The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1901, Page 3

— T T T T ————————— Facial Development for Rounding Out Hollow Cheeks and Cultivating Beautiful Curves. (Copyright 1901 by F. Smith.) O round out hollow cheeks, obviate flabbiness and cultivate beautiful curves is the object of facial de- velopment. The first step in this direction is to learn how to exer- cise the muscles of the face. We all know how to develop the muscles of the arms, for example, by certain movements learn- ed at the gymnasium; to train the tissues of the face to lines of beauty is quite as easily learned and as important. As we grow older muscles become de- pressed, and need cultivation to keep them strong, firm and free from flabbiness. Then, too, many youthful faces, although round and plump, yet are not beautiful, or even pretty. They are all flesh and no mugcle, It is rather a commeon delusion that one can gain beauty by gaining a little more fat. This is a fatal mistake. The lines of beauty'will be found only where the muscles are plump and firm. toing to work systematiclly, the would- be Venus seats herzelf in loose garments at her toilet table facing her mirror, and without so much as “by your leave,” daintily puts her finger in her mouth and gently, firmly presses her cheek outward in every conceivable direction; the thumb and forefinger in the meantime, on the outside of the cheek, are rubbing the flesh upward, with deep pressure, which stimu- lates the blood, bringing it to the surface. First one cheek and then the other must undergo this treatment. Then, removing the finger from the mouth, the muscles under each eye are contracted or bunched up, the thumb and forefinger pressing downward gently, while the muscles are contracting or bunching up; this offers the desired resistance—the pressure downward with thumb and finger. Relax the mus- cles at once and then contract them again; alternate this contracting and relaxing, firsit one cheek and then the other, until the muscles are tired. This is one way to round out hollow cheeks, give tone to muscles and gain beauty of shape. Still there is another way. Rolling the Cheeks. The next step in facial development is to roll the cheeks, which will also invigorate the muscles. Place the palms of the hands firmly on the cheeks, and roll them, the movement ailways being upward. Roll or rub deeply, so as to get at the muscles; rubbing the skin only makes it loose. Use any good cream; this facilitates the deep roliing of the muscles and nourishes the skin. Not only roll the cheeks, but knead the paste into the skin. An Inventory of the Fcatures With Helpful Suggestions. Having arrived by this careful treat- ment to a proper degree of plumpness of cheek and firmness of muscle, the next thing is to take an inventory of the fea- tures. My nose. One thing is certain, a woman cannot be beautiful unless she have a good nose; another thing is equally cer- tain, there is never a handsome nose without the company of other good look- ing features; another thing is equally ab- solutely certain, the nose is the vital point of a woman’'s beauty. Such being the facts in the case, it is a solemn thing to contemplate that noses are born, not made, and we must, as a rule, submit to the inevitable. Noses, to be sure, are made over, very poor specimens emerg- ing from the making over process fairly respectable features. But it is only in cases where the nose is a blot upon the face that herolg measures are advocated. The ordinary, every-day nose may often be improved, although it was the moth- er's duty to attend to this matter in in- fancy. From babyhood upward the nose should always be rubbed downward; even a snub nose may be improved in shape by this process. Where the nostrils are Y wide open the nose can be gently ssed together with the fingers and ) held in this position for a few moments at a time, the process being repeated at intervals. When blackheads appear, and they never will if the skin is kept healthy by daily baths, an excellent wash is made of— Flowers of sulphur ...eeeeees 1 teaspoonful Glycerine . SR | teaspoonful Rose water ., A e arias e s b abhbhesse ¥% pint Bathe the nose at night with warm water and then with this lotion; in the morning wash the nose again with warm water, followed by a dash of cold water. Keep up this treatment until the black- heads disappear. 1f one has a red nose in winter she will do well to take care when she is out in the cold to keep her mouth shut and breathe through her nose; also not to take hot soups or hot drinks soon after coming in from the cold. My eves. As we grow older the ball of the eye flattens; to preserve the normal shape of the eye as long as possible mas- gage or rubbing of the eyeball is resorted to. Rub the eye (uwurd the nose, never by outward motion; this does much to keep the ball round and well developed, and should be an occasional tollet duty. THE Too much tampering with the eyes should be avoided. For an ‘‘eye rester’” once a week or so bathe the eyes in rather hot water to which a drop or two of cam- phor has been added. Bathing with rose water is also recommended. If the eyes nave become irritated through excessive use a lotion should be made of rosemary flowers steeped in distilled water. Steep the flowers for several days, then strain and add equal quantities of rose water and brandy. To remove a feeling of dry- ness make a tea leaf poultice by making ordinary tea. After straining put the leaves between two pieces of soft musiin and keep on the eye for some hours. Up to forty years of age it is a good plan tu bathe the eyes twice daily with cold water; after that age bathe them night and morning with hot water, followed by cold. Iyelashes preserve the eyes from dust, wind and glaring light. It is, there- fore, not vanity to endeavor to improve their quality and quantity. If the eye- 1lasillms are thin apply this lotion twice aily: White wax Glycerine Tincture of cantharides. Sulphur sublimated ......c..cc00e0eee Stroking the eyelashes in an upward direction gives them a tendency to curl up. Although it aids the growth of eyc- la8hes to clip the ends carefully in child- hood an adult should on no account tam- per in this way with the lashes, as it cnly makes them grow coarse and stubby. Th« light brown eyeclashes of Lady Pippin- worth in Tommy and Grizel were ‘black- tipped,” as if a brush had touched them, though it had not. She made play with ner eyelasnes as with a ran, and some- times the upper and lower seemed to en- tangle for a moment and be in difficulties, from which you wanted to extricate them in the tenderest manner. My mouth. Almost any one can have a pretty mouth if she knows the proper way to close it, It is not to allow the under lip to protrude. That the under lip should obviously extend beyond the other is excessively ugly. But it never should recede. It should a trifle more than touch the upper lip; this makes the real Cupid's bow, and the prettiest shaped mouth. Syrian women have the most beautiful mouths in the world, and Lady Isabel Burton used to say that she learned from a Syrian woman the proper way to close her mouth. Although the Cupid’s bow is the traditionally accepted mouth of beauty, because, for one rea- son, it gives an arch expression to the face, tHere are other mouths equally as pretty, and they may be large or small, but the perfect mouth is neither large nor small, nor too thin about the lips, with a fresh, brilliant redness. Bathing the lips with alum water keeps them soft and in good color; follow this with an application of cold cream. Once in a while a few drops of cologne may be rubbed in the lips; follow this also with an emolient, Cologne or alum water used too frequently renders the skin hard and brittle and likely to crack. ¥Friction with a rough towel, which brings the blood to the surface, helps to keep the lips red. This, however, should not be a frequent practice, - Passing the tongue over the lips to moisten them is an in- jurious habit, as the saliva, always more or less acid, shrivels the skin. Many really nice mouths are spoiled by a hard line, edging, at it were, the lip, this be- ing usually caused by cold winds and frosty weather; rubbing the lips with sweet oil or a toilet cream is beneficial, My chin, To develop the muscles of the chin and prevent it having a weak, flabby appearance, press the lower lip upward by depressing the chin, as in the act of pouting as strongly as you can; crook the forefinger so as to form a half eircle of it; put the half circle form over the point of the chin, just below the mouth, and press downward lightly SUNDAY - ERINE ¢l & CALL. .s,u'rxpug, \) SR .S D13, J SHoULPERS § ) % /i S BaSSAGED SS— \ FAHCE ~nie SRS with the nngvs, ... at the same Yime ‘After contracting the muscle hard you are pressing the lip upward strongly, enough to enough to force the finger upward relax push the finger up with it. _it instantly,