The sun., 1909-02-21
THB ECONOMICAL BEAUTY
LESSONS FROM VIENNA FOR TIE
AMERICAN WOMAN.

Lace and Comprehensive white.
1T makes no difference at all how much
you spend in being beautiful said o
woman who gives lectures on beauty cul-
ture. woman can spend $4,000 q year
and still be ugly. Another woman can be
exquisite on $780,
@The Viennese woman Ia the moet
beautiful in the world. yet the most
economical. She wears always the right
things, while her face. her hair. her hands
and her manner are lovely. ,
Il am thinking now Of the automobile
bouquet without which no beautiful
viennese is complete. Natural nowers
arc at once wind blown in an automobile
but the viennese woman sits proudly in
her auto or her taxi with her corsage
bouquet reposing In her coat front. The
fiowero are artificial. but there 10 more
TO them than mere resemblance.
Tho correct automobile bouquet, a.
worn by the Vienna woman or the French
woman, is made Of artificial flowers highly
scented 80 that they will hold their odor
In q gale, and in tho very middle Of the
bouquet Is one single natural flower.
The eject is most charming.
.In the middle Of highly scented bunch
Of delicate silk violets there stands out one
big natural orchid. and In a great round
bunch OF chiffon forget-me-nots thero is
big red American beauty rose o1 a real
bush. The result is both economical and
satisfactory.
"The secret of looking chic always is
nothing more than an understanding and
a practice OF personal economy. The
American woman. lovely though abe un-
doubtedly is. looks chic only upon COCA
sion. The truth Ia that she cannot aford
to look chic all the time.
-Now the Vienna woman or the French
woman is always chic. She makes a
beauty preparations and her effects are
chosen 50 carefully that she can not help
looking well.
Perhaps there Is running through my
mind at this moment something Vienna
woman told me about kid gloves. The
American woman makes IL part OF her
religion to be we'll gloved. but her views
cost her an immense sum.
THE Vienna woman Of whom l am
thinking showed me two pairs Of glove
tops. They were OF sixteen or more
button length and they had been in scr
vice for three years. Several times a
year new hands had been stitched into
these tops at the wrist, but as they were
OF one button length and picked up al
bargain times they were inexpensive.
For the most part, so she told me,
she chose fesh tints and colors q little
away from white. as they did not sol
and wore longer. 1t Is one reason Why W
yiennese women have the name Of being
so well groomed. declared she, namely
our great partiaularity as TO gloves
We do It upon a fraction Of the money
spent by our American sisters
1T is a treat to see the Vienna woman
manufacture old family lace. She has
a great deal OF tho real article presuu,-
sbIy on hand. Yet even real lace will
wear out. and in these days OF much
wearing OF lace the best and finest. the
family lace. will give. way some time.
Then what Is one to do except to man
ufacture more?
Il have seen a Vienna woman take a
piece of new lace and by judicious treat
ment make it suddenly look very old
She dipped il in gasolene, and then in
yellow ochre and gasolene mixed. When
She had finished she had lace with just
the right touch Of creaminess.
-One trouble in early spring is, as
every woman knows. with the complexion.
The face tones do not 60 well with the
new tints. The complexion looks ragged
when viewed from under the 'brim OF .
fresh young straw hat. How 70 make
the skin look summery end ripe Ii study
| q. h. zh
tired look OF midwinter. Here the Wen
nese woman excels again.
-As soon as the first spring herbs grow
out OF the ground she gathers them and
makes a tea which she uses upon her
skin. She makes hot herb lotions and she
both internally and externally. 1t is a
case Of bleaching the skin with herbs.
II is an inexpensive form OF cosmetics.
Then come the fruits, and these she
uses in quantity. She eats them. to be
sure, but she does that which is far
more important from beautyIs stand
point-she uses them as. skin bleaches.
She uses certain bleaches to get certain
tones or colors.
half and half with tepid water will act
as a bleach upon dull skin. giving 1t a
pure rose tone suitable for the woman
who is going TO wear rose hued gown.
Those who want a lighter tone can use
ripe cucumbcrs. WHICH give the skin q
clear pearly tint, which goes well with all
the shades Of blue.
Women who want to wear violet must
use real bleaches upon the skin. A cut
lime, dipped in water and hastily used as
a scrubbing brush upon the countenance,
and Just as hastily washed on will act as
1 a skin bleach. as will mild lemon or a
tart orange.
"A ripe tomato is a bleach for the deep
brunette who would wear gold, and where
lettuce is obtainable in quantities one can
make a wonderful lettuce lotion which
clears the face. IL is a matter OF study.
the using OF these bleaches. and the
woman who wants a new gown should
experiment little with her complexion
before she decides that the gown is pos
sible.
1T is another treat to see Vienna
woman willow feather. 1t takes her
many days, for the feather must be wet
until IL droops. Then each OF the feath-
cry fronds must he done up In tiny
twist Of paper so that the end will curl.
When the papers are remov ed the feather
willows in . manner TO bring Joy to the
heart Of the woman, who has saved $40
by doing the work herself.
| Still II a woman has not had expert
epce perhaps II will be cheaper for her
| in the long run to employ outside talent;
but the foreign woman begins in the
cradle to learn the little useful arts in
order to look nice and to save money
for herself and her family.