The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-10
A PRETTY SHOULDER
How to Acquire the Proper Slope and
Plumpness and How to Dress the
Different Shapes with
Best Effect.


Just one woman In 20 has a pair OF
shoulders the right shape These sta
tistlcs are gathered from certain
beauty specialist. The other IS have
shoulders that are either too high or
too low. Many have round shoulders
Others have hoop shoulders. One out
of three will have shoulders that ex-
tend too far forward. Fifty per cent.
have shoulders OF unequal height.
Twenty-Five per cent. have shoulders
that would be right ii they were car
ried right. And this list of defects
might be carried on indefinitely, SO
numerous are the faults Of those who
might have and should have good
pair of shoulders.
II the shoulders are thin there Is
diet which will plump them out lit
tie. 70 try this diet means very little
self denial for ii consists OF food which
nearly everybody likes The basis Is
chocolate and the chocolate diet Will,
in time, make not only the neck, but
the arms and shoulders and hands
plump.
There Is. put away in an obscure but
picturesque part OF Germany, little
cure which is called the chocolate
cure Here the patients go to get
stout. They study the scenery, drink
chocolate and cocoa, eat 1t and grow
just fat enough.
The beauty of the chocolate cure
is that the fat settles in the right
place. II does not stop at the ahdo'
men. But 1t settles. rather, in 'hc
arms, the hands, the neck and Inc
shoulders In a very little while the
patients become beautiful.
The cereals will plump out the neck,
but one must not take too much
cream with them Vegetables also
plump the neck but one must be care
ful to take them fresh and without
too much butter. There are fats which
seem to settle in the abdomen and
other fats which go toward the shout
ders and hands. 1t Is curious to the
student of beauty to observe the diff
ferent direction which the flesh will
take. One kind of food, namely pota-
toes. viii make the abdomen full. An
other kind of food will make the shout
ders stout, while third kind will
cause the cheeks to grow fat. 1t Is
a knowledge of these various kinds OF
food which makes woman pretty or
otherwise. She can really govern her
fat to suit herself If she knows what
to eat
If the shoulders are of the sloping
or cli.fashioned type they should be
dressed very plainly. A Quaker hand
kerchief folded around the shoulders
in such manner as 10 make them
still lower and still more sloping Is the
pretticst thing in the work. Next
comes the Priscilla scarf. which is
sort OF plain muslin fchu; and third,
there Is the plain round low neck, with
its neat finish and its delicate edge
All of these serve to bring out the old
fashioned lowness of the old-fashioned
low sloplng shoulder
The shoulder of the matron which is
the plump round shoulder, is the
shoulder that can he dressed showily.
It can be wrapped with furs and
dressed with velvets. 1t can be en-
circled with real lace and II can be
looped and twined with jewels. This
shoulder Is massaged until it Is very
plump; bleached until it is very white;
pinched until ii is full OF life, and
spatted until il is smooth.
The girlish shoulder, which is the
slender. delicate shoulder. is prettiest
dressed in something fluffy. Tulle
gauze. chiffon and silvered stuffs are
loyeliest. And the shoulder should be
dressed very low so as TO show its
delicate curves.
II the shoulders. in spite of every
art persist In being uneven and ugly
there are exercises that can be taken
for them. One of these is the weight
exercise. The victims walks up and
down for Is minutes a day carrying
weight In her short arni-the arm
with the high shoulder. In time this
will lower the shoulder. II both shout
ders are high she bends backward un
m they are equal
The shoulder exercise. the shoulder
diet. the shoulder massage and the
shoulder treatment will, in time, make
any pair Of shoulders handsome. And
in a short while the worst pair of arris
and neck will become beautiful II
takes about four weeks Of constant
care. But at the end Of that time the
results will be so good that The patient
will not regret the time she spent
upon the work OF reforming her shape