The Washington times., 1906-08-23
PRETTY Shoulders May Be Acquired
Dy Proper Exercise, Massage and Dici

There are four kinds of shoulders, any
one kind OF which can be called very
fashionable.
There is the old fashioned or sloping
shoulder. This is the shoulder that is
seen IN the miniatures and the shoulder
that Is found in the old paintings. II
is very round in It's curves and IL slopes
gradually all the way from the nape OF
the neck to the tips Of the fingers.
Looked at In profile. there Is a lovely
long curve which Is very delightful 10
the eye.
The next shoulder. in point of impor-
tance 20 be mentioned, is the shoulder
OF the matron This IS the fun and
rather yoIuptuous shoulder II Is very
white in color and its texture is what
might be called bold. II Is inclined
10 be coarse. though its smoothness and
color make II very handsome 10 gaze
upon. This shoulder is what is known
as the society shoulder. It is kept
plump by massage and cold cream. and
il is nodded in shape with the finger
tips
The third shoulder is the youthful
shoulder. There is nothing that com
pares 20 IL, but, unfortunately, IL IS
very difficult 20 obtain. One seldom or
never finds II past the age of twenty
IL is slight and there is not much flesh
to spare. But Il Is perfectly shaped and
igs color is a pure white. Later in life
the color deepens. but the youthful
shoulder is eXquisitely white and
glossy. There is something IN its text
ure that is almost lustrOus. The pecu-
liar bloom can be initiated later IN life,
but u takes an expert 10 Initiate II
well.
The fourth shoulder is the esthetic
shoulder. II is very thin and the bones
show. IL is the artistic shoulder and
artists rave about H. You see this
shoulder among the artists models and
you can observe Il in the types but
you do not very often see II in real life
In real life the girl with thin shoulders
Is usually too thin for beauty. She is
Il bunch OF bones and nothing else.
There are other types OF shoulders,
but these four are the ones most OBJ
served and they are the types TO be
studied and copied.
The neck OF the matrOn is bleached
every day and Is rubbed very vigorously
eeNTy night IL Is Whltened with the
fruit juices and IL is 'pinked" with the
finger tips. Ii is also treated by the
masseuse 10 make IL fat
Just one woman IN twenty has a pair
OF shoulders the right shape These
statistics are gathered from a certain
beauty specialist. The other nineteen
have shoulders that are either too high
or too low Many have round shoulders
Others have hoop shoulders One out
OF three viii have shoulders that extend
too FAR forward. Fifty per cent have
shoulders OF unequal height Twenty
five per cent have shoulders that would
be right II they were carried right And
this list OF defects might be carried on
indefinitely, so numerous are the faults
OF those who might have and should
have a good pair of shoulders.
If the shoulders are thin there is a
diet which viii plump them out a little.
To try this diet means very little self
nearly everybody likes. The basis is
chocolate, and the chocolate diet viii,
in time, make not only the neck. but
the arms and shoulders and hands
There is, put away in an obscure but
picturesque part OF Germany a little
cure" which is called the chocolate
cure. Here the patients so to get stout.
They study the scenery, drink chocolate
and cocoa, eat it 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 abdomen. But II
settles. rather, In the arms, the hands
the neck and the shoulders In a very
little while the patients become beauti-
full
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 careful to take
them fresh and without too much but
ter There are fats which seem 10 set
tle in the abdomen and other fats which
20 toward the shoulders and hands. II
is curious 10 the student OF beauty "a
observe the different directions which the
flesh will take. One kind Of food. name
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