SIMPLE RULES FOR BEAUTY

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1927, Page 7

SIMPLE RULES FOR BEAUTY

Health is the chief secret of good looks, and bound up with health is the necessity of getting as much fresh air a s possible, as much sunshine, and the right amount of exercise, writes a prominent London actress.

Sleep is also a great bcautifier, and it is scarcely to be expected that a woman can keep her looks and her youth if she burns the candle at both .•mis. I must have S hours always, and occasionally after a tiring' time I want, more. I like to sleep as long as I can naturally and I do not line to be called before the eight hours are up unless for something urgent. At the end of that time T am ready to get up and am ready for the day with no suggestion of nerviness or any “tired feeling.’’

For exercise I like wo Heins', find very often do four miles in a, morning. I do a few physical exercises and think dancing excellent. I am in addition very fond of gardening, since it has so many advantages. It is exercise in the fresh air there is plenty of stooping, which is supposed to be good for the figure, there is the interest of little green growing things, the smell of the fresh soil, and the pleasure of it all. So far as a, holiday is concerned I like as hobbies fishing and sailing, since I can manage a little yacht. I do not diet and am fortunate in that I am not very fond of sweets and am very keen on fruit and vegetables. IWy two young sons get plenty of fruit with nuts and orange .iuice, I am a believer in plain, good, wholesome English cookery, and all the broad in my bouse is home-made. T like homo made cakes, too and am averse to rechauffes and food that is reheated. Fresh uncooked food like salads and fruit in. to my mind, to he much commended for good looks and good health. Though modern clothes arc so pretty and so adaptable, it seems to me to be a great mistake to be a slave to fashion. A woman should find a personality in dross and know which type it is that suits her without its looking studied. The great generality ot women are at their best when dressed in a true feminine style with soft materials and soft shades and colours rather than mannish clothes and Eton crops, which only suit very decided types.