Privilege Of Youth

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 5

Privilege Of Youth

Health. And Beauty

OEAUTY is presumed to be U the privilege of youth. It expresses vitality. Beauty means strength, not necessarily great musculpr strength, but certainly organic strength, vital strength. Don t think that women are lacking in strength. 1 hey are vitally stronger than men, for they live three year* longer on the a\••rage, the world over. Kven in babyhood, the boys die more easilv. Anyway. Itcauty is bused on vitality, organic vigour, pure red blood, balanced nutrition, internal cleanliness, l-'at is a basic tissue affecting the beauty of both face and figure, and is a factor susceptible to your control. Have you too much? Too little - / You should ha\e just enough to give smooth contour*. Fortunately, the "young" and the i-till

By--A Specialist

| young, can make themselves perfect in this respect. Hut the thin and over- | weight must mark themselves down. | even to zero on this count. j Ihe present fashion 'if thin women is deplorable. for i', merely represents emaciation. The "malch-stick" figure is neither beautiful nor feminine, and it will pan* out in time, together with the j unnatural fashion drawing* that express it. I here is an ideal slcnderne—; in which I lie limb- urc well rounded by muscular development and then smoothed out bv just enough fattv tissue.

If von are living a physically lazy life, lmw can you expect to have a beautiful slender tipure ? Do you walk several inile«i every day? Or do you dance such a distance? Do you practise setting-up exercises at home?- A-ide from corrective gymnastics, the ideal exercises for women are swimming and dancing. But all sports are good. Do you really do something of tlii- kind, daily, or three times a week? He fair with yourself. Are you entitled to shapeliness? Correct weight, like beauty itself, is an expression of health at its highest peak. It is not. lack of fat that makes i you thin. It is lack of muscular de- j velopinent. Strength mean* beauty. It i i- not fattening food that too lean • women need. You want building up—j tis-ue building, flesh rather than fat. • lusf enough exercise, not too much, for, building strength, plenty of sleep, simsliinc and fresh air will ensure appetite and the a.— imilat ion that will build you up. However, if it is your aim to look ; like the tliberculosis ideal pictured in ; *o many of the fashion drawings of to- j day. that's different. But I am talking about feminine heaiitv. Excessive fat?; That's easy. Fat accumulates, partly j through insufficient oxidisation, partly throuirh over-eating. Your first mine should be in the direction of improved health, through corrective diet. Your second move should be a reduction of food, and your third move, an increase of exercise mild exercise, such as long! walks. Reduction of diet should consist chiefly in avoiding all starchy and j sweet foods. At that, the easiest way to reduce the total calories is to eat only two meals a day. Women No Longer Fade There are now more beautiful women than ever before. You can take that two ways. They are more beautiful, and there are more of them that are so. Tliev have more freedom, and so are more happy. With freedom of dress, •hev are more healthy. And they have -t v le. they know how to wear their -lot he*. Hut we have assumed that this •S included in beauty psychology, as when one has the manner of a queen, because she lias pride, and poise and grace. There is one more widespread factor in lieanty psychology: The woman of to-day simply refuses to fade. FRKSH. SOFT SKIN*. —F.qual parts of pure olive oil and lemon juice. This forms a liquid cold cream which is applied and massaged in with the tips of fingers after the face has been bathed in warm water. A teaspoonful can lie used at a time bv working it in until the face feels soft and free from arcane. It is surprising how fresh and soft the skin becomes ill a short time. LTNF.S ABOI'T THF. F.YKS.—A simple efficient wrinkle paste is made with the white of one egg. double the quantity of rose water, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of powdered alum. Beat egg-white before adding other ingredients. and keep the mixture closely covered. Massage lightly around the eyes, before retiring each night until the tiny lines are obliterated. THF. MAN ROW HONK.- Here is a beauty hint that may prove useful now. as many girls are having trouble getting their brows back to normal. It is a simple remedy. Oirls. stay in tlie kitchen when mother gets steak which has a bone with marrow in it. Take out the marrow, and with a small brush, apply to the eyebrows every night, removing with wafm water every morning. In two weeks, you will see it has repined the brow with soft fine hair, which only needs he shaped, to be as pretty again as before the tweezers cam*.

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Good Advice a happy disposition. Find • something' to laugh at. Laughter stimulates the general activity of the hotly. It helps to make the heart beat faster and enables us to breathe more deeply. IyjASSACJK of the aMomen night and morning. Ts a splendid health giver and l<eaiitilier. But, the massage should lie done lightly, and the abdomen held taught. T UST as a flower withers without sustenance, or a plant becomes dwarfed without proper care, so does lieauty fade and become insignificant unless nourished by care and fostered by culture. JJAVE you ever realised how important gum massage is! Good sound teeth are very essential to beauty, and every possible care should be taken in the way of cleaning and gum massage. You can do it yourself, and you should do it every day; with your finger and thumb gently rub the gums, using an upward movement in fron*. and a downward movement behind. This will stimulate the circulation and keep the teeth healthy. "p'VERY three months go to your dentist and have your teeth scraped and over-hauled because the least Ettle defect if neglectad, maj cause end!ees A | ..I 1, \ VOVIMB*