The evening world., 1912-04-09

s&M#M h0ndS dud hur /;
nnorIs. i 1..,,' short ,s,. :"'" s.a
6REElEY. St1ITH tongue; three ,ctde
fh'n0s: Forehead, shoulders and tWfeih-
o~Hcc; three norrow thtnos. Waist,
mouth and ankles; three delicate thtmos:
Fingers, lips and MIND; three round
fh'n0s: Arm, leg aud doWry."
This is not the latest formula Of
beauty Invented to catch the attention
OF twentieth century one with more
money than charm. but a recipe. or
rather a prescription. from a fifteenth
century manuscript found this week In
the National Library at Paris.
Reading this very specific catalogue
OF feminine attractions, one IL tempted
to reflect that women may have found
II really worth while to be beautiful
In 400.
Blu in 1912. where there are as many
counterfeits Of beauty as OF hair tonics
and brain stirring breakfast foods. a
woman Of natural lovellness must b
tempted to echo the Departing cry Of
the advertiser: Accept no substitute.
There Is no Just . good"-only to ind
the public swarm.ng desperately after
the cheaper article.
Tor the sspiraat for bsauty's
sesptrs to-day, after scanning the
List Of aftssAth century psrfsetions,
viii raifs . supsroilius eyebrow
(put On with . psneil) and smile
eontsmptuous smile (pus - With
lip sticky showing al her perfect
teeth tSiumphs Of crown =
bridge wosk) ana then draw . blue
pencil through the whole formula.
For the skin need not be white so
long as there Is powder and liquid
whitener. the hands needn't be beaut!-
full since they are merely racks for
rings.
Don't look At my hands. they're
AWFUL said a woman to me the other
day as she extended a scrubby paw to
show me 5000 worth Of diamonds
Eyes. eyelashes and eyebrows can be
anything the wearer fancies. So-cailed
dreamy eyes are very much the
fashion among beauty-seekers In the
United States. and some women have
the skin at the outer corner Of the eye
slit to get the long Oriental effect and
still others have dark powder set in by
an electric process to produce a per-
manent discolorat!on supposed to look
very Interesting"
ANY WOMAN OF MEANS CAN
BUY BEAUTY.
Lips, gums and nails can all be dyed
the fashionable shade: long hair Is cer-
tainly a superiority. Why grow your
own crop when some one efse can be
hired to grow 1t for you? Certain mar
row things the beauty OF today must
have but they are not those which cha
racterized the fifteenth century siren.
It would bs ~ easy for . camel
to 80 through h eye Of . needle
a. 70; . woman Of the aftssuth
century 10 put on the hiplsss skirt
Of today.
ITS "A singular thins how YOU women
persis. in wearing those skinny. made
quate skirts" remarked an old school
Soutnerne: the other day. Before the
war 1t was well known IN the South
that you could tell a mean master by
the sk,mplness Of the skirts Of his
slaves, INT whenever a Woman
was hired out by her oare- /. was
always stipulated in the contract .ha:
her skirts should contain SO many yards
OF calico. l cam help thinking when I
see you New York women m,nclng along
In your northumberland skirts what
mighty mean masters you must have"
Here a. least was n man who did
not onnrn~t,to tha ppnlar, lna,., -
narrowness, and who might have pree-
ferred the fifteenth century charmer,
one OF those broad kl-tles might furnish
material enough; for the rousseau OF a
June bride In this year Of angles.
PokEs FUN AT THE oLD-TIME
LADY,.
Blu the human exclamation point has
her champions. nevertheless. and one OF
these remarked to me yesterday:
What can you say about the ffteenth
century woman? Why. she looked Ike
a barrel Of pork"
To continue the same simils, It
might be remarked that certain
d~esiccatsd sirens Of 1919 look NE
side Of bacon ana very . bacon
at that, hu II takes All sorts Of
beauties to make Q world, md
doubtless the modern man, whose
y and heart have grown socus-
toned to angles, would ana himself
very :iuoh bswtidsrsd and ais
gustsd II he were transported I'D
denly back among the ~luxuraous
beauties OF the nftssnth century,
quite ~ bswtldsrsd and a~isgustsa,
Ia TaHA - . AH~~h nAAAu~s $3.50