The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-04-13
MILADY'S BEAUTY SECRETS
I is dif,cult for woman to remain
BY CATHERINE CALVERT.
(Mrs. Paul Armstrong;

II Is dificult for woman to remain
her natural self in this era Of arti.
fice, of struggling for social and
financial supremacy. Everything
feminine nowadays appears to be or
ganiEed In a conspiracy to destroy
indebtedness Of manner. This Is
a pity. for the most fascinating
woman is she who can remain nat
ural at all times and under all con-
ditions. The more worldly and ex-
perienced the woman-the more
sophisticated she becomes-the
more she appreciates this truth.
During the past two years there
has been an epidemic of "ingenue-
ness"-if may be permitted to
coin q word. Old, young. rich. poor,
sophisticated. and worldly women
have adopted the style In clothes
which the ingenue theretofore had
claimed as exclusively her own: and
with the clothes these women have
affected the mannerings Of the in
genue.
The dictionary defines ingenue a.
IAN artless young woman" mean
ing thereby young woman natural
In manner.
But the women to whom I refer.
who adopt the artless ways OF the
ingenue, are not natural In manner.
Their very consciousness OF their
simplicity" and 'unaffectedness"
spells everything. Only the genuine
ingenue can impress the intelligent
observer as such.
To be natural does not necessa-
rily mean to be innocent and artless.
To be natural means to be true to
yourself. Who expects the woman
OF 3b to be as innocent as the girl
OF IS? Who expects her to know
as little OF the worlds problems. to
have the same conceptions Of char
acter, as the young girl who Is
dreaming her first golden dreams OF
life? II woman of such an age
affects the mental attitude OF q girl
she Is not natural-and consequent
ly she does not impress the observ-
er as being genuine. Age inevitably
carries with it experience, and ex-
perience changes every one.
In my view, nothing Is more un-
natural than for a woman Of middle
age to find her chief delight in a
line of books that were dear to her
heart when she was still In her
teens" just beginning her course
In the great school OF life. II is
! like a sculptor creating the same
I subjects at the age OF 30 that grew
out of her brain and heart when she
was 20. II such cases exist, the
mental development has been nil.
Something is radically wrong.
The world has established GER
tain standards OF etiquette for those
who would be recognized as we'll
bred and cultured The earlier In
life these standards are adopted the
better for the woman. Fortunate In
deed is she who has cultivated early
in life soft voice. poise. grace OF
carriage, and the pretty" way OF
doing things. She need have no fear
| that in a moment Of excitement she
will forget herself and be guilty OF
a faux pas.
Absolutely destructive OF natural
ness in manner Is self-consciousness.
This affection amounts at times al
most to an obsession. II causes
women to shout who wish to speak
low: It leads often to an assumption
of bravado, causing criticism that
may be unjust, but is invited and
unavoidable.
1t is a gentle art, the art OF being
natural; one that Is essential to
every woman who wishes to be re-
garded as interesting, attractive,
and popular. No woman with an