How to Live Long and be Beautiful.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 4, 25 January 1908, Page 41

How to Live Long and be Beautiful.

It is to be hoped that those who desire to look their best through life have had good mothers, for so much depends on the early training. So many children do not walk well or stand well because their legs were allowed to get crooked in early youth. Let the limbs and internal organs have full healthy play, but do not let this develop into slouchy untidiness. A wellpreserved, eared-for body leads to a good appearance and good health. Food is all important. Nourishment, especially as far as women are concerned, should be light, varied, and nutritious. Most people suffer from adulterated food and things that are too rich. Many women nowadays follow the healthy custom of not drinking wine, spirits, or beers, etc. —at all events till dinner time. Vegetables are wholesome and spinach is said to be very good for the skin. We must not eat too many sweet things, and plenty of fruit is necessary. The apple is second to none as far as wholesomeness is concerned. An apple eaten every day will,, it is said, make the doctor beg his bread. Fish is supposed to bring out eruptions on the skin if indulged in too profusely, especially shell fish. As we get older, we have to lessen the amount of our food, and to be more circumspect as to what we should eat. Nothing is better for the complexion than getting up early and going to bed betimes; but if you cannot help occasional late hours, take proportionate rest the next day. A warm bath before going to bed produces sleep. Walking and exercise in the open air are all important. The clothing should be warm and light to keep the body in the right temperature. Do not in cold weather only protect your chest; it is quite as essential to take care that the cold does not attack you between the shoulderblades. Keep your mind occupied as well as your body. Have an aim in life; that will give you the best expression. Be as cheerful and serene as possible; that tends greatly toward a green old age; it makes people around you happy and keeps off many troubles. Old age should associate with youth; youth and age do each other good. The old keep young in the presence of those who are their juniors, and the young people learn much from the serenity and experience of age. Bearn what your constitution really is, what keeps you well, what is the nature of your skin. If it is dry or oily it will require quite a different treatment. Change your applications as you do the air from time to time, just as you should alter the mode of dressing the hail - . It is not good for your tresses to lie always in the same direction. Embonpoint seems incompatible with beauty. A daily walk will serve to keep the proportions within due limits where a healthy subject is concerned. Those who are unduly obese have as a rule given way to laziness and to lack of activity, both of mind" and buoy. You must live frugally if you develop a tendency to stoutness. Take active exercise; you may even allow yourself to become fatigued without doing any great harm. Get up early, avoid food that contains starch, all cereals, cakes, jams and sweets; live on fresh vegetables and meat; drink only a moderate quantity of liquid. Remember that undue size militates against life, that apoplexy and dropsy follow in its train, and that obesity is oppos jd tc longevity. But, after all, a well-developed, stout figure is far more becoming than rngu'ar thinness. Thin people but rarely have good complexions, and thinness very often accompanies a waspish temper. Over-anxiety reduces people to skin and bone. Thin folk should ive well, not overtire nor overwork themselves. Be out as much as possible in fine weather, eat farinaceous foods, and only the best of meat. Be cheerful and happy. We should never let ourselves go, as far as appearances are concerned as appearance is concerned, even when we have lost the first freshness of youth. Our belongings like us to look nice, and a slatternly, ill-kept appearance is a disgrace to oneself and to the people about one. No one need be a slave to fashion, but we should all keep in touch with it. We all neglect the charms of grace of. movement terribly. We should cultivate it from our earliest youth, and it will

remain with us when other beauties have lied. There is a repose in grace of movement that delights the eye of the onlooker. We are so apt to be too hurried, and to doing twice as much is we can do healthfully and comfortably. Some women charm us by the harmony of their surroundings, their dress, their movements, and their thousand graces. This is well, indeed, and should be copied to the best of our ability.