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The Spokane Press from Spokane, Washington • Page 16

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The Spokane Pressi
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Spokane, Washington
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"The girl who lives in the small town may never see or taste the expensive mouth pastilles, but she has access to something quite as good, baking soda." longer need the beauty who lives in the small town bewail her "hick of advantages." She may be just as beautiful in the small town as in the crowded city. Mme. Cavalieri points out to her today the compensation for life fax from what she "arc arrogantly termed the 'centers of She tells the girl who does not live in a metropolis nor even in a capital how she may develop and preserve her charms despite the absence of some of the most expensive "aids to Next week Cavalieri will discuss that difficult theme, "Beauty of Expression and How to Obtain It." By Lina Cavalieri My articles reach women who live In small towns and who write wistful letters asking how they who live far from lie pharmacist who "keeps everything" ami the beauty doctor who is reputed to "know everything" can cultivate and preserve their beauty. 1 shall dOOte today's letter to beauty seekers to exactly that topic. You live in a small town far from what are arrogantly termed the "centers of There aie few apothecary shops but there is the greatest of all Sunshine.

You are far from beauty doctors." but you have the free services of that Which Is more effective .1 i.an the wisdom of all the beauty fresh air. Get all you can out of these, anil it is amazing how much you can get, what brightness and Beaa of rye, what lustrousnees of hair, what and rosineas of skiu. if you live in the small town the fascinating point where town and country meet is not so far away as to be almost out of reach as it is with ihe city girl. The country is the glowing ground of human beauty as of flowers. Oo tv it as Often and stay as long as you can.

A girl is never prettier than she is back from a spin in a sleigh or from a tramp over snowy roads. With her furs for a frame her eyes have the sparkle of diamonds, her hair tbe sheen of her furs, her cheeks look like roses flung into a snow drift. She is at the acme of her beauty. Being near tbe country, tbe beauty making country fare is hers. She can drink milk at its freshest, cat eggs and butter and meat at their earliest and most nourishing stages.

The fruit upon her tnble still has the tang of the sunshina and the flavor of the soil in Great Britain nights Reserved. "With her furs for a frame she is at the acme of her The country gill can take her walk without hindrance or comment, in a storm suit of rough as cheviot or serge, or With it or oilcloth coat covering her gown, short skirted and high homed, she can go forth for her complexion hath In the rain. Letting the hair hang loose while taking a walk in the rain is Nature's own shampoo, while it is washing their faces (leaner than they have been since their last rain bath. For rainwater is more cleansing ami beautifying than any cosmetic, The girl who lives in the small town should remember this nnd catalogue with her blessings ihe cistern that contains so many gallons of the precious soft water for which lie city iij would give a closetfttl of cosmetics. it.

She is Messed even for beauty's sake, the girl in the small town. These blessings that are at our dnnr we Should enjoy. The country girl who lives In the small town should determine that, having largesse nf sunshine and fresh air and pure food, she will enjoy them and build her beauty Upon a sure foundation of perfect health. She Bhould walk much. Two hours every day cut of doors is the Bnglish recipe fur health, and the English Women, lacking the vivacity of the American woman and the chic of the French, stiii have the most superb complexions.

beauty." Coming in from her beautifying walk in the rain, she should take a plunge into a tub of tepid water, anil dry herself briskly with a soft towel to prevent catching cold, Here I seem to hear the objections of tic girl from the small town or the girl from the country, especially the girl to whom the gods have granted little money: 'Hut we have no bathroom." Nevertheless you can have a bathtub. The long tin tubs may be placed by the fire in lie kitchen or sitting room, and 20 minutes of locked doors the family will not consider a severe term of exile. The girl In the small town or in the country sighs for the rich foods of her city sister. Bless your hearts! Your teeth are the better without them. So is your complexion.

So is your figure. So your hair. My Paris physician warned me against rich or highly seasoned foods. He said: "Much pepper makes the hair fall out. So do spices.

