The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-27
YOUR LEISURE HOURS.
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E.sWHAT. THE BEAUTY PAGE SAYS
TO DO
How to Get Pretty Quick, According
to the Latest Methods-Man in New
York Who Will Give You New
Face and Make YOU Over Again

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"If you have leisure hour. do this"
is what was written underneath pic
ture of lady, lying on her back on
the floor with one foot extended high
in air and both hands clasping the an
kle of aforesaid foot. This was on
beauty" page for women and was an
exercise intended to make the waist
smaller, the shoulder broader or some
thing equally absurd. What a charm
ing occupation it suggested for lei
sure hour! How elevating and INTEL
lectual for woman to lie on her back,
foot in air, for an hour. And how
likely it is that a woman would do
this. This is a sample of the sort of
stuff that goes with beauty" lessons
and that the guileless pay good mon
ey for. Although / have my doubts
that there are ten women In the
United States who do the things rec
commended by these beauty doctors.
In the first place, life is too short, and
there are too many pleasant things to
do. Besides that like to think that
the majority of women are rational
beings and that only now and then Is
there a fool woman.
If your nose is a bad shape, your
hair thin and your shoulders STOPPING,
do not delude yourself into the belief
that the beauty doctor can do any
more than simply to improve your ap-
pearance a little. This talk about
making ugly women into prize beau
ties in six weeks at so much per is all
nonsense. To be ugly is not the worst
trouble in the world. If your nose is
crooked and your hair thin, and yet
you are agreeable and friendly, you
are much more likely to be liked for
yourself than the woman who cannot
smile for fear she will crack her face.
The ugly woman who has friends and
admirers is pretty sure of them. The
other woman who is pretty to look at
but whose head is as empty as bass
drum is sure of nothing-except a
good time. This is not to say that all
ugly women are intelligent and all
pretty women the other thing; that is
far from true. But it would certainly
shake our faith in the divinity that
shapes our ends If a woman who WAS
perfectly beautiful was also remarka-
bly, intellectual and charming. AL
though such things have happened, we
are told.
There is a man in New York who
7adyertises to give you new face. He
esmooths out your nose, does away
with wrinkles, makes your big mouth
small, claps your. ears fiat to your
head and there you are, as good las
new! Probably your mother wouldn't
know you. If you don't like your face
and have money enough, go and have
it made over. This is one of the adj
vantages of the age we, live in; money
will buy almost everything, even a
new nose. But it will not buy good
/. manners, pleasant smile and good
disposition, hence these things will
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much better in the long run than
using your leisure hours with one foot
above your head with the hope of
making your waist smaller. The
beauty doctors realize the world is full
of fools, and it must be for them they
have invented these elevating exer-
cises for a leisure hour Keep your
feet on the ground, forget your nose
and try to look pleasant. is the beauty
advice of