THE BOOK OF BEAUTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20779, 23 January 1931, Page 4

THE BOOK OF BEAUTY.

Mr. Cecil Boat-on, who is acknowledged lo bo ono of liio finest photograpliers in the worlrl, and has photographed most of the famous people of the day, describes his book. The Book of Beauty, as "an analysis of modern beauty, a collection of the loveliest ladies J have ever seen." Mr. Beaton dissects with the utmost candour (ho loveliness of most of the acknowledged beauties of tlio day. Here are some of his comments:—

Tin fly Oxford:—"Lady Oxford, who slightingly remarks of her own face that, it, is but two profiles stuck together, is aesthetically one of the most striking and decorative objects of her time, with her governess-straight back, powdered hair, brittle arrogance, and witch-like delicacy. M iss Norma Shearer:—"The immaculate Miss Norma Shearer is the sleekest of the Hollywood beauties, and is considered in California It) be the most elegantly ladylike. She is certainly the most, carefully finished product, in the world; the, precise chiselling of her features is prodigious, ami her complexion of a smoothness beyond dreams." Mrs. Virginia Woolf, the Novelist :

" Ono of the most gravely distinguished women J liave seen. In her we do not find the conventional pink cheeks, and liquid eyes and childish lips. Although she would look like a terrified ghost in an assembly of the accepted raving beauties, she would make each one separately appear vulgar and tawdry in company with her."