Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22
Costume Showing Graceful DraPed
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wore CABS and took to fronts" and ma
Honiy black silks before the lady Jour
s Sss to their tsa.s bus for sss
would thay know what to do when their
half falls out. or loses its glossy sheen
when their complications begin to fade and
propinence7 When lines and wrinkles ap..
pear, and the eyes get "baggy," and
among q multitude of dentrifrioes there
w has aaH sns sSds
cine and physiology and even experiment
ed on herself. 30 az to benefit her sex and
guide them Into the path of obtainabis
BEAUTY For, after all, the faculty OF feel
ing young does not contribute youth. or de-
lay maturity. The Joy Of living may be
Intense, but 1t Is quite possible to improve
on rs sensations by judicious aids to sx-
Here we have presented to ua the kindly
odbces OF beauty specialists. to whom arti-
nee means only art. Art OF very high
and superior kind.and price. Twenty-Five
years ago II was almost impossible to find
6uch thing as an establishment for mani
cure. Now there 10 not a fashionable street
or q country town without a professor OF
We owe Its introduction. as well as that
it's expensive fellow artist. the toilet spe-
cia1ist." Such artists and their trade have
added greatly to the Joy Of feminine exist a
frankly acknowledge their services. and
no one thinks any the worse Of them for
doing 80. Time was when to breathe of
when only TO one Glass Of
hood used 1t adjunct or advertise
ment But we have changed all that. !.
A modern beauty makes no secret Of
toilet aids and has herself colored;
dyed. chin-strapped, fgure-cultured, mas
saged pedicured, manicured, corssted and
dressed by special artists in each line. Is
It any wonder that she refuses to let Time
play his insolent tricks upon such a mask
Of self preservation and adapts her mind,
morals and manners to the Juvenility of
her appearance? She acts her part so we'll
friends dare even insinuate she is approach
ing the border-line of maturity; that she
has daughters Of twenty or sons Of thirty.
She LIZ still frisking. gamboling. coQuet-
ting; still to the front in all societys ab-
normal enterprises; still dancing cotillons
In the dawn OF a summer morning; still
enjoying late suppers, restaurant feeds;
motor "Spinsj' bridge gambles;" still
iismart' entertainments; and still betray-
Ing In desultory and asitated fashion that
youthful temperament which is at once
cause and excuse of all social extravaganza.
Happy temperament which refuses to be
judged by arbitrary rules OF right and
wrong. Which treats its debts as lightly as
!ts maternal Eesponsibiiities and refuses
Tet to be by nature gay and good
humored 10 no unenviable attribute Of
either sex. The world viii always prefer
0Ql1ilnR TACO 10 a 8loOIuy one JcSt "
warning; praise to advice, and fiattery to
truth.
Does Nemesis ever visit the possessor OF
this artistic temperament, for, indeed. it Is
artistic in it's method Of providing its own
brilliant setting and living up TO other
peoples benehcenoe? Does the dark hour
and the rainy day" and all the other we'll
crooked burdens OF prophecy ever throw
q shadow of doom over its primrose path?
II 70, It keeps its secret well, and gives
the world no clew to a hiding place when
such exigencies demand retirement or abb
negation. Novelists have drawn tragic
pictures OF this temperament. facing lost
| hours or last ones; standing amidst the
crumbling ruins of life and honor. of beau
ty and self-respect, yet still clinging despe-
rateiy to some shred Of pretence: trying to
prove even to itself that wasted life is
less the fault of the individual than the
nature It has inherted-or acquired. The
10Y OF living pleads excuse for the methods
Of life, and II 1t cannot solve the riddle of
existence, 1t Justihes 1t by leaving a moral
example OF avoidance as Its sole legacy.