Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
THE Quest 5 OF BEAUTY
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Beware THAT You Do Not
Attain an olyerworked Face.
On sd
WHEN : NOT TO SMILE
JUST AS NECESSARY TO LEARN
AS HOW TO DO so.
Wrinkles That Come From Too Con-
slant Use Of Facial
Muscles.

seldom sees her face except in repose
What pity that ones mirror cannot In
some way follow one around. If we could
only see ourselves as others see us, as we
laugh and as we frown and as we talk.
what lot of reforms would be taking
place.. 4;
When you approach your mirror it Is to
tie four-in-hand or brush a pompadour
or adjust a hat pin. At such times your
face is practically without expression You
may catch sight Of slight scowl if the tie
is perverse, or a pleased smile If the hat is
becoming; but for the most part you stand
before your glass like wooden image. You
have no idea what your face Is like when
busy. =
One day came up behind bright girl
friend of mine while she was dressing her
hair.
I .2Don,t let me interrupt you," said.
Chat with me while you are finishing that
So she continued arranging her hair. her
eyes fixed on the mirror, while she told me
of her recent pleasures. AS she related
droll incident of a yachting party we both
burst into hearty laughter. Suddenly she
stopped as If she had been struck
+ why. l never saw myself laugh before!'
she exclaimed. What a dreadful looking
creature am when do it. and. she added
frankly. I always supposed 1 was a pretty
girl. My face turns contortionist when
laugh. 1 vowI shall never indulge in laugh
ter as long as l live. I'll fix my mind on
the tombS of my ancestors, or, If that fails
to bring me to tears I'll nibble horse-radish
or peel onions. From this day forward I
renounce smiles. which find are grimaces,
and live in world of sorrow for the sake
of my beauty"
-aa4 The Real Thing.
There is little chance that you will be
any prettier weeping than laughing" 1 told
her. I'm real life tears do not take the
form of pearls chasing each other over
rose-petaled cheeks. Tears are not becom-
ing The eyes and nose turn red and there
are, deep lines In the face But smiles and
laughter may be charming If you will only
train them properly Practice them every
day before your mirror Learn what your
before they make jhdelible lines"
Almost every woman toverworks her face;
erai. the most UNPLEASANT EXPRESSIONS s and
consequent wrinkles arise from bad tenn
per: but. coptraEyt TO poetic justice. the
best tempered women in the world often do
enelr faces great injury by over-smilins and
Stand in front OF your mirror for half an
hour and hold animated converse with
real or imaginary person. Watch yourself
can't catch Your face in mischief
Are you raising your eyebrows absurdly
high to indicate Bhrprfse p This is not a
pretty thing ITO dai In the present. and
ruinous thing for the future. If you make
habit of his, the, years to come will show
you tiny HORIZONTAL lines trooping down
upon your forehead in. a host. Then you
will either endnrs sthem. looking old before
your time, or take Hp, the, tiresome and ex-'
pensiye battle, OF massage.
Things to Avoid.
Whether or not these lines have already
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is shown just. as well, by slight raising of
the eyebrows and opening Of the eyes. 1t
should be infrequently shown anyhow.
Many people make the mistake OF thinking
that continual starts and gasps and stares
make them appear interested listeners
For those who haye. already brought on
the lines the only hope is to cease en-
couragfng them and to massage with skin
food. The massage motion for these lines
is rotary. Let the finger tips describe cir
cles on the forehead. The fingers must
first be dipped in skin food and the mas
sage continued until the skin will receive
no more food. It is much safer for you to
employ skilled masseuse for at least one
treatment, SO that YOU can learn the mo-
ton by actually seeing 1t.
The general rules for face massage are:
Rub toward the scalp.
2-Rub in the opposite direction from
which the wrinkles are formed.
Study carefully all your smiles and
smile well, and not one-tenth of them
laugh gracefully.
Perhaps you are widening your mouth
far more than is necessary. A slight smile
shows your pleasure just well and is
far more becoming than a grin. How often
people think they are looking pleasant
when they are really appearing unpleasant.
Unless you have pretty teeth you cam
afford to show them constantly. This does
not mean that you must lose all your spon-
taneity at the thought of a few gold fill
ings; but it is useless to display them on
every OCCASION Remember that a woman
who shippers or s9igg1es all the time loses
charm. You can be Just as lively and ner-
ry with only occasional laughter.
A good rule for appearing attractive, and
at the same time saving your face, is this:
Laugh only with your eyes until laughter
insists on breaking forth from your lips.
Eve laughter is very charming accom-
nlisbment. This does not mean a squirting
of the lids but a Frightening and dilating
of the eye itself.
Stretching is Bad.
A smile that stretches the mouth too
broadly produces curved lines in the cheeks
at each side of the mouth. Often it gives
rise to Deep dropping burrows from the
corner of the nose to the chin. Oddly
enough, these burrows are almost Identical
with those which malice produces. SO it
behooves you to fight off these lines which
so unfairly miSrepresent you.
Laughter also produces lines in the tenn
pies crows feet in the outer corner of the
eye and sometimes a curious set of little
lines below TIE eye running outward and
downward from the lower lid. Massage
carefully administered will do away with
all of these, JIncorrect massage will make
the face fabhy.- Il cannot urge you too
strongly to learn 1.-THE movements from a
masseuse. N@rwritten description can give
you thorough understanding of the deli
cately constructed face muscles. and with
out this you may make serious mistakes.
Be Natural is Best Rule.
Do not talk, with. your whole face. Many
takers stretch the mouth open it wide,
wrinkle the fofeheaa and 'use" their eyes
during the most ordinary conversation.
Forced expression loses its value just as
the overuse Yf supsirlatiyes detracts from
the force of words Save your strongest
facial expressions for the proper time. Be
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