Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-15
Vegetable Made Beauty.


neck. said a pretty chinned woman,
'and am going to possess ii. Iou can
wear any froek with it-French. Dutch
or Russian-and it looks well with all
your necklacesw
The news that frocks with the curved
neck will be worn has spread cunsterna-
ton among women. To wear gown
cut low IN the neck, or even rounding.
is an impoSsibility if one has NOT Il good
neck, throat and shoulders.
The new neck is round, except right in
the middle of the front. where il IS
slightly pointed. 1t is called the French
neck, and it is to be worn by women who
love the new and beautiful and dare to
wear it,
1T is all very we'll" said woman
who thinks she knows IA pretty STYLE
when she sees it, but what is one to
do if one he's not good neck to show?
My own neck is scrawny. That of my
sister is TOO fat The neck of my cousin
has creases running around it, And her
sister has neck that is too yellow.
1T is all the fault of the stocks we
have been wearing. This winter they
We're stilfened and tight. Though not as
high as formerly they were quite us try
ing, and they have left the neck in just
as bad condition as ever"
"Three things are necessary to the
woman who wants Il nice throat" saws
Il woman who treats necks as n snecial-
ty These are plenty Of air, little
sunshine and nothing at all around the
neck.
Women who go to the opera are able
to wear low necked gowns without criti-
clsm. In the evening by artificial light
the neck looks very well indeed. Aud
with dog collar of diamonds or Il string
of pearls or a fancy jeweled ornament
one can hide any small blemishes. But
IN the daytime it is different"
y woman who received a present of an
imported luncheon blouse without n stock
is wearing a band of black velvet around
her throat with it and is having her neck
treated. But she finds that the velvet
creaseS the throat ami is even worse for
1t than the stiff high stock. 1t is as bal
as the ribbon which was TIED too tightly
around the neck two seasons ago.
If you want Il nice neck, keep the need
white. This sounds simple, but il is very
difficult To carry out.
There is a woman who keeps a cut lem
on always on her dressing table Each
day, or each evening, she goes over her
neck and shoulder with the lemon. letting
the juice remain on the skin a few min
utes She takes off the acid, finally, WITH
soap and water. and then she cold GREENS
her neck. There are Skins that must
have the lemon juice diluted.
A neck whitener is cream of cucumber
made at home and i'll few minutes
Take a cucumber, cut it up in pint Of
water let it simmer fifteen minutes, strain
and bottle. Into this shake ten drops Of
benzoin. Use it three times Il week.
In Paris they are whitening the neck
with cut tomato. Cut the tomato in
slices and rub OH the neck well. Let it
remain on for five minutes Then wash
it off with very hot water and plenty Of
soap
In the water use teaspoonful of pow
derpd bOraX to a quart of water. This
will whiten the neck. it is said
The lettuce lotion is also good. Cut up
a heart of lettuce. Stew it in a quart of
water until it has simmered down TO 4
pint Then strain and add half tea
spoonful of powdered boraX and five
drops of benzoin.
All the fruit acids are good for rcmov-
ing stains from the neck. One of the
best is the strawberry But it must be
used very carefully or it will disc0lor the
skin
For the neck it must be diluted with an
equal quantity of water and made soft
by the addition of little borax. For the
cheeks it can be used pure New York
Sun.