Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-30

full. easy pose she is now wearing. In
a previous story | showed her as she
appeared when first introduced to me
sitting with her shoulders hunched and
her hands clutched together in a death
grip, a woebegone expression, tense
muscled. nervous. awkward and gener-
ally morose about life and its neglect
Of her.
How come this attractive young miss
Of today?
Stop by Step She Improved
How she added Is pounds in five
weeks by swimming and deep breath
ing exercises, by a diet | prescribed for
her and by regular sleeping hours !
nave already told you. How, by de-
veloping a pride in her finger nails. she
found a more graceful way of holding
her hands. since it was no longer neces-
sary now to attempt to hide uncared
for nails. How necessary 1t is to get
a good line Of coiffure to make a pretty
head. How, with the figure new born
from the most excellent swimming
exercises and deep breathing. gone was
the bedraggled frame with rounded
shoulders and ~protrUding stomach. How
much better she walked and stood and
sat with the total disappearance of
nerves." which her unfortunate men
tai state had plunged her into. All
this has already been revealed to you.
and her before and after photographs
must have been sufficiently convincing.
Ny experiment with Miss Ruth well
proves my theory that women need
not be unhappy because Of so.called
LONELINESS; that intelligent treatment
of ones liabilities in the beauty line
added to the assets one is naturally en-
dowed with, the latter played up to
their nth degree, cannot but result in
an attractive creature.
Beauty Is Based on Health
If there is anything wrong with the
health. that must be remedied first.
U~nderweight. overweight. complexion
ills and hair troubles all respond TO a
sane health regime. The superficial
things. not so superficial really, such
as couture and grooming. lines and
color in dress, are simple enough of ac-
cess once the spirit or regeneration is
awakened.
So much actual beauty improvement
came with Miss Ruth's Is pounds gain
clear, c~olorful complexion, a healthy
gloss to the hair. a vastly improved
carriage. and the most irresistible
beauty asset of all, a smile in her eyes
and lips.
IdIis III h'l ttoliih III HN.
taught her how to relax by the very
simple process of mentally command |
ing herself to relax. Not even an
osreopath can make you do that. He
NAV order you to, but then it is your
own command that has to be followed.
She practiced seating herself on the
mental command: Relax. relax every
muscle in the body. Relax the mind
After q couple of lessons she could do
it with an ironed out mind and hands
falling into an easy position in her lap.
So with her walk. She had the I'M
calmly habit of walking with her toes
at a distinct outward angle. ] made
her practice toe:ng almost straight
ahead. which, as well as being the cor-
rect method of placing the feet, gives
a much more pleasing picture. l.
Learning a Graceful Walk
That learned. the relax order was
applied to the walk: arms and hands
relaxed. hanging easily at the sides.
body held up straight. but not rigid;
shoulders not forced back, but held
with an easy straightness. chest out.
She walked the length of the room
and back a few times each day TO ac-
quire this free and easy motion. Every
awkward movement of the body is +,
caused by tight. rigid nerve control.
The cure naturally, then. is to relay )
the nerves. Handing a book. say, to
another person cannot be done grace
fully if the hand and arm muscles
are taut. Stage stars. of whom grace
of movement is required above all
other assets. are taught this r%elaxa-
ton principle until it becomes a sec
ond nature. 1t is the secret of grace.
The clothes item Ruth and | left
until the last. believing that clothes
will not make the beautiful
unless the basic elements Of health and
hygiene provide a pleasing background.
q. no. not that We underestimate the
of dress. But what does
il avail a woman if she ions fine feath-
ers over an lily nurtured. badly groom
ed person? Given the opposite. q
healthy. wholesome complexion. n fine
graceful carriage and the buoyant ok
of health-then the fine feath- ,
are what the great artists planned ,
they should be.
Proper Taste in Clothes ;
Ruth confided to me in the beginning :
she had some money to spend on dress. j..
but she had the unhappy faculty of :
choosing the wrong thing. ap-
parently. The dull black ~taffeta with
most unbecoming neck line and tight
cned in waist supported her remark. q
She had paid $50 for the dress. |
Black was not the color for her brown q
hair and hazel eyes and at that time {
-rayish-cast complexion. Thin as she 5
was. the fitted in waist line was not 7
good either. Her hat was cruel in its 6
exaggerated upturned brim. years too {,
old in line and hard straw texture. :
She was wearing high heeled black kid /
with an atrocious buckle and +
wide spreading vamp. a size too short. =
her theory being that G width made
mp for the short length.
Together We went on a shopping =,
tour. not a debauch, mind you. Miss :
volunteered that she had 500 !
she could afford to spend for a good l
outfit. She had a chance to sell her |
~taffeta to her aunt. which | :
urged her to do. She was in S
"ited to a wedding and needed A dress T
I'D hat for that. h
- th- first place we went there p
hung a charming pink georgette with
neck and low bIoused waist
ne with q large flower at the waist a
fthe dress pictured above} made of the {
colored satin petals, a sort of il
full skirt gathered at the waistline. A /
model frock it proved to be, marked e
Town TO S25. For it we found for Sc +