... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children

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Chapter I. The Basis Of Beauty

Standards of Beauty: According to Voltaire; among different ages and among different peoples; with the cultivated — Modern Ideas of Beauty: Symmetry, proportion, curves, color, gradation — Human beauty not complete without expression — Youth not necessary to beauty — Health an essential — How every woman can acquire, increase or retain beauty — The perfect woman 25

Chapter II. Bathing As A Means Of Health And Beauty

The structure of the skin — The cleansing bath — The cold, or hygienic, or hardening bath — How one catches cold — The action of the cold bath — How to promote the reaction — Forms of the cold bath: The cold full tub bath; The cold half-bath; The cold sponge bath; The cold shower or douche bath — The reaction after a cold bath — Several directions for cold bathing — The hardening effect of cold bathing — The Turkish bath — Sea bathing — The care of the complexion — Care of the ears — Facial massage — The use of cold cream — Powders — General hygienic measures — The prevention of wrinkles and their removal 3,

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Chapter III. The Care Of The Teeth, The Nails And The Hair

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Perfect teeth necessary from the standpoint of health as well as beauty — How to preserve the teeth: Powder, brush, mouthwash — Cleansing and manicuring the nails. — The structure of the hair — How to care for the hair: Brushing, combing, shampooing, massage, curling the hair — Decorations for the hair — Hints on hair dressing 44

Chapter IV. The Figure— How To Develop A Graceful Carriage

Standard of beauty in the figure — The prevention of deformities — How deformities are acquired — School a factor in producing deformities — How to detect deformities — Mechanical means to prevent deformities — How to improve the figure — The correct standing position — The position to be assumed when sitting — The proper method of walking — Exercises for developing a graceful carriage — How to utilize housework in developing the figure — Exercises for developing the figure 51

Chapter V. Clothing From The Hygienic And Artistic Standpoint

'he Hygiene of undergarments — The material that best preserves heat — The best absorbent of moisture — The best material for underwear — Stockings — Outer Garments: Materials for various conditions — The influence of color — Constriction to be avoided — Shoes — Beauty in dress — The colors that may be worn by the different types 64

Chapter VI. Food And Drink

1 he hours for meals — Taking sufficient time to eat — Rest after meals — The different kinds of food and how to prepare them — Animal foods — Milk

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and milk products — Eggs raw and cooked in various ways — Meats and how to prepare them — Fish and shell-fish — The relative digestibility of different animal foods. — Vegetable Foods: Sugars, cereals, roots and tubers, green vegetables — Fruits — The different beverages: Drinking water; coffee; tea; cocoa and chocolate; alcoholic drinks 73

Chapter VII. Work, Rest And Recreation

Work in its relation to health — Child labor — The length of the working day — The necessity for rest — The noon hour — The ability to relax — The weekly and yearly vacation — The hygiene of sleep — Amount of sleep required — The bed and the bed-clothes — The way to lie — The bed-room — Rules for sleeping — The necessity for recreation — Mental recreation — Physical recreation: Walking, running, climbing, bicycling, horseback riding, rowing, canoeing, swimming, lawn tennis, tether tennis, golf, basket ball, bowling, fencing, punching the bag, dancing 83

Chapter VIII. Anatomy And Physiology

Sex Throughout Nature : In plants ; in the lower animals ; in man . Woman 's physical characteristics — The female sexual organs: In plants; in the lower animals; in woman. Woman's reproductive organs: The womb, the fallopian tubes — The ovaries— The pelvis 93 xii CONTENTS

Chapter IX. The Period Of Puberty : Passing From Childhood To

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The changes that occur at adolescence — Variations in the age of puberty due to climate, race, mode of life and heredity — Delay in the appearance of the chief sign of puberty — The mental changes at puberty — The religious changes — The mother's duty — The hygiene of puberty ioo

Chapter X. The Monthly Phenomena

Ovulation — Menstruation — Time of onset and cessation — Character of the menstrual discharge — Duration of the flow — Quantity of the discharge — Other symptoms exhibited at this period — The menstrual interval — Pain during menstruation — Connection between menstruation and ovulation — Vicarious menstruation — The hygiene of the menstrual period. . . . 106

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PURITY.

