The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-15

I have been on terms of the most intimate friendship with some of my clients, but none of these friendships has ever developed into a love affair. Many women have talked very frank ly to me on the subject. Once one of the most beautiful women in society said to me, 'I am not sure that l would not fall in love with you If l had not happened to be rather keen about someone else just now
 She spoke jestingly, but after pause she said, speaking quite seri- ously, DO you know, I am really much greater friends with you than with any other man I know, and yet ] am not one bit in love with you, as you know perfectly we'll
 Another lady, whose experiences I am bound to say were considerable in the matter of love affairs, said to me when talking on the subject Of friendship between the sexes, Well, I always feel that I want every man with whom I am on friendly terms to fall in love with me; but when he does I generally cease to have any particular desire to see him or to care about him. I could go on try ing to make a man love me for quite h him always until I succeeded, and then I think I should have a falling out with him"
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 "well." l said with q laugh. T must take care not to fall a victim of your charm or l shall lose a client"
 You are quite right" she an ewered. You would. I would never come near you if 1 thought you were the least bit in love with me-
 In the seeking after beauty some women nowadays will go to the most remarkable lengths to obtain it. Not only will they undergo very danger ous and difficult operations and te- d;ous and very expensive face treat uent, but they will go through pc :-jads of the most extraordinary self denial; they will endure the most terrible hunger pains. suffer fearfuuy from cold, and renOunce all the en- joyment of life to win a beauty that is greater and more striking than that possessed by even many of the beautiful wornen-a beauty of Q, weird and ethereal kind.
 The beauty specialist can, as have told, do wonders in increasing and intensifying a woman's beauty Ef but even by the exercise of his great est skill he cannot give a woman who lives we'll, who eats pIentifully and drinks wine. and keeps late hours the same type of beauty as a, woman who is prepared to sacrifice these sorts of enjoyments.
 Here is an account of the life of one of the most famous beauties in society today, led in order to obtain the particular type of beauty she so much desired to possess. She was a client of mine. I briefly indicated to her the kind of life she had to lead for a year or even longer in or der that her wish might be grati- fled.
 She declared that she was quite prepared to do as I had suggested. She went to her home in the coun- try. and for twelve months led prac- tically the life of a hermit. Her diet was as follows:
 Breakfast, thin porridge and toast; lunch, cream and rice; dinner. fish and fruit.
 She never touched tea or coffee. and never drank wine or spirits of any kind; after each meal she drank a tumbIer of cold water. She slept throughout a bitterly cold winter with the windows and doors of her bedroom open and with about two fblankets on her. She never sat near fire, but she was cold, warmed her self by going through some physical exercise. She walked ten miles every day in all weathers, she went to bed at nine, and rose at five o'clock Aft CT rising she would read and write letters until six. and would then either work in her garden or assiat in the housework until nine, wt1er she breakfasted.
 Perfect Physical Health.
 She told me that som etimes before breakfast or between meals she suf ferod so much from hunger that she cried with the pain of 1t; and, minG you, she was a lady who had beer accustomed to lead luxurious life.
 She was rather inclined to be plurp, and she, of course, lost flesF under her new mode of living, bu her diet was quite sufficient to keel her properly nourished, and the los of her superflous flesh greatly i'm proved her general appearance. visited her several times and gav' her face treatment, the results O which were infinitely more success full than they could have been hat she been leading the kind of life sh was accustomed to.
 At the end of the year she ha acquired a. beauty that would hav made her remarkable in a room full of even the most beautiful women She had acquired a delicacy and fine ness of beauty that is rarely seen there was a purity about her com plexion that 8 beauty specialist cal never quite succeed in giving by ar tihcial means, though he can make very successful imitation of it. Thi purity was the natural thing, the re suit of perfect physical health. An in this lady's eyes was a wonderfu light, such as the old masters pu into the eyes of paintings of Ma donnas.
 Not many women have the strengt of character or powers of enduranc of leading the severe and simple If in order to acquire beauty.
 One of my clients a lady of hig rank tried to do so but she foun the restricted diet early hours, an