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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1915)
I The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine W "-lis 3zLP.Picm .. " - V c R WW- ,'.,' ' J! ir' Rita 'Martin. . 3f( 1V "m n! JV" "' '.. ' jv-- .v.;- -v:-'"';:pvvvv : vAT jVM ..-V V ; , Mme. Ratmirova, PhologTapKecl in Mood. Mme. Ratmirova, the Russian Prima Donna, Who Has Set a New Pace for Professional Beauty, Supplanting All Her Pulchritudinous Countrywomen London, Sept t. RIGHT In the mldit of war and ware alarms London has gallantrr enough to forget momentarily the dreadful carnage and the problems of the national exchequer and enjoy the agreeable recreation of falling at the feet of a new Russian beauty. But In doing so the British metropolis Is combining adoration with charity, for this latest femlntna divinity aa hostess at souvenir luncheons and charming ten der of stalls st various basaars has drawn a surprising number of pounds sterling from trous"rs' pocVets to be applied to benevolent uses. This present relcnlng beauty In Lon don Is Mme. Ratmirova. She Is not tnerely a beauty of the semi-Oriental and wholly mysterious and seductive Slav type; she is also a singer of more than ordinary attainments and power to at tract admiration with her voice alone. She came to London as a professional singer In Russian opera, but the ferocity New Facts About Cold Feet dj Dr. Leonard Keen Hinhberff, A. B, M. A. M. D. (Johns Hopkins University. ) IT might not be supposed thst "cold feet" were very prevalent In the brave armies battling st each others throats in Europe. Figuratively, In the sense of fear or lack of bravery, there Is no such .thing over there. j Actually, however, real true-blue "cold feet," In the sense of pedal extremities being "cold" snd nipped even on cool Summer nights with disagreeable sense tlons, is relatively common, especially among the beer drinking Germans. Professor Unna, the well-known Ger man specialist, was recently Induced by his Government to piake an investigation ct the causes, prevention and treatment of "cold feet" This has led to the dis covery of a number of important new facts. It has been found that most German soldiers, especially those who like beer, suffer with cold feet la wet, cool Summer or Autumn weather, as well as whan the ground Is frozen and covered wlti pnow and ice. Only In the most moderate weather do they escape "cold feet," and Siany of them suffer from thla trouble all lie time, according to Professor Unas, a Penaivo v,."., -. t JHy '. " "Till 1 ; , -t ij'x. ,.v,.,t -with which the armies of von Hlnden burg have pursued those of the Grand Duke Nicholas has deferred that enter' prise Indlflnately. Therefore Mme. Xlatmlrova has . at tracted all to herself the attentions of members of British aristocracy who are too old to serve In the trenches, and along with those influential personages has won also the still more Influential peeresses. In this fortunate situation she establishes a new professional beauty record. In fact, Mme. Ratmirova may be called the reigning beauty of all the countries of the great war alliance of the quadruple entente, for Paris and Rome had already accepted her In that role. In Paris, shortly before the wsr be gan, Mme. Ratmirova quite turned the beads of the boulevardlers whlls put ting out of Joint all and sundry noses of French lovllness. The latter had had some success In holding their own against the Russian dancer, even the Hot bottles, active massage may warm their feet for awhile, even vigorous walk ing may help tor a time. Soon or late, the cold feet return. Civilians and soldiers both cannot sleep with cold feet. Their kidneys are made more active and thoughts crowd their minds to the point of distraction. Us has found that cold feet Is a much more serious malady than physicians ever before realised. "It has been shockingly neglected and Ignored," ssys the eminent scientists. The first thing to do tor cold feet is to get rid of leather boots or shoes. Then discard all socks snd place the bare feet directly Into boots lined with felt. Paper la an excellent wrap for cold feet. The feet must be dry. Moisture pres ent and unable to evaporate and fade away, as Is the trouble when thick socks and leather shoes are worn, makes most feet cold. Drinking beer and other liquors also helps to make cold feet, because it keeps the skin too choked with blood, and this makes moisture, which accumulates faster than It can evaporate. Evaporation of the moisture of the feet la necessary. But there must never be eo much moisture left that the evapora tion chills what remains. If there Is moisture always present. It is necessarily kept cold by the vapors, and this makes cold feet, md-ftfc ii (i 1)1; i. Kteife- yMyyf 1, 5 Madame Ratmlrora, the Russian Singing Beauty, Who Has Captivated London. Wearing the "Kokochnik," Which Is Part of the Ceremonial Court Dreag of Her Country. fascinating Karsavina. Most of them being actresses, not merely dancers, they could claim some distinction as well as chic. And so, even In the presence of Karsavina, they continued to hold their heads high, refusing to take any dust from a Russian dancer's chariot wheels. In the minds of gay and volatile Par isians this attitude added piquancy to Dry feet and dry stockings necessarily prevent cold feet It Is, therefore, de manded that measures be taken to have dry coverings. There must be a means to cause rapid evaporation of perspira tion with n oresldue left, and also pro tective measures to keep outside mole ture from entering from within. Some people have cold feet because they over-eat. are over-fatigued. 