Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-15
Is Your Neck Long,
Then Make 1t Short
Cdmoutlage Can Hide
Defects and Add Great
ly to Beauty.
ny LiNA CAvAI.IEItI.

Have yoh ever met any woman who
could truthfuIly say She doesn't care
whether she has u pretty neck or
not? How could she? No woman
can be considered really beautiful
who WAS not born with IA pretty neck.
1t can often be acquired. 1t Is true.
but 1t is Il very decided advantage
20 be born with "a pretty neck, Just as
1t Ia to be born with even regular
features. a beautiful figure or lovely
hair
J; is one Of the compcnGations Of
being ovcrplump that the woman OF
100 ample lines has beautiful
throat and arms While the thin
woman. whose features are wen de-
nned and who Is afflicted with no
double chin Las. rs a rule, a scruwny
Lcck and wh'p-Iikc arms. lIcr figure
10 more ctcgar: because IL IS not
.ihnkctci b. supernuous layers Of
flesh but ;h!s advantage IS NOR. han
OFFSET by the bug bear OF an ugly,
bOny neck.
70 be beautiful. ;he ,ecis mus. h.
neither too l'ns n,r tao short. 100
i i1t nor nor to" lean II mus, be share
skin must be soft ana white.
Length of Neck i'l,"d.
IN" length OF the neck ls one of
thr hN"d nran,ities or mature. one
cannot change IL. but Il IS easy
enough TO learn the lesson OF me-
sion from the stage. ana rry 10
make IL seem longer or shorter than
Is Tho best aid to This l. tn.
! chin ~ carried well up. whose pOis-
Of the head Is habltually high. givcg
the Impression that hcr neck * at
'he manner ot trimming her nigh
neck gown and the tine A. which the
low.cut gown 10 hniscd determine
whether the neck looks longer than
IL Is or shorter.
II the neck is short. the collar
should be OF solid coloi3, or be-
trimmed with pcrpcndlcu!1- lines The
lo"-ncckcd gown should he cut lower
meek, Tor the beauty OF the neck IL
more dependent upon it's surround
| ings Tor It's effect than is any other
part OF the body.
know that II there is "A wid. sweep
| OF the shoulders the long line from
Inc point OF the shoulder to the chin
VIII lend Itself TO the neck and make
the neck seem longer than IL would
u IN" gown were merely one o. tho
Co!ar!css sort with line OF cicth
defining where the neck actually be-
TWIN. ItA ES-b,nbcvvci i23 le3i53
Length tnmOunaSed.
II ;hc neck Is long the problem il
an easier one. especially just now
when high collars for the neck are
a special vogue. Even an ostrich's
neck could be so wrapped about with
laccs. with collars and tics OF :, con-
! trhsting color. tc Gu, down its APP
! parent length. that II would be far
| less conspicuous than II unadorncd.
/ should say IL could &c made TO look
almost a foot shorter.
The human neck can be dressed
! 10 max. proportionatc change OF
| appearance The extremely .ow de-
! cOllctagc is less becoming 10 tho wu-
| man with the long neck. II she must
| adopt II. or her dressmaker persuades
| her tha, sh. mist. she should wear
/ ncr jewels or a band OF ribbon about
| her neck 10 make IL seem shorter
| The dropping Madonna poise OF the
mead may toe beco;ninEly affected by
the woman with III. long neck. cs-
| pcc!aily when sitting FOR her photo
| era phs.
| massage Great Aid.
| The neck, as have before said.
| must be- neither TOO fat nor too lean
! 10 correct either too much or TOO
! MA. flesh upon the neck wc mus;
! sum mon the aid OF that faithful SER
BEAUTIFUL neck the iiesh is evenly dis
! trIhutcd The neck should he. save
| FOR the two parallel lines abou, an
! inch apart, which encirclc the neck
! babes perfectly smooth. 4, the flesh
/ be- uneven. persistent, skiifUi and gem
| lie massag. should rcdisiribute the
! disproporiionntc bulk or flesh.
| ''"!' ''i'I'S 'Ht MN ~ liht IN front
| and displays thick layers OF fat at
! the sides and back This can he cor
I rGctcd by patient ana careful mas
sage. Olive oil or 4 pure cold cream
should be freely rubbed into the skin
/ by the first three fingers OF each
! hand. massasing first on the right
| side OF the neck with the right hand
! then on the left with the left hand
| then with bot hands together. The
otion should be- a rotary one This
! Is always tho best movement for re-
| building tissue because IL induces
circulation, which feeds the starved,
atrophied portions and tones up the
skin.