Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — Gracefulness of Girls. [ARTICLE]

Gracefulness of Girls.

“A girl who sits ungracefully is a rarity,” said an artist to a New York Sun reporter. “The sex’s poses on a chair' are instinctively and unconsciously sightly. Then why will not girls practice a good carriage? They spend hours of prayer and effort over their hands and make-up, yet everybody knows a fine figure is the most important requisite of all. Any face can be rendered attractive"by expression. Any face for which we care becomes beautiful to us. But even love can only soften dislike to regret over a round-shouldered, hollow-chested form. Good carriage induces a good figure. It at least Grows such lines as you have into an adjustment of harmony. It will make your dresses fit better, last longer, and look finer while they last A head well carried comes soon to be ‘well poised.’ Shoulders well squared back fill up your bodice and improve your silhouette as well as your profile. Hips well balanced make your gowns drape gracefully in spite of your dressmaker. Feet that come dow n to the ground prettily come near to being pretty feet. Even an ugly hand escapes criticism if well used. A short neck is forgotten if one’s head moves well. If women would spend their time bathing, rubbing, and exercising, they would have something to show for it. Instead, thev sit around in ‘masks’ or make themselves hideous over night. They use washes, prescriptions, and oils, and they don’t half wash. Oh, yes, that is true. Many women, especially those addicted to grease i, do not half wash. Absolute cleanliness—sweet, wholesome, dainty cleanliness—is the best and only safe cosmetic in the world.”