Evening star., 1914-04-18
METHODS Of MAKING
OR MARR|NG CHARMS
Mrs. Phillips Talks to Clubwomen
on Art of Being At
tractive.

A plea for woman to make herself
more attractive was made by Mrs Anna
NJ. Laise Phillips In an address at the
Public Library today at a meeting
under the auspices of the Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs of Wash
ington and many visiting D. A. R. and
other club women who responded to the
invitation Of members of the federation.
The topic was THE Art of Being At
tractive; What Makes or Mars a Wom-
ans Charm In the course of the dis
cussion Mrs. Phillips paid tribute to
the women OF Washington, from whom
she said the thoughts of the subject had
been cleaned.
Age of Moving Pictures.
This is the age of moving pictures"
she said. 'and this too, Is an illustrated
lecture. only the camera is reversed and
the screen is before me.
The art of being attractive should be
distinguished from the arts of attraction.
Those are temporary, but in the definite
class the art is simply obedience to the
Golden Rule. 1t is our duty. and most
pleasurable one, to be attractive, and the
elements of the charm of women are ply
sical mental and spiritual-although all
three are so vitaly blended that there is
scarcely any way to separate them. The
physical .attractiveneSs of our sex is man
ifest by our bodies. our faces and our
figure. by the clothing we wear. or do
not wear and by the environment we
make for ourselves, our homes and the
places We inhabit.
No Definite Analogy.
Psychologists have failed to assign
definite analogy between the neatly ar
ranged head of hair and clean-cut logical
thinking. but there is no doubt that
frowsy tresses and addle pates go hand
in hand, while concise. well balanced
thought comes only when the hair IS
neatly combed.
Mrs Phillips spoke of the various forms
of attractiveness, and referring to the
eyes, caused a laugh when she told her
hearers that if they but used their eyes
properly they could charm the nlarDie
statues of the blind Homer or the crusty
Thomas Carlyle into saying frivolous
nothings DO not f1irt, or, dear no, she
continued: that is all wrong; but just
take the tonicS of air and water and ap-
ply them to the eyes and use them most
literally in looking out on q broader field
than your own four walls, and your eyes
will be beautiful and your charm en-
hanced.'
Back to Days of savagery.
In speaking of present-day dress as
factor she said:
.There is SO little of it below the knees
and so little above the waist that there is
really nothing at all to be said-we're get
ting back to the days of the savage
Helpful hands are more attractive than
manicured ones" she said.
In speaking of the higher elements that
make woman attractive the speaker
Maid a glowing eulogy to motherhood:
"a woman is most beautiful when she
is looking down at the oapy IN her arms
she said "If you haven't a baby of your
oWn-why. lust borrow your neighbors s
habv-or If YOU live in a fiat. borrow the
i.nitor,s or the cook'S-babies are not
snobs-they will cuddle up to you just as
comfortably as though you were their
very own mother-they won't mind the
difference at all. God created dogs and
cote and other animals with four rect, so
they could stand alone, but a little, help
loss baby has to be supported, and when
ION are holding a Pomeranian in your
Ian-you might better have tW1ns-you
have the requisite number OF feet, but
there is a shortage of body and lnteiil-
gence. >.
not a question of birth or breed or clan.
II is in being the best of what We should
be- womanly women, women who are
helpful and who while affiliating them
selves with societies and clubs and other
organizations do not forget their homes
and the little kindnesses that come their
way in daily life