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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1904)
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And on gazing upon her face he said: " She is the sweetest, the most beautiful, and the most womanly woman I have ever beheld! Her ex pression Is so lovely!" The emperor was himself the husband of a beauty, for the Empress Elisabeth of Austria was one of the handsomest women thwt ever lived. In her twentieth year she was said to be the prettiest rirl In Europe. Her wonderful hair was Iwr chief charm. Later In life it was her figure and her grace that 00 distinguished her from other women of her years. Known as the Dove Beauty. But th Fraulem Martens has certain beauties which are hard to match anywhere. They are, first, a sweet, kindly expression of the eyes. They are as gentle as the eyes of a dove and. Indeed, she .has been likened to a dove so many times that ehe fa known as the Dove Beauty. Her soft, gnntle expression is so pronounced as to make her remarkable "'"""f - s noi oniy Her own people who notice It but strangers as well. " How like a dove." they say. And this haa been said of her many times. Recently a photog rapher, desiring a character-title pose, requested her to have her picture taken with a dove in her hand. "Two doves." said he, looking upon the sweet graces of the lovely pair before him. Once, on being asked bow she kept this sweet look, the trauleln said: " I have a dovelike love in my heart for all reople." A dovelike love in the heart for all people might be a good thing for women In general. It might add to the beauties of the world. A sweet, submissive nature wnl show in ine face, and the woman whose thoughts are soft and kind will look It In her eyes, in her expression. In the very turn of her head. Kindly Thoughts Preserve Her Beauty. This to what the gracious frauleln said to a reporter, who Interviewed her regarding her beauty and how she kept It: " I do a great deal for the preservation of my beauty for I regard beauty as a gift from heaven. Of course I must employ beauty specialists and I follow their directions to the letter. " But I do more than this. I realise that no matter what other people may do for you there are certain things you must do for yourself. You must force your lips to smile and you must aay to yourself. I will smile at all the world today.' " Tou must make your eyes look with a soft and kindly expression at all the world and you must say to yourself: Today I shall see good in everybody.' " Tou must hold your head proudly and you must say to , yourself: 'I know I am the noblest of all God's beings and I shall conduct myself with a womanly dignity which will make all the world love and admire me.' " WKh these rules singing In your heart and shining In rur face you will be a woman of beauty. Beauty to so much matter of the heart, you know." . Simple Coiffure Best Becomes Her Th (raUeln Iocs aso decide! alr dressing. She decided that curia ni rri... .... 'puffs, ware all well for those whoa fa lm AnilM mtfexA V. They were good for the long, narrow face and for the tace of Irregular outline. Women whose eye are small and not brilliant, who bava a nose that is crooked, and whose fore heads are too high, these are the women to wear waves and Undulations of all kinds. " A 'or myself." said the frauleln. " I studied my features end found I could be prattler without these artificial slda I made a close survey of my face and I saw that my noes was tralg t, toy eyes clear, my forehead low. and my face and cheeks round. With such a faoe one should wear the faalr ail plain as possible. "fV-la.aj-s.fac.those with thin, long faces.. But for.the. , ....... ua m f f i : f-..-. Ss5V' If ' i V . l 1 'AV' . -J&jA V.,. s. v 1 d aTA. T: -sl. r r- 7 n Viennege type, for the Holland type, or for the type of Berlin, the plain coiffure Is much the best. "I declded upon a style of hair dressing and I have clung to It. I part my hair in the middle. I drape It low on each side of the parting, then I brush it smoothly back, and I draw it up to the crown of the head, where I secure It in a large knot. It is a simple style, but one that becomes me." Shining Hair a Gleaming Crown. The frauleln takes great care of her hair. She calls It her rown of glory. She keeps ft brilliantly brushed until yqp in almost see your faw In its polished surface. And she keeps It bright. Her hair, which is a bright brown. Is always at Just that shade when It can be said to bloom." It is not an auburn, but It is something of a ohestnut. An admirer once called it hazel colored hair. It ahlnea always. To keep the hair this color the frauleln has It wet with cool water once a week. Then she rubs a raw egg Into It. Then she takes and washes It with white castile soap, using a great quantity on the hair. She rinses It. not with a small hair spray but in the bath. She puts her head over the tub while a spray fails from above and cleanses the hnlr. The water Is allowed to run for a long time upon the locks until they are thoroughly free from soap. One can get such a shampoo only In the