The San Francisco call., 1904-12-04
PHOTOS By T1IORSI N

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you be very apt TO feel hurt and abused
or think il just a bit OF spite work?
Instead OF asking your friends ask your
mirror. Rest assured IL viii tell You
the plain, unvarnished truth and not DO
the least backward about II, either.
Perhaps this will sound too much like
practicing and fostering vanity, but II
you VIII look long and earnestly at
yourself in the shining surface and see
yourself exactly as others see you, I
doubt very much II there will be very
much vanity TO trouble about
Ten 10 one you viii discover burrows
and wrinkles that VIII be more than a
painful surprise TO you. Here and there
a telltale line viii assert itself and a
peculiar drawn expression about the
mouth VIII tell you palmer than any
words that you are falling most woe
fully in some direction.
Stop and examine yourself critically.
Do not try TO gloss over your faults and
explain them away, but for once in your
life be quite as hard upon yourself as
any one else could possibly be. Then
and only then win you be able to know
10 what extent the spirit is acting upon
the face. and whether it is for good
or bad.
No amount Of cosmetics, pretty frocks
and becoming hats will write a pleas
ant story upon your face If the story
is not in your heart. Fretting brings
ugly lines. fault-hnding disagreeabIe
curves. and anxiety a subtle something
that takes away all the peace and
sweetness from the face, no matter how
youthful ii may be.
The busy woman who exercises her
brain is bright looking and every mus
Gle in her face spells intellectually.
Why? Simply because her time is de-
voted 10 some particular line of busi-
ness that develops and broadens her,
and she is too intent and too interested
in her pet hobby to indulge in petty
gossip and pickering Of any kind.
The plainest face takes on an interest
If there is any development behind it.
but If your face lacks intellectually
there is but one way to remedy it Get
your brain into swift action and think
more Of others than Of yourself. In
other words train your mind as you
have trained your body, and it cannot
help but influence the expression Of
your face. Now do not imagine that
It is absolutely necessary to go in for
a course OF higher education, though,
to be sure, the more you know the more
your being viii reflect Go in for any
thing and everything. Learn TO sew. to
cook. TO sing. to handle horses. to play
games well, to read books wisely, in
fact, anything that viii make you more
interesting and that will take you out
yourself, your trials and tribulations,
you are getting out Of an unhappy,
commonplace rut that does neither you
or any one else any good.
Perhaps more than half the wrinkles
seen IN the face are caused by laughing,
pain or tricks OF some kind that one is
perfectly unconscious OF. For instance,
how perfectly natural it is 10 sit down,
put the chin in the hand and press the
flesh out Of position. OF course doing
this now and then would have little or
no effect. but the girl who continually
sits in this position soon discovers to
her sorrow that her face is growing
rather one-sided and that wrinkles are
forming that age her ten or twelve
years.
The jolly girl is always in a peck Of
trouble md the more she laughs the
deeper the lines about her mouth and
eyes grow, but thanks be. they at least
do not betoken a cross, irritable dispo-
sition. for nothing lights up one quite
so much as gladness, and no amount Of
wrinkles can ever cover up or efface
the marks that happiness leaves on the
brow Of her best beloved
But wrinkles, whatever their cause.
are not pretty. and the sooner they are
eradicated the better. Steaming the
face and then applying some good
cream VIII take out the fine lines, but
ii Will not touch the heavy ones that
run across the forehead or that insist
upon making themselves distinctly dis
agreeable about the eyes. For them
there is but one simple remedy. The
use of adhesive plaster. Just about the
time you are ready to retire place a
piece Of rubber plaster over the wrin-
kles and let IL remain there during the
night. Be especially careful when put
ting It on the forehead, for If the hair
or eyebrows come in contact with 1t
they will have to come out by the roots.
and II is rather a painful operation.
And, by the way, when you put the
plaster on, draw II rather snugly over
the lines and do not try to remove it
without the use OF alcohol Hot water
only makes II sticky, uncomfortable and
difficult TO manage. but alcohol cuts
and loosens gradually and the bandage
may be removed gently and without
pain.
In rubbing the face try to remember
TO rub I'D instead Of down. Naturally
the skin sags and droops and years OF
rubbing helps the good cause along In
an astounding fashion. II you're rub