Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
For the Woman Who is a
Wage Garner.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THAT ALWAYS UPSET CHANCES
OF GOOD LOOKS.
Hints as to Touching Up" or Resting,
or When to Secure Proper
Exercise.

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton
the woman who works away from home
has to make a fight for her beauty, unless
she happens to be one of those rare and
fortunate beings who are pretty as easily
| and as naturally as birds are tuneful.
In the first place, she is so busy that she
falls into the chronic whine that she has
no time. In the second place, her work
lies where she cannot look after the details
Oh her toilet as conveniently as the woman
who works at home The teacher, book
keeper, shop girl, are all day away from
the warm water and manicure implements
ana rice powder that the housekeeper can
touch up with every now and then.
oHices and schools usually supplied
with poor soap and hazy mirrors. The first
thing for you to do is to provide yourself
with lew inexpensive articles that will do
wonders toward keeping you fresh and
dainty in appearance.
White CASTLE soap can be had for five
cents cake, and there is no soap safer for
the skin. There are other soaps that are
GOOD Tor the skin. but unless you know
q; mem m, thoroughly you are on the safe side
In sticking to this
II you find that your place Of business
uoes not furnish enough towels for you to
nave dry one whenever you need it, buy
a rev yourself. A twenty-cent hucka ba ok
is all you need for the hands. Wiping them
upon moist towel causes them to chap.
II you are using nix or handling smutty
gooos IN shop, provide yourself with
lemon and clean off the spot of ink with
the lemon juice immediately Ink left on is
nara TO rout, but easily handled if one is
prompt. Any kind of spot should be
treated as soon as possible. If black stain
accumuiates about the tips of the fingers
and the nails. it works its way into the
SKIN SO thoroughly that it soon requires a
long hotrWater soaking and a manicure's
most skliiful endeavors to rid you of it.
That Orange Wood Stick.
Provide yourself with an orange-wood
SUCK and sharpen the end to a tiny, fiat,
rounded blade. Whittle it fiat with a nen-
knife, then make smoothly rounded tip by
using the emery board that comes for rub
bing down the skin about the nails Clean
your nailsn with this after washing the
hands. The soil or stain is then moistened
ana can be5remoped easily
Good soap. dry towels and the stick
should keep your hands in good condition
while you are at work. Beyond this, you
must ind time for the regular weekly
1ian,cure al nome, just as other women do.
Don't let yourself feel that because you
work thereifs noItime to be dainty Don't
form the habit of'saying "Oh, ANYTHING is
good enough forpthe Office Nothing but
your pest Is good enough for yourself, at
any rate. You think nobody in your work.
aday life notices: your hands Certainly
nobody will unless you make them attract
i've. / a-., Z
l once heard of wealthy man WIN feI,
in love with his booskeeper after having
been attracted to her by her beautiful hand
winch he used togtWatch while it made en-
tfles OF his big sales The moral Of that
is not meant for you to read as an encour-
agement to capture your employer bv the
aid of manicure tools. but the fact shows
that womanly dantiness is valued in every
phase of life.
Cha1lx duet
If you are teaching, you are annoyed by
the chalk dust, which seems to- parch the
skin as it grinds into it, leaving it harsh
and dark. Some softening lotion must be
used to counterfeit this. Glycerine and rose
water is safe prescription for general use
Perhaps you have discovered a lotion that
agrees with your individual case better
Those preparations which have benzoin as
basis are usually harmless and healing In
most cases 1t Is enough to use the lotion at
night, but II you are suffering a great deal
from the chalk take little bottle of the
preparation to school and use it there
Be sure, wherever you are at work, that
you have mirror within reach one in
which you can see yourself as others see
you-and be sure to do So If as the long
days work proceeds your face grows tired
and dropping and the complexion dark as
OFTEN comes from WEAKNESS. Smuggle out a
tiny jar of cold cream from some hidden
nook and give the tired face light rubbing
with it, wipihg it off quickly with soft
cloth. Dust fresh coating of powder
over the skin and you will come out to work
again entirely rejuvenated. In applying
the cream, be sure that all the rubbing is
upward.
Have your own comb and brush at hand
for rearranging disordered locks Other
people may use all kinds of hair oils and
| tonics that you won't care to apply to your
own hair.
When you find yourself In front of that
mirror by the look 70
whether your face is just as restful as it
can be. Is there a quicker in the forehead?
Can't you unpucker it? Sometimes a frown
comes from trouble with the eyes and only
an oculist can drive it away. But it gener-
ally results from hard work, petty irritation
or the nervous habit of squirting While
you are still IN front of the mirror, watch
yourself turn up the corners of your mouth
You will find the whole face smooths out as
you do this.
Unhappy Comparison.
This identifying process the one that
comes from within and is of more fmpor-
lance than all the cosmetics ever bottled is
one that the teacher should follow unf1inch-
ngly. The wellworn jokes about the school,
marin have some foundation We all are
tired of them, but it is well for the teacher
not to ignore them until they cease to have
point. If a woman appears grabbed frown-
ing unlovely, she Is said to look like a
to those teachers who keep their loneliness
through all the wear and tear of the school
room and there are many of these: but
there are also sadly many who slide into the
easy path and let a few years of teaching
spoil their charm forever
The daily hours of work with MANY chill
dren, the discipline required in the public
schools. are more wearing upon nerves than
any line of work woman can take IN
Scolding Is an easily acquired habit. and
with it come lines in the forehead. hard
ness about the lips, down-drawn lines of the
whole face. When you come upon the wear
ers of these you feel like saying, with the
photographer, Look pleasant, please"
Educa tors preach to you the doctrine of
a happy face In the school room If thew
have not succeeded in making YOU smile
perhaps the beauty quest may Remember
that those persistent frowns are becoming
indelible day by day. It may take onlv a
year or so to pencil them in Some fail to
erase them during lifetime
Avoid Long Standing.
Avoid standing all day. It is a habit that
many teachers acquire unnecessarily.
Standing does no woman any good. 1t is
neither rest nor exercise. You NAV think
that you can teach better standing. Break
yOurself of the habit of thipfr;py on Dart ~