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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1911)
1 t i lii i ' ! ) t i 1 i ! 1 f I; 4 s j ... , m w . . The Omaha- Sunday Bee Magazine Page : : : J 1 X'i-'V f . ' 1 JV,vi ... ... - I V, "Thi exercise teaches grace while developing the ' muscle of the upper half of the body." By Mme. Lina Cavalieri. IP I were to give but one rule to avoid awkwardness I should say "Forget yourself." To think much of yourself is to be self-conscious under all circumstances and to be self-conscious Is to be awk ward. Tbe most graceful women I have ever known were those who were least conscious of self. The good old rule of the toilet applies to grace. "Make a careful toilet, setting forth with skin, teeth, hair, feet, every part of the body In perfect condition. Then forget all about It." Is the rule. "Train your muscles to obey your will, then for get all about them," Is a good rendering of this rule, as applied to grace. The moat those who, phrase, "do graceful women are to use another old not feel the body." These women persons, quick are alert, birdlike of movement and seemingly weightless. Yet some of them, Judged by the mere stand ard of. pounds, are persons of con siderable weight In any community But tbelr bodies do not encumber them. They are no-handicapping weight because their owners are not conscious of them. They for get them. First train your body to obey you.' then trust the servant to Its training, as you do to a servant carefully trained. Concerning this training I should give a little time each day to the training you be lieve to be necessary. It you are still in your teens or In tbe early twenties, this will be easy because the muscles are still pliant. It Is not necessary to adupt any long. Involved system of exercises nor to take a course at a gym nasium to train yourself to grace. Make your muscles obedient to your will by using them In frequent repeated exercise. Keep in your mind tbe Ideal that every move ment should make a picture, and an attractive picture. Remember that the curve is the line of grace. Form no square or sharp corners by any movement of yours. Ball . playing, not In the rough, tumbling, masculine way of the dia mond, but in the feminine way of your own room, develops the habit of delicate, feminine movements. To develop unaccustomed mus cles hold the arms aloft In a curv " ing line and tots a ball lightly from one hend to the other. To do this it Is necessary to watch the ball and this trains the hsad to the graceful, upward, birdlike poise, NOT EXACTLY. "Your tickets were compllmt oury. -srere they not?" -Well." replied the man, who ht cto painfully amateur entertain ment. "I tliouglit incy were unii; aw the show." A DREAM. Orace Tou'd rttver dream the num ber ot proposile I've had tbls Winter. lltlfti No. ddar: but I'm sure you dreamed muet ot them. PITY THE POOR. CloseBst No. lr; 1 respond only to the appeals ef the deserving- poor. Upcntisad Who are the deserving pourt I'losefls: Those who never ask for assistance. O DAY Mme. Una Cava- licri gives advice to the awkward girl which can be well Applied to the awkward grown ups of either sex. She advise? training the muscles to obey your will, then lorgrlting all about them. She gives sympathetic in structions to those who do nol know what to do with their hands. that Is chacterlatlc of many beau ties, ' giving them their alert, weightless look.' ' ' '" The threefold value of ball toss ing Is apparent In Its correcting three of the principal awkward nesses of the body,' bad carriage of the head, angular movements of the arms and sunken chest and shoulders. Most women bend the head unbecomingly. Now and then "we see a woman who looks ex quisitely Madonna-like when her bead Is bowed In a gentle, pensive attitude. But this Is tbe exception. Nearly every woman looks best with her head held high. It gives a clean-cut line to the-jaw, a be coming upward tilt to the chin and an alert expression to the face. Be sides, It expresses the attitude of tbe present-day woman. : Spirited ness, not submlsslveness, is .her slogan. But when the head Is bent it should be bent in a becoming carve from the shoulders. Here again ball tossing is an aid. Holding one hand behind you, and tossing the ball with the other, try to catch It. This exercise teaches grace, while developing practically every muscle of the Upper half of the body. Occasionally we see a girl whose bands are awkward. This is prin cipally because the remembers them, because she Is -constantly thinking "Hands, hands, hands. Oh, my hands!" : This condition can be remedied by forgetting she h'as hands. But to help her to forget them and to give her confidence that they will not betray her Into awkward ness she should practise bending them at the wrlat, pot aimlessly, by shaking them . as though she would shake them loose from the wrist, but holding the hand In the guiding grasp of the other, she should bend them back and forth, and side to side, to make the wrist pliant, ' training the laxy muscles to quick obedience to the will. Some girls 1 have known to suf fer torments of self-consciousness because they were sure they did not appear to advantage while pour ing tea at an afternoon function, or while serving the cup of morning chocolate or afternoon dinnerv cof fee. To cure yourself of such self consciousness practice Is required. Practise at home where criticism ;Wlll be, at least, friendly. Girls have told me that they were ave Your T ARE you about to have some new photographs taken-of yourself, of your "angel child," or of your wife? And don't you dread the ordeal? Doesn't It bore you to even imagine those aame old conventional poses, with the