Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-04
LETTING ONES sELF GO.
Details That Perfeet-The Importance
of Being Groomed.


was one of her chief admirers, moi
only for her undeniable prettiness,
but because she was so beautifully
soignee-we have not an English
word for it--her hair so exquisitely
FURNISHED and waved, her skin so ex-
quisitely clear, her hands so wen
taken care of, her things put on so
we'll
There is a clean woman" said
man to me, and though the remark
may have had more than its share of
masculine bluntness, l knew exactly
what he meant. Precisely" | said,
| and isn't it nice?"
Now. the season being over, she
would go down into the country and
vegetate. do nothing whatever. No:
she was not going to Cowes and Scot
land, and all the season racket of
dozen country house parties; she was
going to have real rest and "let
herself 60" Was not she right?
HUM" said L know that "let-
ting go"
l saw her again at the beginning
Of this month, staying, as was, at a
place in her neighborhood, and she
had been reluctantly persuaded to
bring over her husband to dine one
night. The same man was there,
and we exchanged glances involun-
tarily After dinner he came over
and sat by me. and looked in her di-
rection. He said nothing at ALL 1T
isn't as nice as it was, Is it?" l said
land may l be believedJ, with pro
found regret, for pretty woman is
always, and ever win be, a pure joy
to my beauty-loving eyes.
The change was subtle, but, alas,
the general effect was subtle by no
means. She had "let herself go" as
she said To begin with, her lovely
hair was unburnished, unwayed, and.
am sorry to confess it, dull and care
lessly done It was beautiful hair.
but, OH mesdames, so many women
have still more beautiful hairl I'm
less you are careful yours will look
less well than theirs, splendid though
it may be. And that was exactly what
had happened to my friend. She had
taken no exercise; part of her "cure"
was to lie out of doors and sleep and
eat a great deal. She had not got
fat-difficult in one month but
she looked puffy; as if. to tell the
truth, she had indigestion or a liver.
Her skin was burnt a shiny brown.
and a yellowish brown at that, and
looked clogged and as if washed in
hard water, and her eyes looked life
less neither had their clear. clean,
transparent brightness remaining
Also there was an ugly ridge where
the sunburn ended on her throat. Her
hands were brown, too, and there was
the same ridge where her sleeve had
begun. The nails were neglected,
and had evidently not been properly
looked after for some weeks. She had
on one of her seasons rrocks, not
too fresh, over what. l fear, was an
old and shapeless pair of stays The
whole effect was-deterioratton Now.
Is this Illustration new one to any
Of your
Between resting" ones hair and
skin and letting ones self go there is
\ wide grf fixed The best hair and
skin waTt grooming-expressive term
And the worst of it all is that letting
ones self go means less cleanliness.
The face hurriedly scrubbed with hard
soap and harder water and a hardest
Of all towel is not clean skin, and
never will be; we know enough for
that The unburnished and unregu-
larry brushed hair, possibly sham
pooed less or lacking it's cleansing
wash or tonic, is not clean hair
am speaking very plainly, but it is
all quite true. The INTENDED hand
is not the clean hand, with its rough
ly used nails and stained and coars-
enef skin. Get your hand into a bad
state, and then scrub them clean with
hard water and soap and drastic
nail brush--if you can,
Il is not always from carelesan ass
that these things happen; it is from
"a sadder cause sometimes. / have
been sitting today with a friend of
mine who broke down at the end OF
July. and has been more or less ill,
and almost entirely in bed ever since.
Her bair has had the usual perfunctory
brushing of the invalid's who cant
be bothered her skin is dry with
drugs and lack of fresh air, and the
pores clogged with bad circulation.
There are wrinkles of pain at eyes
and mouth, ana her hair is perceptibly
grayer, and looks weaker. too, and has
not been shampooed for six weeks
for fear of catching cold Her hands
ore thin and dry, the nails brittle
and unpublished. with the surrounding
skin encroaching or the nail for lack
of manicuring.
She has let herself go do not
say she could not heip it, but the
fact remains. And if all this applies
TO ones person. mesaames, what
about ones clothes-the perfection
of gloves and shoes, stays, petit
coats. lingerie? A baby is an all
enhancing thing. we know, But there
is also a husband in the case. Win
he be pleased if that baby has de,
Perforated his wife's prettiness all
rounl? He will love YOU just the
sarie. of course. but he will be sorry.
I am speaking Of the right type of
man. If he is not the right type, he