White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-08-25
Beauty Talks
By
Stretch to Health and Beauty
MARJORIE DUNCAN
Famous Beauty Expert

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II EALTH and beauty are just up
- above and yours if you will
stretch for them. Stretching is one
of the old, old reliables as true to-
day as it was back in old Noah's
time when the animals practiced this
splendid exercise. IT'S the most nat
ural way in the world of timbering up
the muscles, awakening the system,
sending the blood coursing through
the veins. Animals. stretch. Babies
stretch long before they know it is
good for them. And just as soon as
the thinking mechanism does func-
ton the natural inclination to stretch
seems to die down. Perhaps it is the
stubbornness in our nature that does
1t. Perhaps it is the dominance of
tazlness in us. Or perhaps again, it
Is human revolt against doing any
thing that is good for your health"
A woman noticing sudden bunch
ing and bullying at the hips is quick
to do something about trimming the
unwanted pounds away. She may ex-
ercise. Or if she is not wise she may
rush to adopt every quack scheme
for quick reducing. But certain it is
that the discovery of bit of fat sends
her into sudden action. But, tell her
to stretch to- keep the muscles linn
Der, to preserve the svelte, slender,
flowing line of her figure, or to ward
off any extra ounces and see how
very slowly she does your bidding.
The slowness is certainly near enough
to the mot at all.''
There's no pudginess known to ami
mails chiefly because they have not
been "cfvilized" above natural fncTi-
nations THAT are good for the
health" They stretch to health and
they stretch to beautiful sleek lines.
too.
For the woman who wisely would
stay healthy, for the woman who val
ues her beauty and for the woman
who Is too lazy to- do a complete
routine of exercise, stretching is a
veritable boon.
is In the morning upon awakening.
And if you haven't already started,
the best time to begin is tomorrow
morning. Begin the stretching the
very second your eyes are open. Or
II you wish take one wee second to-
Blink the eyes some twenty times.
Then stretch-luxuriously. Give your
lungs plenty of fresh air. Wash out
every corner and crevice New vi
tality will be- yours. Your skin will
take on a. clearer tone, your eyes q
new glow, your step a new spring.
II. is az important to stretch the
lungs and chest cavity as it is to
timber up, the muscles. Even be-
fore you start the stretching take
a. full minute to- breathe ir-very
dteply-to the count Of ten, then
slowly exl1ale
Imagine definite object just a bit
beyond your reach. When standing
stretch. up, head and neck, reaching
for it: When sitting, stretch from the
waistline-up, up. In bed stretch
toes down, head up, arms at shoulder
level-out There's health. and beau
ty just beyond your finger tips. And
it is all worth stretching for:
Keeping and Looking Cool
To KEEP feeling comfortable dur
i ing the hot summer months is. an
accomplishment. To actually look as.
'cooli as. cucumber" is. an art. 1t
sounds like magic, yet a great many
women have learned to give the lie to.
the thermometer when it registers 95.
in the shade. True that to every mill
lion people who look all "hOt and both
ered' only about one hundred look re-
freshingly cool and lovely. Still
there are a few simple things to re-
member to do. And doing them you
will defy the cruel weather man.
The intimate details of PERSONAL
daintiness such as: bath accessories,
deodorants, anti-perspiration remedies,
and the removal Of superfuous hair
are most Important summer notes.
Now let us see what elsa we can do
to keep PERSONAL loneliness at it's best
during the, summer. There is a de-
lightful young lady know who is
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looks as refreshing as cool breeze
Here are some of the secrets of her
success.
She rests for short period every
day. The word rest may not sound
as refreshing as cold plunge. but
try minute nap in the afternoon
of hot summer day. Relaxation is
a boon to beauty.
have known a great many men
and women to take a cooling and re-
freshing plunge and feel new born"
Five minutes later they are running
about again raising the temperature
Of the body.
Rest after a cold shower or
plunge so that the refreshing effect
will be prolonged.
Fresh clothes-hoth outer and un4
der garments changed very frequently
are another secret of summer dainti-
ness Undergarments are so easily