The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
Work and Play in the Household Fs,a 1eR MARSHALL
Beauty for the Easter Bride

What must a girl do to seem fair on
her wedding day?
What must she do to appear graceful?
What must she do to be well?
The most important question is the
last. Why? Because all the elements Of
beauty and grace depend upon physical
WELL being.
How Is 1t possible to burnish a COM
plexion hurt by indigestion or insufficient
food Of nourishing quality! How posi-
BILE to walk with grace. distinction. up
church aisle. lined with critical eyes.
when legs and nerves are trembling for
want of proper rest. How appear bloom
ing. when brain, heart. soul and body
have been rushed till the last moment
with the flutter of wedding f1xings.
In the days of olden France the bride
intended for some distant prnce-in fact,
every great lady-spent the last days be-
fore her wedding in some quiet convent.
far from everything which could agitate
her mind The enforced retreat was not
entirely for religious purposes. The wise
arbiters Of conduct of the times knew
that 1t was necessary as well for looks.
for the graceful composure, which 'can
alone give the wedding day dignity. In
this way the usual bride fightiness"
was avoided. the crise de nerfs. which
might end In fainting fit made impos-
sible, the impression Of wise parents as
sured. In France everything Is due the
parents even to this day. and the French
habit Of holding the cOurtship down to
the most perfunctory meeting is an ad-
mirable start toward bridal good looks.
This period should be spent by the
bride largely in rest. with only such gen.
tie distractions as stimulate. She must
eat regularly, sleep more than usual, ex-
ercise, drink copiously of fresh air. and
If through this lapse the wedding frock
itself fails. let her go to the altar in her
rainy day skirt and lawn shirtwaist.
What is most necessary is that she shall
be fair. at ease. composed in every mus
cle-in short, in the wholesome physical
state which. nine times out of ten, alone
insures a peaceful marriage. There are
not many Robert BrOwnings in these
pra ctical times. Few men would be will
ing to wrest a girl from a sick room.
where she has lain in darkness for
months, and carry her. 50 to speak. in
their arms on the honeymoon.
A disturbed body is after all the least
admired thing on earth But perhaps.
in these times OF elaborate fore. expen-
sive trousseaux and strenuous social in
tercourse. there Is no use seriously to
advise a bride to set aside externals en-
tirely in the last weeks of her maiden
life. Things have got to be done, but 1t
is generally parents, relatives or paid
assistants who attend to the best part
Of these at the last The way is clear
then. for some bridal training. which, In
point Of regularity. should be as inexor-
able as that for a prize fighter.
Let us begin with the brides food. II
she has been in the habit of lunching on
cream sodas or saltines. let her at once
turn to honest beefsteaks, chops, and
their attendant vegetables and salards.
Let her eat substantial and wholesome
food at the breakfast hour and go to bed
early on a light dinner. good dinner
menu for one day could be as follows:
A cream soup or four oysters.
Roast. fricaseed, or boiled chicken.
Plain boiled rice.
Beet and field salad.
Figs, prunes, or currant jelly.
Change this every day, taking only