El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-13
REMEMBER THAT THE BEAUTY OF
THE NECK DEPENDS ON
HOW EOU HOLD YOUR
HEAD.
Some Z of Miss Lorraine's
Rules for Beautifying.
the Neck and Arms.
BY LILLIAN LORRAINE.

A YOUNG woman stood by her
- dressing table lighting the al
cohol lamp under her curling
iron.
It was a spring day and the breeze
blowing the muslin curtains over tow
ara the dresser. The lamp exploded
and the usual thing happened.
When the young woman recovered
she gazed upon the blank walls Of the
hospital room and into the face of a
nurse.
She remembered what had happened.
and grabbing her hair with both hands
she gasped:
Are my trimmings gomez"
A sure case for the psychOpatic
ward thought the nurse, while she
murmured In her gentlest tones.
What do you mean by trimmings,
dearie?'
Ny hair and eyebrows and skin"
said the patient, who would not be
persuaded that she still possessed
these ornaments, until q mirror was
brought and she had gazed long and
plercingly at her reflection.
After that she inquired whether the
whole house had burned down. and
expressed her satisfaction without
much enthusiasm, however, for the fire
department.; which had saved every
thing but her own room.
A Typical Story.
Inat story is typical of most of US
women, Tor YOU can say what YOU like,
It's much worse for pretty woman to
lose those trimmings" which make
her beauty than for her house TO be
destroyed, provided there is fire in
surance, of course.
We are taught as children, that
beauty is as beauty does" but beauty
can do much more than ugliness, no
trary.
We haven't vet arrived at that stage
ceeds by brains alone, except in very
rare cases. Brains and charm even
without real beauty will surely win the
Gay, but I'm not going to tell you to-
day what I think charm IS
Today m going to continue my
talks on beauty, mere physical beauty,
and as several readers have written
me asking questions regarding their
looks, / shall answer them now.
There seems to be quite an epidemic
OF Worry about necks and arms Evil
will be the vogue again this spring
and girls are preparing to meet the
new styles with prettier arms and
necks than we have seen before,
Personally, I don't think all girls
should wear low Dutch or N-shaped
collars Unfortunately. The girl with
the very long rather skinny neck
should wear high. well bOned collars Z
OF net or lace. especially on the street |
When she is at home she can wear
low collars, because the high collar |
While 1t is much smarter looking, viii j
keep her neck from getting fat She I
should rub her neck several times a |
day with cocoa butter or some good 4
skin food, and she must dress her hair /
IN such a. way that the thin neck and 4
the hOllOws behind the ears viii show l
as little as possible.
low cOiffure is the best, and the I
thinnecked girl must not wear her /
nair perfectly straight.
To Assist Nature.
II nature forgot 10 put in curl I
there are lots of ways Of assisting ma
ture without burning the house down. I
as my friend Of the trimmings did. !
A large, loose wave and few little
curls I'm the nape of the neck or a
low knot viii give the neck better
appearance.
The constant use of cocoa butter as
well as high collars is likely to stain
the neck and give il a yellow tlnge.
Jhlnk lemon juice is about the sim
! est as well as one of the best
Another good thing to use is per-
oxide OF hydrogen Pour little on
piece or cotton or cloth and rub the
neck with 1t once or twice week, and
you VIII find it a good bleach. Used
100 OIIen, 1t Is likely to dry the skin
remember that beauty of the neck
lepenos greatly on how you hold your
Girls with short. rather full necks.
should always wear low collars no
natter what the style high collar
VIII give one double chin If one is
Inclined TO be stout. and il spOils the
texture OF the skin of very pretty