Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-03
BY KITTY GORDON.
Article III.


Odd as 1t may seem, though my work
is In the afternoon and evening. I have
T opportunity during my season to
lie abed and take things l~uxuriously
during the morning. You find that in
balancing accounts of beauty that it
day is still young, for the morning air
is the most delightfully."- refreshing Dc
all. Instead of having soft silvered
gongs awakening you gently from sleep
around noontime, as some stage-struck
girls believe actresses do, one of my
maids comes in promptly at 8 o'clock,
and shaking my shoulders makes the
abrupt announcement: "It is lime to
get up, Miss Gordon"
For a quarter of an hour after being
awakened by my maid I lie in my bed.
not idly, however, but slipping a pint
of hot water, three cupfuls in all. I
do this to clear out my system and to
insure good, healthy skin. 1t Is quite
as necessary to me as my bath.
Strangely, one comes to find the warm
water invigorating, and now that I am
used to 1t, arduous as 1t was at first,
L WOOlQ do 6QOn lilillh " uOAlS WllAOAl
1t as my food.
Now this very water is a neat item
every year. by itself, for 1t is always a
special mineral water, Inc my doctor
changes from time to time, when he
believes that I need a little more iron.
or a little more lime, or a little more
phosphate.
Then comes a full hour for my toilet,
which one maid looks after while the
other is preparing my breakfast. 1
begin with a bath, the water never
colder than s. degrees. Many women
start their day chilled full of little
%shivers, taking an Icy plunge which
even an athlete would hesitate to take.
But what is the use of this Spartan
treatment? 1t only toughens the skin
and shocks the nerves.
You wonder. perhaps, why I need a
masseuse and a manicurist, as well as
two maids. Yet l nave found from
long experience that the hands need
the care of a specialist just as we'll
as any part of the body. Then, too,
the scalp needs treatment every
day to keep the hair in excellent con-
dition. 1t must be dressed before going
out in the morning and before each
performance. After my bath. too, l
have an alcohol rub in the hands of an
experienced masseuse. L find that
personal maids can never look after
these items of the toilet with all the
care that should be exacted.
Once a week., J. might add, i take
a thorough electric massage to rein
vigorate the sluggish portions of the
body, particularly the feet and the
my back and shoulders to this insist
ent massage treatment.
Another item of the toilet which too
many women neglect is the teeth. /
spend fully fifteen minutes every day
upon them, or to be more precise, five
minutes three times a day, and for
cleanliness 1 do what perhaps no other
woman does, and yet which every
dentist advises, use a new tooth brush
every day.
A toothbrush once used is In reality
full of germs. md to use 1t more than
two or three times Is to run the risk of
spreading the germs from tooth to
tooth, and, as You well know, decay
of teeth is a germ disease.
But / must not forget my exercises,
for L consider them a most important
item in preserving health and looks.
Vhese movement are for the most
part rhythmic and graceful, consisting
of gentle, sweeping circular motions of
the arms and a few dancing steps.
which, with addition of music, might
easily be developed into a real dance,
Did you ever think that the very best
exercise a woman can take is waltzing
alone. moving her arms freely as she
lglides about?
Then, too, they are good for the
mind.
You would be surprised to see how
quickly Il few waltz steps will dispel
a fit of the biues. OF course, the scien-
tifc reason for this is that 1T stirs up
the blood and sets Il going at a clip
ping pace. Would could emphasize Ii
SO that every wo' m might remember
that real beauty ones from blood