The danger of silence — A mother's responsibility — What constitutes purity — A mother's duty to her daughter — To preserve true modesty and innocence — Secret vice — Hygiene as a prevention and treatment in

Chapter XII. Marriage And Courtship

The views of various thinkers — The origin of marriage and the family — Marriage customs among different people — Courtship according to modern ideas: In continental Europe, in England, in America — Love the basis for marriage — The nature of love, according to the poet and the philosopher—Passion versus affection — Love as a passion is transient — Passion may be followed by a steadier sentiment — Marriages based on passion are unhappy — Province of courtship to cultivate mutual esteem and

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friendship — The money question should be considered before marriage — A wrong standard of requirements — Marriage for position or wealth — Sincerity during courtship — The training of a girl for wifehood — Qualities needed by a workingman's wife — The proper age for marrying — The danger of early marriages — A mutual understanding about details necessary before marriage 116

Chapter XIII

HEREDITY IN ITS RELATION TO MARRIAGE. CONSANGUINITY.

Providing for the health of the unborn — Exchange of confidences — A physician should be consulted — When these precautions are disregarded — Where the hereditary taint is slight — Drunkenness an obstacle to marriage — Insanity and epilepsy a bar to marriage — Deaf-mutism in its relation to marriage — Instinctive criminality a form of degeneracy — Consumption a disease in which heredity is sometimes a factor — The marriage of syphilitics — Consanguineous marriages 132

Chapter XIV. The Basis Of Happiness In Married Life

Love is kept by art — The influence of the personal appearance — Care in the personal appearance — Dressing for the world rather than for the home — The invasion of the home by conventionalities — The husband neglected for the children — The avoidance of contention — The economic dependency of woman — Humiliation dwarfs a woman's character — The question of pocket money — Race suicide — Healthy home life necessary 140

Chapter XV. Pregnancy: The Development Of The Child

An explanation of Nature's mysteries — Reproduction: In plants; in the lower animals; in man. — Conception — The development and nourishment of the embryo or unborn child — The placenta and umbilical cord — Changes in the mother during pregnancy — Lightening 150 xiv CONTENTS

Chapter XVI. The Symptoms Of Pregnancy

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Determination of the existence of pregnancy — The commonest symptoms of pregnancy: The cessation of menstruation; Morning sickness; Appearance of the face; Changes in the breasts; Changes in the size, shape and appearance of the abdomen — Quickening: Alterations in the nervous system — Change in color of the mucous membrane — Hearing the fetal sounds — The physician's examination 156

Chapter XVII. The Life Of A Woman During Pregnancy

Diet — Dress : hygienic or maternity waists and corsets ; the abdominal bandage — Exercises to strengthen the muscles and preserve the figure — Bathing during pregnancy — Work, exercise and rest — Maternal impressions — Keeping the mind in pleasant channels — How to render labor easy — Care of the breasts during pregnancy — Preparation of the nipples — Care of excretions and discharges : The urine ; the bowels ; leucorrhea — Marital relations during pregnancy 161

Chapter XVIII. The Menopause—" Change Of Life."

Age at which "change of life" occurs — Method of oncoming — Symptoms of the menopause: Headache, flushes of heat, derangement of the digestive and nervous systems — A mistake to attribute all symptoms at middle-life to the menopause — The physiology of the menopause — Importance of familiarity with the normal phenomena — The recognition of danger signals — Hygiene of the menopause 167

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Chapter XIX. Preparations For The Confinement

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Have the best, if possible; if not, have the best possible tinder the circumstances — The lying-in room — Arrangement of the bed — Things needed for the confinement: Absorbent pads, ccculsive bandages or napkins, the abdominal binder, the baby's basket, the baby's clothes, etc. — Preparation of the patient — Engaging the physician and nurse — The Accoucheur : Physcian vs. midwife — The nurse: Trained nurse vs. monthly nurse — Selection of a nurse ; her duties 175

Chapter XX. The Physiology Of Child-birth

Causes of labor — How to calculate the day of confinement — The duration of pregnancy — Methods of calculation — Importance of knowing the date of the last menstruation — Child-birth : The first stage of labor ; the second stage ; the third stage — The Puerperium — The lochia 's amount and odor — The danger signals — Afterpains — Changes in the breasts 185

Chapter XXI. The Management Of Labor

The knowledge required to make a woman helpful in the lying-in room — The Diagnosis of Labor: "Dropping", labor pains, the show — Duration of labor — Surgical cleanliness the guiding factor throughout the labor — A Talk on germs — How the birth-canal becomes infected — Puerperal infection can always be prevented — How to prevent puerperal infection — The management of the first stage of labor — Diet during the first stage — xvi CONTENTS

