The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10
ANY WOMAN CAN BUY BEAUTY.

The New York Sun says that beauty
is nowadays not matter of luck, but
of money. 1t is possible for the ugly
girl to go over to Paris and put her
self into the hands of specialists who
will practically make her over, remove
her defects or else render them unno-
ttceable and improve and accentuate
her advantages in such manner that
in few years she will be recognized
as a beauty.
The process takes time and money,
great deal of both. One well-known
American who married a French count
is famous example of what may be
done in this way in a few years, while
any number of the women of the stage
are cited as instance of the same
method.
1t costs not only to attain such re-
suits in the way of physical making
over, but also to preserve the results.
The services of a specialist must be
employed, and a large amount must
be spent each year on the various
creams, lotions and appliances that
are required.
The artificial beauty of a quarter of
a century ago was a creature of en-
amled skin, of false hair, of rouge and
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generally. The beauty of to-day,
who has become so by the aids of der
matology and its kindred arts, has
charms at least skin deep. The charm
that is cultivated in her physical APP
pearance does not wash off, although
1t requires constant care and attention
to keep it up.
The woman who decides to be
beauty to-day must concentrate her
efforts on it as she would on a profess
sion. From her rising in the morn
ing to her going to bed at night she
must keep the one thought before her.
One well-known woman of the stage,
whose fairness of complexion and
beauty of form are proverbial, devotes
a good half of her life to the care of
her body, to her dressing. to her mas
sage, to her dentist, to her corset
maker and TO the rest of the people
who now make goodly living through
this new branch of industry.
She spends thousands of dollars ev-
cry year to preserve her beauty, She
takes steam baths daily and bodily
massage twice day. Even when she
sleeps her body is encased in bandages
and appliances that prevent the flesh
from sagging in the ungainly lines
once deemed inseparable from middle
age.
Massage is about the most expensive
luxury in the beauty's catalogue. One
visit a week to or from a high-p priced
specialist may do in most cases, but
massage a woman must have every
day or twice a day if she inc1ines to
weight.
The professional operators charge
from 81 to IS an hour for their services,
and unless the treatment is preserver-
ed in it is useless. That is to say, the
pounds of flesh which are effaced by
the rubbing are sure to come back
again as soon as the daily rub is
omitted.
Turkish and Russian baths, which
are also considered necessary, are ex-
pensive, and the electric baths that are
now gaining favor are twice as costly.
Private work in a gymnasium, such as
fencing and the deep breathing exer-
cises which are said to accomplish as
much as the heavier gymnastics. all
come among the high-priced luxuries
of living to be beautiful.
The specialist who undertakes the
work Of making over a beauty after
the Paris method is as yet unknown
on this side of the water In Paris
the hair is cultivated and colored, the
skin is subjected to treatments which
will bleach or soften it, blemishes are
removed and the contour is adjusted
by means of massage.
The throat and sholders, which are
in evidence when a woman is attired