The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
The Woman's Page Of The Tnmes-Dispatch
ainting the Lily

Onct, somewhere, YOU must ha'% !
heard all aooat gliding refined GOA
aud painting the n.y. Tor At - a stois
thaI has been made 10 mean nuHooi
of things on great many olh"t'h'
occasions. bit the IIiy that 1 am writ
ing about to-day is a pretty Siil' !"
lact "A whole lot Of pretty girls. 1aey
are dancing in our bathrooms ana SIT
Ting next one at dinner and their eyes
are as wide and sweet as sPI4hs ~"
ers ,.
Now. these dear little girls. WIN
their sweet. wide eyes. have some "heie
heard that tiny bit Of paint ao"s
greatly to their looks. and IL man
them feel very grown up and @e'io""'s
society, 50 they think. 10 paint 'neso
pretty faces clear up 10 t"eir "''
eyes and OH, what woeI1i hess -"
make Of their good looks. W nat
IL is put on artistically. paint 10 pa'h''
and each tiny smear Of II that 20"
may place ever so lightly on thoS"
checks Of yours stands Up ana "aNoo
hands to all who pass. In tneii heai =
they say, What a pity. she Is
pretty ii she would Just let ne'Se
aIoner' wonder where IL has All
come frop,-thls sudden influx OF t"e
color boxes? Some time ago u vs.
ttino girl came 20 town and caKeo
me- face with roses out OF the DoA
ON her bureau, her friend wouiu sla''
.rologetically TO her friends that S"'
was from such and such place al"
thev ALI did u there. But every Dou'
continued TO think IL was just ii'lt-
out OF the way and most assHi eo''
very conspicuous looking, ana an u"
.adylike thing 10 do.
Dear lsttle girl, with your AMBER
hair tangled across white. SWEEP Ia
los Yourself alone, Don't you Hho"
hat people would remark t"iSe y"
the odd white and god type 'h"t YoN
were 20 tho half-dozen times '"eS
could say. with a shrug, What
silly little goose TO mar her 'ooHS
Won see that is one OF the things tnat
,.,,o-,,hody can't help noticing, and
a,,rl that ifnagines she % being "p-'o
da-e and adding to her beauty -
drearntne a silly. empty dream. In Just
little while her cheeks viii oeein
"a look shrivelled and old. ana she
yin have 10 put Oh more and more
,atnt and you, that do not want 10
s-rovv old. or look old. why do you 90
~ In every OLD physiology DOCK that
,-o,, studied ~ school you always io~h1
printed In italics "the skin is the thiro
lune Of IN. body" and there were AZ
least two paragraphs about no" Tue
sl.5r hr.athed and performed functions
necessary 10 NE and health and. most
Of all. 10 beauty
Now We viii turn over inc paee A''-
d., -,.ore paragraphs about what hap
pens II YOU clog these pores. ana ,"eS
don.t nut IL in poetic language. either.
,ho,- what an ugly old bag you VIII
20, 10 he in the shortest possible u''e
Win cakine STUFF on your face tnat :
.toesu't belong there. So. reason hfst'
4, to-. beatthy. and reason second,
,-o,, look ike 4 trump and lot OF
o.bcr things that ! wouldn't I'He 10
..au Won right oGt III meeting ana
rcsson three If you think YOU look
,,-c.tv Won rnfgh. Just as well chang"
,.our mind. because YOU don't ana rea-
s,n four. II you think II makes you i"oA
m, 20 date s,nd Frenchy. why YOU nave
.nIv 10 look at somebody that doesh
co. that :, IS the essence OF bad
;aste and bad form.
7. ,yssn.t very long ago that 7 saw
40 many as rfty Of the prettiest sort
40 Girls in soft. shimmer!ng frocks, 60
~ "a q ball and all OF them were !
~ Younger set and all OF them
shonrd have known better. certainty
tbeir mothers should nave known bet
,c- for two-thirds OF them We're paint
g., With a wretched disregard Tor the
,.-o,,er Mace for roses Really. II makes
,ou sick all over You say 10 your
10 "But they arc SO young ana
.~esb and dear looking ana they don
,..ed II Al all. Why do they do II. on
l-,,,,- we cant always see the VISION
- ourselves as clearly a. the mirror
presents il L. US. for our niines ar
allied with what we want 20 look line
md that is the fancy that fingers
S,,,.etest little hearts III the world!
throw the oid boxes out OF the VIII
49, and give your own fresh face
- TO be fascinating without the
lin, Do YOU know that the people
~ ms big old world are hunting rum
.~;g md chasing always after
.a--c,b,,r Notwithstanding indi-
,.5d,,.r looking. and You. with all your /
.,,bi.a face and your dark hair. or your
Id, hair. may frame your sweet
80 n trst the softest colOrs that !
s,,it II and may make yourself not
~ cor, of beauty that the world IS
=. +ired of Rat sonnet body that IS ne"
"a d,gerent like a rare blossom that
l.s vroyvn among rows ~ common
n1ace garden flowers Leave the paint
for the footlights. because they Heeu
IN, ar they can get. and just De
,.our very own self. white a moon /
dover grown in a dream garden
BRENT WITT.
New short Coats
\ very smart new short coat As oe'ns
worn in Paris. generally Of i contrast
inc color OF material 10 the afternoon
frsss II is shaped like a Spanish
boIero iacket-not the one We are USED
-, e.eins, in fancy dress costumes. but
,be one that has a dip downward TO
ward the back. In front il comes nearly
or 70 the waist. and at the back TOO
n little below hip depth. sometimes =.
* bordered with band Of fur ana
-,a.ch:ns, mun IL bordered with the
same fur. Very striking was one OF
these dron little bolerOs. made of leop-
ard skin. with border OF skunk ana
worn with matching mua
Another short coat worn in Paris IS
the new -nanteiet. made on the same
aofrnan lines as LONGER wrap. nut
coming only to hip depth and match
ing the gown. this makes a new note
IN the thrce-piecc suit. when IL Is one