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The administration of an anesthetic — The management of the second stage — Care of a premature infant — Treatment of an asphyxiated baby — Care of the mother during the third stage 196

Chapter XXII. The Care Of The Mother After Labor

The prevention of infection — Rest and quiet — The position to be assumed in bed — Getting up — Visitors — Diet for a nursing mother — Bathing — Urination — The bowels — Care of the breast and nipples — The mammary binder — General hygienic measures — The treatment of distended breasts. 209

Chapter XXIII. Appearance And Development Of The Normal Infant

Color and appearance of the skin— Shape and development of the head ; the fontanelles — The face at birth — The baby's hair — An infant's tongue — The baby's gums — Cutting the Teeth: The first or milk teeth; the second or permanent teeth; teething a normal process. — The shape of an infant at birth — Position assumed by the baby — The infant's size and weight at different ages — The baby's bowels — The baby's urination — The other functions of the baby 219

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Chapter XXIV

THE FEEDING OF INFANTS. BREAST-FEEDING.

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Mother's milk the best food for the baby — The baby's thirst — Composition of human milk — How to modify breast milk — Conditions affecting the milk — Rules for nursing the baby — Feeding during the first few days of life; regularity in feeding; frequency of feeding; how long to nurse; how the baby should be held — Mixed feeding — The wet-nurse; choice of the wet-nurse — Weaning the child ; indications for weaning in the child ; in the mother — Methods of weaning — The time for weaning 228

Chapter XXV

THE FEEDING OF INFANTS. ARTIFICIAL FEEDING.

High mortal^ due to artificial feeding — Difficulty of providing a proper substitute for human milk — Substitutes for mother's milk — Composition of cow's milk — Modified cow's milk — The percentage modification of cow's milk — Milk laboratories — Home modification of cow's milk — Care and selection of the ingredients — Preparation of the baby's food — Sterilization and pasteurization — Mixtures for average infants at different ages — Frequency of feeding — Selection of bottle and nipple — Heating the food — How to give the child the bottle — Care of the bottles and nipples — Peptonized milk — Condensed milk — Patent and proprietary foods — The feeding of older children 241

Chapter XXVI. Bathing The Baby

Articles required — Temperature of the water — Hour for the bath — The best place — How to wash the baby — How to hold it — Pat the baby dry, then rub — Care of the hair and scalp — Care of the gums and teeth — Cleansing after bowel movements — Powders 262 xviii CONTENTS

Chapter XXVII. Clothing For The Infant And The Child

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Dressing the Infant — Character of the Infant's clothes — The baby's binder — The diapers — The infant's shirt, petticoat, dress, socks, nightclothes and other garments — The Baby in Short Clothes: Stockings, drawers, diaper-supporters, foot-gear, bibs, creeping aprons, outing clothes, night slip, wrapper — Children's Clothing: Underwear, outer garments, shoes, clothing for out-of-doors, night attire 267

Chapter XXVIII. The Baby's Sleeping Hours

Amount of sleep required — Regularity in sleeping hours — Baby's position when sleeping — Time for sleeping — Preparing baby for bed — The awakening in the morning — Ventilating the baby's sleeping room — The Baby's Bed: Bassinet, cradle, crib, clothes-basket — How to make the baby's bed — How to keep on the covers — Care of the bed — Keeping the air of the sleeping-room pure 274

Chapter XXIX. Exercising And Amusing The Baby

Exercising the Baby: The infant's first airing — The proper method of holding a new-born infant — Taking the baby out — How to carry an older baby — The baby's first exercise — When the baby can hold its head up unsupported — After the child can stand and walk — Amusing the Baby: Toys for baby and child — How to make playthings at home — Games that both exercise and amuse the child 283

Chapter XXX. Mental And Moral Training

The moulding of character lies in the mother's hands — The control of the bladder and bowels — How to deal with children — A child's sensitiveness — Children's questions — Kindness and gentleness — A child requires pleas-

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tire — Politeness — Children's fears — The child a great imitator — Howchildren learn conduct — Practice vs. precept — Making a child truthful — Children's imagination and temper — Obedience and how to enforce it — The spoiled child — Threats and punishment — Order and neatness — Learning to talk — The use of money — Children's pets — Stories told to children — Children in the society of their elders: Before company; at the table — Education: Kindergarten, school — The training of backward and mentally deficient children 292

