THOSE DULL FACES
WHERE PERSONALITY COUNTS. There is one state of mind that will age a face and make it unbeautiful more quickly and permanently than any other, and that is lack of interest. It is surprising how often a woman who seems to have been endowed with all the good things life has to offer presents a lifeless and dully unexpressive face to the world. The woman less blessed—who has for some reason or another something of a struggle with life —lias the best of it when it cones to ths reaction on her looks. She must be for ever alert; she must make physical and mental effort; and the result is the compensation of a keen mind that shows itself in her face. She is immediately interesting; she looks as If she had something to say that would be worth hearing and, apart from this, the intensity with which she must live her life has its physical effect as well.
Just as hard exercise will whip the blood into activity, and send it coursing through the veins to nourish the skin and bring health and brightness to eyes and hair, so too does mental stimulation have the same effect. If the mind is allowed to remain idle there follows a physical lethargy that works havoc with the appearance.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 11, 23 December 1933, Page 4
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