The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05

Common Sense, Not Beauty.
The women who WELD lifelong in
! IIuence, and whose personal charm
| brings them most happiness are sell
SOlu endowed with perfect features and
LduItlesS figure. What they are en-
Wv tu win IS the common sense to
make the most of themselves
Usually the woman who seeks Iipht
on identifying herself is recommended
70 series OF performances impossible
70 one not possessed of spare time and
money should like to be pretty
ana charming and all that" signs one.
But L haven't time for a half hours
gymnastics every morning, nor an
hours nap after luncheon, nor a five
mile walk every daT. and I'm too
utterly spun out at night to sDeDd an
Ilour or so turning SOmersaults. roll
ING over the floor, giving nv face a
Iurkish bath massagtn6 my scalp, an
nOlntlng myself with creams. tOnics
and beautifiers. Oh, why is there no
snort cut to good fOOkS?"
Poor lady, 1t is as if she had asked
now to be healthy, and the doctors
nad advised an impossible trip to the
mediterranean, when all she needed
was to be told to eat the right food,
get the right amount of sleep and ex-
ercise, and breathe the fresh air at
nome. For so close within our grasp
lies the secret Of personal charmi Like
the man who Travelled over the world
TO lind diamonds, and came home old
ana weary to discover diamond mine
IN MS backyard, so we run to this one
and that one for some magic taIisman
OF beauty, when lOi the secret lies
in our own hands if we will only
wake up and use ii.
Best Of all, its a secret that can be
practiced by the busiest homekeeper
as Wei as by the girl who works in
store or office all day.
Personal Charm Secret.
The very first letter of the secret
OF personal charm has to do with the
way we hold our bodies. Certainly il
IS with the general carriage of the en-
tire body that We make our first i'm
preston for good or bad, The woman
who sinks into a room with dropping
mead, shoulders down and every sag
glng line of her body expressing self
depreciation viii not make a cOnvinC-
ing impression. Business women have
learned this. The experienced work.
ing girl of nearly every grade has ac-
CURED self-cOnfidence that lifts her
head, stratghtens her shoulders and
makes her step firm and buoyaut 1t
is ottenest the woman in the home who
needs the bracing tonic Of self-cOnfi-
dence to help her carry herself well
and fOrcefully.
Her trouble is not lack Of exercise,
for the hOmekeeper usually gets plenty
OF that, but Carelessness, Indifference. /
More important than all exercises is
the bellet In her right TO cOmelineSS /
and confidence in her power to attain
it. She should consider that she has
no right to be ugly and unattractive.
She should remember that she may be
a power for sweetness and light to
husband, children and friends
Briefly, she should brace up and
make the best of herself!
When the head drOOps, lift it. A
face may be transformed from medf-
ocrity to attractiveness by the per
sistent lifting of the head to q good
polse. The shapeless, sagging muscles
of the throat gradually take on a
SmoOthly-carVed line of beauty, re-
vealing visibly a growth in force Of
character and determination.
Carry the head up! Take a hand /
glass and look in the mirror at your
profile when your chin rests in its
usual slipshOd position on top of your
collar. Now lift the chin and see how /
that long. curved line of the throat
acquires beauty, and how it affects
the entire face. You could not have a
more fOrCeful object lesson on the i'm
portance Of cultivating a well poisel !
head and chin.
Lift Your Head.
Next set watch upon your chest
The habit Of lifting your head will /
help you also TO cary your chest up /
The sunken chest means inefficient
breathing, consequently, half way
health and no hope of attractiveness. !
Watch how YOU stand. Check your
self persisteutly from falling into SIfD-
shod attitudes. Pull yourself together /
and force yourself to stand with chest !
up. abdomen in, head well poised and !
feet lightly planted with the weight +
on the balls.
Say to yourself: ct have no right to /
be awkward and ugly. I must try to
keep straight and well formed for the I
sake of those who care for me, even
if / don't care about myself" How
often we see women wake up to this /
sentiment when it is too late-when /
the affection they wished most in all 4
the world to keep has strayed from /
them.
There are many books Of exercises
in the public Libraries which will help I
you to acquire grace and feasibility I
Of motion. But you can do much for Z
If you viii remember to turn
all kinds of bodily work into bene- /
fetal exercise by doing it as q pleasure +
and taking deep, long breaths as you
do it,
Deep breathing, which is surely I
within the reach Of everybody in auv
place, is Of itself a good exercise, and /
viii develop the chest and make the 4
figure more forceful and vital. Prac- /
uce by drawing few deep breaths I
as often during the day as you can
think Of il. on awakening in the
morning stretch the entire BODY. as
you have often seen infants do. and I
slowly draw half a dozen long. deem
breaths, and you will feel like Spring. /
ing out of bed with energy
No woman Is too busy. either with
household tasks or office work to take
ten minutes daily for sponge bath
Of the whole body. It is a cieanfv and /
habit and also a good
exercise because of the brisk move