Barton County democrat., 1913-01-17
A DESIRE FOR BEAUTY
BY NELLIE coNLAN.

u. 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? l can't say that
4 notice any difference"
."I'Ve given up trying to be beauti-
ful, Of course. mean," explained Lo-
retta severely. Goodness knows
worked hard enough at it. l bought
ell the women's magazines and for a
time was puzzled what course to
pursue of all those suggested by the
beauty editors. Finally 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 | really minded at
Ill was the olive OIL"
You had to take 1t internally or
Externally. or BOTH"
well, it's generally useful" said Lo-
retta, with reserve. What l minded
ms getting 1t out Of my hair. It had
b be rubbed into the scalp at regular
1tervals to prevent the hair from
MdIg out. That was the idea"
Was yours loose?"
No, indeed, but it might bother me
that way, you know. wanted to be
, on @e safe side. This editor said you
couA save any hair from falling out
H ~ begin early enough. 1t took me
aged hour the first time to get the
hair in condition to go to bed, and
then 1t was so sticky the next day
that ! had to have a woman come and
. shampoo me before breakfast. That
WAS the day l was an hour late get.
ting downstairs"
II remember"
We'll, 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 did it didn't like the effect"
"Poached eggs on Loretta" com.
mented her brother. What was the
matter with that process?"
. II thought l should never get the
tangles out"
This is interesting. What trouble
did you get into next?"
"The next was sort of funny"
chuckled Loretta. "The beauty editor
advised a certain kind of cream for
the face, which | bought over at the
hairdresser's. l 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 automobilists to keep off dust and
tan. Then sine wanted me to take
the beauty lotion, but l 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 aud morning | brushed
each side of my hair 100 times, max.
ing about haf thousand strokes in
all, massaged MY scalp for fifteen min.
.utes, spent quarter of an hour on
my nails, tC K a bran bath and mas.
saged my face very carefully. Every
week l had ? special shampoo that
took an hOv" aNd half, and had a
professional 20 over all had been do
ing"
Must havo cost something"
"Oh, it al" moaned Loretta. 81
never got cut of the specialists place
without buying lot of creams and
powders, too. Then, Of course. there
were the exercises"
"The WHAT"
Every night and morning l had to
stand on my toes a 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 a rope
rs that what cracked the ceiling?'
Nueried her brother. 81 wondered"
' mo, did 1t down cellar" retorted
Loretta. THE exercises took so lone
that never was in bed much before
midnight, and l was always late tc
breakfast. l wouldn't have cared
but"
But what?" ,
well. just now l 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 ther
she asked me what on earth made me
so peaked She said she never dream
ed that | would look so dragged out
when my years began to show. NY
grandmother, she said, was beauty
even when she was as old as l, bu,
she certainly was disappointed in
me'"-Chicago Daily News.