The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-09
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AMI ~ ONs
Il know it isn't nice for girl TO be
primping all the time, but / want to
look well at parties, and / would just
love to have you tell me some beauty
secrets"
Here is the word that comes to me
from a 16-year-old girl who signs
herself Nelly" and feel inclined to
give few Of beauty's most valuable
secrets to this particular age. or
course, they have all been told before,
but they are so much more helpful
than looking glass primpings that 1t
would be sinful not to tell them over
again.
In her letter Nelly dwelt on the
meagerness Of her young chest and
spoke dismally of her skinny throat
that looked las old as 80" In her ashes
OF roses party frock. Mark the color
of the frock, please-ashes of roses
and let me tell you that Nelly describes
herself as a pale, with sort Of silvery
light hair" And yet she wears ashes
of roses, color that blanches the
lily and that casts wan shadows in all
the hollows of the anaemic face and
throat So much for Nelly's party
frock; 1t is a beauty killer. something
only Hehe, fresh with the flush OF
it at once, get a warm pink in thin
floating texture-the ashes of roses
is a poplin, her mothers old coming
out dress, made over or gauzy,
cream white frock trailed over some
where with pink buds and green
leaves.
But there is something more import
ant than changing the dress. How
are Nelly's meager and skinny throat
to be developed" as she calls 1t, filed
out with that roundness which is
youths most enchanting charm? Why,
by proper breathing, to begin with.
Fresh air, the doctor books tell you,
is the source of all life, strength and
substantial good looks With the prop
er deep-lung breathing of pure air the
blood is washed of impurities, the
mind made clearer, the heart action
made truer, and the muscles of the
neck and throat receive the impetus
for a healthy rounding out. Slovenly
breathers, those who are of inactive
habits and just whistle enough air In
and out in a desultory way, are the
people who are preparing the way for
tuberculosis and every other lung and
throat disease known. They are invit-
ing fiat chests, skinny threats and the
colorless skin prone on occasion to
bumps, blackheads and enlarged pores.
For when the good air goes into the
lungs-through the nostrils and with
deep, conscious breathing-some of 1t
passes through the skin and, like soap
and water, cleanses and strengthens
the lazy pores. The lung bath is the
most important Of all washes. You
can't live without breath, and q good
deal of systematic breathing is re-
CURED for the sort of frocks the en-
lightened world now calls beauty.
In the very way a girl carries her
body while walking or sitting she can
do good or harm to the prettiness of
her throat and chest. The chest must
always be held high and this in
stinctively raises the head more pref
tily; the abdomen must be held in and,
since some intaking of the breath is
required for this last muscular effort,
the muscles of the throat and chest
are at once benefited. Muscles, by the
way, depend tremendously upon good
breathing for health and firmness, so
if a girl never did anything more vio-
lent than picking rose, If she simply
gives the windmills of her lungs all the
good air they need, the blood will be
freshened and the muscles nourished
almost as well as she played golf every
day. The value of outdoor sports.
however, playful sports, is in their ac-
ton upon the mind. While the blood
is being washed up with the frisking
the whole body is toned up by the
mental interest and the very wishes Of
the heart maze DIdN6T. his Is the
reason why the good sportswoman
feels herself superior to the inactive
one; she feels her oats" as the say
ing is. has come into the precious real
| ization of her strength and courage.
| To be sure, good food. the daily
bath, the skin rub, restful sleep and
everything else that contributes to
health are understood. Then. natural
~, there are special foods for feeding
up the thin girl to the proper point.
and rich milk, cream and raw eggs
are the most valuable of these. Let the
skinny throated or fat chested girl
| take a glass of warm milk on going to
bed every night. with a well beaten
raw egg in it, and size will get plump
/ er in no time. Olive oil, too, is fatten-
| ing, both inside and outside the body
rubbed on the skin, you know, after a
! pleasant bath and q nice wipe down
with big rough towel.
/ All this means to acquire beauty
| through hygiene and 1t is the best sort
OF beauty that can be had. So. If you
happen to be of little Nelly's type, look
first to sensible habits of life for your
rouge and powder and hair oils Don't
depend on looking glass primpings
but let good old wholesome Mother
Nature fix you up. After that you
nav ox-aY, wear ashes of roses without