The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
A PRETTY WOWAN.
Essentials OF Beauty as Enumerated by an
Expert OF To-day.

Essentials OF Beauty as Enumerated by an
Expert OF To-day.
What is essential TO a pretty womanp
Here is the answer as given by modern
beauty expert:
pretty woman, first of all. must have
clearly cut, regular features
She must have a skin above reproach.
untouched by rouge or powder.
She must have full, clear eyes.
She must have eyelashes long and curl.
ing upward.
She must have eyebrows finely marked.
slightly arched. long and narrow; yet the
narrow line should be thickly covered, 80 as
to be we'll marked, IA if pencilled.
She must have straight nose, yet deli
cate, neither fieshy, nor pointed, nor broad
at the tip, with the nostrils free and flexible.
She must have mouth rather too large
than too small, with lips full and plump
and rosy red, Even an exquisitely shaped
mouth has no charm without expression
She must have even, regular teeth, q
moderate size, pearfy whito, with full
enamel.
She must have a chin neither sharp nor
blunt. but gently undulating in its line,
round and cushiony. turning a little up
ward, with a dimple in it.
She must have a small, delicate Jaw, not
large and angular, which gives a hard, don-
ineering look.
She must have a throat round, full and
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, compact
ears of a shell-like shape.
She must have forehead smooth even,
white, delicate, short and Of an open, trust
full character. Ariosto says ~of terso
ivory was the joyous brow"
She must have a long and delicate hand,
yet plump, with tapering fingers, the tips Of
which, when resting on the palm, should
turn back little.
She must have q nail transparent like
a ruby among pink roses hot long, not
round, nor altogether square, but of fair
shape, with a white crescent visible at tho
base.
She must have a foot not too small, but
propSrtioned to the stature il supports:
white well arched, with curved outline
and a smooth surface.
She must have an arm with a round and
flowing outline, no sharpness at the elbow,
and tapering down gently DO a small wrist
She must have sloping shoulders not 100
broad.
She must have a waist twice the size ~
her throat not. az fashion has too often
made il nearly the same size.
She must have hips high and wide,
She must have 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
ST iff-waisted.
She must possess the pose and reposs
that mark the daughter of hundred
earls"
She must have gait which may be liz
ened to that of a Diana following The hounds.
She must know how 10 climb stairs, also
how 10 come down stairs gracefully, with
ont any attempt 10 push holes in the steps
She must have flexible, vibrant, cares
sing, tender. poetic, crystalline voice.
She must know how 10 put on her clothes,
or she loses half her beauty
A woman may have all these attractions
be either dark or fair, tall or short slender
or full formed, grave or piquant, majestic
or vivacious, serene or brilliant and unless
her own personality is charming unless
she has tact, it lawns on you, after Nol
have seen her once or twice, that she -
not a pretty woman, but a pretty doll,