So do rich foods of all sorts. A weak stomach means a poor bead of hair." THE SPOKANE PRESS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30 The girl who lives far from the city may not get hothouse grapes, but she can have oranges and figs, which ate the two fruits that are the best 'friends of the complexion, These with apples will make an excellent fruit diet ouite health. She may not be able to procure Portugal extract or Italian pink in her home, but she can get plenty of salt and borax, which are necessities. while the others are merely luxuries, The boras will make a good shampoo. The borax softens the water, and the addition of Castile soap makes a good lather.

Water 1 pint Powdered borax 1 ounce Salt is a good tooth powder. Severe for tender gums, it makes a good liquid dentifrice: Warm water, a Table salt, 1 teaspoou The girl who lives In the small town may never see or taste the expensive nmuth pastilles, but Mme. Lina Cavalieri. If it is too. she has access to something quite as bicarbonate of soda, which is only another name for baking soda.

A pinch of this will relieve a disordered stomach, or dissolved in a glass of water will freshen a feverish mouth if used as follows: Tepid water 1 cupful Bicarbonate of 2 teaapoonful Rinse the mouth thoroughly, also gargling the throot. The village girl may not have fine scented soaps, but she can send by mail to the nearest city for- a quantity of almond meal, which Is as good If not better. The village beauty may not be able to take Turkish or Russian baths, but she can make bran and oatmeal bath bags, and in the milky hot water they afford she can rub her skin with the delightful emollient until It is soft as velvet. If she misses expensive lotions and creams, there are for her the buttermilk baths or the sweet milk baths that were grandmother', whose complexion was better than her mother's or her own. Washing the face every night In sweet-milk or buttermilk, removing the last traces Just before falling asleep, 1 guarantee will develop as lovely a complexion as ever was cultivated by tin- use of expensive skin foods.

For her there may be no skillful facial massage, but there is compensation, for facial massage Is losing much of its old-time popu- Wedding Ceremonies That Are Not Cut and Dried. WE have heard of people being married in a balloon and in a diving bell, nt the bottom of a mine, up among the branches Of a big tree, in the depths of a cavern and lv many other strange pl.aees. We have also heard of motor-car marriages and bicycle marriages, but an eloping couple In Tennessee have had, perhaps, the strangest wedding on record. Finding their parents obdurate, the) determined to run away, anil accordingly boarded a train on the Knoxvllle Augusta railway. a friend on the train they confided their plight to him.

He told them that the fireman of the locomotive was a just lee of the peace. The fireman was Interviewed at 'he first stop and consented to tie the knot nt the neM station. The young people hastened lo the locomotive and climbed into the "cab." where the fireman-magistrate, ail grimy and greasy, ami attired in his overails, stood on the foot-plate and Spoke the few words necessary to marry them. Then the bride and bridegroom ran back to their car, the whistle blew anil they were off on their honeymoon. a marriage on horseback took place some time ago in an Indiana village between an eloping collide.

While evening service was proceeding in church a noise was beard at the door. I'pou its being opened a man and woman, mounted on horses, were discovered, and being armed with the necessary license, they requested to be married al once. After some hesitation the clergyman consented, and the lovers were thereupon made man and wife without dismounting, Immediately tin- ceremoney was over they put spurs to their horses and galloped off Into the darkness. A Wedding in a Statue. Three yeara ego a romantic pair decided have ilie nuptial knot tied inaida the rulufcwul figure Of the "Washing; the face every night in sweet milk or buttermilk will develop as lovely a complexion as ever was cultivated by expensive cosmetics." used by her Goddess of Liberty in Now York harbor.

The hind Of the statue Is a hollow chamber, which waa on this Occasion utilized for the wedding. The party had to climb 800 steep stops to this spot, the corkscrew approach to which is so narrow that they had to proceed in single file. Although the schema was satisfactorily carried out, the bead of the goddess has not become a favorite place for marriages. Some years ago an Amerleau colonel was joined to bis fair bride in a Baltimore cemetery where the brides parents are burbd side by side. The bride bad been very much attached to her parents in their lifetime, and evidently thought it a fitting thing that nor own wedding should take place al their graveside.

