The Washington herald., 1920-04-10
By MARIE Ia ROGUE
Copyright, 1870.
Mcclure Syndicate.
Is This Your Type?

could not take all these precautions
At other times there has been the
same fondness for the blanched
complexion and during colonial
times in the South especially there
was a great demand for face masks
that women wore over their faces
when they went out to protect them
from the sun and wind. Sometimes
these were tied on about the head
and others were held on by two lit
tie balls that were placed in the cor
ners of the mouth.
Sir Walter Scott, though he gives
much praise, to the woman of exqui-
site fairness, suggests that Ellen In
The Lady OF the Lake" was some
what tanned
What though the sun. with ardent
Had slightly tinged her cheek with
brown
Bulwer in The Parisians" de-
scribes a charming Italian lady,
lsaura Cicogna, as possessing hands
that were "by no means very white,
still less red, but somewhat en-
Drowned as by the sun. such as you
may see in girls reared in southern
climes and in her betokening an
impulsive character which had not
accustomed itself, when at sport In
the open air. to the thraldom OF
gloves" Bulwer goes on to say
that very impulsive people even in
cold climates seldom do wear gloves
and the sensitive. quick moved,
warm blooded Henry II. the most
impulsive of the Plantagagenets
(kings of France) never wore
gloves" He would even go without
hawking gloves, suffering rather to
have the falcon fix his sharp claws
In his wrist.
Turgeney described Russian
peasant girl in "Tryst" whom he
explains was very comely, as pos
sessing brow as white as ivory,
while the rest of her face was
slightly sunburnt to that golden
tint which only a fine skin as
sumes." So apparently Turgeney
has made his observations on the
charms of the sunburned woman's
face with the rest of them.
The modern summer girl rather
.defi>~-ne effect of the sun on her
complexion and IL after a day boat
ing or playing tennis or golf she
finds that she has acquired a coat
of tan Or sunburn that robs her of
any claim to fairness she does not
hesitate to appear that evening IN
all her sunburned glory. Not so the
girls Of other days. They would
have been intensely mortified to
show their skins in that wholesome
condition. They would have felt
that they could not possibly be ad-
mired until, through the aid of cos
metics, they had blanched their skin
to its usual fairness.
Alexandra, daughter of Queen
Louise of Prussia, became the wife
of Czar Nicholas of RUSSIA his
torical fact which you can't be
blamed for il you have forgotten.
However, Alexandra. who inherited
much Of her mothers beauty, appar-
emily didn't take all the precautions
in the way of wearing wells and
masks when she took her long trip
from Germany to Russia to become
the Cars bride. Having arrived at
the end of her long journey she
went to the apartments assigned to
her to rest before meeting her fu-
ture husband. The door of her
chamber burmst open and in rushed
an old princess who exclaimed: you
are very sunburned. I will send you
some water at once" The future
Empress always remembered this.
The princess seemed to imply that
the tan. which must have been very
becoming to Alexandra's pretty fea-
lures, was almost crime.