Chapter XXXI. When The Baby Gets Sick

How to Tell When a Baby is 111: Its cry, cough, position, movements and gestures; grinding the teeth, difficulty in suckling; appearance of the face and head, chest, abdomen and tongue — The baby's tempera ture — How to take the temperature — The pulse in sick children — The breathing — The baby's bowel movements — The Management of Sick Children: Selection of the sick-room; ventilation, heating — The bed ; articles needed in the sick-room; cleansing of the sick-room — The care of the patient — How the child should be dressed in bed — Feeding the sick child — Administering medicine to the child — Treating the throat — Administering a rectal injection — Attention to the urine 305

Chapter XXXII. The Common Affections Of Infancy And Childhood

The Highly Contagious Diseases: Measles, rubella, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, small-pox. — The management of a highly contagious disease. — Isolation: Preparation of the room; method of disinfecting the linen, hands, dishes, vessels, urine and feces; the nurse's attire; care of the food; frequent disinfection; disinfecting the mouth and nose; convalescence; disinfecting the sick-room; disinfecting the bedding and clothing; disinfecting a privy, etc — Care of the body after death — ■ Quarantine — The Management of the Mildly Contagious Diseases: Chicken-pox, whooping-cough, typhoid fever, consumption. — The intestinal disorders of infancy 323

Chapter XXXIII. Symptoms Of Woman's Diseases And Their Treatment

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Symptoms of Woman's Diseases: How to observe pain; its location, character, degree, duration, frequency, modifications; danger-signals. — Temporary Treatment of Pain: Headache, pain in the abdomen, backache — Discharges: White or leucorrhea, yellow, bloody; their prevention and treatment. — Pruritis or Itching: Its cause and treatment — Constipation: Correction without drugs, by habit, exercise and diet 347

Chapter XXXIV. Disorders Of Menstruation

Irregularity — Suppression — Cessation — Pain, during, before, and after the period — Flooding — Scanty flow — The sudden arrest of the monthly sickness by exposure, etc. — Treatment — Vicarious menstruation 361

Chapter XXXV. Miscarriage And Its Prevention

The course of a miscarriage — The causes of a miscarriage — The Signs of a Miscarriage : Pain, hemorrhage, the expulsion of the ovum — The danger of an abortion or miscarriage — The prevention of a miscarriage — How to avert it when threatened — Treatment of an inevitable miscarriage — Its after treatment 367

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Chapter XXXVI. Sterility— Its Causes, Prevention And Cure

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The woman not always to blame — Causes of Sterility in Women : Abnormalities, displacements, lacerations, inflammation — General conditions, such as obesity, anemia, etc. — Alcoholism — Absence of affinity — Lack of moderation — Prevention of sterility — The cure of sterility 373

Chapter XXXVII. The Causes Of Diseases Peculiar To Woman

Neglect of hygienic rules — Lack of proper exercise — Improprieties of dress — Improper food — "Want of sufficient rest — The development of the mind at the expense of the body — Evils in the modern system of education — The girl's health given little consideration — Imprudence during menstruation — Mismanagement during and after child-birth — Artificial termination of pregnancy — Unhygienic marital relations — Chronic constipation — The majority of the conditions causing women's diseases are preventable. 377

Chapter Xxxviii. The Prevention Of The Diseases Peculiar To Women

The prevention of diseases lies in the woman's hands — When disease has occurred a physician must always be consulted — The importance of keeping the general health at its highest point — Attention must be paid to the manner of supporting the clothes and to the mode of life generally, especially during the period of puberty — Many diseases are prevented by the observance of surgical cleanliness during a labor or miscarriage and by the exercise of prudence and care afterward — The prompt repair of all lacerations occurring during child-birth would be the greatest factor in banishing invalidism from womankind — The question of personal purity and of marrying only one of good moral character 387 xxii CONTENTS

GLOSSARY.

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Explaining the Meaning of the Medical and Other Terms Used in the Book. 395

Index

Complete Index So Arranged that Anything in the Book May be Found at

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Chapter I. The Basis Of Beauty

Standards of Beauty: according to Voltaire; among different ages and among different peoples; with the cultivated. Modern ideas of Beauty: Symmetry, Proportion, Curves, Color, Gradation. Human beauty not complete without expression. Youth not necessary to beauty. Health an essential. How every woman can acquire, increase, or retain beauty. The perfect woman.

