The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-12-23
THE STORY OLA
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
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endeavcr are alike open to inspection.
The story Of Vivian Vaughn reads
something like q fairy tale. 1t is the
story Of how girl. none too well gift
ed by nature, has worked upon her
face and figure until she is rs pretty
as the prettiest. it is the tale of a
young person who has made physical
culture a life study. until she knows
pretty nearly all there is to know about
it. yet who is all the time learning
more. 1t is a story. fascinating, alb
serbing. full of anecdotc. and thrilling
with interest-live. pulsing interest.
81 married when ] was extremely
young" she says. and. while a mere
slip of a girl. l started in Cor myself.
Ny husband and l were IN love. and
that was enough for us. That we are
still in love is enough for us today.
But this is aside from the story. Only,
where u woman is in love, the thread OF
her affections works into the theme.
1t is odd, but somehow you can't quite
weave it out l never try to weave it.
out of mine. 1t is there for keeps.
u was married young. Ny father is
a preacher, the Rev. ". II. 1ngersoll
and when l began my baby life in
Brooklyn it was i'll an atmosphere Of
refinement and culture. In these later
! days the early training has come in
SOOQ. SlaTI a girl right anu bic " III
stay right, That is what / say.
II always have held that u woman,
to be beautiful, must also be cult
waited, well educated and good. There
is something about beauty which makes
it more than skin deep. You can tell
the right kind of a beautiful woman
almost at q glance She is q woman
who is good through and through.
I'VE have had some funny times liv-
ing in New York quarters, but O, such
pleasant times! And 1 have managed
to keep my figure. Yes, and my looks.
| II goes to prove that q woman can be
| handsome from n physical culture
standpoint. even if she has no tiled
bathroom and few modern luxuries. All
! she needs is running water and plenty
! of soap and-well, yeS-a few other
thinesi
Il make a great point of hygiene. 1t
! is ten years since have taken even
! one drop OF medicine. and It viii be
several years, I think. before take
another drop. do not believe III med
| icine-when it can be avoided
81 get up in the morning and take
] n bath. A bath towel spread upon the
| floor serves as Il bath mat. The run
ming faucet and a. big basin, q set OF
| sponges and a brush, and some towels
| serve as a bath equipment.
I 81 get my own breakfast. keep
! fruit in the house, and [ often nave
| baked apples and cream. 1 have choc-
! olate or coffee, and L have the best of
! eggs and some gilt edged butter. l
| also have some nice rolls. You see /
| lead an active life and coffee and toast
/ will not do for me III the morning. I
need a great deal more.
/ Getting up early is good for q wo-
I l. .-.gst~
| early morning air. And while I am
dressing I open the windows and go
through with my exercise My break
fast, meanwhile, is cooking.
''I have set of calisthenics which
/ take every morning. They are the
chest exercises. 7 stand upright, dou-
bic my fists, and bring them up to my
chin. My elbows / throw back. l then
extend my arms and bring them back
again. And / keep on doing this until
I have exercised vigorously for several
minutes Then ! close the windows
and have my breakfast, for which
have a fine appetite.
Getting dressed is with me n long
operation. ] wash my face in hot
water Then I rub my favorite brand
of skin food into it, nlassaging it nrl-
til ii is quite dry. 1t takes ten MIN
utes to do this. I massage the cheeks
upward from the chin. l massage the
forehead across, between the eyes.
where the wrinkles come. / massage
around the eyes and at the corners OF
the mouth.
Being a woman, with n woman's
vanities. I like to improve my complex
ion all / possibly can. And that is the
reason why dust little good powder
over my face, using blond tint, as II
matches my skin best. put on enough
to take off the shine.
my hair. which has been brushed
carefully the night before, now receives
my attention. 7 part it one DAY ana
wear it pompadour the next. some
! DAYS 1 braid it low on my neck ana
some days 1 heap it up hlgh. rms
! the changes upon 1t.
az don't know exactly the proper
lions of the Venus de Milo, but have
| been told that she is exactly my
! height. I am five feet two inches. And
| 7 have been told that she IS my
! breadth and my weight-or would nave
been in life. And that l look like her.
! Anyway I am FIVE feet two ana l
I weigh a little less than ia POUNDS. j
am heavy for me. At the beauty SHOWS
! 7 am called quite plump, yet I am not
fat -. :,
! tbe ,norning-having had full break
! fast-I walk. l am eXtravagantiy roma
| of walking, and / walk great deai.
! There is no exercise in the world TO
| con,nare to. It, I overdo the matter. !
/ sometimes think. My business, Wnlch
| is that of looking for artists. takes me
! in and out of the office buildings, WHERE
7 climb stairs. walk through railways
| and do a deal OF standing. Yet with
| il all, I keep well.
CT should have mentioned the fact OF
| dressing comfortably. l dress III the
most orthodox manner. TIL suit is
| little brown taffeta. 1t IS MADE WIN
! n box plated skirt and an Elton jacket,
| lined. My hat is just medium weight
| and size My shoes are comfortable,
[ wide shoes. not too heavy nor TOO lght'
1 They suit nv feet.
IT wear corsets for three reasons:
! First. I believe in them; second, / find
them comfortable; third, they make
me look nice. 1 find them hygien.c
and agreeable.
'T dress in lightweight clothing, as
short as looks pretty. because, as run
around q great deal, my clothing IS apt
! to get dusty. And it is not nice TO have
| muddy. dusty clothing.
~ get out into the streets, rain or
shine. and run about. 1t is busy work,
I tl,is being an artists model. and l new
/ ar LEI the hours go to waste. ! bel eve
in doing everything you can While you
are young. Keep young by working.
If YOU sit down and NOPE yea will be-
como old and stiff.
II am on my feet all the morning,
and when IL o'clock comes l am ready
| for lunch. On this point 1 have re-
| ceived many queries.
/ "'What do you eat for luncheon?'
many persons have asked me. And to
! all give the same reply.
| For lunch ] eat one thing the year
/ round. II is for me the only thing in
| the world to eat in the middle of the
| day. It is ice cream; ice cream pure
| and simple, but always ice cream.