facial expression so plain ly Indicating the commend to "lxok pleasant, please!" Isn't your family album full of those atrocities, nor ribly faithful to contours and yet conveying not the slightest bint of the real original, character or person ality? You know the reason for this the camera man'i vic tim, with his bea.l In a vise to keep It from moving, and required to tlx his eyes In a certain direction at noth ing in particular. Is about as miserable, self-conscious and vacant minded as It Is possible for a human being to be. j r A Portrait of the Little Russian Princess, Marie Kirilowna, Taken in the Fashionable New Style, with the Face in Repose and the Eye Closed. Copyright 1011, 173 if&mM& very unhappy at teas or luncheons where they had to assist the hostess I because their hands were of either two shades, both of which are dreaded red or yellow. Both of these undesirable atates can be Im proved by the aame method. The hands are yellow through lack of circulation; red because the blood has congested In them. Gentle pinching of the hands will stir sluggish circulation in the case of the yellow hands, and will relieve the congestion In the in stance of hands that look red and swollen. Spread cold cream thickly upon develop , X unaccustomed J muscle I hold the V arms - k- aloft S the , V Y ball L from - - to v r A.J ; other." f Y ' '"'i 1 Dav. efieZ7?e ' V , Mme. Lina Cavalieri. A I aw Beauty Questions Answered Agnes writes : " Please tell nie what to use In hard water to make it soft for the face?" Benzoin, borax and ammonia are all softening In their effect up on water. But they must be used sparingly, because they have as strong an action upon the skin as upon the water. A half dozen drops of tincture of benzoin or four . drops of ammonia, or a pinch ef borax are enough for a bowl of water. The ammonia and the ben- - soin are whltenera as well aa soft eners of the skm. Were I you, I should not rely entirely upon these drastlo toilet aids, but would use cistern water If possible. If not, I would be vigilant In stormy days Picture Taken with a Tiger or While Asleep by AmerlcAn-Examlner Gret Brtuln ft 7T- lUffmrsg is&stMSy if f : Jk . 1.t-.::'.;.;:Vf J. 4 ' . ' j : . y f; v.:- : - 17 them or soak them in a bowl of olive oil before beginning the pinching and wear 'large, loose, kid or rubber gloves to bed. The per spiration this will cause sometimes whitens the hands in a night. In extreme cases the process should be repeated until Improvement is noted. In catching and melting snow, and in aettlng out a vessel or tub for rain water. S. It. says: "Can you give me a formula for a good faoe cream that will not grow hair? Also something to remove lialr from the forearms? Does benzoin whiten the skin? Please help me, dear Madame, and greatly oblige an ardent admirer." This cold cream contains no ani mal fats and should not cause a growth of hair on the face: Cold cream ,....2 ozs. Orange flower water.', .2'4 ozs. White almonda ....... 1'i ozs. Strslned honey 1 oz. Pound the almonds into a paste. Painted portraits escape this fate because the portrait paJnter, day after day, views the sitter at a dozen .lif ferent angles and in a hundred different moods. The result Is a faithful composite of the complex physical and mental attributes, each one of which Is a legitimate jart of the individuality. The reaion that "gallery photographs," taken with the utmost attention paid to detail, are so much less lire-like than even Inferior "snap shots," is thus ex plained; the snap shot photograph' shows the subject "in action" as he really was at the Instant the exposure was made. Then why not contrive to approach the same result by the more leisurely methods of the gallery? Why not give the miserable victim something besides himself to think about at the fatal moment, something to Interest hi in and show that there is a mind behind tbe m&ik? Have your picture taken face to face with a tiger, for Instance. Even have yourse)f photographed while you are asleep for even In the latter case you will escape that silly expression of self-consciousness. Fortunately, at last, that Is just what the photog raphers are beginning to doas Illustrations on this page Indicate. A few weeks ago this newspaper repro duced interesting results of persons photographed with their shadows a fad that U having quite a run In Paris. That, however, is merely a curious novelty that doea not overcome the real difficulty. Photographers can hardly be expected to keep live tigers and other wild beasts In their studios as a means of animating their subjects, so they are exercls . ing their ingenuity In "setting the stage," so to speak, in a way that will Inspire the sitter to pose, and look, like a live, thinking human being. Children have such lively imaginations that It Is found that a painted tiger to contemplate at the psycho logical moment of the plate exposure does wonders in the way of giving naturalness to the sun printed ex pression. The child's mind is on the tiger and not on Itself. In several large cities cf Kurope really fine result! have been obtained by photographing children in the appearance of sleep. A pretty example is a "sleeping" photograph of little Princess Marie Klrlllowna. ot Rus sia. Ughjly robed for bed. with one arm folded under her head on the pillow, while the other band grasps the stem cf a rose wtuue perfume she was breathing when slumber came. Nothing could be more graceful and natural. v For adults who may have secret reasons for doubt ing the charms of their sleeping attitudes London pho tographers have had considerable succeaj with what they call "sit-at-ease sittings." That Is. you sit or recline in the characteristic attitude that is easiest