El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-01
:: Beauty Secrets of Beautiful Women ::
A Host of Valuable sFronnJo Collins
CBy Lillian Lauferty.1

A BOUT the hardest work I know
n is Just being a beauty. For
4 , there is the ever present dread
that if you relax eternal vigilance your
greatest stock in trade will diminish
and dwindle to nothingnessl On the
other hand, il you are merely on the
way to the acquisition Of beauty, any
little trace Of lOvelineSs you acquire is
net gain
However, queenly Jose Collins Of the
Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 refuses to
worry about the ravages Of time or
avOirdupOis. IF I get fat 1 get fat"
said she with complacent conviction.
I refuse to Worry about It, and to lay
in a supply of wrinkles and gray hair
and insomnia. dulled eyes. The women
in New York have gone mad on the
subject, and they would probably look
far better fat and cheerful than with
the haunted by fear Of another pound
look they all wear
Eat SparingIy.
eat sparlngly IN hot weather De
cause then don't feel warm and loggy-
I breakfast on hot water and figs. and
I eat fruit and salads without oil IN
great quantities That keeps my sys-
TEN clear and in good working order
] never eat hot foods in summer for
that would mean putting in some intern
al heat when we are sufficiently bathed
IN the warm atmosphere L keep a
watch on my SySten-lf II grows tired,
or poisoned by some food that was not
all it should have been, why I live on
some sort Of fermented milk product
some of the Tactic acid drinks that put
me il sweet, healthy trim soon again.
Every one Ought TO be her own diet
expert
i've another notion II you care to
near 1t; Every woman ought to be
her own manicure expert, too Beau
Liful hands are improved BY pink
smooth, shell like nails with neat half
moons and white tips. Lay IN a supply
OF rounded orange wood sticks, some
cuticle remover, a cuticle food a buffer,
a flexible file. one Of the standard pol
ishinE pastes. and a nail bleach Tor
removing stains from under the nails
Spend five minutes with the nails night
and morning, training them into shape
~, smooth cleanliness, and see what
splendid results you get-this would
be my advice to all girls.
''CoId cream TO make the hands
smooth. careful drying to keep them
so. and a little stretching and pulling
and patting into long graceful line
viii make the ugliest hand more attrac-
tive And if a fairly pretty hama is
Scrupul ousiy smooth and Clean and IS
tipped by smoothly rounded pink nails
with no soil or Jagged cUticle TO mar
their outlines, it will be sure to give
the Impression Of being very pretty in
deed"
Every woman her own diet expert
and manicurist" ] unused. Then Miss
Collins. you may think also that every
woman should be her own hair dresser
and expert on the care Of the hair, too
Care Of the Hair.
Indeed. I do agreed the dark eyed
beauty whose wonderful voice and de-
lightfuI acting are two Of the charms
she adds to merely appearing in glow
ing radiance on the stage I think
every. girl can train her hair in the
way it should gO-I think it well worth
time and patience to learn how to take
care of your hair.
and I think a girl should find
simple. pretty and becoming style Of
hair dressing and stick to it 1t IS not
fair TO train the hair in one direction
ana then go yanking It of into so .II,a
other way. A water wave can be put
in and even straight. lanlIy hair taught
to look fluffy and pretty
'fJust after your next shampoo press
your still damp hair into waves with
your fingers and pin the waves into
allow the hair to get perfectly dry
pinch these same waves into place
morning and evening with a. bit of hot
water to add stability to the hair as
it dries Of course, this won't make
naturally curly hair-but IL viii give
a pretty fluffy look TO locks that might
otherwise be an imitation of seaweed-
IF your hair is too long or too thick
to manage, cut out a bit Of 1t-it II be
too, then 20 to an expert Tor a tonic
and apply it faithfully with a loosen
ing. circular motion that IS splendid
for the scalp-and then you will prob
ably have a crOwning glOry-instead
Of just hair!"
So, Little Miss Would-Be Pretty.
lust work away at being --Our own
artist and hair specialist, and see If
YOU do not fail heir to some Of beau
tifuI. stately Jose Collins's healthful
magnetic charm