Evening star., 1912-07-21

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sister. Contrary to general impression,
moreover, hold that she does not take bet
ter care of herself because she is beautiful
and thus has the added incentive, but rather
that she is beautiful because she does take
this care No plain woman should throw up
the sponge in the beauty campaign. l speak
honestly and in all sincerity.
THERE was a young woman associated
with one OF our musical companies a
number of years ago whom | used as a test
for Just such a demonstration of the posi-
bilities of developing latent, hidden beauty
| was extremely fond of her, in spite of the
fact that her personal manner was rather
devoid of magnetism. She came to me one
night in tears and said that she was just
about ready to quit her stage work. | asked
her why, and she told me that she found she
was losing her freshness prematurely and
that what few good looks she had possessed
were being diminished by her theatrical la
bors. She was miserable; but | told her to
keep up her courage and promised to help
her fool herself.
told her that would make her far pret-
tier than she had ever been before. She
laughed her incredulity and asked me how
was going to do it. told her that was not
going to do it; that she was going to do it.
Then explained that there was nothing par
ticularly psychological Tin the scientific
sense) or mysterious about it; but that it
was all really very obvious and simple. She
agreed to help me help her.
In the first place, | got the girl to affect
constant good -natured pose, hoping in this
way gradually to strike a happy mean be-
tween her present constant bitterness and
repellent moods and the affected attitude.
1t was not long before she began to realize
for herself how vastly more attractive and
intrinscaly self satisfying and pleasant her
agreeable phase was than her former hostile,
catty manner. People who had disliked her
began to like her, and she made friends rap
idlv where before she had made only half
friends or enemies. Smiles began to play
naturally round the corners of her mouth,
and the previously immovable frown crept
out of her forehead. AT the end of the year
she was entirely unlike her old, ugly self.
During this time | got the girl to follow my
schedule of exercise (as | have outlined it,
and to build up her health, which she had
been neglecting AS her blood got to run
ming fast again, her pleasant pose gradually
became reality, heart-inspirlng attitude,
an intrinsic nature. The color, or "fresh-
ness" came back into her face, her hair re-
gained its former luster, and an attractive
swing came into her walk.
Her case, in all truth, moreover, is by no
means remarkable one. Any woman can
follow the simple recipe and obtain the same
results. Be pleasant, keep as well as you
can, smile, exercise and let the "beauty
parlors" go hang!
THE greatest, most effective, most Won
derful of all "beauty parlors" is Nature.
The trouble lies in the fact that women study
cosmetics where they should study Nature.
| do not say that little plain cold cream
used on the face once in awhile is not all
right; but the healthier and stronger wom-
an is the less cold cream she will need. That
is my point! If you have rheumatism, it is
well and good to rub oil on yourself and take
medicine; but why rub and swallow if you
haven't rheumatism To be sure, no one
has rheumatism because he wants it, but
the more one keeps away from drafts and
unnecessary exposure the less rheumatism he
is going to have. Beauty and health, trans
lated, are merely care and caution. Cold
cream, like rheumatism OILS is medicine.
The woman who uses it, or any lotion or
preparation like it. is not any more sensible
than the woman who overdoses herself with
medicines.
The exterior and interior of the body are
related to each other, although few women
seem to realize it. They never stop to think
that good blood and a good complexion are
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