El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-02
BY Ethel Donaldson.

BY Ethel Donaldson.
z DON'T believe that any girl on the
stage worries about her looks when
she's well and happy and not
working too hard in a play that she
likes. where the ghost walks regularly
with weI-filled pay envelopes. But
when you're out in Pocatello. miles
and miles from home, with months of
overnight stands behind you and the
same before you. and only what the
hotels out there cali plain cooking to
sustain you, well, that's the time when
you get out all the secrets of beauty
that you ever heard of and try them
on yourself If you've got that much
energy left.
1t was the first time that I ever got
to one Of those lumpinE-Off places
where we had PLAYED a matinee per-
Torrance and had an evening per-
Torrance and a 24hour jolt on the
railroad to look forward to that I
decided that the home folks who had
said I was a pretty girl were very
much mistaken 1 looked at myself in
one OF the cracked, two by-four
dressin Groom mirrors. and decided that
7 would try first aid to the beauty
seeker
found a modest little sign swinging
over the door OF modest looking
house which announced that Miss
O'Brien was disposed TO do face Gull
ture. I liked the name O'Brien and
trusted that she was disposed to "cul-
MotherIy soul
Miss O'Brien was all and more than
I expected. She was a fat and mother
y soul and after she'd looked me over
yer too young to begin with beauty
doctors, but I'll give ye one of these
here little wooden things for to mas
sage yerselt with, and when yer Lred
you just remember what old Miss
O'Brieu told We
Food first Of all. and then rest. if We
can get it Then water and soap. like
this
Then she began her beauty culture,
and as it's the only kind I've ever
tried. and the kind I'm going to stick
TO. III pass il along 10 you, for dear
Miss O'Brien lives 50 far away that II
won't interfere with her trade.
She began by washing my face with
warm water and clean piece Of
Turkish towel; after that she soaked
some more of the toweling in the juice
of 4 cucumber, which she kept in
glass jar, and which was nice and
soothing if a little sticky on the skin.
Without washing this off, she rubbed
quite a lot of cold cream over my face
and then produced four or five little
balls of different sizes, some not larger
than marbles, and the biggest about
the size Of an early Bermuda potato.
They were made of plain wood, and
polished but not painted.
She used the large ball for my neck,
over the skin and pressing it with the
palm of her hand. When she was
through with that she took a ball Of
smaller size. ran it UP and down the
creases on the side of my nose. until
! felt that all the lines in my face were
being ironed out; she babe me close
nv eyes, and. taking a smaller ball yet
very gently massaged around the eyes.
under the eve socket and above the eye.
but neVer touching the eye itself 1
had almost fallen asleep when she be-
gan upon the forehead, for which she
used a larger ball again, rubbing out
the wear and tired look which had
begun 10 make me appear years older
than I really was.
she Final Touch.
Aftcr she had gotten all through she
wiped the cream away. and then ap-
piled hot water again to my face and
more cucum Der, juice, but this time it
was scented with cologne and wasn't
sticky.
When I got through with my face
treatment, I felt like a new person,