The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02
I was taught that you could control its going

was taught that you could control its going
and coming.
-The first OF the ten French beauty
commandments is: Have clear skin.
No matter how dark it may be, let it be clear
AS clear as wine, as clear as crystal, as
clear as drop of pure honey. Let there be
Let your skin he of milky softness.
The second beauty commandment re-
lates to the hands Have beautiful hands
Is strict command in the French canons OF
beauty. Don't let your hands grow old
Then in succession come these laws;
Keep your teeth white.
Keep the wrinkles out of your forehead
Keep your step light,
Keep your voice low and clear.
Keep your chin oval.
Keep your throat slender.
There are other commands, and the most
important Is: Keep your eyes bright. Don't
use them in the dim light. Don't read
while you rock. Don't let the dust settle
In them and remain there over night. Don t
strain your eyes and don try to clear them
by rubbing them.
-Cry little every day If you must, for
women who cry easily always have beauti-
full eyes, but keep. them bright anyway
THE next of the French beauty secrets
relates to the smile. The French woman
smiles great deal. II is a queer little
lille. and sometimes like her shrug. it
looks artificial. But i: is her stock in trade.
would be far less attractive than she is.
The only other nation in the world that
unders lands the art Of smiling is the Japa-
nese. The Japanese woman knows all about
the smile.
"She uses it on any and every occasion.
She smiles " hen she meets you in the street.
She smiles at the table She smiles when
she embroiders. She smiles all the time.
1t Is not an annoying smile, but a pretty
one.
"The French woman understands the
secret OF the smile and the value of it, At
your first bon-mot she Will smile. AT your
second. she will smile and shrug her shout
ders approximately She Will smile at
your witticsms and fatter you into think
ing they are good, She is wonderful in her
smile, Is the French woman. 1t is a wide.
beautiful smile. and she shows a fine row of
perfectly kept teeth, Smile often and show
your teeth Is one Of the French beauty
precepts
-The French woman, while she does
not believe in red cheeks. is a firm be-
lever in red lips, and to keep her, lips red
she will bite them; She VIII put alcohol 1i
with a good lip lotion, and she will keep
her circulation good Ia order that her lips
may he bright.
"The French woman will bleach her
cheeks until they are clear and creamy.
but she will keep her lips red, for she knows
that red lips set off white teeth and make
the mouth winning.
"The French woman pays the utmost
attention to her hair. 1t must be glossy,
and her preference is for dark hair. She
il less partial to the light shades and she
does not even fancy red hair. which is the
aim and aspiration Of every other American
woman.
.She likes the glossy black hair OF the
poets, and she seeks to have her locks not
only as black as a ravens wing but just
as bright, She likes glossy hair. 1t must
bloom she says,
"The French woman believes in dressing
her hair well, and she cheerfully, gives up
the money every day to have her locks
waved. She delights in the deep. full
wave, and her hair is undulated as often
"a II needs it.
III your hair is perfectly dressed you
will be beautiful IS one Of the French
beauty maxims, and the French woman
never forgetS it. She dresses her hair as
it should be dressed every hour of the day.
She shows of her wide forehead. she dis
plays her lovely neck curves. she exhibits
her best points and She hides her other
ones.
"A French beauty secret il that of hiding
your poor traits. If your ears are big
cover them with little ear curls, These
are only tiny wisps Of hair, but they can
over the ears.
And the same with the temples II
they are high and bald they can be coaxed
into beauty by curling the hair upon them
no that the locks lie in little temple curls
These are easy to manage. II your own
hair will not kink in this way you can add
hairpin curls just to cover the temples.
-1he French woman has one beauty
secret which should be known to every
woman under. the sun, it is so be,
witching, so fetc hing, SO feminine and
80 unstudied. 1t Is that of perfume.
"Never does the French woman obtrude
her perfumes upon you. But she has
the knsck OF being fully perfumed with