Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-05
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WOMAN BEAUTIFUL

There is no such thing as IAN ugly
woman affirms a gallant and subtle
Frenchman, but some women are less
pretty than Others"
Which 1 take to mean that even the
less pretty woman who makes the
best of herself can give an effect of
charm and esprit that will go far to
overbalance any faults for which she
is not personally responsible in her
makeup.
Indeed, history shows that some of
the women who have left the most in
delible impression on its pages were
not perfection in looks.
Anne Boleyn, for example, queen of
Henry VIII, had six fingers on one
hand, a crooked tooth and a tunor on
her neck. Empress To-Ki of China,
with her misshapen foot, was the cause
of the horrible institution of foot-bind-
ing, so that all the little Chinese
women might resemble what the en-
peror chose to regard as a pattern of
beauty.
Madame Lavalliere was slightly lame
and Gabrielle d'Estrees had, they say,
enormous feet.
A F'renchwon1an looks upon it as
one of the duties of her life to be as
beautiful as possible. She holds each
morning a dialogue with her mirror
and studies what is to be concealed, re-
yealed, enhanced, softened or accentu-
ated, and she does it all SO cleverly
that she seems never to think of it at
all.
She is infinitely particular for exam
pie, about the little things that are
used in making her toilet. Never will
you find upon her washstand a soap
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for the skin. Never will she use a face
cream without satisfying herself that
it is hygienic. BY no chance will she
purchase a powder that she thinks
may contain any injurious substance.
Nor does she even venture out of
doors after washing her face and hands
until she is sure that they are abso-
lutely dry and cannot be affected by
the sun or the cold into which she Is
going. She wears veil in all weathers,
quite as much to protect her complex
ion as to add to her chic, and she car
ries with her at all times bit of
chamois or a powder puff to repair raw
ages caused by dust, heat or dampness.
1t is her exquisite nicely about little
tfings-her exactitude in putting on
collar, belt and hat, her care of her
coiffure-that has much to do with
making her look as she does.
The most sacred spot in her house is
the cabinet de toilette, where all the
possibilities of BEAUTY are developed
and suspicious of ugliness are beaten
back and driven out by simple and
clever means.
Here are the white tiroirs that hold
her perfumed lingerie and her dainty
corsages; the marble-topped table that
contains the complicated arsenal with
which beauty fights for conquest; the
combs tha h1-lT c11pS ho TO-.
the manicure articles.
But the most precious aids in the
cabinet de toilette are the mirrors-the
mirrored screen that can be moved to
get the best light; the mirrored ward
robe; the mirrored wall and all the
little glasses whose one function is to
look flattering each time they are con-
suited and say: "Oui, madame, c'est
| vrai que vous etes joliet"
| The femme elegante herself sees tc
! the daily care of her toilet articles, ac-
| cording to long established rules In
| France.
She even attends to her ivory and to
! the cleaning of her brushes. Every
two days her combs are carefully
brushed with a wire brush dipped In q
solution of ammonia, and her sponges
are soaked each day for several hours
in solution of citrie acid. They are
then rinsed in fresh water and hung in
the sun and air to dry.
A Frenchwoman who is an authority
says:
Don't be afraid to get up early
Don't affect, in a lazy, worldly way
to be late riser and not to leave your
apartment before the midday dejeuner
You will see later how deplorable this
habit is, how it affects the appetite and
makes one sluggish, while the habit OF
being 'matinale' stimulates the cireula-
ton and benefits the entire organism
A morning plunge or a shower bath
| Is a French custom, and then short
repose before beginning TO complete the
toilet of the different parts of the body
The foot that is naturally pretty is
very rare. Walking and standing and
above all, the wearing of shoes, have
been hurtful to its regular and graceful
shape.
The first thing to do in order to have
a pretty foot is to select ones shoes
with the greatest of care-to have the
proper shape and the proper size.
A foot should be treated every
morning to a warm bath with soap and
the heel rubbed with almond oil to
soften it. Always powder the foot be-
fore putting on the stockings.
An evening bath viii relieve the foot
of fatigue after days walking about
and remove from it all impurities.
The face, exposed to enemies, of
which snow, dust, smoke and fogs are
the most dangerous, should be protect
ed with a veil in summer as we'll as
winter. OF course in pure air this pre-
caution is unnecessary.
It is said that Empress Josephine
owed her beautiful complexion to her
FREQUENT excursions out of doors in the
rain without a veil; but these complex
ion walks were taken in the lovely gar
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