WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

HOW TO -LOOK YOUNG.

A PAPEIt .FOR WOMEN; There is no necessity for one's growing old if you will but begin in time. The woman of 25 may remain as she is for many years if she but knows how to go about the task. But what is there to be done, and what must be avoided in order to accomplish this? . Simply this—Sit before your mirror (one that gives a. clear reflection of you and does not flatter) and study yourself thoroughly, not in a Hasty, slipshod manner, subjecting to this crucial test not only your face, but your figure and clothes, too. Make comparisons between your own person and gown with those of women you consider perfect or as near perfection as ever a woman can be. Study the lines, the colour, the style, and expression, and let every detail, no matter how insignificant, pass review before your mental eye as well as your physical one, reflected in the mirror. The complexion is a tell-tale of one's real age unless most scrupulously cared for. Every woman knows that all beauty of feature has a bitter foe in imperfections of tlie skin, which are apt to make their appearance after a woman is past her first youth—enlarged pores, dry or oily skin, and— worst of all, wrinkles. Wrinkles are to be expected- after sixty, -l>ul- previous to that age they ought not 10 appear in a woman's face. In every instance they are not due to inanition of the skin ; very often they are due to force of habit. In the former case some gooc! skin food must be taken refuge to. In the latter the only course to pursue is to break your frowning or scowling habit by all means,. . before the wrinkles have rooted too deeply} If your figure becomes too noxtiy and' matronly, and has lost it v. elasticity and springiness, restore its former slender- ' ness by sensihiy indulged exercising, and if it becomes too thin adopt exercises that will n-ork in the opposite way. Extreme neatness is the most essential thing in every woman past 25. Her dress should be perfect in every respect, and free from any negligence, no matter how slight. What is pardonable in a little whirlwind of a girla slipped -down collarband, an open or wrongly closed button, etc.—in the mature woman is judged as a capital offence, and liable to put ner in not too kind a light. _ •' As a woman gets on in years her hands ofttimes show a tendency to become thin, dark and yellow about the wrists, and to show a network of large blue veins. You can relieve yourself of these in the following manner: Soak the hands in hot water for the length of a few minutes, then place them in a bowl,and pour warm 011 (preferably almond oil) over them, devoting about five minutes of this treatment to each hand. The arm, too, may be bathed in this fashion, and thus maintained white and youthful appearing. Another thing is that a woman ofttimes neglects her nails after she is past a certain age limit. Why this is the case is -> incomprehensible, to me. Her hands ought to be manicured with double care, since there are not so many other charms to make the one shortcoming excusable present in her than are in a . very young girl. ■ ' - .. • '• Devote their full share of care arid atten- ' tion to your nails and hands, if you wish to stay young, and not only to those, but also to your hair. ' • /-■ > •«. If a woman wishes to . look youngdog. collars and other heavy jewels must not be worn. If jewels are worn at all, let them .be : modest and small' in number prettiest by far, and the most ' becoming slender necklace, with but a small pendant drooping from it. ; • • v , ■' Then with the head properly poised, and the shoulders properly draped,, it will .be an, easy matter to appear at least ten years younger than you really'are. v"f - I " !

GRAY HAIR MADE BLACK BY THE . X-RAY. ; . Does your gray hair become you, or do you desire to have it darKi .... /•. v . v If the latter, there seems to be some ' chance that your wish may be fulfilled by applying the X-ray. : 'V> 4' \ '' »So at least declares Juberfc, the French : scientist, who, since 1896, has made many • experiments with the . somewhat unknown Quantity. ' • .w, ■- V J Owing to these experiments Jubert's hair and beard, which were - almost - wholly . .white, have ..gradually . become darker than - they were when at their t darkest. ;., While; ,the change ..was taking place the progress of the pigmentation, though T so.; gradual, was perceptible to the most careless f obser,!ver. It is unquestionable that / the V action, of the rays darkens the," hair, - whether it is naturally light or whitened by. age or by sickness. v : , ''' _\' v 1 * Jubert, who is a very prudent man, did not give his opinion of his discovery until lie was sure of its value. Jubert had applied the ray's. in the case of a man fiftyfive years of age for lupus of the left I cheek. As, for. special reasons, the; subject did not use a limiting screen on the ; surface of the , flesh beyond ' the localisation of the lupus, the rays acted 011 the , hair around the ear, covering several centimetres •of surface. Wherever the surface- was irradiatedy the hair fell out; not long after a new growth appeared, and the • new hair. was "a good deal darker than the.; original hair had been when the subject was in the prime of manhood. Near the ear the colour of the new hair is almost black.' The pigmentation varies in measure as "the surface was near or far from the action. of the •rays, but wherever there is a new ; growth it is darker than the original hair. \;' Tho left side of this moustache, which,. as it was not the side furthest away,- was not protected from the rays, is darker, than: the right side, which was not as near 'the centre of the rays' mission. The different ! degrees of colour are ? so ' distinct that they are seen clearly in the photographic proofs sent to the Academy of Medicine by Jubert.' Since the pigmentation was first observed the hair has been cut repeatedly, and many months have passed since the skin was subjected to the rays, yet the new growths have been all of the same dark colour. That prove?, says Juflfert, that ' (under some circumstances, at least) the rays have a durable effect unlike the well-known passing effect of the X-ray upon the skin. 1

HOW WOMAN WAS MADE. According to a Hindoo, legend, this is the proper origin of women: Twashtri, the god Vulcan cf the Hindoo" mythology, created the world, but on his commencing to create woman he discovered that for man he had exhausted all his creative materials, and that not one solid element had been left. This, of course, greatly perplexed Twashtri, and caused him to fall into a profound meditation. When he arose fiom it he proceeded as follows :—He took The roundness of the moon. The undulating curves of the serpent. The graceful twist of the creeping plant. The light shivering of the grass blade and the slenderness of the willow. The velvety softness of the flowers. 1 The lightness of the feather. The .gentle gaze of the doe. The frolicsomeness of the dancing, sunbeam. The tears of the cloud. The inconstancy of the wind. The timidity of the hare. The vanity of the peacock. The hardness of the diamond. The. cruelty of the tiger. The heat of the fire. The chill of the snow. The cackling of the parrot. The cooing of the turtle dove. All these he mixed together and formed a woman. ' ' And he presented her to man. A FACE WASH. Wash a cucumber .and cut it up into small pieces and put it on to stew with a teaspoonl'ulof water, and bring it slpwly .to the; boil. .i Simmer it for five minutes, and when it is cool and strained the .liquid: is ready to be used as a beiwtifißr for the complexion. ; ;■ v -vf.

;READING IN; BED. 1 - . It is a bad plan at best. The eves''-,™ almost sure to "^iffer^fS?twtM®^li least, lirst, the light is usually and badly placed, falling on the eyes ?! th ° book or paper. In .the second pl ace | • it is difficult to place the book so that' hoS eyes are used equally, particularly ying on the side. Moreover, if the btfokiil held too near the eyes, there is danger% producing myopia. Children should never - bo allowed to form the habit.; doctors say, no one under 18 years"'ofi'lpt should be permitted to- read in bed. v 4 % lids and others who insist upoiifdo%pgli should at least take care to' miriiiriis'e; dangers as' much as possible. V The licht should be good, and should come over one*' shoulder. At any rate, the reader's i'eves'P should be shaded from it. He should on his back, with head and shoulders raised'' '• When he gets too tired to hold the book ing a proper position he should stop and or employ one of the reading-stands vhicKs may be attached to a bed, and which apsoQ great a convenience. 1 -