Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-06-25
DEAR WINNIE

| 4 was so ANXIOUS 20 40 10 the NiStuiN
this week to see Priscilla Dean in
The Virgin of STEAMBOAT" for Pris-
silla is the actress who has been writ
ing TO me this past winter and send
I ing her articles on beauty that | have
occasionally shared with you. ! was
all enthused when Mr. Alpert told me
/ a picture in which she starred was
coming. fer wanted to see her and to
/ prove if she is as beautiful as has
been said. She certainly IS and if her
hints on grace and beauty are respon-
/ sible for her LOOKS and charm, it be
hooyes Us to begin to pe. ctice what
( Priscilla has been Preach II Is a
rather interesting come e2ce that
+ tins mornings mail brou4hg % me an
I other letter in which she tells of what
constitutes real beauty Let me quote
I from what she writes
People who have not trained them
selves 10 recognize real beauty are
apt to mistake fashion for beauty.
/, That. perhaps. accounts for some Of
/ the wild and weird effects one notices
+ in the tout ensemble of many girls
and women enc sees. any one of whom
might be charming if she dressed her
! hair according 10 the standpoint of
! beauty as adapted to her own person
atty instead of IN the exaggerated
and, for amateurs, impossible fam
tastes of fashion. | have seen pretty
girls made almost hideous by efforts
/ to look smart Considering that their
natural good points, although OBJ
seured We're still apparent in spite Of
frizzled or piastered hair ana be-
daubed faces, one can understand how
very beautiful they would be once
they could comprehend what real
beauty is.
Artists have told me that the charm
+ of womanly contour is in the sweep, or
! long curve. from armpit to ankle that
the accepted standard of feminine
! beauty requires that the shoulders be
slightly dropping the torso full, and
widest at the hips, and that the front
line from the breast bone over the alb
domen should show first a gentle and
then a fuller outward curve.
Dress is a decoration, but as only
natural lines are pre-eminently beau
tiful no artistic designer viii ever
build dress so that it even appears
to alter them No dress IS beautiful
nor becoming that suggests Il person
al deformity This is one reason why
| so object to the use of the befigured
wells that at distance give appear
| ance of "A facial scar
A woman's hips should be as broad
as her shoulders 1t has been said
that grace of motion is finer quality
than perfect proportions, and that a
woman with poor shape can be
| graceful as we'll as fascinating if she
understands the art of dressing so that
every muscle has full play and perfect
ease of action.
In ideal beauty there should only
be fat enough to round all surfaces te
smoothness Any muscle that is firm
healthy, and constantly used, will have
no place for fat to accumulate. I'm
used muscles cultivate fat. When ;
person is fleshy it is impossible to b'
either graceful or beautiful.
One year of good exercise will dc
} more for a womans' good looks thar
, all the cosmetics and beauty medicine
that could be prescribed. 1t is posi-
, BILE to add years to ones life b.
breathing properly. Take Ions
breaths as often as you can think o
it. Habitual deep breathing arehe
the muscles of the chest, throws bacl
I he Tlell
an erect posture.
But | must not use all my time tell
ing you of beauty and Priscilla, mucf
as | should like to.
| was so interested to hear Henry
Brousseau is taking the Annapolis ex
aminations this week in Willimantic
There were seven boys to try; five
dropped out and the sixth boy lost his
courage after arriving. So Henry has
been taking them alone, which ! think
shows lot of grit. He is only ju-
Nor at high, but took the senior ex-
aminations and passed.
Tuesday afternoon the Civic Club
had a meeting and this was most an
teresting as Miss Danielson, the presi-
dent, told of the coming suffrage citi-
zenship school which is to be held
three days in July, opening on the
21st Several prominent speakers
are expected to be present, Mrs.
Schoonmaker for one. They are to
teach how to use the ballot.
The last day of school a delight
full lawn party is to be given by one
i of the ladies who has a summer home
near Willimantic, at Columbia Lake.
This was the last meeting Of our Civic
Club until fail.
Speaking Of clubs, the D. A. R. are
going to have tablet presented to
+ them by the Colonel Daniel Putnam
Association This takes place some
/ time in August and is to be an inter
esting affair
Saturday the Putnam Country Club
is to entertain the Seuthbridge Club,
rand the ladies are expected. too. Next
week ! will tell you all about it.
hope the ladies will enjoy visiting
us as much as we did them at their
club last year.