Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-07
Valeska Suratt's Secrets of Beauty
The Art Of AIT is to Conceal Ar"


One Of the most disheartened sights
to me Is to see q woman whose feat
ures reveal the abominable habit Of
"piling things on" Powder Is slapped
on so carelessly that it appears in
spots, rouge is put on so thick as to
give the lips a clownish vermilion:
the eyebrows and lashes are penciled
80 heavily as to make the user look
like wild dervish.
This Is dense ignorance, yet we find
women of supposedly great refinement
and station guilty of this buffoonery.
Do not forget that the excessive use
Of such toilet articles, as q rule, de-
feats Its own purpose.
The woman who always clocks per-
fectly natural even tho that natural
ness may be manufactured, is the
woman who first receives all the at
tentions and the favors. The obvious
ly painted woman is shock; no man
prefers to promenade with woman
who causes the crowd to cape at the
landscape on her features. In other
words, the art Of art Is to conceal art.
Don't overdo. Don't forget you are
go on the street. and besides, you
should wish rather to be known a. a
woman who does not need thick
veneer Of powder, rouge and pencil.
than one who does. To put too much
on. or badly. calls attention to your
very lack of beauty. Besides. will
columns how they can be beautiful.
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terfeits.
Mrs. L. B. c. asks how to get rid Of
spotty. muddy complexion. ~
Boil half pint of water. Add two
tablespoonsful Of glycerine. Keep stir
ring. while adding one ounce Of zin-
tone, until it is all dissolved. Then let
cool. II the cream is too thick to pour
easily from bottle, thin 1t down a
little with more hot water. The cream
will be white and satiny. After hath
ing in the morning, hold 4 wet. hot
towel to the face several times for sew
eral minutes. Rub this cream on the
entire face literally. Let the cream
dry on the face. Repeat this again at
night. Any good druggist will sell you
an ounce of zintone for not more than
so cents.
II you use this, you may not even
need powder except to take off the
"shine" or oiliness which Is always
unavoidable. Your skin will radiate
with a purity and pearliness adorable.
"HOPEFUL" does not need to hope:
she can be absolutely certain Of get
ting rid Of blackheads Pinching will
ha
time being.
Dissolve twelve ounces of graduated
sugar in one half pint of water. and
add one ounce Of sarsene, and mix the
whole together thoroughly. then add
more water to make q pint. You will
have one of the most splendid and ef-
fective pimple removers it Is possible
to obtain. Sarsene is liquid which
you can get at the drug store for Is
cents Take one or two teaspoonsful
Of this mixture three or four times a
day, with a little water if desired. This
is absolutely safe for any one.
MISS III. F. wants to know whether
1t is harmful to wear bust pads. Rea-
son II out for yourself. Anything
which presses or causes heat and per-
SDlratlOn In SuCN CdNcS 10 lHJuTlOue'
and often disastrous. However, II you
still persist in wearing them. yet de-
sire to become splendidly developed.
you can assuredly do so. II you Will
be faithful in using the following:
In a half-pint Of hot water, dissolve
two ounces Of ruetone and half cup
of sugar. all we'll mixed together OF
this, take two teaspoonsful three OF
four times q day in a wine glass Of
water. after your meals.
In few weeks. you should notice, a
visible result, and later on you should
need no pads or subterfuges what
ever. This is one Of the most remark
able preparations have ever heard
of. know 1t will do the work, and
know 1t Is perfectly safe besides.
The ruetone you can get at the drug
store for a dollar. You will also find
the development materially assisted by
massaging the bust with the eptoli
cream mentioned.
( DISSATISFIED" should get small
piece OF cotton, wind 1t around the end
Of an orange wood stick Dip this In
peroxide Of hydrogen. which you can
get at any drug store. and run 1t UNI