Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03
MRS. LANeTRY TELLS HOW TO KEEP YOUNG
Beautiful Jersey Use Their Minds and
Suggests They Should Not Eat Much
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massage creams and do exercises" said
the interviewer. won't you tell the
women about these things II you do
them?
"Of course I do them" admitted the
famous beauty. "The fact that I be-
lieve i'm the power of mind over matter
doesn't blind me to the fact thtat the
foundation and whole secret of beauty
is good health. A sick woman can't De
beautiful.
Work. sunshine. exercise. soap and
water. plain, nourishng food, fresh air
and cheerfulness are my recipe for
beauty.
"Ill tell you what I do every day,
and I've followed the same program for
twenty years:
AT o'clock every morning my maid
brings me n cup of tea or chocolate
very rarely coffee-and q bit of toast.
This take in bed. Then read my let
ters, look over the papers and am ready
for my BATH full cold bath, quite ice
cold, winter and summer. l love 1t and
couldn't do without it.
Then I dress slowly and do some SIM
pie physical culture exercises. This one,
for instance" And Mrs. Langtry stood
up, swung her arms above her head at
full length with a forward diving move-
ment, and without bending her knees,
but using her hips as a pivot, touched
the toes of her slippers with her finger
tips.
$50 long as I can do that exercise I
know l am all right" she concluded.
II use little powder on my face In
everyday life, and, of course, 1 have to
make up for the stage" she added II
wash my face with a bland soap and
warm water at night and every other
time I think it needs It. The skin cam
not be kept too clean. and no lotion or
cream can ever do the work of soap
and water.
"I always do my own hair. My maid
brushes 1t, but I arrange it myself.
don't use false hair nor curling irons.
have enough hair of my own and it
waves naturally. 1t doesn't take me
five minutes to do my hair.
81 eat whatever l choose-fruit, an
omelet or broiled chop and a cup of
coffee. Then L am ready for the matt
nees.
"That means an afternoon of work.
"Then dinner-a simple dinner of four
or five courses. 1 never eat alone il
can avoid it. Sometimes I drink a lit
tie wine, but wines or stimulants of
any sort are sure to be injurious, in the
long run, and L avoid them as much as
possible.
"Then the theater again and sim
"My night bath is real soap scrub
with hot water. Then I devote three or
four minutes to deep breathing or
physical culture exercise. 1 sleep with
the windows wide open.
81 wear a straight-fro corset and
have larger waist and more space to
breathe because of it.
"I wear very light clothing. If the
circulation is perfect, one doesn't need
a lot of flannels.
That's ALL" Mrs. Langtry con-
cluded. "Any woman can do it if she
has a little perseverance.
"As last word" concluded the
Jersey Lily. "I would say, ideas of
beauty vary so that banal compliments
in that line have no meaning. One
would much rather be liked than ad-
mired.
"Look at Sarah Bernhardt. There is
woman who has always played the
game of life fearlessly and to the limit,
and won. And to think there was a
time when writer's and critics declared
she had no physical beautw, but only
genius! How could they be so blind /?
Why, with those eyes, those lips, those
infinite expressions of her face, hands
and entire body, Sarah Is such a beau
tiful woman that that is genius in it,
self before she opens her mouth to
speak a word. You recognize it now, of
course, for all real beauty is more than
skin Deep"