to you. put yaur mind in the same attitude, and Invite the camera to do its worst. i i i Right! Reserve , "Gentle pinching of the hands will stir circulation, if the hands are yellow, and relieve congestion if they are red." then stir smoothly in all the other ingredients. This is another non halr-growln. cream; one of the : best of the standard emollients: . Essence of cucumber! ... .1 oz. Juice of cucumbers 1 oz. Spermaceti 1 oz. White wax ... H oz. Olive oil oz. Almond oil ..tt oz. Yes, benroln whitens the skin. Buy one of the depilatory pow ders you can get at almost any drug store. Make a thin paste by pouring a little water over a tea spoonful of the powder. Spread this paste on the arm, and as -soon as the akin begins ever so slightly to smart, scrape off the paste wlt!t the dull edge of a knife or the handle of a spoon. The hair should come off with it. This will not, however, prevent the return growth of the hair. If the hair on your arms is dark you can bleach it by washing them in equal parts cf water and peroxide or hydrogen. Many correspondents complain that they are unable to find nose clamps. They are not yet in gen eral circulation, but they can be secured In Paris and New York. They are for ale in some toilet parlors and rubber goods houses. I have already described how a dull, blunt-edged wire can be twist ed Into a shape to fit the nose and, wrapped in flannel, be fitted upon . 1 . r 4 ;,. 4 V A Novel Effect Produced when a Child Is Posed Before the Cam era in the Presence of a Painted Tiger. Children I lave Lively Im aginations, and So This Child's Expression of Wonder and Inter est It Positively as Natural as Though the Beast Were Alive. the lower part and worn at night, or a part of the night, to eventual Improvement in the shape of tna broad nose. D. D. S. asks how to reduce an .upper arm that is too large. If the upper arm is too large be cause of the size of the muscles I fear It must remain so. If the size is due to fat, vigorous arm exer cises, long continued will make them smaller. Pinching the arms, gently, of course, helps to remove surplus flesh. C. R. writes: "My skin' is not. clear. I am getting blackheads. 1 use nothing but cold cream and a little powder. What shall I do?" First, look to your powder. Use only that-Mhieh la pure, and if you have any doubt, make the powder yourself. Tbs is a good formula: Starch 4 ozs. Pulverized orris 1 oz. ' Pulverized camphor. . .Vi dram. Crush these into a fine powder. Sew the mixture in a cheesecloth bag and dust It lightly over the face after bathing and before go ing out. If you are using a pure powder and your Bkin is still not clear I fear you have neglected it. In other wordB, you have not kept it. cleau. Dust, if not removed from tbe face, will lodge In the pores, giving it a brown, unkeptappearanca and causing blackhead. , Steam your face and remove the X ::A - ' blackheads by gently pressing out. Keep your face well cleansed by using good cold cream and warm water and spap and they will never return. A complexion brush will help. R. B. S. asks: "Is there a chin reducer on the market which you can recommend?" The rubber straps worn about the chin at night to make it perspire and so reduce its sice I approve. As I have before said, these can ba made at home. Provide yourself with a piece of stout rubber three Inches wide and ten or twelve inches long. Fasten tape to tbe ends and tie it beneath the chin and around the head at night A. C. R. writes: "Will you kind ly inform me of a god salve, for a man to put on his face at night who has to shave every day?" Zinc ointment or any pure cold cream should relieve the irritation. . The Reason Why THE case looked black against the defendant. It was a breach. af. promtis suit, and out of the mouths ot various' wllnesaea .it had been proved that he had o$ no fewer 'than 1.367 times kissed the fair lady. Now the defendant .himself . waa la the box, and very skilfully the counsel put the queation to him. Had the wit nesses apoken the truth regarding bis oiculatoiy performances? "Xe; that's right." he admitted. "'ou see, I had to do It" , " "Had to do it!" bellowed the. counsel. "How, sir? What do you mean? Will you kindly explain to the JuryT" "Well, you see," the youn- man answered, not in the least embarrassed, "I either had to keep on kissing her. or else let her sing, aria er well, i preferred to keep on kissing!" Reasonable IT was at the dentist's, and Pots waa the object In tbe chair a mlser lle, dejected, forlorn object to wit. The operation waa ended, and the dentist was ostentatiously cleaning bis forceps and smiling at the result of hi muscular efforts. "I must charge you five dollars, " ho said at length to the suffering patient, whom he had tres'.ed with more force than skill. The unlucky victim turned upoa alS jei secutor: Whatl Five dollars! Why, yon promised to charge me only one!" I "Yes.' agreed tbe tooth-tucger ! cheerfully, "that In truth was my com. trac". prioe lor the performance." Well?" queried the tormented one. "But you yelled so loudly that you've scared away four other dollar pa tients!'' A LONG CUT. Jack Tour dog will never go for my plpeons again. Klo Why not? Jack I have cut his tall off. Ko Welt, that will not make any difference. Jack Ah! but I cut It off up to his neck! CONTRARY! MY WORD! Brown Your wife seems to be a coa trary sort of woman. Smith Contrary! Why. whenever t ask her to darn my stockings sbe knits ber brows. Germany Is buiMina- clrht.r-elght war vessel at the prtwnt time: France, twenty-nine: the fnite.l States. Bftj-four' an1 Holland, thirty-two. "Have the goodness to circulate," It the phrae used by tlie Madrid Doll.- .-nan wnea be requests n.j to "nu-we en.