El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-04
BEAUTY CHATS.
|: By Edna Kent Forbes
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RANY young girls write and ask
MI what their measurements
l. = should be, and give me lists Of
their present measurements on neck,
bust, hips. etc. I never can answer
them satisfactorily, for there are no
absolute tables as 10 what women
should measure. II all beautiful
women had 70 measure up to a stand
ard table OF weights and proportions,
would be a pretty monOtonous world,
for beauty would be all of one type
instead Of thousands As it is, We
have the petite type, the tall Juno
esQue beauty, the very slender and
the rather plump, the short wasted
and long wasted narrow hipped or
well developed type. and everyone
has its own circle Of admirers
The standard bust measure Tor a
full grown woman has come TO be
So. This is more an average than a
rule for beauty, though anything over
q SO bust ceases 10 be pretty and be-
comes heavy looking. A young girl
averages 80 to 81. The hip measure
ment is so flexible il is hard to give
a standard for il, usually It IS four
inches more than the bust though
styles change it to more or less than
this from year TO year. The Venus
de Milo is usually accepted as the
standard Of beauty in woman, yet the
Venus has a head that is SO small
as to be out Of all proportion to her
magnificent body.
Perfect proportions are best gained
by proper diet and exercise, which
will regulate the weight Of the whole
body, adding flesh where II is needed
and taking IL away where II is too
thick. Yet some help can be given
by massaging thin parts with fats-
cocoa butter. olive oil or pure Ilssn
building cold cream. But this local
treatment is slow compared TO the
better one Of proper food and eN-
ercise-
Questions and Answers.
A C.-Nery little can be done to
reduce. large ankles. though general
reduction OF the body when there is
too much flesh, also reduces the an
kles. Massage done quite vigorously
reduces the extra flesh there. and
high, snug fitting shoes viii help.
H l. T-Tincture Of benzoin is
used only in the rinse water. because
it is an astringent-that is, it con-
tracts the pores And the washing
must always open the pores to loosen
the dirt, the rinsing must close them
against dust in the air. Cold water
is best-half a dozen drops to a quart
Of water is enough
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Steady Reader-Send me a self
addressed stamped envelope LOT re-
cipe for a hair tonic and directions
for removing dandruff. If you will
battle your eyes in solution of boriC
acid--a teaspoonful Of the powder TO
a pint Of water. kept bottled-it viii
soothe them SO the rcdness will leave
use an eyecup-
C. l. A.-Mix a teaspoonful OF
q gar a gar with cereal or any wet
dish like 70, and take a teaspoonful
this way once q day, for as long a
period as you wish
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T. C.-There is no specified height
for a girl Of 70. they vary too much
for statistics to be made. And weight
depends upon height and age. Get
your doctor to give you a regular
freckle cream.
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Q. E M potato poultice would
be made fom thin slices of raw pO-
tato. bound over the affected place.
do not know much about these. per
haps some readers can tell more than
I about the making and the use Of
potato poultices. Warts are removed