Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-30
HERE'S FAIR LILLIAN'S BEAUTY
SECRET: SOAP AND HOT WATER
ACTRESS TELLS WOMEN
HOW SHE KEEPS YOUNG
Just Plain Mutton TalIoW Great
for the Skin, Miss Rus
sell ConfideS

Lillian Russell has one idea of beauty
culture which will make a great hit
with every man who reads this col
umn. and will undoubtedly surprise
many of the women readers. She be-
lieyes absolutely in the use of soap and
water for her face. This is decidedly
beyond the accepted belief, for usually
the mere word beauty summons to the
minds eye countless preparations of
cold cream, flesh food and wrinkle
eradicators. all of which men ahomin-
ate and women use only because they
believe or if the mirror is too uncom-
promising in this respect, they at least
hope that it will make them beautiful
Wash my face? OF course 1 do.
Why, how else could ] keep it clean?
Cold cream is good of course, and helps
a lot but not so we'll as plenty of hot
water and good pure soap. The thing
that is important is that all soaps and
creams must be pure.
Here she opened a tall, wide-mouthed
glass jar and held it up for inspection.
THAT is the fifth distillation of the
mutton taIlow which perfumers use for
distillinp the odor of lilies of the val
ley. 1t is absolutely nothing but that
tallov and a little lanoline, and its so
good you could eat it,
Powders. too. are all of the best quail
ity, but beyond these simple preven-
tives Miss Russell says she has no
beauty secret.
III, I,, |
had a secret that would make women
beautiful, and they could all have 1t
freely. but the only secret L know ls
to keep my skin clean and do little
walking every day in the fresh air"
Several years since many columns
were written about the various exer-
cises prescribed to restore the youthful
figure of this woman, and she admits
that for some time she did follow most
rigid rules. AT home we played tennis
and rode horseback good deal ana
took long walks, and then, too, L had
a gymnasium fitted up where l did
really strenuous work, but 1 dropped
that about two years ago and now
Just take care not to eat fattening
foods, and let the exercising 60"
Miss Russell, whose beauty, and
blondeness, and youthfulness. have
been exploited through many newspa-
per columns is not merely beautiful,
and blonde, and youthful. She is more
than all these. for she is human. a
scene weight fell at the close of the
first act at the Mason yesterday and
there was much dust, a good deal or
noise and a trifle of confusion all about
the stage Did Miss Russell have an
attack of nerves? Did she faint and
call for a physician and act the part
expected of great star?
Indeed, she did not. She came out
from her dressing room crying, Us
any one hurt" Her first thought was
not of herself or her belongings, but
for the stage hands who might have
been injured.
When something was said about the
disrobing scene in the second act of
| IN Search of a Sinner Miss Russell
| laughed. YES. there has been good
deal Of comment about that" she said,
| and it has been criticised, but Miss
Thompson, who wrote the play, wrote
that in and it must be done. One
woman reviewer suggested that 1
should have donned a soft negligee or
tea gown. but-hoW could |? Hadn't
I Just been told that a strange young
man was to call, and would any woman
put on a tea gown when expecting
such a caller? Certainly not.
You know 1 try to dress for my
parts Just as well as l can, and 1 al
ways want the women of my audience
to know that what costumes they see
are the best I can get for the part. /
never wear anything on the stage
which [ could not wear for a similar
occasion anywhere, and l never wear
cheap lace or tawdry jewels
Here the maid handed the gold bag
and coin purse to her mistress, but this
| thoughtful actress would not be caught
mapping. She opened the bag and eX-
claimed: Nov you are fooling me:
this is not a clean handkerchief.
you know" in an aside to her
visitor, II love to play before an
audience Of women for they know all
about my things. They know whether
| my handkerchiefs are real or not, and
whether they are fresh"
/ The constant wear and use of COS
tunes was discussed, and Miss Russell
said that when she selected these she
always got four sets. "But l wear
| one until it is all done and then take
up a new set"
Talking about her plays she said
! that in this present piece she has praC-
! tically her first opportunity to do any
| acting,
my part last year was just feeder
| for the others on the stage, and in the
/ Butterfly piece which preceded Wild
| fire there was nothing much for me 10
do, but this time have a real part
which does offer me d chance
Miss Russell does not consider re-
tirement from the stage for many
years but she related many instances
of celebrated men and women players
who are adopting the moving picture
work in New York.
Those picture companies pay big
salaries" she said, "and take the COM
! ings, where delicious meals are always
provided. and one may live at home in
New York near friends and family all
the year round. 1t is proving a tempt
ing bait to many men and women of
the profession"
one is almost forced To believe that
Miss Russell herself might be induced
some time to take such an engage
mont