The Washington times., 1916-02-29
Persons Following System win
Be as Lilies Of the Field,
Says Virginia Pearson.
BETTER INSURANCE RISKS
Likewise Actress Asserts They
Merit All Their Suffering
Friends Say About Them.

The business OF being a modern
Cleopatra and Madame Recamier Is
not all beer and skittlesi
Mostly It is massaging, and mani
curing. and bathing. and putting
ones self through system OF phys
ical training that is more trying
than the prosaic work OF digging
ditches-even II II does accomplish
results. '':
AT least that is the way Virginia
Pearson finds t.. And Miss Pear
son. who. by way OF being a WASH
ington girl by education II not
through birth. is demonstrating to
motion picture patrons throughout
the country just how. much OF
Cleopatra. and Madame Recamier
she has made herself by following
a severe system OF beauty culture.
Those Washingtonians who re-
member Miss Pearson's many ap-
pearances here on the stage are
authority for the statement that the
lovely Egyptian and the equally put
chritudinous French beauty couldn't
have zen easier to look upon tnan
Miss Pearson. Consequently. the
handsome young photoplayer ought
to know whereof she speaks.
Miss Pearson doesn't say she does
all these things herself. As a mat
ter or fact, she dares anybody 10
try to make her do them. But from
her experience she declares these
are the things a woman ought to 40
II she expects to retain her beauty.
And any woman who viii do aii
this. she declares, will be beautirui
hundred years.
And she ought to-" driIy COM
ments the actress after looking over
the system. Il can't think OF any
thing more severe than that to say
much time just simply for the pur-
pose OF being beautiful"
Here is the daily system:
Before she greets the dawn for her
morning ride or walk. she must have
her morning bath and cream mas
sage. The cream used for the mas
sage is OF Just the degree Of thick
ness that the average American
wishes for his morning coffee. Be-
fore being used for massage Il can
be impregnated with the odor of
rose leaves or the faintest trace of
lavender.
Immediately after her morning ride
or rapid walk over country roads,
the beauty cultivator returns for
her steam bath. and tnis she follows
with an olive oil rub down and Wig
orous massage OF the features and
entire body.
II will be good news. indeed. to
women: who are interested In Miss
Pearson's beauty training to know
that all of these rigorous exercises
have one great recompense. She
finds II wholly unnecessary to prac-
tice dieting or indulge in "starva-
tion cures" ,....-....---
The most exactinE part OF her daily
regimen comes before she retires.
which is usually after midnight.
Prior to retiring she must undergo
thorough treatment at the hands OF
her maids. Her nails are manicured
and polished with an ointment of
myrrh. the roots OF her hair are
treated with cucumber tuice. and her
face and neck are massaged with n
preparation composed In part OF the
bark Of the aromatic cinnamon
bush.
These. however, do not constitute
the entire evenings treatment, for
the. cinnamon ointment has to be
kneaded from the skins Doras and
the latter have to be closed by the
application Of camphor Ice. Next
there must be n vigorous brushing
Of the hair to stimulate the hair fol-
licles. After that comes the bath.
The bath at night differs material
ly from that OF the morning. The
skin is shocked into a healthy glow
by the alternate applications OF hot
end cold water. and after II has
been sufficiently stimulated the ice
massage Is administered.
After that. " the searcher for
beauty insn't beautiful she mustn't
blame Miss Pearson! q. NJ.