the Woman Beautiful
Reading edition
By
MME. QUI VIVE (HELEN FOLLETT STEVANS)
CHICAGO JAMIESON-HIGGINS CO. 1901
COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY STEVANS AND HANDY
PREFACE
The Woman Beautiful is not a radiant creature of gorgeous plumage and artificial beauty, but a woman of wholesome health, good hard sense, sparkling vivacity and sweet lovableness. Her beauty-creed hangs not from rouge pots and bleaches, but suspends like a banner of truth from the laws of wise, hygienic living. Her cheeks are tinted with the glow that comes from good, well-circulated blood, her eyes are bright and lovely because her mind is so, and her complexion is transparent and soft and velvety for the reason that the true art is known to her. The Woman Beautiful is all sincerity. She doesn't like to sail under false colors and so insult old Dame Nature, whose kindnesses and benefits are so well meant and freely offered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
The Complexion 9
Expression 14
Useless Beauty 16
Washing the Face 20
Facial Eruptions and Blackheads 23
Tan, Sunburn and Freckles 27
Complexion Powders 32
Wrinkles 35
Recipes for the Complexion 39
Care of the Hair 46
Dressing the Hair 56
Superfluous Hair 63
Recipes for the Hair 65
The Hands 68
Bathing the Hands 71
Care of the Finger Nails 73
Recipes for the Hands 75
The Eyes 79
The Girl Who Cries 83
The Eyelashes 86
The Eyebrows 86b
The Teeth 88
Bathing 93
Diet 100
Sleep 109
Exercise 114
Stooped Shoulders 125
Breathing 130
Massage 136
Dress 144
The Thin Girl 149
The Plump Girl 154
The Working Girl 161
The Nervous One 167
Perfumes 174