Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-11
WHY so MANY AMERICAN WOMEN ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL
Startling Afforded FuKo,
Of Beauty Observed by Japanese Women
Fromt Tacoma NaMa


desires-art and beauty from the true
aesthetic standpoint.
"What has thought to do with it?
Everything. IL a woman Is continually
brooding over unpleasant and ugly
thoughts It affects her face first Of all.
IT you will not admit the material sub
tie effects, as l understand them, that
continued ugly thoughts have in bodily
expression, perhaps you will admit that
q discontinued, worrying state Of mind
affects the digestive organs. Will not
this have its effect on the body? That
Is gross explanation, II you must have
tangible expressions, but it does not
bring out the effect o. thoughts over
body in the full sense ! mean It. be-
lieve that beautiful thoughts express
themselves materially.
"The beauty of the Japanese woman
is that Of q grown-up child. There is
nothing artificial about 1t. Here comes
in the mental element too. The mind
of the Japanese is like a child in that
1t is always happy and bright. Added
to the child's qualities comes tender
ness. The child is the true idealist. He
sees life through rosy glasses. The Jap
anese woman is the grown-up idealist
of childhood.
"It is only when the child grows up
to the age Of indiscretion, as prefer to
call it," said Mrs. Fuii-Ko, with flut-
tering movement Of her small hands.
"that he begins to deteriorate in
thought and body.
"The trouble with American women is
that they are so seldom children, even
when they are mere infants. The
American woman is always talking
about her troubles: If she is in pain
she wants every one to know it. The
Japanese woman has behind her centu-
ries of reserve which have schooled
her in a knowledge of the fact that
the more you give voice to an i'll the
more you suffer.
Discomfort is the maker of wrinkles,
and high living and fast living wear
out the body. / mean by fast living
just the instructive nervousness and
lack of repose that strikes on the mo-
ment the ship sails into New York har-
Dor.
''Of course, American women have
been coddled and babied in their petty
complaints, so that makes them more
discomfort than ever.
''The Japanese woman is exceedingly
clean. In fact, she is the cleanest
woman in the world Her mind as well
as her body is clean. She leads sim
pie, wholesome life, with none of the
beauty killing pastimes, such as mid
night suppers and endless frivolties
In which the women of America in
dulge .M
American women think they know
what happiness means and you viii see
a fashionable woman leave her home
in a contented frame of mind until she
chances to come in contact with some
one she fancies is better dressed than
she is herself. The spirit of getting
ahead of every one else is killing the
American woman. Soon there will be
absolutely no appreciation of beauty
and truth left, for there will be no time
for their development. Think Of this
spirit of forging ahead and consider the
clotsonne artisan who works contented
for years upon a single vase, contented
to have created a thing of beauty"
"You will surely admit that Ameri-
can women are beautiful, whether their
thoughts are placid of not?" the new
beauty exponent was asked.
"Of course, there are beautiful
women in America, but they spoil their
beauty by trying to accentuate it. The
Japanese woman is content to obey
natural laws. The American woman
must improve on nature. She wears
the abominable corsets, and what is the
result? She soon needs them.
1.-THE Japanese woman is as firm as
a child her flesh is never fiabby, and
her body, which is eXquisitely propor-
toned needs no artificial braces like
the corset"
"But what about the obie? An Amer
ican woman would think it worse than
q corset
"The obie, properly adjusted, is mere
ly tight sash around the waist, not
so much to support the figure as to con-
ceal the curves, which in the Japanese
women are always beautiful. The obie
tied in the back conceals the rounded
side lines and the general contour of
the figure which would be revealed in
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