The sun., 1908-03-08

PETTY SHOULDERS CALLED FOE
BY LOW CUT WAISTS.

It should ne Treated Rs Carefully a.
the Face Must Be-Ald for Ugly Backs.
"She wants to be treated for q human
interest back" whispered the beauty doc
tor. as a patient entered the IQom and di-
see that her back is without character,
STOPPING and ugly. In a short time. II she
follows directions, It will be beautiful.
~Our gymnasium is filed these days
with women who want to make the back
more shApely This is largely due 20 the
style Of dress, which calls for very low
point in the back.
@Ws have patients who come in here
to have their backs actually made over.
We had q woman patient last week who
stopped.
"'Your back has no human interest We
said to her, and after a little talk we con-
vinced her that she must straighten her
shoulders In order TO have pretty back
She comes here daily now and takes the
arm and back exercises.
We advise women to treat their backs
as they would their faces. There is beauty
doctor who bleaches backs with peroxide
OF hydrogen. She makes q skin bath OF
peroxide and flesh food and she messages
the back with this lotion. after which she
takes of the supernuous bleach with al
mOnd oil. The result Is q back that will
defy criticism, no matter how brilliant may
be the electric glare thrown upon it,
"A black ribbon around the throat brings
out the whiteness Of the skin and makes the
back seem plumper. Strings OF gems,
especially pearls, add to the appearance OF
the back: they seem to clothe it with flesh
and make it seem creamier in tone.
"A lOcket or ornament hung down the
back will make the neck seem thinner.
which is good news for the woman with
fat back.
-Some women never expose the back
squarely. They wear very thin yelling
OF rose chiffon. The chiffon is so delicate
that it Is almost invisible, yet it lends
delicate rose tone to the flesh.
There is q woman who wears decollette
constantly, yet never is her neck actually
exposed. She has always a very thin yoke
Of silvery chiffon. 1t is finer than a web,
yet it wells the skin so a. to make it look
much Younger.
There are women who know how to
show of the glories Of the back, and one
Of these is Cavalieri.
"The Cavalieri back is famous for it's
clinging lines. Her gowns are planned
for the back view, and then they are put
on with the utmost care. There is not
button visible: not a pin is to be seen; each
fastening is in it's place and the gown looks
as though moulded upon the figure.
The Cavalier back is long and sinewy;
it makes her look taller than she really Is;
it is slender, graceful and attractive; it is a
view that is prettier than the front
Dozens Of women come to us and ask
to have their backs made as attractive as
Cavalieri's back. and We tell them that we
can do it il they will have patience Few
are willing TO take the trouble.
"The Cavalieri back is made pretty after
the Lillian Russell recipe. Miss Russell.
you know. does not approve OF the old
fashioned bath tub Her home has all
kinds Of baths but no tub.
"She holds that the old fashioned tub is
responsible for many a bad complexion
Long ago she discarded it and took to the
spray bath "
faucet and her skin is sprayed with hot
and cold hose baths at least once a day.
This wakens the skin and makes It pink
and lively.
tic possibilities of woman's back Up to
her day all women had been dressing for
the front view and letting the back take
care of itself
But Bernhardt changed all this. Feel
ing that her face was hopeless from beauty
standpoint she resolved to make her back
as alluring as possible
$50 she had her frock backs cut low and
she dressed the back of her neck with jewels
and she hung wonderful gems around her
neck in such a way that the most beautiful
of all the stones were at the back. so
she made her back beautiful Ii was a
great feat and a great success.
~ wear no jewels next my face. said she
one day TO dim the llstre Of my eyes.
wear them at my back 80 that they may
be seen without injury to the glory OF my
skin do not allow my jewels To outshine
my eyes.
ANY beauty doctor or physical culture
teacher will tell you that the French back
| is the one to be sought. This is the long.
| slim back that is brOadest at the shoulders
and gradually tapers toward the belt line.
MANY backs. II you will notice, are widest
under the arms The shoulder blades are
heavy and round and tape measure
would show that the back Is widest not
at the shoulders but across the blades.
| This max es the back awkward and destroys
| the fit Of the gown.
making the back long In its lines. The
| Empire back is short, but even in the
| Empire gown the long Capering back Is
pretty The waist of the gown may be
/ snort ana DlRns DuL one q q IOuk
tapering back to wear the gown well.
standing up straight and stretching
! the arms toward heaven is the Langtry
J method Of making the waist smaller. She
/ reserves this gesture for her most telling
| stage effects.
~'I know am all right as long az can
| touch the floor with my hands she says,
as she bends forward from the hips and
| touches the roses in the carpet. You
zee, she adds. that do not have to take
OF my gown and put on gymnasium
suit | can always touch the tioor even
| in my street array
The culture OF the back ia immensely
! important TO a woman from a standpoint
| Of beauty If the back is broad at the
waist line the general appearance cannot
be anything but ugly, but IL the waist is
built TO taper the effect will be good.
There are backs that are hollow, The
blades protrude and there IS a deep alley
running between them. This sort Of back
can be improved by slappinS IL with the
palm Of the hand. This wakens the mus