Evening star., 1925-06-09
BY QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA.
CAN A WOMAN MAKE HERSELF
BEAUTIFUL?

Beauty is q gift of the gods and
must be treated as such, not marred
by pose or affectation. 1t must be
carried lightly. a joy to the possessor
as to the world at large. Or then
give me q thousand times rather the
plain girl with snub nose, freckles
and a too-large mouth. A big. hon.
est mouth that can laugh gloriously
is a thousand times more attractive
than a simpering mouth, too beau
tiful even TO be kissed.
OF course there is the deliberate
beauty the one which f1auntS its col
ors, the one which Is the advertise
ment of a trade and uses every atom
of charm to be a lure, trap, means
of wealth. power. domination. In
other words, the courtesan. Yet she
at least does not pretend to be other
than she is. Every curl of her lip.
every culver of her nostril, every
wink of her eye is an invitation. She
makes her living by trading with her
face, her beauty, her charms. She
Is like the beautiful peacock, spread
ing out its tail for all to admire. She
is decorative in a loud. gaudy, but
sometimes exceedingly attractive way.
All through history she has been
source of drama, ruin, sometimes
even crime. She has been the de-
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the danger, the "vamp." / see her
painted eyes. her crimson lips. her
disdainful movements. l see. too, her
cruel, greedy fingers, her cool, heart
less, yet passionate way. She fasci-
mates me. l try to look away, and
ever again my eyes come back to her.
woman? She makes me shudder.
but l do not despise her. She is wear
ing no mask but her own. Her heart
must often ache, but she doesn't show
It, and no doubt if you give her a
chance she will do you a good turn.
Yes, l think I prefer her to the
beauty who cannot forget she is one,
yet cloakS herself in sham modesty
which makes her neither one thing
nor another-which makes her bore,
Can you make yourself beautiful?
Enhance your beauty? Can clothes,
paint, tricks help?
Youth Can Be Prolonged.
Undoubtedly the woman who wants
to be beautiful and use every atom OF
charm she has can achieve wonders.
The French are past masters of this
art. There are few really beautiful
French women. but they know how to
dress as no one else in the world.
just as the French woman has a way
Oh saying pOSSlDlyi lnipoccibiC ehhhSp'
Paris Is, of course, the placekto go
to be beautified, and 1 believe London
and New York are now following close
upon her heels. l for one have never
since the age of II. lived In great
centers nor could my busy life, even
If 1 did. leave me time to exist solely
for my face, beauty, clothes. But /
have seen wonders done and | am
feminine enough to rejoice that wom-
en- can prolong their youth, their
beauty and their good time"
Money and clothes help beauty.
The drudge who does nothing but
work, work. work, has little time to
cultivate her looks. Hence the great
temptation to use a pretty face for
other things than work and
who can blame her? Nature is her
ally and the desire of man. But 10
go more deeply into this would lead
me too far.
It Is every woman's ambition to
be beautiful, at least to be attractive.
charming, to please. All women
want to please. She would not be a