The Cairo bulletin., 1913-11-30
BEAUTY SECRET
By Lillian Russell

| - | cant see where I've chanSed 50
remarkably. but people VIII say
How young Miss Russell looks'
Why, you might think that l had
been wrlnkled mummy! You might
suppose that was a thousand years
Old!
Goodness! Have they nothing
better 10 Soy Of me than that am
well preserved?
Why should Il be marvel that
1 remain attractive and young in
stead of growing old and fadedP
And why should people talk about IT
all the time?
They don't say anything about
how wonderful it is that Viola Al
| len remains young. or Annie Rus
sci and vet they were on the stage
at the same time that | was. Annie
Russell and / made our debute In
New York on the very same night.
"She PLAYED 'Esmeralda and
was in The Snake Charmer' Every
now and again someone pops up
and declares: Lillian Russell?
Oh she must be an old woman by
this time saw her on the stage
when | was a young girl
"Of course she did. Why
| shouldn't she? was on the stage
when | wasn't quite sixteen. So if
she was a young girl, was one too,
And If l am an old woman, she is
one also. And there YOU are
| II have not reduced as much as
one might suppose. l try to keep
myself at about the same weight.
Diet is the best means of fighting
Fiat. and the easiest way when YOU
| get used to it. Unless a woman
has all kinds of time at her disposal
and can exercise enough to reduce
materially, for the best exercise for
losing flesh is walking. Still ii
gives YOU such an appetite ! don't
| know but you gain ii back again.
| can take down my weight quickly
and beautifully by walking, but 1t
takes too much time, and I'm a busy
woman II | put. on a sweater ana
go out for tramp, I've used up the
best part of morning can't at
ford the time so ! diet.
I'm tell you a new cure for fat.
and good one. lost ten pounds
in two weeks. It's recommended by
a Paris doctor and lots Of profess
sional women and society women
have tried it. 1t is tea, just plain
weak tea. You drink nothing but
tea, and you drink it al the time,
with your meals and between your
meals. You get so sick of tea that
you hate to hear the word mention
led, but it certainly does the work
Women should work if they
have the ability. What does a wo-
imam amount to unless she Is en-
| ployed? She grows old and stupid
land homely and undressing II
YOU use your brains youH develop
them Ambition-that's what every
woman needs. I suppose If I had
been like some women I should have
settled down, raised twelve or ff-
teen children, know nothing outside
| my home and been decrepit by this
time. But circumstances compelled
NE to work.
"The days are all too short.
Truly the years fly so fast that |
don't believe | live more than one
in five. Perhaps that's why | keep
so young. I don't know that there's
any hard and fast rule for youth
and beauty, but there's the way to
Hive:
Il lead a moral life My regime
is simple to degree, and my whole
life Is as regular as clock work. I
walk some and I sleep a lot, ana 7
battle often ana well. / exercise
resularly, and | eat all kinds of
good things, except salads and DO
tatoes and pastry. Salads are bad
for the voice If there is any ten
dency to rheumatism.
Il rarely drink any alcoholic
beverage, and l never worry.
'~iS At&iL AEl 40 10 pea
wash my face thoroughly and rub
plenty Of cold cream, because 1t
keep the skin fresh and soft.
There! That's my only secret
give it gladly and cheerfully to
any woman who wants it. If It re-
+ iuvenates her I'll be glad.
Don't mention Fountains Of
youth I detest the expression. II
makes me feel that l have been look
ing very old. don't want to ever
Ineed reiuyenating. I intend to re-
main youthful until I pass beyond.
land this pleasant tour in John
INort's wonderful vaudeville idea Is
Ian the fountain Of youth I need,
because it keeps me active and is
ever a means of delight"