Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-28
BEAUTY MADE ToORDER.
How Attractive Appearance Can be
 Developed or Dissipated.

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 The advertising pages of the mod ern magazines are filled with sugges- tions concerning the art of being beau- tiful. One would think we were re turning to the days of ancient Greece, when beauty was worshiped as q thing divine
 Human nature has always contain ed a very large proportion of vanity i'll its composition. Solomon records the fact, but it did not take the wis dom of Solomon to make the discOv- cry. Perhaps the desire to be beauti- full is no more universal to-day than it has been at any time i'll the history of mankind. but the beauty makers are certainly increasing in number, and are advertising their wares with greater assiduity. They appeal not. only to the feminine, but the mascu- line mind. There are innumerable systems for developing perfect form, are all manner of exercises pre-
 libed for the reduction of the over
 and the development of the over
 n. and the man who messages the
 untenance into Apollo-like perfec-
 n is also greatly in evidence. Alp p-
 rently, all these things appeal to q
 .ge and eager clientele. In many
 stances, letters from those whose
 Ks have been artificially improvel
 tify sincere and enduring gratitu
 all the advertisements are to .re
 lieyed, there ought not to be any
 ly people when the next generation
 mes upon the stage.
 There is more in this striving after &<s<I fNal- 10 v-ni i'm Hracf 10 h6a
 autiful. This is certainly true re- lrtiing men, Experience is showing
 at appearance has much to do with
 brldy success. The man whose buntenance is attractive who posses es what is commonly called a Wholesome look" stands better nance to-day of securing a position land making headway in the world Ethan the man whose face is forbid ding Every employer nowadays wants to see the man who desires appointment, and much depends upon this personal examination. The test, to be sure, is not always accurate. X clear, penetrating countena cHis.s clear, penetrating eye and counten- anceI which is innocence itself may hide lthe thief or the forger. It does not generally mask the sluggard and the ingrate, and, i'll nine cases out of ten. the, face is good index of the man. Consequently, if man pre- sents d satisfactory outward appear ance. he will be started on the road to success. At any rate, the door of opportunity will open to him more readily and freuqently than to an un-, prepossessing man. It pays, therez fore, to be beautiful.
 How far beauty can be developed hy artificial means is, of course. a question. One thing. however. is cer- tain, and that is that beauty, and eyen good looks. can be destroyed by dissipation and disregard of all the jules Of health. The converse of this as ertion is true Right living is condt- i've to good health, and this. in turn, makes for attractive appearance ure blood makes the skin perfect, nimpaired digestion gives elearness ld steadiness to the eye. and q com Hending conscience imparts elasticity Yand vigor to every movement.
 Perhaps. after all, these beauty makers are building wiser than they know. They may be the agents of wise Providence in the upbuilding of the human race.-W Washington Post.