The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-04-11
A DESIRE FOR BEAUTY
BY NELLIE CONLAN.

We'll, that settles it," sighed Lo-
retta as she entered from the street
and sank into chair. I've given up
being beautiful"
Dear mel" exclaimed her brother.
when did you stop? can't say that
[ notice any difference"
"Pve given up trying to be beauti-
full, of course. mean," explained Lo-
retta severely. Goodness knows 1
worked hard enough at it. I bought
all the women's magazines and for a
time I was puzzled what course to
pursue Of all those suggested by the
beauty editors Finally I chose one in
spite Of the fact that no other beauty
editor agreed with her on two or three
subjects. The only thing about her
prescriptions that I really minded at
all was the olive OIL
"You had to take it internally or
externally, or both?"
well, it's generally useful" said Lo-
retta, with reserve. What l minded
was getting 1t out of my hair. 1t had
to be rubbed into the scalp at regular
intervals to prevent the hair from
| falling out That was the idea"
"Was yours loose?"
mo, indeed, but it might bother me
that way, you know. I wanted to be
| on the safe SIDE This editor said you
| could save any hair from falling out
| IL you begin early enough. 1t took me
| a good hour the first time to get the
| hair in condition to go to bed, and
then It was so sticky the next day
| that had to have a woman come and
| shampoo me before breakfast. That
was the day I was an hour late get
| ting downstairs"
"I remember"
"Well, another thing recommended
was egg shampoo, which you must put
| on yourself in order to have fresh ma
| terials used. 1t said to rinse the hair
| Immediately with warm water, but
when I did it didn't like the effect. "
"Poached eggs on Loretta com,
| mented her brother. What was the
matter with that process?"
"I thought I should never get the
tangles out"
''This is Interesting. What trouble
| did you get into next?"
| 1.-THE next was sort of funny,
| chuckled Loretta. ''The beauty editor
advised a certain kind of cream for
the face, which 1 bought over at the
hairdresser's. I used it for several
days without looking any better and
| then went over to ask about it. The
woman said I'd bought the cream sold
to automobiles to keep off dust and
tan. Then she wanted me to take
the beauty lotion, but I wouldn't.
couldn't stand putting any more
creams on my countenance.
Next I took up regular course OF
work recommends by the editor
Every night and morning I brushed
each side of my hair 100 times, max.
l ing about half a thousand strokes in
all, massaged my scalp for fifteen min
utes, spent a quarter of an hour on
my nails, took bran bath and mas
saged my face very carefully Every
week I had a special shampoo that
took an hour and a half, and had a
professional go over all had been do
ing"
Must have cost something"
ooh, it did," moaned Loretta. 81
never got out Of the specialists place
without buying a lot Of creams and
powders, too. Then, of course, there
were the exercises"
1.-THE what?"
Every night and morning had to
stand on my toes certain number of
times, swing my arms up and down
for fifteen minutes, touch the floor
ten times when standing, take twenty
long breaths and jump rope"
els that what cracked the ceiling?'
queried her brother. 81 wondered"
mo, did it down cellar" retorted
Loretta. 1.-THE exercises took sc long
that l never was in bed much before
midnight, and I was always late to
breakfast. I wouldn't have cared,
but"
But what?"
"Well, just now / met that very
frank old Mrs Cooper. who knows our
ancestors in the days before the food.
You know herr"
| "To my sorrow. What did she say?'
~She put up her lorgnette and then
she asked me what on earth made me
so peaked She said she never dream
ed that I would look so dragged out
when my years began to show. MY
grandmother, she said, was a beauty
even when she was as old as I, but
she certainly was disappointed In
| me."-Chicago Daily News.