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Show ' 1 BY ELSIE BAYRONNE. f N THE search for beauty, or in f p the strife for preservation of good looks that belong to one as the heritage of birth, there are " many and devious trails to be ' ! J followed. Some of these lead to success, to tho attainment ot v f tho end desired; others merely aro "wild gooso chases," In which she who la-bora la-bora has only her work for her pains. But there aro also soma treatments which are highly ad-vlEablo ad-vlEablo for tho woman who desires to keep that beauty which she already Ijas; and she who :' .would attract tho praises of admirers after tho first blush of youth has vanished must take ; corns pains to keep herself good looking. I Tho face, of course, 1b the most considered by I ' both men and women, ns a general rule. Of ' : course, beauty of figure is a great attraction. But even moro regularity and expressiveness of ' features uro enough to draw admiration from tho casual observer; hence, facial beauty is first and most considered. The chin and neck arc, as every person real-; real-; 1 lzes, Important parts of the face, when beauty ' and expression aro being considered. Also, It may be stated, tho chin is one of the first points at which beauty fall3 to resist the attacks ot oncoming age, unless outside assistance be given it Especially I this truo of tho woman who is inclined to grow stout with tho moving years. ; t She must be on tho lookout and over assiduous to prevent that greatest of all crimes and de-! de-! tractors of beauty the double chin. ; Even where tho face, seen "full-face." Is not ' what might bo callod beautiful, nor any moro than Just pretty, It often Is the enso that- tho profllo is exquisite in its classic lines. This Is duo to tho perfection of nose and chlru Whcu ' : oi)o possesses these qualities sho may lay a I claim to beauty but only while she possesses I them. The nose, of course, always remains prac-$ prac-$ tlcally the same in shape, although it may bo k disfigured and scarred by skin troubles, liut that J 1b not true of the chin and neck, which becomo J ! too full and too much rounded to preserve the lines required for a good profile. Profile Is Deceiving. NE would think, on first Jump, that if the J nose and chin possess porfect lines tho face would bo necessarily beautiful; or, at least, very pretty. Such Is not necessarily tho case at all. It often happens that a face which shows an excellent ex-cellent profile is spoiled by the set of the eyes, by cheeks too full, by prominent cars, or by ah overhanging forehead, any one of which fallings Is sufficient to ruin any pretensions to beauty; yet, seen in profile, when none of these defects can bo particularly noticed, tho face would be called "beautiful" oven by exports. Tho young girl, unless sho be exceedingly stout In which case sho cannot asplro to bo called good looking usually has an admirably shaped chin and well-rounded, dcllcato neck. Sometimes Some-times tho face Is too thin, but generally she has good material for a desirable prolllc. .Building on this, sho can attain heights of beauty almost undreamed of If sho l" careful to look pleasant always, avoid wrinkles and sunburn, not ruin her complexion with powders and rougo, and keep hor neck and chin in perfect rolatlon to her other features. Tho woman who has been beautiful in her teena and in early womanhood, but who is on tho wrong sldo of say 25 may retain her appearance ap-pearance of beauty for many years If sho will but devote a bit of time to the proper care ot her chin and neck at the samo tlnio she is dc-votlng dc-votlng hours each day to tho preservation ot complexion and elimination of wrinkles about tho mouth and eyes. It is sho who has most need for this care, yet tho young girl who begins be-gins It at an early age will find that In later years sho need not give so much attention to ' . ,-3-;.-' - ,; -Spl such matters as docs the woman who did not begin soon enough. For It is here that woman finds herself confronted con-fronted with two troubles, both or cither or which spoil her beauty. The first Is fleshiness; the second, collapse of tho neck muscles. With the relaxation of tho activities of girlhood and the closo of tho period of development comes the tondoncy to lake on flesh; and one of the llrBt places in which this tendency shows itself Is in tho neck, Just under tho chin. The extra fat and flesh will gathor there, causing tho Ekln to. stretch until It sags down. And after tho flrBt Indication in the mirror It will not bo long until the glass reflects two chins Instead of one. Then beauty is gone, and practically gone forever; for, oven if dieting and massage drive away tho extra fat, thcro will always bo a bit of oxtra loose akin hanging just under tho chin and spoiling the appearance both of the full face and tho profllo. Muscles Inclined to Droop. HE neck muscles arc Inclined to droop under 1 tho extra weight. Also, they are Inclined to fall, whethor that weight bo placed there or not, unless they bo given qulto a bit of exercise. exer-cise. It la tho natural tendency of a musclo improperly treated to show Its resentment either by bunching up or falling down tho first In case of too much use, the second in caso of too little. The girl who sits In one position for hours reading a book, and repeats this day after day, or wears a choking collar, Is not properly exercising