The Detroit times., 1912-02-02
Age and Beauty


tilation Is matter OF paramount inn
lportanco.
Water, both internally and external
ly, also plays a vitality important part
in acquiring health and beauty. The
frequent drinking of water between
meals reduces the strength OF tho
various acids which accumulate in the
system and cleanseS the blood of i'm
purities. II should not. however, be
taken with food, as IL lowers the heat
of the stomach, dlutes the digestive
juices and thus interferes with diges-
ton. The Importance OF bathing and
general cleanliness as a health-givine
and Identifying agent is too we'll known
for comment. In olden times they
were sufficiently enlightened to erect
public baths instead of hospitals, and
bathing was enforced by law to pre-
vent the spread OF disease. Perfect
cleanliness OF surroundings as we'll as
of the person, Is essential to health
and beauty
Sunshine is another health and
! beauty agent We all know that with
out solar light there can be no health
full vegetable growth, and II is equal
| ly important for the beauty and per-
lection of bodily growth Sunlight
| produces chemical changes in the
blood, vitaliZes the tissues and bene-
| fits the entire system.
! II is a scientific truth that the men,
| tai and moral qualities mold the body
and express themselves SO plainly that
HE who runs may read" The Record
| ing Angel does not keep a more
accurate account of our good and bad
deeds than does our own countenance.
We cannot be foul within and fair
without. There is logic in painting
angels beautiful and attractive and
demons repellant and hideous. The
genuinely good have invariably
good countenance. The features may
not be regular. but they are illumined
and idealized by beauty from with
In Discomfort, selfishness. and all evil
emotions disfgure the countenance
with harsh lines and a hard express
sion. Jealousy, anger and all turbulent
moods produce chemical changes that
are poisonous to the entire system.
They burn up tissue, consume the
body like a raging fever, and destroy
beauty. The mythology of the Greeks,
which represents the dragon-the
symbol of the baser passions
belching flames coming from its
mouth, is truly significant.
There Is no beautifier of com
plexion, or form, or behavior, like
the wish to scatter Joy and not pain
around us" The woman who would
be beautiful must therefore begin by
being good. She should distribute
smiles instead of frowns Smiles
radiate happiness-blessing both Civ
er and receiver-and II we but knew
the good they accomplish We would
bestow them more freely
TO watch over the heart. preserve
the health, and cultivate the nina is
therefore the only way to attain the
highest type of physical, mental and
spiritual beauty. And there is great
satisfaction in striving TO evolve our
higher nature-the real ego. When we
understand that every divine quality
may be cultivated and brought TO
physical expression. then shall we per-
ceive the true value and supreme
dignity OF beauty.
There are faces so fluid with ex-
pression-so flushed and rippled with
the play OF thought--that one can
scarCely find what the mere features
really are. This Is the triumph of eX-
preston, degrading beauty, charming
us with a power so fine and friendly
and intoxicating that it makes admir-
cd persons Insipid and the thought OF
passing our lives with them insup-
portable. And petulant old
gentlemen. who have CHANGED to suf-
fer some intolerabie WEAKNESS from
pretty people, affirm that the secret of
ugliness consists--not in irregularity
but in being uninteresting.