The Washington times., 1904-08-14
By the Little Device of Lifting Her Chin Up
a Plain Woman Becomes Almost Charm
ing and Pretty Woman EsPe-
cially Chic.
cialIy Chic.

embrOider or who read, are apt TO carry
the chin low. BOOkworms almost uni
versally do this. They get into the habit
Of looking down and they cannot look
up. Wherever you see a bookworm
among men. or a sewing woman among
women, you Will be sure TO see a man
or a woman with the head held in
wrong way-the painful way.
Lifting the head is not an easy task
unless you have accustomed yourself 10
ii. In spite of yourself your neck will
ache. You VIII not be able 20 hold the
pose a long time. Then. too, it will seem
awkward to you. You Will feel affect
ed and as though people were staring
at you.
Those who start off to carry the head
up almost invariably begin by ducking
the chin out. Instead of lifting the chin
they thrust it forward and the result
is grOtesqUe and ducklike Simply throw
the chin up and the head a trihe back
ward. That is the full direction.
Lesson for Pretty Girls.
IN the ranks Of chorus girls there
are every year many new recruits. and
some OF these are marvelously pretty.
These are called picture girls, and the
making Of picture girl is a task which
the manager sets about with a great
deal Of fear. because It is so difficult.
The first lesson is the proper carriage
Of the head.
The picture girls, who include from
twelve TO thirty Of the prettiest girls in
town, are placed in a row and taught
10 march. The walking is easy enough.
but the difficult thing IS the carriage Of
the head. So few can carry it we'll
Nearly ali hold it too low.
A horse that cannot lift its head prop
erly IS treated TO a check rein. The
head Is caught back with a check I'M
Ill the animal masters the art Of car
Tying the neck pretuly. Many horses
never learn this. Others learn it at
the first lesson or two and ever after
are the proud owners Of an arching
neck
With women and girls il Is the same.
Some learn 70 hold the head high and
the chin well right away. Others take 4
lifetime for it and never learn II then.
Sitting with the head back IN proper
position is good practice. Walking with
your head high, when you are alone.
IS on a country road. Is good. II gets
you into the habit OF doing it as 1t
should be done.
Keeping the chin lifted and the head
properly poised every day in the week
is best. for If you allow yourself to for
get for one day, you will forget for two
days and longer.
A great many women hold the head
properly In walking, but when talking
they talk with the chin in the collar
Particularly when they are in earnest
do they have this habit They bury the
chin low and they talk with the voice
IN the throat.
Holding the chin high IN CONGREGATION
gives the face a certain witchery. II
there is dimple in the chin it brings
II out delightfully."-. II there are check
dimples 1t makes them play prettiIy II
there IS a tilt OF the eye or n turn Of
the forehead or a curve Of the nose It is
all brought OFT q thousand times as
well with the chin lifted as without
The Old Young Woman.
There is a story told in society Of z
middle-aged woman who wishes TO be
thought real young. She confesses 10
fifty-fve, but her figure Is giriish and
she might claim not more than forty
And this is how she manages to keen
up the Illusion.
She never sits with a strong light
playing upon her
She never allows herself 10 face the
sunlight so as 20 make her eyes squirt
or 10 distort her face
She chooses candleught for her con-
quests. and the lights in her drawing
room are always turned down low.
There Is a comfortable glimmer rather
than cruel glare.
Then this woman invariably sits with