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Show VANITY NOT IN VAIN IF RESTRAINED Vanity will do a lot for a woman especially if a clever photographer lite Cecil Beaton know tha hat enough vanity to want her photograph to flatter her. In that three pictures ha thowi how ha can glorify tha subject to whom tha lent wasn't kind. At left it tha original proof. In center, ha hat annotated tha proof to guide tha retoucher in making alteration. At right it tha finithed product, glemorout enough to plaata tha moit finicky woman. , By RUTH MILLETT Vanity if kept on a leash can do a lot for a woman. Remember Remem-ber that when you hesitate to praise the daughter of tha house for fear she'll come to think too well of herself. distinctive hair style and tha importance im-portance of really good clothes. She discovered that a face not beautiful if studied feature by feature can be "lifted' by reflecting animation, gaiety and humor. Appear at Brat The artist-photographer also mentioned men-tioned the duchess of Kent who. though not in the least vain about her very real beauty, nevertheless haa enough vanity to give her a flair for always appearing at her best. Beaton believes the worst sin against herself a woman can commit com-mit la to be so lacking in vanity that she wastes her beauty on grace-lessneas grace-lessneas and unbecoming clothea. But vanity to be constructive has to be controlled. Otherwise it's likely to run away with a woman. , Although that isn't aa likely to happen today aa It waa a few yeara ago. For tha modern woman haa cultivated her sense of humor, as well aa her beauty. And a sense of humor is the most dependable leash vanity can have. (Footnote: Maybe you think we didn't mention men in connection con-nection with vanity. Well, we did. Mr. Beaton thinks they are Just aa vain as women, and a great deal more naive about showing show-ing it. They have all aorta of ideaa about themselves. Many of them even have a favorite side of the face. If you're interested, I'll tell you Br. Beaton'a parting shot at his own sex: "Try to find a profile picture of the duke of Windsor that doesn't show the part of his hair.") Modesty sounds well, when you read about It; but modesty doesn't lead a woman to sit down before a mirror and plan a campaign of renovation. Nor does modesty cause a woman to think, "I have the makings of We, the Women everything I want to be. and it's up to me to go ahead and be that person. Vanity (ieta Action It'a vanity, not modesty, that lifts a woman's head and makea her eyea aparkle. Just to check up on these Ideas. I mentioned them In talking to a man who has studied most of the celebrated women of America and Europe atudied them through the lenaea of a camera and over a drawing draw-ing board. Cecil Beaton agreed whole-heartedly that vanity la Indispensable In-dispensable to women. He spoke of the duchess of Windsor, Wind-sor, whom he haa photographed many times, as a ahining example of a woman's being led by vanity to real attractiveness. Not having natural nat-ural beauty, she decided to make the moat of herself. And in experimenting experi-menting she learned the value of a |