The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-04
BLONDES MORE BEAUTIFUL
THIN BRUNETTES
Bv DR.. Charles Henri Strait.
In Chicago Tribune.)

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;r,,erted TO correct 1t. how many peopie
have been enriched through the cIeU-
nifty Of their victims! lac
Indeed to the vulgar eye color play
+be leading role. Just as pretty Id Ce
prevents ii from noticing the lnlpel
fec+ion of the rest of the body, so beau
~ of tint makes it easy to forget VI
excuse defective features.
A Young woman with fiery eyes anu
cheeks of milk and roses can nave
large mouth, thick lips, great nose, tiny
aves still she pleases. on the con
trarv. the girl with classic features can
NOT find favor because of the Shorlcolh-
fngs of her complexion.
This common judgment is explained
nv the fact that most people are pul
eiigb+lv practiced in judging FORMS
while color always imposes itself upon
the attention. For example, among
the comparisons which are used re
garding the human body those relating
10 color are far more numerous IMAM
those relating TO form.
The eve. for instance, is compared IN
respect to form, to the almond, a my
lie leaf, or precious stone, 1or us
color to the eye of a gazelle, cat d
dog. a rabbit, a COW, pig, or an
eagle, to flower, to stars, TO eI% I,e.os,
to night. to velvet, and these expires.
feeling and thinking.
Is If possible 10 establish certain
rules on woman's coloring which VIII
enable us to arrive at an objective APP
preciation thereof? Let us first adlilll
that the means for determining colol
scientifically are much more limited
than those which deal with form. we
only have one eye on the laws of OPP
tics. The color of the body is deter
mined by the parts which form its sur
face. consequently first by the skin, the
hair. and the nails, and in the second
place by the parts which are not con-
finually visible, the interior of the
mouth, the eyes, the teeth, the tongue
Considerable Importance is attached TO
the more or less hidden parts. Does
not the loveliest face lose its charm
when smile discloses unbeautiful
teeth? In revenge how many young
girls smile just to show their hne
teeth.
OF all parts the skin is the most i'm
portant. 1t has a soft and velvety brll-
lance. a polished smoothness. The
poets compare it to ivory, to ala baster,
and to marble, but the artists know
how difficult ii is truly to impart TO
marble and to ivory the aspect of the
Ekin. It's surface is not perfectly en-
tire but traversed in every direction by
numbers of minute pores which form
n web of extreme fineness. 1t is the
helicacy of its grain which imparts to
The skin its soft polish and its fineness.
Poor nourishment and illness tarnlSh
and wither the skin. On the contrary,
when the secretion of cutaneous matter
Is too abundant it becomes oily and
shiny 1t is as difficult to describe the
rolor of the skin as it is to represent
It, 1t is compared to roses and lilies,
10 milk and to blood, to snow, etc. To
reproduce it the painter uses in adj
dition to white vermillion, cobalt, yell
low ocher, all the colors in the palette
The upper layers of the skin being
Transparent. more or less. according to
their thickness, take the color of adj
iacent parts. The red veins appear
blue. the brown tint comes from the
most pronounced fermentation of the
epidermis. The finer the skin the more
vivid its coloring.
The parts of the skin which are not
covered by clothing are more strongly
rolored than the others through the
action of the cold and the light. Also
those persons who live much in the
open air are highly colored. while Sc
dentary women are always pale. The,
cheeks are always redder, than the re-
mainder of the face. This is because
the arteries are more numerous there
and the skin is more delicate. The
color of the cheeks sometimes persists
a long time even in the case of gem
eral paleness. When the nOurishment
Is good the skin usually is pinky white.
A yellow or blush tinge is an indica
ton of illness; it also reveals the fact
that the food is poor, too poor in albu-
men.
A womans skin is more delicate, of
a finer and clearer texture than a
mans Tho dark skin = brunette
is beautiful provided the grain is fine.
but the first place belongs to the white
skin Of the blonde, because il is farthest
removed from the masculine type, and
constitutes one. of the most significant
secondary sexual characteristics of
femininity.
Want of care can induce disgorge-
ment of the cutaneous glands. Then
the skin becomes coarse of texture. and
looks like goose flesh. The color varies
from pale yellow TO brown.
The leading defects in tints are
brown color, coarse grain, rough sur
face, an over-abundant secretion of Sc
baceous matter, marks left by clothing,
irregular fermentation. The leading
merits are clear color, delicate grain,
smooth surface, regular fermentation.
The abundance and length Of the hair
are one Of the most beautiful ornaments
VI AlAN ANsAlAlllAlE sta. 90 pIOuOulGeu
augmentation being a common charac-
teristic of inferior races. blond hair
may be generally regarded as an ad-
vantage to woman. Indeed, the deli
cate harmony Of her conformation ac-
commodities itself extremely well to the
light interest which exists between the
blond and the white
For the eyebrows and eyelashes, how
ever, the preference may be given to
darker color which more clearly sets
off the large size of the eyes. The
color Of the eyes depends entirely upon
the division Of the pigment. When it
is only behind the iris the iris looks
blue; if it penetrates into the iris it
looks brown or black. Consequently
we may regard the color of the eyes as
an expression of the individuality.
The better the body is nourished the
more regular is the circulation of the
blood, the more, delicate is the skin.
and the livelier rose colors are the lips.
Red lips are considered beautiful and
at the same time are a proof Of good
health.
AS dentists can testify, it is an error
to suppose that sound teeth are always
OF immaculate whiteness. The enamel
may be slightly yellow or even blue
and the teeth be pretty and give the
impression of soundness. The import
ant point is that all the teeth have the
same and uniform color. A tooth with
the whiteness of milk among other
teeth of a blue tinge destroys the beau
ty of the whole.
The beauty of color in a woman de-
ponds first of all on the delicate white
ness of the skin, then upon the blond
hue of her hair, the blue of her eyes.
the rose Of her lips. and the relative
whiteness of her teeth. all clear colors
which are in harm~OIy with her.
But besides the effect produced by