So. during the ceremony, the bridegroom Stood on tin grave of his fiancee's father ami the bride on grave of her r. Ceremony in "Honeyland" Lake. lulling the run of cue of the London Hippodrome plays, called "Honeyland," 11 unique ceremony took place, in last acene of (ha spectacle a number of emerge from Ihe lake, which la a Wall known feature of the Hippodrome, and afterward diva Into the water and dieappear. Beveral offers were in Mr.

Oswald Btoll by couples who wire anxious to enter the state of matrimony through the waters of the lake, nnd nt length a happy couple was selected for this purpose nnd valuable wedding present was given to them by the directors. The happy pair, arrayed In spotless nnd Irreproachable garments, were accompanied by the offh lal who conducted the Service and the gentleman who gave the bride away The party Stood mi the areha, which descended until it was under water. The ceremony then took place, being plainly visible to the an Heine, and after It the wedding party tume bock through the larlty, and Is used only in modified and much gentler forms. The country girl can pat her lac, gently with Ihe tips of her fingers as well and effectively as can the city girl. And she can read crlminatingly and adopt those methods of beauty culture which appeal to sound judgment.

I'm- Instance, there, is the hint given by the British Medical Journal thai to make the face plump and round as a baby's we must return to baby methods, The babe always tries to get everything into its mouth. The rubber ring upon which its teeth are cut, the rubber hall with whloh it plays, give it occupation and distend its cheeks, giving its face infantile roundness, 'ihe grave British Medical Journal advises us to study the baby and adopt his method of keeping the cheeks distended by frequently practising pursing the lips and puffing the inside of tbe checks with air. But If the girl in the email town in.siKtH upon Borne of the luxurious coamettca enjoyed by the etty girl can send for them by mail, remembering to semi for only those articles which are In solid form. The United states government forbids the sending of liquids by mail unless extraordinary precautions are taken abottt wrapping them, and In this country of long distances the most extraordinary precautions may fail. She may send for these Ingredients and make at home a good camphor lee for chapped lips or cold-roughened hands, Gum camphor 1 ounce Lamb tallow 3 ounces Milt these together nnd cool slowly in a mold.

To euro chronic eruptions of the skin, she may secure by mall the following: Talcum powder, a oz. Oxide of zinc, 3 drams Pulverized camphor, 30 grains. Add to those enough fine starch to make a smooth, firm powder. thoroughly, and dust freely over the Skin. Mme.

Cavalieri Dressed for a Tramp in the Rain. Skirts She Has Discarded for Her Beauty Walk. water again. Thin probably is a record in novel weddings. A novel wedding ceremony wan performed not long ago on the ton of one of the highest office building! In New STOrK.

The guests did not drive to the door in carriages, but were shot upward dlatance of stories in fast elevatora to the tnlde's future home, which, like many of Its kind, stands In the center Of the roof, which Is surrounded by a light wall and has lieen converted into a charming little garden. After the wedding ceremony, which took place in the open air close to the parapet, at a height nt which Ihe roar and tattle of the great city helow could scarcely be heard, the bride and bridegroom look an express elevator, which made no stop between tlic twentieth floor aud the si net, and started on their honeymoon In high spirits. For, some time a large cirrus has been touring through South Africa. One of the prominent attractions of the show was a cage of performing lions, trained to high perfection In skill and Obedience By a clever A society belle who visited the slew was asked by the (ion lamer to become bis wife, and consented. Sim also consented to be married to him insldo tho cage of lions.

The circus was crowded to excess on the night of the ceremony, and the people cheered the plucky young bride as She entered the eiiK" with her lover. The clergyman was irteously Invited to enter, but politely declined tho privilege, remarking that they appeared to be crowded there." Standing with their hands clasped, the young couple were made mall and wife. The bridegroom held a whip lv his right baud and lit times gays a glance ut hla turbulent pets, who were wreathed in rosea in honor of the occasion, and. on the whole, behaved remarkably well. The bride wore a conventional bridal dress, but the bridegroom was attired In his usual uniform was afraid the lions might not know him If jiu wore a full dress suit..

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