Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
S0MESOUTHERN
BEAUTY SECRETS
Why the Langhorne Sisters Are
Remarkably Healthy, Happy
and Handsome
From the Chicago Tribune.

There are not many women who en-
: JOY notoriety And among those VIII,
Go not like II at all can be numbered
the Langhornc sisters, the famou,
beauties OF Virginia. Numbered amons
the +. f. V, and standing high I'm tn,
aristocracy of the south, they preferred
TO keep In the background, but theii
beauty was such that they could not
be kept down, and. from one step tc
another, they have Travelled on, grow.
ing more beautiful anG more and more
famous.
Mamie, the prettiest of the five. as
| Mrs. Waldorf Astor, will some day be
the head of the great family of Astor
and another sister. Mrs Charles Dana
Gibson, probably will live to see her.
self the wife Of the greatest American
girl artist that ever lived. And both
Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Reginald Brooks
are great beauties, while the unmarried
sister is charming. But the glory OF
| Mrs Mamie" as they call her i'm
London. is the most delightful of all.
A short time ago one of the nelghbors
of the Langhorne family revealed many
beauty hints which may be regarded as
the beauty secrets of the Langhorne
family. "The Langhorne girls are
clever" said this LADY, without really
| intending to be SO. They have made
| themselves into great beauties almost
unconsciously No one can accuse them
of scheming. In fact, they have fought
shy Of suitors Yet they have succeed
ed i'm landing the best matrimonial fish
that have been caught. They do 1t in
ways purely Langhornesque and with
out realizing that they are doing any
thing out of the ordinary
"They are most particular about their
looks" said the neighbor. mot for the
world would they attire themselves
carelessly / never have seen them
other than faultlessy dressed. Mrs.
Gibson, as a girl, was what might be
called the pink of prettiness. Her
been laundered, and not as much as q
handkerchief was ever crumpled. She
had a way of looking as sweet as a
pink.
The Langhorne girls always were
careful of the complexion. They be-
lieved in the old Virginia beauty rules
which advocate the using of the fresh,
pure fruits upon the face instead of
cosmetics None of them would think
of using artifice, yet they believe in
the fresh fruits and their healing prop
critics.
I'm Virginia If you ask for something
for sunburn you will be given big
green cucumber. Out of this you are
supposed to manufa cture face lotion |
water, let it boil down little, strain it
and use is for a face wash.
Down in Albernarle county if you
complain of being tired in your joints
and stiff in your face, with that curious
drawn feeling which comes of being out |
in the wind they will give you some |
oranges to eat, maybe dozen, all pre-
pared for you. They will be cut down
the middle the seeds will be taken out,
and you will be served with some Or
ange juice for your face 1t is sup
posed to take off freckles and yellow
spots and make the skin pink and
pretty.
1.-The Langhorne sisters have the most
of figures. And this is al
most wholly due to the life they lead.
don't believe any one of the sisters
ever stayed in the house half q day.
in her life From early
in the morning until dusk the girls are
out. Their speciality is horseback rid
ing. The result is that they all have
wonderful figures. Mrs. Gibson, at the
slender as that of girl of 15, while
her figure measurement was good
thirty-eight. She was the widest chest
ed girl in the south. 1t was a treat to
see her walk.
Here is the Langhorne beauty pro-
gram:
Mornings they are astr and are out
on the wide verandas where they
breakfast. Their father is with them
and he is great walker. The verandas
are many and wide and they take many
a tramp around the house before break
fast. For breakfast these five beauties
took the cornbread diet Of the south,
with plenty of honey, and more corn
bread with some hot drinks. They had
1,ia a all thnU had n
skin like velvet.
"It was on a journey to Europe that
Waldorf Astor inquired of a friend the
name of the girl with the peaches in
her cheeks He sought an Introduction.
1t was the marvellous peaches and
cream complexion that caught the eye
of the man whose wealth may be $780,
100000
after breakfast they rode across
country and no dash was too swift for
them. On one occasion there was a
hunt and after an early breakfast,
like 5 in the morning, all
were to start. Some northernerS had
got wind of it and were stationed along
the line, hoping to see the Langhorne
girls ride to the hounds But, when their
father heard of it he forbade them TO
ride.
Judging from observation, I should
say that their rules were something
like this:
Breakfast early and exercise briskly
an hour or two. Have a luncheon and
exercise again, this time riding. Lunch
con again and then long, vigorous
tramp or a cross country ride to
hounds, just for the pleasure of ii, then
a hearty supper. then long walk in the
twilight and then bed.
But with all this they had ample
time for the beauty baths for which
they had perfect fad. In Virginia the
beauties sleep upon herb pillows They
begin at this time of the year to gather
the garden herbs and to dry them. They
never bury the face in a feather pillow,
for they believe it makes wrinkles. But
they sleep on herbs, powdered and soft
ened with rose leaves and the buds of
spring flowers.
1.-The cut surface of an apple is used
to treat the hunting skin, which is the
skin made freckled by riding across