BEAUTY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 26

BEAUTY NOTES.

(By a Paris Beauty Specialist.) PARIS, March 20. In a previous article I spoke about anaemia of the body, and this week, as I promised, I want to have a little talk with you about anaemia of the mind. In the article on anaemia of the body I have shown that when the supply of iron stops, bodily repair stops, and a condition sets in, which results in halfliving, if not in death. From this fact, I have made comparisons, and have found a favourite conclusion. It is this: That many faults arise from a sort of starvation of the I spirit, and its adjustments, just as , bodily weaknesses arise from the adjustment of the body to its conditions of , disrepair. For instance, the author, who tliinks ho should be better paid, who tells his friends that he can sell everything he can write for big prices; the schoolgirl, who says she doesn't care if people say her hair isn't curly—curly hair isn't in fnshion anyhow. . . i the strutting ill-tempered dwarf. . . ! the woman who will tell you that she I was invited to a party, and'didn't accept, I when she was never invited at all. . . I even the proverbial fisherman with his J lies about the catch, and his fish bought from someone more fortunate. . . I all these are cases of unconscious , attempt to compensate for an unsatisfied ; ego. That is what makes us critical. , Great people are usually broadmimled ; and accessible, unless they have strug- : gled too long, going so long without ; praise or recognition of a merit they J know they have, that their starved j spirit can never be redeemed into gentleness. It is the little people who are still afraid of themselves, who surround I themselves with form and ceremony, J weigh their words, and impress us with I their tremendous egotism. Analyse it, ' and you will find that it is due to lack ,of mental food. ! All human beings need a certain amount of companionship, love, recognition, and praise. When they don't get it, or get it too late—look out. The hardest drivers of men are the men who have risen through the greatest hard- , ships, from the ranks; whose sufferings I were the most prolonged. They make ' good superintendents, because labour will j have to blame one of their kind, when ; they are driven and abused, and the employer is spared. These people are i mentally anaemia, justifying themselves by compensation. Altogether too little importance is attached to the power of a cross word, or a critical phrase in our nations, our families, and our relationships with those who work for us. Even of the importance of cross looks, and silence. They have a great power, and the power to make others anaemic. Then criminals are produced from the reasoning, which either says: "They say I'm no good, I'll show 'em"; or, "They never say I'm any good, I can't be any good." Xot only criminals, but inefDcients. The producer who might produce more or better; the man who goes into business with a swagger because his father owns it, because he must have some recognition somewhere. Last, but not least, certainly saddest, the girl who takes to the streets, because she has been deprived of that food which all girls require, at least a semblance of love; at least a semblance of finery. Good mares are selected to bring forth good colts. A doctor would counsel a woman with marked anaemia to wait to be cured, before she had a child. Yet how often do we stop to think of this mcntul anaemia, and its far-reaching effects in our national and home life, and try to find a cure for those about us, who arc suffering, for unfortunately we cannot cure ourselves. It seems to mc to be highly important that everyone should realise that each one of us has power, almost of lifo and death, over the spirit of those with whom we come in contact. We never J know who may be sent to suicide by l some little word that caps the climax, and there is suicide of all degrees of slowness. The Lemon a Great Beautifier. Surely the lemon is a great beautifier. Frenchwomen have used this simple fruit for bleaching summer tans, for removing skin discolorations, and in shampoos. Now, many of them say they derive line results from a lemon massage. This is how it is done: First, j cleans* your face with warm water. Then, dippiig your finger tips in the juice of one lemon, begin at the centre of the chin, and massage with an upward and outward movement, until you've gone gently over the whole of your face. Allow the juice to remain on the face for a few minutes,, then finish by washing the face in very cold water, or rubbing with ice. You will find your face feeling clean, coo], and with a soft, taut skin. Your complexion will be white and clear, and with that much desired velvetly look. Try a lemon massage. The Eyes. Keep the eyes cool and rested, if you i would keep them beautiful. Close them ■as often as you can if only for a few i minutes at a time. Give up reading at ] the first sign of eye-strain. Avoid the I direct light falling upon your eyes, and keep them closed when passing swiftlymoving objects. Massaging the eyebrows with the finger-tips, which have first been dipped Jin lanoline, or any pure skin-food, will help promote their growth and remove that "scraggly," uneven look; brush the ! eyebrows daily, to remove the dust they I gather, and brush them to that high J arch, which so adds to their natural j beauty. Lanoline will also stimulate the i growth of eyelashes, and should be i applied with a small brown eyebrush. j A Wrinkle. I When the face begins to look what i the French call "empatee" that is to say j when it has a heavy, set look, then j should you exercise outdoors and abstain I from all rich foods. Hold the head high, Jto prevent sagging muscles. The applii cation of ice, or cloths dipped in cold j water, will help make these muscles I more firm, while chin straps of heavy I muslin, or of rubber, will, if worn at night, help support the muscles, and prevent more sagging.