The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06

make a woman pretty 1t lifts her
out of herself, and makes her a
new being
This is the opinion of a woman
who has been studying beauty theo.
roles and putting them into prac.
tice
neither was beautiful" she went
on. On taking an inventory of my
! physical belongings | found defects
of the face and the figure. One by
one took up the appropriate
! cures
AS worked my spirit improved.
| carried myself better. my express
sion changed II was to my spiritual
nature what new clothes are TO the
/ physical. Beauty helps woman NOR
! ally. 1t makes her sweet tempered.
! | loved my neighbors better from be-
/ ing good looking myself.
Il began with my cheeks. which
! sagged. | learned that English NO
/ men kept the flesh of the face
! firm by walking in the rain.
| bought ii lightwait raincoat. small
! light silk umprella and felt hat
| with quill that was not sensitive
to rain With these | would start
hn ret IF 81
| and | would let the soft drops
! strike my face Soon noted the
improvement
My second lesson took up the
! care of the hair | found that sun and
air would make the hair grow and
not the brush and comb | also learn
ed that a little Sleeps fat rubbed
into the roots would work wonders
on the thin spots
Il found that the beauty OF the
hair lay in the exhibition Cf the
individual hairs. | had the mistaken
idea that puffs were the highest type
of hair beauty, but | learned that
ightness, looseness, waviness. and
fluffiness were more becoming
kept my hair fluffy and this made
it brighter. thicker in appearance,
and much more youthful cult
waited the art of keeping it curly.
"Religiously | copied new styles
OF hair dressing. | bought pictures,
| studied illustrations, and my fam
lily declared at that time that never
did | wear my hair the same way
two days in succession. And there
was a magic about il had the
charm Of novelty.
To-day it was parted and waved
back. tomorrow dressed round and
trimmed with a bandeau; again
opened it at one side and brought
it up in empire style; at other times
il fell in girlish fashion to the back
of my neck. to be twisted and stab
bed with big fancy pins. But always
ii was waved, always it draped and
! 'ONtlth ny Ndi III Nti4 IdbIS 'lI'l'
were curls that escaped over the
temples, and knew enough now
MT to expose the long gaping space
at the back of my neck.
Another much needed reform
learned was that of putting the hat
on straight The hat begins to go
wrong when Il woman reaches the
age of 80 1t takes a rakish slant
Within five years it has become SO
confirmed in its habits that the av-
erage woman gives up the fight
She knows her hat is atilt and she
doesn't care At 40 she begins to
think it is becoming to her,
Il took a lesson in keeping my hat
on straight. would put it on in the
seclusion of my home. | would wear
it. giving it the knocks it gets when
it goes out. Then | would look in
the mirror. If my hat had gone over
toward my ear | would put in an
other pin. Finally | invented a lit
tie flat pad which | laid on the top
of my head before | put my hat on
and which served as an anchorage.
The very fact of having a hat where
it ought to be added much to my
looks.
while on the hat topic | will
mention another thing, | read a great
deal about the double chin and |
was told that it came from the habit
of walking with the head down. My
hat was big and dared not lift my
my hat and bought one that would
stay on. All the rest of the winter
walked my head erect. My sister
who bought the old hat. gradually
developed a double chin.
Il danced an hour every day. |
felt lighter, my cheeks were redder
and then came slenderness | found
myself running out to the corner
TO post my own letters; | got into
the habit of doing my own shopping
and l buttoned my own boots. One
morning ! caught myself on hands
and knees picking up scraps off the
floor. Then | knew that slimness
had arrived
| bought three articles which are
absolutely necessary to slimness.
These are an alarm clock, set of