes
in the steps.
She must have a flexible, vibrant
caresSing, tender. poetic, crystalline
voice.
She must know how to put on hel
clothes, or she loses half her beauty.
a woman may have all these attrac
tions-he either dark or fair, tall OF
short, slender or full formed, grave OF
pinuant majestic or vivacious, serene
or brilliant-and unless her own Dor
sonality is charming, unless she has
tact, it dawns OH you, after you have
seen her once or twice, that she is not
a pretty woman, but a pretty doll.