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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1939

Beauty and You

- by PATRICIA LINDSAY

Do Not Permit Slight Physical Imperfection To Destroy Your Poise

Frequently you run across a girl or woman who has permitted a slight physical imperfection to destroy her happiness. She has become too conscious of a birth- mark, a large nose, graying hair, irregular teeth of some other minor defect. The result being that her poise has been destroyed and her happiness so diminished that peo- ple wonder what on earth is the trouble with her!

perfect female

It would take a great deal of searching to find the physically one who has per- fect facial features and a figure so glamorous that it would take first prize in a beauty contest!

If you look critically at the women you know you will come to the conclusion that beauty as such is pretty evenly distributed. Of course some women dramatise their beauty more than others, and there those exceptions where ill

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health, accidents, and inheritance have taken a heavy toll of beauty. But by and large you will find that each woman has one definite beau- ty asset-a lovely skin, soulful eyes, nicely shaped legs, lustrous hair, exquisite hands and so on.

IF YOU WILL HAVE CHARM

Each woman should concentrate on her better features and so dim any little imperfection she has. She should consider herself as a whole, not in sections' such 88

head, figure, eyes, hands, etc. It is the whole YOU which people see. They notice your posture, they hear your voice, they are conscious of the colour of your hair. You are either a blonde, brownette, brunette, gray or white, headed. You are tall or short, fat or slim. You are either nice to be with or a frightful bore.

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Persons meeting you do not scru- tinize your face and say "Too bad she has a slight brown discoloura- tion on her left cheek," Or "Her

FLORENCE RICE believes meticulous grooming is more important than facial perfection to feminine allure.

nose is not the prettiest of shapes!" They are more conscious of your poise, your voice, your manners, than they are of any physical im- perfection.

PRIMARY RULES FOR GOOD IMPRESSION

Cleanliness, graceful posture, a nicely proportioned figure for Let us take as example the First your build and age, and a well Lady of the United States. Mrs. modulated voice, are the primary Franklin Roosevelt cannot be des- assets of attrativeness. It matters. eribed as a beauty. Yet every per little of you have a physical im- son meeting her admits that she perfection for which nothing can has the most compelling charm. be done. As long as you strive to It envelops you, it warms you, you make yourself as attractive as think of her as "a lovely person." possible and keep your health up She is constantly busy with more to par and your personality spark- important thoughts which reflect ling, your happiness is pretty much in her lively personality with the assured. Don't go around with a result that she is loved more than sour face and a heavy heart be- those women who are artists' cause the gods have not endowed delight.

you with great beauty!

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