The Washington times., 1913-03-21

~ VERY ume i see Lillian Russell
~ / am moved to curiosity, tine
l. tured with equal parts Of ad-
miration and wonder. wish I
could find out her sercret. A woman who
looks thirty. yet admits that she is at
least a score Of years older that that
certainly commands the respect, ad.
miration, and careful consideration of
every man and woman.
Lillian Russell, as she stood on the
stage of the National Theater yester-
day afternoon and talked to q theater
full Of people. could easily have passed
for a woman In her late twenties or
her early thirties. Her figure is that OF
a young woman. Her eyes are filled
with the freshness Of eternal youth. Her
white, even teeth. her firm-muscled
face. her shining golden hair. all give
the lie to the assertion that she was
born about the time that the country
was all upset over the civil war: when
women wore funny little bonnets and
hoop skirts. and when the sufYragette
movement was In its infancy.
But this fact remains, notwithstand-
ing, yet nobody has wrested the title
OF ''the most beautiful woman in
America" from Miss Russell. and as I
looked at her yesterday. both as she
appeared upon the stage and later,
when I talked to her for few minutes
in her dressing room. it. seemed as
though it might be q long time before
anyone would succeed her to this title.
Miss Russell yesterday presented an
entertainment that was unique and de-
cidedly entertaining, as well as valu-
able. The program announces II to be
an offering entitled How to Live One
Hundred Years''-not a lecture, but just
an entertainment for people who think.
Her production IL all Of this 1t con-
tains a great deal of sensible phil
osophy, sugar-coated, delightfully."- pre-
heard It. Miss Russell started out in
life with that very desirable gift. good
looks, but she has what IL even more
desirable and necessary in these days
good sense.
I dare say that many women who
listened to her yesterday started out
In life almost fully equipped with
beauty as she. but they have failed In
that other requirement.; therefore they
have lost what they most desired
through inability to recognise that
beauty Of body must be accompanied by
beauty of mind.
Miss Russell once told me that when
she was a very young girl. one Of her
managers said to her. III you ever sue
ceed it will be because Of your beauty"
So impressed was she with this remark
that she said to herself. If have only
~ hail. neY in hio
world. l will do all 1 can to develop
and keep this valuable asset" The
result Of this determination stood before
the audience yesterday afternoon. and
the general verdict was that she had
more than fulfilled all the early prophe-
cies that had been made regarding this
gift.
Part one Of Miss Russelfs lecture
consisted of some very attractive kline
macolor Views OF the. development OF
flowers from bud to blossom. AFTER
this Miss Russell came upon the stage.
beautifully gowned in a creation of
apricot colored charmeuse. draped with
filmy lace. and with a net tunic. She
wore a small black hat simply trimmed
with a graceful aigrette. Her figure Is
perfect for Miss Russell has lost
several pounds Of avoirdupois since she
appeared here less than a year ago
with the Weber and Fields jubilee. She
told her hearers of her daily routine,
giving them the right and wrong way
to commence the day. mo one can be
pleasant and happy and at peace with
the world unless they start the day
right" she sagely remarked, and she
the right way to do it.
Plenty of fresh air. plenty Of Natures
best beautifier. cold water. plenty of
exercise are the ingredients Of Miss
Russelrs beauty remedy. She brushed
her hair for her audience, told them
what she ate for breakfast, then con-
Quoted her hearers to her gymnasium.
where she showed what the medicine
ball, the punching bag and other gym
nastic apparatus could do toward keep
ing a woman young and supple.
Later came one OF the most interest
ing points of the speakers lecture a
scene which showed how a woman on a
limited income might dress becomingly.
vet modishly in one costume. She sage
" went into the intricacies Of high
necked and low-necked guimpes. which
NAV have puzzled the male contingent
OF her audience, but which We're as
clear as day to her woman hearers.
After this Miss Russell took her au-
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