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THE CHINA MAIL, 'DECEMBER 14, 1938

Beauty and You

by PATRICIA LINDSAY.

The Charm Which Thrilled Millions

With disarming candidness, this; I dressed, for my part, pri- Geraldine Farrar, begins her auto- marily for my public and always biography, "Such Sweet Compul- things; to this day, my extra- because I personally love pretty

sion," with this admission: "I am vagances are in the sartorial line, over half a century young as I and certainly, would not be con

doned by a male member of my family, did I now have one

write these lines."

Her beauty refutes her written I conclude my own taste in femi- statement; For to-day, this beloved nine frippery gives me my modi- song-bird of opera's Golden Age, cum of pleasure in return: and radiates the same personal loveli- after all, it is one little privilege ness which endeared her to of self-expression, and so harmless audiences of two continents. The a one to general society in its incomparable "Gerry" is a peren- serving of pleasing adornment. nial charmér!

Beauty Second Only To Voice

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"Nowadays there is no excuse: for any woman to deny herself the charming and inexpensive ward-.

be From her earliest years

Miss robe combinations that can Farrar considered physical beauty found for the most modest purse A little discretion of primary importance second in all stores,

is all that is needed. only to the training of her rich, and taste lovely voice! When she made her With thought and planning,

all be nearer the dream- American, debut in 1906 a leading can

outline every feminine music critic commented: "What woman may this girl not do? When Far- heart yearns to incorporate!" rar twisted her little form into its

So in her seventeenth year of turquoise wrapping, as she spun

retirement from the out the waltz's final trill, she could voluntary have wound that audience around thrilling world of music, Miss Far- her little finger. Such serpentine rar continues to hold her public's grace has not been observed since interest through the charm, and she 80 the Carters and the Bernhardts!" grace and beauty which

cherishes!

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And from her own. penned words we glean a devotion to her "I am not one to count my silver femininity to this very year - and hairs and years in such close perhaps her secret of being a lead- proximity to an imperishable coun- ing beauty at "half a century terpart of exuberant youth and young!" She writes:

beauty," she says, and perhaps it is that philosophy which makes "I never begrudged a penny for her so outstanding in her age

or off group a handsome wardrobe, on

allowing her to meet the stage. It has often been said years gracefully, but still retaining and men have liked to believe an individuality which so many drop indifferently when that women dressed for their ap- women probation. But I do not agree to they reach fifty!

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MISS GERALDINE FARR AR, as she is to-day, radiating the same personal magnetism which thrilled opera audiences of former years. She is lovingly called “Gerry” by many.

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A poor man without principal is usually devoid of interest.

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If wishes were automobiles beggars would be arrested for exceeding the speed limit.

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If a man has plenty of sand he always has lots of grit. * * Divorce is an epitaph fre- (quently carved upon love's tombstone.

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An ounce of performance is better than a pound of promise.

Apple sauce seems to have been the source of all man's troubles.

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If some women were to cast their bread upon the waters it would obstruct navigation.

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The majority of men believe in platonic love-after death.

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