the muscles of the neck, and will, In time, see the results of hor neglect unless sho bo careful each night to twist and massago these muscles, giving them the proper cxcrclso to maintain their development and forcing tho blood to clrculato proporly In that region. Tho "stance" hero also plays Its part, although al-though It might not seem so to the careless observer. ob-server. Yet, It is certain that the girl who permits her head to droop forward, with hor chin sinking almost to hor chest. Is inviting superfluous flesh to deposit Itself right at tho point of the chin, whero It will spoil tho contour. con-tour. Holding tho head erect upon tho shoulders not only Improves the general figure, but gives an air of Independence, authority and capability, capabil-ity, whllo at the samo tlmo It Is an excollcnt preventive of the doublo chin. Here Is whero tho athlotlc girl, as a rule, has an advantage over her stay-at-homo sisters, for in hor outdoor out-door life she generally learns the proper way of carrying her head. Several Muscles Important. 11131113 aro several muscles In tho neck T which have much to do with Its contour and genorai -appearance. Tho most important of those arc tho temporal and massatcr muscles mus-cles which aid In moving tho lower Jaw. Tho sternaclldomastoids, of which there arc two, 'TT-.: - . and which, starting from the shoulders, serve to turn the hoad on the neck, though they have nothing to do with the nodding movement, and the platysma myoides, which Is designed to movo the skin of thj neck, but cannot be used without with-out considerable practice, like tho musolos which control tho movements of the ears. The muscles which have to bo considered most In this matter of beauty are those which turn tho head about. There are two ways of treating them, by massage and by exercise. In massaging the neck and chin, the open hand, rather, tho fingers should be used. Havo the hand as flat as it will lio without straining, the fingers bont to fit the face. This produces a surface broad and long enough to cover considerable con-siderable space at one time and improves tho massage Just so much. Starting from about tho position of tho "Adam's applo" and chin, movo the hand, with gentle yet firm pressure, backwards back-wards toward tho Jawbones. Do not go straight back to the point of the chin, but Incline towards to-wards the ears. This gives a sort of rounding motion, serves to mako tho muscles firmer and hnrder, and also alda in preventing tho accumulation accu-mulation of superfluous flesh In this region. For this exercise no cream is necessary. It ' Ik Just a matter of rubbing the muscles one way only so as to stiffen them and drive tho blood through thorn properly. Of course, any good massage cream may bo used If desired, but It Is not necessary, and, If used too often, 13 ' liable to enlarge tho pores of the skin and make the neck look "spotted." How to Stretch. EXERCISE plays an Important part with theso muscles. Of course, they get a. certain cer-tain amount of exercise durlns the day In holdr f Ing up the head and In turning it from side to side, hut with tho average woman they do not get enough exercise to preserve tho Arm, hard, IH original contour, which is what Is necessary if jH the profllo Is to remain beautiful. The first and most-needed movement of the exercise Is fH thRt of stretching. IH In this movement, stand erect, balancing on H tlio. balls of the feet, with the shoulders well jH thrown back and the head held erect. Then tilt jH the head backwards, lifting the chin as much as H pc.?iblc until it seems that the head and chin will move no further; then movo one more, inch and hold that position while drawing a long H breath, holding It for a few seconds and then H expelling it slowly. This will seem to be a H strain at first, and should not bo repeated after the neck and shouldor muscles seem tired; but H each evening, as the exercise is continued, it H will be found possible to repeat it oftcner and H oftener, until a regular course of this exercise H can be gone through each night. H Hardening and strengthening of the muscles Is the result of the stretching. It gives thorn si certain play that they have not had all through tho average day, unless one has been looking at the sky, or searching along high shelves for some hard-to-find object, It is tho movement H most needed for this set of muscles and really la H a rest for Ihcm after having been turned In all H other directions and having supported the head throughout tho day, H Tho second movement of tho neck muscle ex- H orclsc Is divided into two parts. Both arc alike IH but move in opposite directions. First, bo suro IH you arc standing with tho hoad erect this at- IH ways is Important, and whenever one thinks of jH it during tho day, If she finds herself In a soir.l- H stooped position, or with the head lolling on the H shoulders, sho should at once correct the fault. H A Ith the head held well erect, turn it slowlj to JM the rlht as far as it will go without straining. SM Then turn it slowly back and on around to the jjM left. At the extreme limit of this exercise the jM point of the dim should bo almost directly over M the shoulder. ;lm4, fH This should be repeated a number of times and the movemc.it should bo SduaUy ma'o moro rapid until tho speed Vad -when IH which one customarily turns tho head mhen suddenly called to glance to one sWt. |