PREFACE
The Woman Beautiful is not a radiant creature of gorgeous plumage and artificial beauty, but a woman of wholesome health, good hard sense, sparkling vivacity and sweet lovableness. Her beauty-creed hangs not from rouge pots and bleaches, but suspends like a banner of truth from the laws of wise, hygienic living. Her cheeks are tinted with the glow that comes from good, well-circulated blood, her eyes are bright and lovely because her mind is so, and her complexion is transparent and soft and velvety for the reason that the true art is known to her. The Woman Beautiful is all sincerity. She doesn't like to sail under false colors and so insult old Dame Nature, whose kindnesses and benefits are so well meant and freely offered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Complexion | [ 9] |
| Expression | [ 14] |
| Useless Beauty | [ 16] |
| Washing the Face | [ 20] |
| Facial Eruptions and Blackheads | [ 23] |
| Tan, Sunburn and Freckles | [ 27] |
| Complexion Powders | [ 32] |
| Wrinkles | [ 35] |
| Recipes for the Complexion | [ 39] |
| Care of the Hair | [ 46] |
| Dressing the Hair | [ 56] |
| Superfluous Hair | [ 63] |
| Recipes for the Hair | [ 65] |
| The Hands | [ 68] |
| Bathing the Hands | [ 71] |
| Care of the Finger Nails | [ 73] |
| Recipes for the Hands | [ 75] |
| The Eyes | [ 79] |
| The Girl Who Cries | [ 83] |
| The Eyelashes | [ 86] |
| The Eyebrows | [ 86b] |
| The Teeth | [ 88] |
| Bathing | [ 93] |
| Diet | [ 100] |
| Sleep | [ 109] |
| Exercise | [ 114] |
| Stooped Shoulders | [ 125] |
| Breathing | [ 130] |
| Massage | [ 136] |
| Dress | [ 144] |
| The Thin Girl | [ 149] |
| The Plump Girl | [ 154] |
| The Working Girl | [ 161] |
| The Nervous One | [ 167] |
| Perfumes | [ 174] |
The Woman Beautiful
THE COMPLEXION
The bloom of opening flowers, unsullied beauty,