South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-16
RULE Of BEAUTY
IS THREE-FOLD
Improve Your Mind, Be Natur-
al, Keep Youthful Figure,
Says Mary Young.
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.


This world is so full Of number
Of things" that-according to Mary
Young-we ought not TO set 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. Almost any clever woman
will tell you that beauty is brains.
or charm; but not every clever woman
can impress you with her personal
willingness 10 study and strive toward
the self-same goal that she is indi-
eating for you.
Now, Mary Young-late hard-work-
ing and dearly beloved leading
woman of the Castle Square Stock
company Of Boston, and present very
natural and very charming heroine OF
Believe Me, Xantippe", at the Thirty
Ninth st. theater, has never feared
work, effort and the constant routine
of study, rehearse, produce that
marks the career of the stock actress.
At present with the unusually simple
life" marked by but six evening per
formances and two matinees a day,
Mary 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
accomplishments and no animating
intelligence, may make a pretty pic
ture, but IT can never represent
glorious woman who is a lasting de-
light.
An Example
Last spring I attended a dinner
at which one of our great prima don
~ IN CT 10 Of Il ~
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 SignOr and talk to him with
charm and ease. Her animated cIev-
Her brilliancy made her glowing,
vital and dazzingly lovely; 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 insight into
humanity and national character
istics
81 am using two hours Of every
morning to master French and Ger
man." added Miss Young with
whimsical smile. "Of course, l don't
expect dazzling beauty to result-but
DO confidently expect to gain in hu-
man insight through the ability TO
converse with men of other nations
in their own language-and I expect
a vast field Of literature TO open be-
fore me.
"Parlor tricks are great asset to
the girl who would be charming
bit of recitation. an ability TO play
If not Greig, at least the music of the
day-a gift of graceful dancing. or
Oh. the world is full of a number of
fh In pS-qn6 the girl who desires
beauty must make sure that she has
the setting for the jewel. If you are
too lazy TO take advantage of all the
chances Of improvement that life Of
fers. even IL you have been lowered
with good features. you will deprive
them Of aDimating soul and illum>
mating expression.
My rules for beauty would, if [
stopped to formulate and tabulate
them, be three-fold, I think. Improve
your mind, cultivate your natural
gifts and discover a few unsupported
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 artiiciality, for
makeup, unblushingly applied. and for
bold and daringly immodest costumes
could be coniured up in welsh rare
bit dream. 1t 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. if no worse. and so I
feel that simplicity and naturalness
are able lieutenants 10 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 I have a cup of
black coffee and a piece Of toast; for
lunch-NOTHING; and dinner is
fairly simple sweetleSs meal. 1t took
me a year to learn TO live a lunch-less
life. At first I used TO eat few
crackers TO tide myself over the in
sistently hungry. aching void time.
but at last I have learned not TO miss
the lows OF lunching.
ooh, everything worth while in all
this world Of nun berless things seems
to demand a struggle, but the NEED
for your pains makes it all so worth
The struggle. doesn't it2" concluded
Miss Young. with the dear little smile
that like her very evident mental
power eliminates her piquant, mobile
brunette charm into a very worth
while type of beauty
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