Turkish bath. Shampooing the hair with a bath spray let down from way t'P above Is one of the best tonics for the head. It Invigorates the scalp and makes it almost tingle. In this way the roots of the hair are kept lively and the hair does not grow gray so quickly. It Is a Viennese method of shampooing the hair which, by the way. is allowed to fall all over the head and neck while It is being rinsed. Qlossy Skin a Clear Olive. Just how the Vienna prize beauty preserves her skin can best be told by a woman who claims the credit for Its particular gloss. " I have preeerved the beauty of the frauleln," she declares. " There are women who have dull skins." says she. " But Frauleln Martens has the bright, glossy skin of a child. It absolutely reflects your hand. You can hold an object up before her face and you will really see its shadow in the clear ress of her skin. It Is bright and smooth and clear.- Yet there Is not a particle of grease In it. The frauleln uses the Vienna method of making the skin Clear. It Is called creaming the skin. It is made as clear as cream and It Is much the same color. The skin is never dark and never muddy. It is a clear, beautiful olive, through which the blushes rise. Muddy colored skin never blushes, but a clear olive skin will show every emotion of the heart. " To get this clear skin there is always a tonic dose neces sary. The old fashioned English treacle and sulphur Is given for three mornings and then omitted for three. This Is done all the year around. The dose is a mild one, but Is never omitted for more than three mornings. A teaspoonful is given and the skin owes Its clearness to this. Sparkling Water a Great Beautiiier. " Then the friulein takes a sparkling water. Instead of eating candy and taking poisons Into the system she drinks a great draft of sparkling water. Sometimes, after the fashion of the women of Vienna, she takes a light spsrkllng wine, or a glass of purs sweet beer. She never takes more Appears Only at Her Best. If the frauleln is indisposed she remains in bed or lies upon the couch. She does not follow the example of the American women, who go to dinners and appear In public when half Indisposed, an object of misery and pity for them selves and all the world. No one has ever seen her except at her best. The friiulein never laces. Though her taste In dress Is exquisite, she never, on any account, wears tight clothing, or tight collars, or anything that pinches the feet. The frauleln, though she has a charming voice, always speaks In a gentle tone. She never strains her vocal chords In speech and never tries to drown out other voices with her talk, as American women often do. She speaks in the soft, low. cooing voice,. which Shakspeare says is an excellent thing In woman. She has lovely hands, and it is said that she wears gloves all day unless she Is receiving callers. Her palms are so pink she has been suspected of tinting them, and her nails are Just the shape of her flnper tips and pink right to the ends. " Why do they all love the friiulein so?" some one asked. " It is her manners." said a man, a relative of Bismarck, by the way. " It Is her complexion," said an envious woman. "You are both wrong." said a third, a eentleman nf England. " It is her charming expression and the dovelike gentleness of her eyes." And so it proved to be. She was voted the beauty with these special points mentioned. than one glass, but she considers a deep draft of aparkling liquid a great beautlfier. "Then the frauleln has a way of taking care of her skin that is remarkable. She takes off the dust of the day with a specially made cold cream, which she uses as though It were a sponge. It Is heavy and thick and she places It on her face and rubs It In so as to plump It. She goes over her face using it In handfuls. Then she rubs it off with a piece of cotton. Then she washes her face many times In hot water. "Finally, she takes the London dip. This Is always practiced by the beauties of London. A basin Is filled with i cool though not cold water and the face is dashed with It This is to cool the skin and drive the blood back and make It clear. Common Sense Her Main Reliance. "After this process the frauleln rests and for one good hour In the early twilight she closes her eyes and gets a com plete rest. It is a sort of nap for her before beginning the arduous duties of the evening. Popularity is the price of beauty, and what beauty ever lived that did not have a great deal to do of an evening? ' "There are other beauty specialties of this famous and lovely woman, but they are of the' kind that are sensible rather than common. They are not generally known, and on that account are unique." This woman then mentioned many a little beauty trick of this, the loveliest woman in Austria. And among them there were several points from which these hints might be gathered: The frauleln never goes out In sloppy weather unless fully protected. She never allows herself to catch cold. She never has chapped cheeks nor a red nose. It Is years since she has had an influenza or even that Viennese scourge, bay fever. "JSsk. II 1 1 Vl