The Washington times., 1904-09-23

Il was not born pretty confessed a
pretty girl, but l had beauty thrust
upon me. For me it was q case of be
pretty or die. I chose to be pretty.
The situation was like this: ] had
tour sisters and all were beauties. one
excelled in the matter Of eyes. She could
look at you with glance that was alb
solutely melting. Another had n lovely
con. alexion. 1t was Joy to gaze upon
her. a third was a marvel I'm express
SIGN and the fourth had the loveliest
profile I ever beheld.
When 1 was with my four sisters I
was a fright Alone 1 did very nicely.
but to our friends l was known as the
homely Miss X / stood 1t as long as
l could and then Z went to work upon
myself.
Il began in three directions at once
I got up In the morning and took the
, right kind of exercise and the right
kind of a bath. Then / ale the right
kind Of a breakfast. / followed Il up
by going 20 the right kind Of "A dentist
a cosmetic dentist, for l realized that no
girl could be pretty with crooked teeth
in her mouth.
Breath Capsules.
"Then I did a queer thing. I made
/ some of the most delightful little cap
sules for the breath. They are very east
/ w. made and / carry them in tiny
reticules upon my wrist Our grandma
| theirs used to carry their fragrant little
seeds IN this manner and II was the fad
/ to eat one now and then. l do the same
| with my tiny tablets. They exhale a
| fragrance which is very pleasant.
My lips l am compelled 10 tint lit
| tie / do not like 20 admit this. and, IN
time / shall restore my circulation so
! that this will not be necessary. But at
! present I am in the habit of touching
them very lightly with vegetable rouge.
/ / use so little that IL IS not visible at
all, only my lips. which are naturally
! pale, are made 70 glow with just the
right hue.
Then I tackled the complexion prob
( lem. ! dieted and / treated my SKIN
/ from the inside. l knew II would do
very little good 20 treat the skin from
the outside alone. l began upon the
fruit and vegetable diet Each day 1
ate vegetables at the table and all kinds
| Of good warm food including the right
I kind Of hot breads. I ate nothing fried;
/ ate nothing very sweet; took no
sharp acids, and / was careful to drink
nothing scalding hot.
Regular Meals.
u ate regularly three times n day,
I choosing anything I wanted. Indeed 1
ate entirely from the family table, but l
was careful to select well cooked vegeta-
bles and the more digestible Of the foods
that were set forth. When we had pork
| or veal liver or very fat meat, ! ate
sparingly, filling up on vegetables. At
night, just before j went TO sleep, ! ate
/ a big dish Of stewed prunes. or apple
sauce stewcd figs or stewed peaches, or
canned fruit. cooked until il was hot.
And this Il what I did TO my eyes: l
bathed them in boracic acid to take out
the redness. I made this solution by dis
solving boraX IN a little water Then
painted my eyebrows every night. using
/ small camers hair brush for the pur-
! pose and some almond oil. / heated the
/ oil and applied II with the brush just a
/ little every night. I literally painted the
/ brows with oil. This gradually made
them more luXuriant.
| 7 massaged the wrinkles away from
the corners OF my eyes. And, where
once I had dozens OF crows feet. my