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever ; Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness."

— Keats.

fjTinAN'S idea of beauty represents the best of what he L^— J sees. By observing and comparing all about him he Bgspa) finds what pleases him most; this he calls beauty. One's standard of beauty will depend largely on what one has been accustomed to. Voltaire, the great French philosopher, says : "Ask of a toad what is beauty, pure beauty, he will answer you that it is his female, with two large, round eyes projecting from her little head, a large and fat throat, a yellow belly and a brown back. Ask the devil, and he will tell you that the beautiful is a pair of horns, four claws and a tail."

Ideas of Beauty in Different Countries.— The sentiments of mankind with regard to female beauty have varied with different ages, nations and peoples. A North American Indian's ideal of female beauty differs from that of a Chinaman. It is said that among the ancients a small forehead and joined eyebrows were much admired in a woman, and that in Persia to-day large, joined eyebrows are highly esteemed. In some parts of Asia, we are told, black teeth and white hair are essential to beauty, in

the Mariana Islands it being customary among the women to blacken their teeth with herbs. Park relates of the Moors of Africa that with them corpulence and beauty are nearly synonymous terms. The gentle sex take great pains to acquire this accumulation of fat early in life; for this purpose young girls are compelled every morning to drink a large bowl of camel's milk.

Appreciation of Real Beauty. — It is only the highly cultivated, however, who can appreciate real beauty.

Ruskin says that no importance whatever is to be attached to the opinions of races who have never received any ideas of beauty whatsoever; that ideas of beauty are only received by minds under some certain degree of cultivation. Those who have this cultivation do not vary in their views as to beauty, but all hold the same opinion. Whatever may be the difference of estimate among unpracticed or uncultivated tastes, there will be unity of taste among the experienced; therefore, the

Beauty and Health.

result of repeated trial and experience is to arrive at principles of preference in some sort common to all, and which are part of our nature.

THE MODERN IDEA OF BEAUTY.

According to modern ideas beauty must respond to certain tests. Of these, the most important are symmetry, proportion, curvature, color and expression.

By symmetry is meant the balance obtained when two parts are placed opposite each other. In animals opposite sides are balanced. The two eyes, cheeks and ears, the two arms, and so on, are equally distant from the median line. This symmetry is less distinct in plant life; but there is still a balance maintained between boughs on opposite sides of a tree, for instance, and the leaves and sprays on each side of the boughs. Flowers, as a rule, have their petals symmetrically arranged. The majority of fruits may be divided into almost identical halves. Even in the arrangement of her scenery, Nature follows this plan. The beauty of a valley lies in its opposite sides, which rise to equal heights; a beautiful stream flows in a winding course, so that one turn balances another.

Proportion is the gradual tapering by which two unequal parts are connected. The tapering of the arm, the narrowing at the waist and at the neck, are all instances of proportion. This same property is seen in the tree, which sends out shorter and smaller branches toward the top.

Curvature is another important test of beauty. All forms of acknowledged beauty, according to Ruskin, are composed exclusively of curves. What makes woman, on the whole, more beautiful than man is the predominance of curves in her outline. According to Professor Kollmann, no line on her body is short and sharply angular; they all swell, or vault themselves in a gentle curve. The neck and rounded shoulders are connected by gracefully curved lines, whereas a man's neck is placed more at a right angle to the more straight and angular shoulders. All the parts are well covered over with adipose tissue and connected by those gradual transitions which produce the gently rounded outlines; whereas in a man everything — muscles, sinews, blood-vessels, bones — is more conspicuous.

Color and Its Gradations.— Color is generally regarded as a less essential ingredient of beauty than form. It is said to be the kind of beauty in which the eye takes most delight. In "The Spectator" Addison gives a vivid description of Nature's use of color in imparting beauty to the human face : "Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face. She has touched it with vermillion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, enlivened it with the brightness of the eye, hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces which cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets its beauties in the most agreeable light."