111 or ex hausted. The cause is different then. It is traaceabale to impoverished blood, wblc hfalla to reach such distant points as the feet la a vigorous condition. The reason women have cold feet oftener than men Is twofold. One Is due to tight shoes, the other to emotional In stead of muscular excesses. One of the most frequent causes of cold feet la, un doubtedly, shoes that shut off, squeeie and trap the flesh and flow of blood in the feet, Unless there la space between the toes and feet and the interior of the ahoe there can be little warmth. There la left no space for air and evaporation, nor enough room for muscular motion, which l the real cause of warmth ana comfort. Plainly, these researches of Professor Unna will be the means whereby many victims of cold feet will be able to rid themselves of the nuisance, and many a nocturnal quaarrel hot ween hue band and wife will be brought to a happy end. ';""vv ? - ttntfca, that Mme. RatmlroT bad Ust la p" J 's.., '.'i "vX the bMntlM of tit llnserte, with bewUderlag Oriental tuIv V ;Mv'vi ' 7 s' ,. V -' leading theatres tlona, that might eaallj bankmpt them v-? XT J tf - ' ;,; were etin able to at all "A I the situation, an. the beauties of the leading theatres were still able to at tract tribute in the way of Jewels, auto mobiles, pug dogs and running ac- counts at s h o p a where the most de liriously Joyous lin gerie is sold. The arrival of Mme. Ratmirova, how ever, spelled disaster for the whole pre vious field of professional beauty. The home-grown fascinators were at their wits' end. To be sure, they were de votees of the art of Bernhardt, Rajane and other queens of the more or less legitimate drama, but this fresh Inter loper was a grand opera prima donnal ' Their handicap was too heavy. What could they dor The answer proved them to be strate gists equal to any that were about to emerge from among the generals In the French army. They presented them selves early to avoid the rush which they foresaw and themselves, as the new Russian beauty's first and most ar dent Paris adorers, managed to retain reflected glory almost equal to what they had been accustomed to enjoy on their own account To the professional beaux of Paris Mme. Ratmirova appealed after much the same fashion as the choicest caviare of her own country she was In a beauty class by herself. She was no mere reigning queen of beauty; she was im perial mistress of Beauty's Realm. If ahe had been a dancer, even prima bal lerina of the Imperial Russian Opera, they would have insisted that ahe go ahead and dance. But as prima donna of the Imperial Russlkn Opera they couldn't dare ask her to open her be wllderlngly lovely lips, of which the up per one waa hailed aa the most perfect Bow of Eros that ever graced the face ct woman. For once these Parisian lady-killers were able to enjoy heart throbs from a respectful distance where it seemed to be the new beauty's pleasure to keep them. Think of offering a 1.000-frano French poodle to such a divinity I They didn't Neither did they offer open ac count at the lingerie shops. Teat la fact would have been "carrying coals to Newcastle," for It waa easily apparent that Mme. Ratmirova had a taste la lingerie, with bewildering Oriental varia tions, that might easily bankrupt them all That, It appeared, was "The Ratmi rova," In her own glorious person she combined all the characteristic and se ductive paraphernalia of the rank and file of charming femininity, with a sort of goddess-like aloofness that brought the most hardened boulevardlers humbly to their knees and held them there. ' Parisian beaux and other beauty con noisseurs of the French capital have always been peculiarly susceptible to the allurements of the finest Slav type, which Mme. Ratmirova represents. They know that all women are more or less mys terious; but In the case of Frenchwomen it is rather a veneer than the solid sub stance of mystery, which Is easily cracked by ardent wooing and apt to peel off. The Russian article, however, is genuine through and through mystery that was born ages sgo in the Orient and per fected and refined through centuries of development In the Slavlo race. Even when Mme. Ratmirova conde scended to show herself accoutered like any fashionable Parislenne, or when she had her photograph taken in the sim plest robe, with her hair falling natur ally on each side of her graceful head, she wss still unfathomably mysterious, still with that vague touch of the Ori ental and the unknowable. Nobody could be perfectly certain in what spirit to ap proach her, whether he would be re warded with a smile or crushed with an Indifferent glance of the sort that makes the male person feel that he has been transformed into a sheet of thin window glass. And In her ceremonial Russian Court dress as she presented herself at aris tocratic social functions, wearing the rich and barbarously ornamented, crown like "Eokochnlk" no male person short of royalty, not even a Paris-born French man, had the hardihood to do more than cast a glance in her general direction except upon unmistakable Invitation. It Is the possession of these qualities which gained for Mme. Ratmirova her distinguished welcome In London society. Her entire willingness to serve as hostess, or in any other appropriate ca pacity, for purposes of charity, rendered her position as absolute monarch ot beauty's realm all the more secure. Be- Page ....' v t m " y f ' r Mme. Karsavina, the Beautiful Russian Dancer, Whose . Professional Beauty Mantle Has Fallen Upon the Shoul ders of Her Opera Singer Countrywoman. sides, in . her Russian Court costume, which admirably suits the pure lines of cer face and figure, she fits in with the subdued social war atmosphere like a figure in a stained glass cathedral win dow. It is not too much to be said that Lon don smart society full ratlflea the action of the Russian Academy of Arts In three times swarding lu prize for beauty to Mme. Ratmirova. For the present at least no more dancers, nor even acU reeses, need apply,