The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-10
Beauty
BY DONNA GRACE

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simply attractiveness. It's not a
matter of chance If you have it,
and it is not arrived at by mere
guesSWork or good luck. Good
taste is at the bottom of it all.
If you wear glasses. for instance,
and have always felt that your
appearance was marred by them,
you're wrong. Did you ever stop
to consider how correct glasses can
emphasize your good points and
minimize your bad ones?
Do you know that correct glasses
can overcome facial irregularities,
can bring out the sparkle in your
eyes, can disguise puffinesS and
circles under them. in short can
do wonders in improving your
appearance and accentuating your
charm?
FLATTERING
Is your nose too long? Glasses
that are set low and straight will
foreShorten it! Is your nose broad
and short? A highly arched bridge
on your glasses will give it length!
Are your features irregular ?
Round or oval lenses will make
them seem more even! Have you
high cheek-bones? Straight-sided
lenses will lessen the prominence
Of them! There is no facial irregu-
larity that correct glasses cannot
overcome. They'll flatter your good
points and combine to make for a
charming appearance and a win
ming personality.
Time was when women who wore
glasses believed that they were a
great and fatal handicap to good
looks and suffered untold discom-
fort rather than to be seen wear.
ing them. They labored under the
impression that glasses alone pro.
claimed their defective vision and
that without them the handicap
was known only to themselves.
Eye defects, the Better Vision
Institute tells us, are only obvious,
not so much in the eyes themselves
as in the effects they have on
the rest of the body. Shortsighted
ness, for example, makes eyes look
blank and cropping and causes the
formation Of strain lines on the
face. These lines leave an aging
look in their wake that is death to
the youthful charm and attractive
ness so essential to the modern
woman.
With increasing attention being
given today in the fitting Of
glasses to the type and contours
of the face, and with a wide variety
Of glasses to go with various cos
tunes and for various occasions
being made available, women can
exercise the same care and dis
elimination in choosing glasses as
in selecting any other dress &C
ceSsory.
DIFFERENT TYPES
Glasses are now made to sui
every personality. For example
oxfords suggest wordlinesS anG
Sophistication and a kinship will
important affairs. Tortoise shell
spectacleS turn you into a person
young and gay. Silver-rimmeC
and gold-rimmed spectacles hell
a serious character. Lorgnettes
which can also be beautiful dreS
accessories, are no longer consid
cred an affectation. Fairly rount
shell rims suggest humor ant
youth. For more or less dignifiet
wear, rimleSs glasses, with out
lines cut to fit, look best, and TO
professional or business womel
eager to establish themselves a
Strong-minded and authoritative
pince nez glasses are the best type
The more perfect every detail Q
feminine grooming, the more Strih
ing glasses can be. With the dozen
Of different types Of glasses avail
able, you can choose them with a.
eye to smartneSs, distinction an
individuality.