The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-25
A PRETTY WOMAN.

Essentials Of Beauty as Enumerated
by an Expert of To-day.
! What is essential to a pretty wo-
man? Here Is the answer as given by
q modern beauty expert:
A pretty woman, first of all, must
r. we 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
Eurling upward.
She must have eyebrows finely
marked, slightly arched, long and uar'
row; yet the narrow line should be
thickly covered, SO as to DO we'll mark
ed, as If pencilled.
She must have straight nose, yet
delicate neither tleshy, nor pointed,
Tree and flexible.
She must have mouth rather too
large than too small, with lips full
and plump and rosy red. Even an eX
nuisitely shaped mouth has no charm
without expression.
She must have even, regular teeth,
of Moderate size, pearly white, with
full enamel.
She must have chin neither sharp
nor blunt, but gently undulating In it's
aine, round and cushiony, turning
little upward, with a dimple in 1t.
She must have a small, delicate jaw
not large and angular, which gives a
hard, domineering look.
She must have a throat round, full
md pillar-lil1e-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, conf
pact ears Of a shell-like shape.
She must have forehead smooth,
even. white, delicate, short and of All
open, trustful character Ariosto says
''of terSe ivory was the joyous brow"
She must have long and dencata
hand, yet plump, with tapering fingers.
the tips Of which, when resting on the
palm, should turn back little.
3 She must have a nail transparent
like n ruby among pink roses'-not
long, not round, nor altogether square,
but Of 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, we'll arched, with
curved outline and q smooth surface
She must have an arm with a round
and flowing outline, no sharpness at
the elbow and tapering down gently to
@ small wrist.
She must have sloping shoulders, not
300 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 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 stiif-waiSted.
She must possess the pose and re.
poise that mark the "daughter Of
hundred earls."
She must have 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
caressing, tcnder 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
piQuant majestic or vivacious, 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