Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-17
A PRETTY WOMAN.
Essentials of Beauty as Enumerated
by an Expert of Today

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by an Expert Of To-day.
What is essential to a pretty wo-
man? Here is the answer as given by
modern beauty expert:
A pretty woman, first Of all, must
have clearly cut, regular features.
She must have skin above re-
pToach, 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
thickly covered, so as to be we'll mark
ed, as If pencilled.
She must have a straight nose, yet
delicate, neither feshy, nor pointed,
nor broad at the tip, with the nostrils
free and flexible.
She must have a mouth rather too
large than too small, with lips full
and plump and rosy red. Even an ex-
quisitely shaped mouth has no charm
without expression.
She must have even, regular teeth,
of Moderate size, pearly white, with
full enamel
She must have a chin neither sharp
nor blunt, but gently undulating in its
line, round and cushiony, turning
little upward, with a dimple in it.
She must have a small, delicate jaw,
not large and angular, which gives
hard, domineering look.
She must have a throat round, full
and pillar-like-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 style.
She must have small, delicate, COM
pact ears of a shell-like shape.
She must have a forehead smooth,
even, white, delicate, short and Of an
open, trustful character. Ariosto 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 a little.
She must have a nail transparent
like a ruby among pink roses"-not
long, not round, nor altogether square,
but of a fair shape, with white cres-
cent visible at the base.
She must have a foot not too small,
but proportional to the stature 1t sup
ports; white, well arched, with a
curved outline and a smooth surface.
She must have an arm with a round
and flowing outline, no sharpness at
the elbow, and taperlng down gently to
a small wrist.
She must have sloping shoulders, not
too broad.
She must have a 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, plump
enough, yet slender enough, though
never suggestive of an angle.
She must know how to poise the
body, in other words, how to stand |
correctly
She must know how to sit without |
being stiff-waisted.
She must possess the pose and re-
poise that mark the daughter Of a
hundred earls."
She must have a gait which may be
likened to that OF a Diana following
the hounds.
She must know how to climb stairs,
also how to come down stairs, grace
full, without an attempt to push holes
in the steps,
She must have a flexible, vibrant,
tender, poetic, crystalline
voice.
She must know how to put on her
clothes, or she loses half her beauty.
A woman may have all these attrac-
tions-be either dark or fair, tall or
short, slender or full formed, grave or
Diquant, majestic or yivacious, serene
or brilliant-and unless her own per-
sonality is charming, unless she has
tact, it dawns on you, after you have
seen her once or twice, that she is not
a pretty woman, but a pretty doll.