The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-17
A DESIRE FOR BEAUTY
BY NELLIE coNLAN.

We'll. that settles I'll" sighed Lo-
retta n she entered from he street
snd sank into chair. I've given u1
being beautiful"
Dear met" exclaimed her brother.
when did you stop? I can't say that
[ notice any difference"
I've given up trying to be beautt
ful. Of course. / mean," explained Lo-
retta severely Goodness knows I
worked hard enough at It. I bought
al the women's magazines and for .
time l was puzzled what course to
pursue of all those suggested by the
beauty editors. Finally I 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 l really minded at
all was the olive OIL"
externally, or both?'
well. it's generally useful" said Lo-
retta, with reserve. What I minded
was getting it out of my hair. It had
to be rubbed into the scalp at regular
intervals to prevent the hair from
falling out. That was the idea"
WAS yours loose?'
mo, indeed, but It might bother me
that way. you know. l wanted to be
On the safe side This editor said you
| could save any hair from falling out
II you begin early enough. It took me
a good hour the tirst time to get the
hair In condition to 60 to bed. and
then it was so sticky the next day
that had to have a woman come and
shampoo me before breakfast. That
was the day 1 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. It said to rinse the hair.
Immediately with warm water but
when I did 1t 1 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"
| ehuckled Loretta THE beauty editor
advised certain kind Of cream for
the face. which ! bought over at the
hairdresser's. used 1t for several
days without looking any better and
then went over to ask about 1t. The
! woman said I'd bought the cream sold
to automobiles to keep of dust and
tan. Then she wanted me to take
the beauty lotion. but I wouldn't.
+ couldn't stand putting any more
creams on my countenance.
Next I took up a regular course Of
work recommends by the editor.
Every night and morning I brushed
each side Of my hair 100 times. max
! ing about half a thousand strokes in
all. massaged my scalp for fifteen min
utes, spent q quarter of an hour on
! my nails, took bran bath and mas
saged my face very carefully. Every
| week I had q special shampoo that
took an hour and half, and had q
professional 60 over all I had been do
Ing"
Must have cost something"
"Oh. it did" noaned Loretta. n
never got out of the specialists place
! without buying q lot Of creams and
powders. too, Then. Of course. there
were the exercises"
The WHAT"
Every night and morning had to
stand on my toes 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"
"Is that what cracked the ceilinE?''
| queried her brother. Il wondered"
mo. I did it down cellar" retoFted
| Loretta. "The exercises took 30 long
that I never was in bed much before
| midnight. and I was always late to
breakfast. I wouldn't have cared.
but"
But what?"
well. just now / met that very
frank old Mrs. Cooper. who knows our
ancestors in the days before the food.
You know herr"
ITO my sorrow. What did she say?'
"She put up her lorgnette and then
she asked me what on earth made me
so peaked She said she never dream
ed that I would look so dragged out
when my years began to show. My
grandmother, she said, was a beauty
even when she was as old as /, but
sha certainly was disappofnted In