El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-09
CBy Lillian Luuferty1

66T HIS world is So <uu OF num-
Der of things that-accord-
ing to Mary YOung-we ought
not to sit placidly by, being as happy
as kings" but we ought to start boldly
campaigning for a wide and general
knowledge of the number of things
there are to know and be.
Now, Mary YOung-late hard work
ing and dearly beloved leading woman
of the Castle Square Stock company in
Boston, and present very natural and
very charming heroine of Believe Ne,
Xantippe," at the Thirtyninth Street
theater. has never feared work. At
present, with the unusually simple
life" marked by but six evening per
formances and two maUneeS a day.
Mry Young is studying languages IN
order TO improve every shining hour
to the utmost
"A little personal pulchritude plus a
great deal of brains makes beauty that
cOunts-while a vast amount of mere
prettiness plus no cleverness, no accom-
plishments and no animating intelli-
gence, may make a pretty picture. but
it can never represent a glorious wom-
an who is a lasting delight.
An Example.
Last spring I attended a dinner at
which one of our prima donnas was
present On one side of her sat a
French diplomat and at her other hand
was an Italian nobleman- First she
would animatedly chat with Msieu-
and then she would turn to the SiSnor
and talk to him with charm and ease.
Her animated cleYerness fairly 1llum-
mated her beauty. Her brilliancy made
her glowing, vital and dazzlingly love-
~; while the less clever woman, even
If Of greater actual beauty, faded and
paled before this woman with the gift
of tongues and keen interest and IN
sight into humanity and national char
acteristcis.
T am using two hours Of every
morning to master French and Ger
man." added Miss Young with Whim-
dazzling beauty to result-but DO
confidently expect to gain in human
insight through the ability to converse
with men of other nations in their own
language-and expect a vast field OF
literature to open before me-
ParlOr tricks are a great asset 10
the girl who would be charming DIT
of recitation, an ability to play-if not
Grieg, at least the music OF the day
gift of graceful dancing, or the charm
OF a sweet singing voice On, the WorIu
IS full of a number of th1nSs-and the
girl who desires beauty must make
sure that she has the setting for the
jewel If you are too lazy to take 'ad-
vantage of all the chances OF improve
ment that life offers, even if you have
been lowered with good features, you
viii deprive them OF animating soul
and illuminating expression
My rules for beauty would, II L
stopped to formulate and tabulate them,
be three-fold I think. Improve your
mind, cultivate your natural gifts and
discover a few unsuspetced talents to
polish is the first. Then, for rule two,
be simple and natural That means
be well bred. too. For nothing less
well bred than the present fad for arti-
ficiality, for makeup unblushingly ap-
piled, and for bold and darlngIy I'M
modest costumes could be conJured up
in a welsh rarebit dream It is so hard
to find the real human likeableness of
a woman who is hidden behind several
layers of powder and paint She looks
cheap and middle class, II no worse,
and so 1 feel that simplicity and ndtur-
alness are able Heutenants to brains
in the army that goes with flying
banners to win beauty
Reserve Force.
"And the reserve force in wOman's
beauty hunt is: Preserve a youthful,
graceful supple figure. Don't let fat
accumulate. Fat is the white WOman's
burden. This is my method of fighting
it: For breakfast 1 have a cup of black
coffee and a piece of toast; for lunch
nothing; and dinner is a fairly simple.
sweetIess meal. It took me a year to
learn to live a lunchless life. At first
used to eat a few crackers to tide
myself over the insistently hungry,
aching void time, but at last I have