Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — Beauty Chats [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Beauty Chats

By Edna Kent Forbes

sFOR YOUNG GIRLS IN OUR grandmother’s day young girls were taught a rigid simplicity of manner and dress quite different from the artificiality of mature society then, and certainly quite different from the manners and modes of the present moment The young girl of today carries a wise little head on her shoulders, She can earn her own way ts she must and take care of herself under all circumstances. She doesn’t faint at the slightest excitement, and she doesn’t become a nervous wreck at the least strain on her energies. Yet she Is In danger of becoming too sophisticated in her outward manner, in dress and manner as long as possiand too blase in her ideas. I can tell from my own correspondence with girls of fourteen and up. how, first

they want to do up their hair, then they want to use cold cream, and powder, and to know about rouge and eyebrow pencils. Such things are the implements of grownup womanhood to them, and they cannot wait to get their fingers on the new set of toys. Yet their chief charm is their simplicity. Simplicity and youth are almost synonymous. The woman who wants to seem younger can best gain her point by dressing simply. The young girl should ding to simplicity bte, for her greatest charm will always be.her youth. To' be sure this doesn’t mean that she should avoid the use of all beauty helps, for at this

age, personal care counts much for later beauty. The most common trouble with young girls Is a poor complexion, due partly to their development, partly to the fact that the restricting parental hand Is removed and they can indulge In candy and sweets to their heart’s content Pimples and blackheads and a coarse-grained skin are the inevitable penalties. The hair Is growing fast at this age, too, and needs extra good care and, frequently, a tonic. The growing body requires sd much strength, that little enough Is left foe tbs hair, and a healthy growth Is assured If care Is taken at this age. (Copyright)

Simplicity is the Greatest Beauty for Young Girls.