The Washington times., 1905-12-06
THE BEAUTY QUEST.
When the Goal Is Achieved Ones Iden-
tiry Is Very Apt to Be Lost.


Fascinating as is the quest of beauty
to the up-to-date woman. she runs an
enormous risk Of losing her identity
amid the mass of women who are as
eager in its pursuit as herself. Examine
the fair devotee as she emerges from
the hands of the beauty specialist and
see If this isn't true
She usually begins by having her hair
arranged. The coiffeur. following his
general custom, parts off the front and
side locks and curls them in undulat-
ing marcel waves. These are pinned
and puffed full about the face and a por-
ton OF the back hair is twisted together
on top Of the head. The remaining
locks then come in for their share OF
marching, and with scores of hairpins
they are made to complete the ripping
| puff of hair that Low encircIes the head.
Madam must, of course, have net TO
| keep the tresses in place and a line of
! Jeweled combs and barette TO nnlsh
/ the hair dressing The result is tnat
she steps forth with AN irreproachabiy
| coiffed head, inimitable were II not that
! every third woman she meets has been
/ through exactly the same process ana
( come out OF II looking quite as much
! like the same fashion plate OF the Golf
Next In the beauty quest comes the
! masSa ging OF the face The crows teet
! about the eyes are eliminated, the eye
| brows are shaped into perfectly sym
| metricaI crescents, the laughing lines
| that surround the mouth are rubbed out
| and touch OF paint here and bit or
! Uowder there hide all the delicacy or
| natures varied cOlOringS. When these
intricate operations are finished what IS
| the effect? A womanS face does, IL is
| true. lcOk for all Ine world like
French bisque dolls. but If she smiles
the crows feet will return; II she shows
her pearly teeth the lines around her
| mouth will appear, and 10 exercise tne
| muscles Of her face would be TO destroy
! the artistic application OF the PINK anu
| white complexion. Hence she IS 1orceu
! to banish all expression of emotion or
finer feeling from the face and present
| to each and every person she meets tne
/ same smooth, symmetrical, SOBER cOui-
tcnance day IN and day out. she becomes
! one in an assembly Of almost painful
! pretty women who display neither sym
pathy nor animated beauty.
| TO leave her figure in the original
! shane in which nature formed II would
be 10 disregard the very clements OF
the beauty specialists anytnlnS puI
Venus ideals. The buXom woman con-
| seouentIv is braced into a pair OF tight
! stavs that reduce all trace OF her pret-
tily sloping hips, ana transform her
into a nachine-made show figure. hard
ly TO be distinguished from the ROI-
| geouslv attired dummies which eaten
her attention in the shop windows. her
sister of slender proportions, 10 gam
- the 1dSnloudDIe iiS VI = VI Nie :. =
the same conventional stin shape OF
the plump woman. and hides all her
= svIph-like litheness beneath puns and
r pads OF every sort and description.
With IL all the woman OF 1906 has at
: tanned her object OF LOOKING like the
20 most finished fashion plate. But in do
fng so she has sacrificed great dea
: Of individual charm IN her personal ap-
r pearance. and unless she thinks out mel
own STYLE OF beauty she takes a greai
= chance Of merging her entire indentitS
o in an army OF perfectly attired expires
% siOnless women.