The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
Painful Surgery to Obtain That Won
derful Long Look of the Eyes
Possessed by Nine. Jane Hading-
Operations to Secure the Curled
Upper Lip and the Perfect Nose

Nine. Jane Hading obtained that Won
derful long look to her eyes by having
the lids slit with a lancet ut the corners.
Turkish women have been in the habit
for centuries Of having the eyes Of their
children cut at the corners. but the
operation Is trifilng II done when the
child is only 2 or years OF age. Nine.
Hading had her eyes operated on when
she had reached maturity and the proc
ess was both painful and dangerous.
Each day for weeks after the lids are
cut and the wound is healing the lids are
drawn outward. Even after the wound is
healed the lids are still subjected daily
to the drawing process for several
weeks. The result is that the eyes ac-
quire that wonderful look. and to see
what success there is in such an opera
tion one has only TO look at Nine. Ha-
ding's eyes.
The curling OF the upper lip by means
OF surgery is another trick Of the beauty
worshipping French woman. This Is re-
sorted to when the lip is too straight
and long. A slit is cut across the lip
and every precaution is taken In ster-
ilizing everything. even to the very air
In the operating room, SO that the
wound may heal without the faintest
trace Of a scar, as that would be fatal
to beauty.
Not only is the lip slashed across. but
a minute strip Of flesh Is cut away and
then the edges 81 the incision are
brought together and very carefully
healed with Inc lip pressed upward. A
number Of French women have had this
operation performed. among them the
late Nine. Lautelme. who was one OF the
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effect OF the artificially curled and
shortened upper lip Is exquisite.
The Strengthening OF the line OF the
nose IL another fancy among French
women. This Is very painful operation.
as the bone sometimes has to be broken
and then reset. Although 1t Is OF course
done under the influence of an anes-
thetic, the pain afterward Is intense, as
the nerves OF the nose are especially
sensitive Mile. Yane has had this done
and SO has Mile. Daussemond.
The injecting Of hot paraffin under
the cuticle to MI out hollOws and make
perfectly rounded contours has long
been a favored device OF French women
and 1t has been resOrted to by New
York women as well. Perhaps the
greatest publicity was given to the fact
that Miss Gladys Deacon had the up
per part Of her nose treated with par
ann to make 1t perfect. This was dis
cussed all over the world and after that
the beauty artists kept their patrons
names very closely guarded.
There are two French women on the
| stage Of Paris to-day that have wonder
fully soft oval contours of face and
throat. Nine. Sorel and Anna Percy.
Both have had hot parafIin injected to
round out their lines. Nine. de Vogue
resOrted to the same plan.
Mile. Dirys has had her forehead
lanced across and . strip Of hesh re-
moved to make her eyebrows properly
elevated. Before the operation her
brows had q lowering expression: now
they have an elevation that gives q
fascinating, calm. saintlike expression.
Besides heroic measures to keep their
beauty French women have also Q long
list OF milder things that they practise
for beauty's sake.
When hats are worn that almost hide
the face, only the mouth ana chin show
Ing. women spend . good deal Of
thought On how 70 make the chin beau
LHeel - ny especially do q great
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