THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 28, 1938.
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The day of the dumb blanda is dono.
truth that many
girls don't want to admit. But they
* and you must face up to 11. NAOMI BOURN tellə
you how Intelligence, properly used, can give you added charm.
LONDON
I sat in the restaurant of one of London's most exclusive hotels.
Before me paraded an endless stream of powdered and perfumed
women.
To acquire such perfection, they had spent many hours in the hands of hairdressers. Their lovely faces had been slapped and smoothed into place by a masseuse.
It takes
a
a wise girl
to be a BEAUTY
tures of habit, we are content to
ignore the world outside and con- centrate on our own little circle behind our front door.
This tends to stagnation. Take an interest in the world out-
their outward corners with a soft pencil.,
Place your rouge high on your cheek bones and the faintest trace under your eyes. This will counter- act any dark circles.
Be gay and clever with your colours.
Don't think because you have a few grey hairs that you must wear black.
There is some silly. idea
that once you
are past a certain, age, you can wear nothing but black.
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I don't agree.
You can wear any· colour you like as long as you are discreet in
They had stood for hours, while side. When you have read the fash- cater for those millions of you who its use. fussy little fitters had pinned and ion page turn to the other pages are anxious for knowledge; for With grey hair, wear soft blues, pulled materials into subtle lines, and find out what is happening those of you who want to read the deep greens, grey with a shadow of so that now they strutted-lovely in the worlds of music, art and better books, see the better plays, mauve through it, and that warm monuments to ceaseless care and literature.
hear and watch the great artists of rich red that is the colour of port. grooming.
Be able to carry on an intelligent our time on the stage and concert when held to the light. As I watched them a thought en- conversation about the current platform. tered my head.....
novels, famous visiting musicians and exhibitions,
So much time, so much money had been spent perfecting the shell, I wondered how much time had been spent on perfecting and grooming their minds to match their perfect, exteriors.
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Charm of face and figure, charm of dress and style, are useless with- out charm of mind.
For the attraction of a really charming woman goes much deeper than surface polish.
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Please don't think I'm urging you to pose as a high-brow or pretend to knowledge of things and people
you don't possess. I'm not.
But what I do think is important is that you have a very fair idea of what is going on in spheres other than your own.
Qulture in a woman is a valuable. asset, and knowledge is a stepping
stone to success.
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Lending libraries have sprung up,: mushroom-like, all over the country. old lady peeping from beneath a And even when you are a very Inexpensive tours to foreign bonnet-let that bonnet be made countries enable you to see other women live, what other women coloured flowers tucked in its folds. gay by a tiny bunch of brightly think, how other women dress.
And those who come to see you
·
how
And now "The Young People's will smile, and know that youth is Opera Circle" has been formed to still alive in your heart. give you a chance to appreciate
opera.
The operas are to be performed at Covent Garden in English.
A voucher system for buying The attraction of a charming
The girl who can appreciate tickets has been arranged, so that mind will live long after time has music other than "Swing"; who by paying a small weekly sum you dimmed beauty of face and form. can enjoy a book that is of more
can buy tickets on an instalment You must work hard to keep substance than a thriller; who can
plan. your mind--as well as your body look upon the painting of great fresh and supple.
A bright mind is essential for a bright face, and a woman who can combine beauty with intelligence offers to the world a combination which is very nearly irresistible.
So Tex Ever
a Good Book 7
We each live in our own little circle made up of our daily routine, our intimate friends, our home and and our children,
All our thoughts and energies are centred there. And, perhaps, be cause we all are by nature crea
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masters with as much interest as
she would a pattern book, has something more to offer the world than a pretty face and a good figure.
A woman with an active mind, is never dull. She hasn't time to be. Wherever she goes, whoever she meets, she is welcomed with pleasure.
She is an asset to any party.. Men seek her company because they know they will be amused and entertained.
She will not be frightened of meeting strangers, for she will al- ways find a congenial topic with which to break down the barriers of shyness...
This modern age is beginning to
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The woman behind this scheme is Mrs. Philip Hill, one of the most beautiful women in London to-day. Beautiful, because she has appli- ed common sense to her natural assets.
to
The time when women seem lose all their common sense about looks is when they're beginning to
go grey:
They try to hang on to the past, instead of playing up to the pre- set. They should choose their clothes to accentuate their colour-! ing.
To be soignee, grey hair must be tidy and immaculate and never fluffy.
Grey hair can be very lovely and if managed .... properly, can bring youth to a face instead of ageing [it.·
If you have grey hair, your make- up must be kept very conservative. Use blues and violet eye shadow rather than brown,*****
Choose a powder that has a peach foundation, for graying hair is apt to make your skin look a little sal- low.
Use-mascara, sparingly, Ent your eyes by drawing a tiny
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