An important element in color is gradation. Ruskin says that what curvature is to lines, gradation is to shades and colors. He states that gradation is so inseparably a quality of all natural shade and color that the eye refuses in art to understand anything in either which appears without it; while, on the other hand, nearly all the gradations of Nature are so subtle and between degrees of tint so slightly separated, that no human hand can in any wise equal or do anything more than suggest the idea of them. He is of the opinion that when the eye is quite uncultivated it sees that a man is a man and a face is a face, but has no idea what shadows or lights fall upon the face or features. If the eye be cultivated to some degree of artistic power, it will then see shadows distinctly, but only the more vigorous of them. Let it be cultivated still further, and it will see light within light and shadow within shadow, and will continually refuse to rest in what it has already discovered, that it may pursue what is more removed and more subtle, until at last it comes to give its chief attention and display its chief power on gradations which to an untrained faculty are partly matters of indifference and partly imperceptible. Importance of Expression.- — Human beauty is not complete without expression. Form alone soon ceases to fascinate. It is expression, ever changing, that lends attraction to beauty and sustains one's interest. An index as to the mind and character, it has a great part in our estimate of a person. In the expression lies the individuality. The influence of thoughts and emotions is seen in the face. Ruskin tells how the action of the intellectual powers upon the features is shown in the fine cutting and chiseling of them. The removal from them of signs of sensuality and sloth, by which they are blunted and deadened, substitutes energy and intensity for vacancy and insipidity. The want of those qualities alone has spoiled the faces of many fair women and rendered them uninteresting.

YOUTH NOT NECESSARY TO BEAUTY.

Youth, although usually associated with beauty, need not necessarily accompany it. Helen of Troy, whose beauty caused such a long and bloody war, was over forty years of age when Paris fell in love with her and carried her from her native home. Cleopatra, the famous Egyptian charmer, had passed her thirtieth year when she fascinated Marc Antony. At forty, Madame Recamier was universally regarded as the most beautiful woman in Europe. There is a difference, however, in the kind of beauty of the girl of sixteen and of the woman of thirty-five. Each age has its own type. A woman of advanced years makes herself ridiculous when she tries to look youthful; she should endeavor to enhance the mature charms which are proper to her age. This will give her a more real beauty.

BEAUTY DEPENDS UPON HEALTH.

Ruskin says that if a thing is the result of the complete fulfillment of a natural law it will be beautiful; if of the violation of a natural law it will be ugly. He considers it is easily demonstrable that the pleasure afforded by every living form is in proportion to its appearance of healthy vital energy. In other words, beauty depends upon health.

When Health Goes Beauty Fades. — In disease the eye loses its lustre, the cheek its bloom; the hair becomes harsh and dry, the skin rough. Beauty soon fades when surrounded by unhygienic conditions. On the other hand, by constant attention to the rules of health a woman may develop a degree of beauty, although without such care she might not be in the least attractive.

What Makes and Mars Beauty. — However shapely the hands and nails, without proper care they can never be really beautiful. It is the attention paid to the hair that gives it the fine and soft appearance so much admired. A smooth and clear skin is an indication of health. The figure can be greatly improved by attention to position and carriage and by the practice of proper exercises; it may become misshapen and deformed by faulty position and by neglect of ordinary hygienic rules. Color, which has been shown is an important element of beauty, is dependent altogether upon the condition of the health. The sallow, the yellow, or the pale skin are all indications of disease. Beautiful teeth are due to the owner's intelligent care oftener than to Nature's gift. Indiscretion in diet and ignorance as to the proper kind and amount of exercise necessary may be responsible for the existence of fat in some cases and for its absence in others.

How to Preserve Beauty. — Health, without question, is the path that leads to beauty. Cosmetics, drugs, and other artificial means only lead one astray. Every woman has as her birthright a beauty which she can acquire, increase or keep throughout her lifetime, if only she respect and obey Nature's commands and warnings. Yet through ignorance she may lose it all. It is one of the purposes of this book to point out and explain in a simple yet scientific manner the rules of hygiene which must be observed in order to obtain and preserve health and beauty, and to show how defects due to the non-observance of these rules may be corrected.

With this object in view, chapters have been written on bathing and the care of the teeth, nails and hair. The proper positions for sitting, standing and walking are given, with exercises for developing the figure and acquiring a graceful poise. Clothing and food and drink are next considered from the hygienic standpoint. This is followed by some practical suggestions on the subject of work, rest and recreation.

THE PERFECT WOMAN.

This study of female beauty has shown that it means something more than a pleasing outline; ennobling and endearing qualities of heart and mind are necessary to it, and health is essential. The perfect woman, who combines all these qualities, has thus been described by Wordsworth:

She was a phantom of delight

When first she gleamed upon my sight;

A lovely apparition, sent