Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
THE WBLL-GROOMBD WOMAN
Reducing Facial Defects.
BY KATHERINE MORTON.

Many a girl whose beauty Is marred by
some small facial defect gives herself up to
despair or the firm conviction that nothing
will relieve her alIlietion save a severe and
expensive surgical operation. Then she
proceeds to render herself even less at
tractive by grieving fretting, when per-
hays some simple remedy is right at hand.
For instance. there Is the woman with
prominent cheek bones. Nothing makes a
woman look less gentle, feminine and
youthful than this defect. But 1t can be
softened almost hidden This girl should
wear a particularly broad couture, fiuffed
out above her ears IN large loose waves
Her hat should always give the effect of a
background and frame combined. That Is,
1t should droop well around the face, with
a soft brirn and feathers. She must give
particular attention also to her eyes, that
they may divert attention from her unfor-
tunate cheek bones to their own charm.
There is no reason why she should not have
good lashes and eyebrows, whatever the
color and size of her pupils. Here is a
formula for ointment to improve scant
eyebrows:
Red vaseline. . ounces tincture of can
thariGes. Il ounce; oil of lavender is drops;
oil of rosemary, 10 drops. Mix thoroughly.
Apply to the eyebrows with a tiny tooth
brush once a day until the growth is suff1-
cieutly stimulated. Then less often. This
ointment may be used for the eyelashes
also. In this case It should be very care
fully applied. 1t will infane the eyes, as
any oil WILL If it gets into them.
The eyebrows should be carefully trained
into graceful bow or arch. This is accom-
plished by brushing night and morning IN
the right direction, and If they are very
Irregular, they must be shaped by removing
struggling hairs with a razor. The long, I'M
slightly hairs which sometimes appear
above the bridge of the nose should be re-
moved with tWeeZers. Never allow a one
to induce you 10 drop belladonna % the
eyes 10 make them brilliant. It danger
Gus to the sight. If the eyes g red or
look swollen, employ this sir '.e lotion to
reduce inflammation:
Distilled witch hazel, / ou.4ce; pure water
] ounce To be used especially for eyes
irritated by cold. Battle the eyes frequently
with the wash.
You can buy an eye cup at any drug store
for 10 cents. Fill the cup with the lotion,
fit the cup firmly around the eye. and tilt
back the head. If your eyebrows and lashes
are coIorless use the following stain, which
Is entirely harmless:
Gum arabic, dram India ink, y dram
rose water, ounces. Powder the ink and
gum and triturate small quantities of the
powder with the rose water until you get
uniform black liquid in a powder, and add
the remainder of the rose water to It. 1t
should be applied with very tiny camel's
hair brush
When you have treated your eyes in this
simple but effective fashion and dressed
your hair properly. you will be surprised to
find how little those prominent cheek bones
obtruds on your improved ensemble. The
woman with what is known as the saggins
face can relieve her haggard and old APP
pearance by persistent treatment before her
own mirror. This can be done either by
combination of skin food and massag e or
by the use of suction cup. The best skin
foods all contain lanoline, and many women