Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26

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~ the bridal gift for his pretty wife
- a pair Of fun length mirrors His
a sister was frankly curious about
This most unmasculine of wedding
sIfts and in response to her questions, he
said
II hate 10 see q woman trim and we'll
proomed in the front and u sloven in the
back. Ii makes me nervous to watch one
of our stenographers whose skirt always
dipg in the back so that she cleans up all
the filth on the office floor have danced
with girls whose faces were pinked and
powdered To perfection, but the backs of
tbeir ,1crIs would be a delicate chocolate
shade by comparison And l have danced
with another girl who wore a real lace
1bing-um-bub over the front of her low
neck waist. while her satin skirt sagged an
inch below the waist band in the back. l
mean to give my wife every chance to look
as well I'm the back as she does I'm the front,
ar mirrors wiz help her. And / don't mind
giving YOU the tip that many mans pro-
posaI has halted u. sight of gaping vent
i'm the back of 4 skirt or a bent anu
crooked safety pin showing below neat
Tho double or triple mirror is a truth
teller whose offices no well-groomed Wo-
man can afford 10 scorn. The niger ups OF
Old Tatus. Time leave their marks on lle
hack, while the careless woman thinks COM
.1,fa.putlv tnat her face is as fresh ana
young looking IT was five years back-or
further. if she Doe of sunny DISPOSE
ton.
Tine ingenious woman contrves in various
ways 20 provide substitute for the eXpen-
=fvc double or tripiicate mirrors, seen IN
the suit department of the smart shop.
sIrt who had to utilize the back parlor as
her bed room, hung a long, narrow, old
fashioned pier mirror horizontally over the
couch on one side of the room, and set her
dressing table just opposite. Surrounded
hV pictures, college banners and trlnKetS'
the mirror gave depth to the room, ana
when the girl sat at her dressing table she
had a fine reflected view of her back.
The matron the single woman who has
passed thirty should watch the lines OF her
back with Jealous care. Father Time STANDS
ready to touch it at two points-the waist
dine and the maternity lump The lat
Ter lies at the base of the neck, directly
over the protruding vertebrae. A layer or
two of fat at this point adds ten years
to a woman's appearance, as viewed from
the rear. Massage will do little or nothing
10 reduce this unsightly lump. Its removal,
or. better still, its prevention, must be ac-
cumplshed by careful carriage of the head
Never allow the head to hang forward, or
let the chin drop on. the chest. Hold the
head up, with chin rather high, and look
up. not down, even at the price OF being
accused of emulating the Gibson, HUT ana
Christy type. When alone, eXaggerate your
pose until the head is very high and the
reduce the flesh on the maternity bone but
will prevent the formation of double
chin.
Youthful lines in the back, particularly at
the waist line where the broadening is first
apparent. depend almost entirely upon good
carriage. When the back broadens,
the woman may be sure that her
chest is sinking in. and her carriage is
sloppy Better than any exercise prescribed
for certain hours of the day is the inyaria-
Bile habit of standing correctly. This
means that the abdomen must make
straight line down the front and the hips
must protrude at the back. The woman
whose back is broadening will find that her
first efforts to stand correctly will result
in a sensation of stiffness in the calf of
The leg but this will last only short
time.
The woman who studies herself carefully
in double or triple mirror will give the same
attention to Dreaming and scrubbing the
back Of her ears and neck that she does
10 her face Before the hair is curled at
the base of the brain and over the ears, the
NoCk and ears should be washed thoroughly
with a rough cloth or face brush, then the
skin should he rubbed with a bit of raw
demon and rinsCd off with tepid water. This
cleansing process should be worked well
into the hair. At night when the face is
massaged with cold cream, rub it into the
throat and ears as we'll. 4 pink and pearly
ear is most attractive, and she who would
cold cream and lemon. The latter may be