Camouflage Your Thinness

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 25

Camouflage Your Thinness

DRESS SECRETS VALUE OF OLIVE OIL ■While most of us strive to keep slender, some girls are too thin for beauty. They should sleep eight to nine hours every night, drink plenty of fluids with their meals, and be liberal with butter, cream, bread, and starchy foods. They can indulge in a glass of milk for “elevenses,” with grapes, which contain much sugar and so are fattening; and also —oh, joy!—eat all the chocolates they want. While growing plumper camouflage your scraggy lines by careful dressing. Really light-coloured stockings with strap shoes tend to make the legs appear more rounded. Necks should be round—never Vshaped or square—and cut high enough to hide “salt cellars.” Avoid brushing the hair straight back or a centre parting, which lengthens a thin face; try, instead, wearing it full and bushy at the sides and well waved.

In evening dress or.sleeveless frocks thin bony arms spoil the appearance. To round the arms by developing the muscles stand at arms' length from a door and turn the handle round, as if to open and close the door, twenty times daily—ten with each hand.

Also massage the arms—particularly the elbows—with warm olive oil, using gentle movements. Until your arms get fatter, you can always wear filmy sleeves in your evening frocks.