CULT OF BEAUTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 164, 13 July 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

CULT OF BEAUTY.

THE VALUE OF FRESH AIR

THE LINE OF THE NECK.

(By A PARIS BEAUTY SPECIALIST.)

Perspiration is Nature's own remedy for purifying and beautifying the skin; That is one reason why exercise is so important to health and beauty. The woman who is afraid to perspire, is the one who will soon fade, and whose beauty will be short-lived. Perspiration carries off the impurities of the system, opens and clears the pores, and prevents the accumulation of poisonous substances that are ruinous to the complexion. Anything that causes one to perspire is, therefore, beneficial. The hot bath does this, and one can perspire in the bathroom for several minutes after the hot bath. After this, another plunge in cold, or cool water, will be found cleansing and invigorating. There are several kinds of Turkish baths equipment on the market, but any woman can make one herself if she so desires. A chair, a rubber blanket and a large lamp or other heater, are all that is required. Or, one can wrap up in several woollen blankets, and sit in a small over-heated room to get the desired result. It can even be done in bed after a hot bath, by wrapping up very warmly in blankets. A hot mustard bath will hasten the perspiration. Sleeping Porches. In many of the hospitals in this country, especially those institutions where consumptives are cared for —they make certain patients and invalids sleep out of doors, or with the head out of t the window. These patients never "catch cold," for they are well bundled up. For a hundred years doctors and other authorities have been preaching to lis to

sleep with the windows wide open, and nothing , ; new can be said on the subject of. fresh air. »Many people have, what in America are called sleeping porches —another name for partly enclosed ! roomsl ' Perhaps the ideal way would I be to have every bedroom divided into two ■-rooms, one to be heated, carpeted, and ; cosily furnished, but without a bed, and ' only one window, this room to be the • dressing room, the other to be just large enough to hold a bed (no floor coverings, | pictures or draperies),.and all windows — : which last are kept'wide open all night, and part of the day. Nobody will question the'fresh air-theory as an aid i to beauty, but every person must figure out for himself or herself just how they are going to get it. ' • Concerning Chins, Necks and Throats. There is a vast difference in chins, necks and throats. Certain types of faces seem naturally to top a particu- ; lar type of neck, chins of a certain • shape seem naturally to be the starti ing point of a particular throat line. ■ Not only are these features naturally | different in l different individuals, but the

| throat line, as much as any feature of [ the face, denotes the age and the physiI cal condition of' the possessor. Women, especially, are as concerned over the contour and dilineations of the part of the neck that forms the throat, as they are concerned over the facial contour and markings;that come with the passing of-years and with cares and dissipations. Whether the neck is thin or fat, whether the chin is single or multiple, whether the throat lines are angular or gracefully curved, means much to a f woman. f Most women in these days bemoan the ! fact that they have a too liberal amount lof adipose. This is the day of lithe j figures and willowy, forms. Without the j least regard to the normal or the healthy, j women desire to be thin. Their arms i and shoulders, their abdomens and hips, they want melted ' down until their ; skeleton forms remain. Their double I and triple chins they want whittled { down to childhood lines. They want to exchange their substantial necks for delicate and swanlike ones.

But in spite of the fact that this is the age of slender women, there still are many obese women, and many who have too much fat for their best health as well as their best looks.

It is absurd to tiy to reduce overmuch. Look, for instance, at a reduced throat'and chin! They become flabby, they loose their contour. Seams an over-lapping of the skin, or a mere pouching down of the loose skin under the jaw or _ chin to the collarbones, greatly diminish attractiveness of the throat. What is uglier than a flapping or flabby throat? The throat line should remain alluring until at least the approach of three-score years of age! For those women who have fat or thin necks_ and throats, or have a terraced chin, or a jutting, angular jaw, it may be a consolation to them to know that these conditions may be altered if they take a little trouble.

| A few exercises are necessary, and these exercises should be performed | daily. A stringy neck should be exercised the same way as a fat one. °r " is necessary to build up everv neck muscle, and to aid in the deposit of fat all about the neck. The only difference in the exercise for these two types of neck is in the amount—the fat requires more exercise to bring it back to youthful lines* *

For the throat, the exercises of Greatest value are those involving forward movements of the head. The simplest of these is. nodding, but this does not ve an appreciable effect upon the musoles until the same movement is performed while lying on the back. This movement then become a real exercise, and this alone will remake many throats that are only moderately at fault. The exercise becomes still more vigorous when one lies with the head over the edge of the bed. This calls into action all the fibres of the involved muscles and affects the throat from chin-point to collarbones. Placing one or both hands on the forehead, and forcing the head forward against the resistance of the hands makes this movement extremely vigorous, even when one is in the upright position. Better Vesults will be obtained from the modified nodding movements, if other movements are added. Thus, one may produce far better results within a shorter time, if the head is turned in different directions after the head is forward. Still further improvement is procured by turning the head to one side before bending the head forward, alternating between the right and turning, alternating or continuing on one' side, until the muscles of that side are tired, before turning in the other direction. Sliding the head from side to side with palms clasped firmly against the forehead is an excellent movement. In addition to straight forward nodding movements! and straight rotations, the head should be brought forward on the bias—diagonally forward to each side— both with the head held face forward and in the direction of the movement.