Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
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[Sidenote: _I Am Interesting_] But you must not mind them. Smile, and tell them that you know all about it, and don't worry. Go serenely on your way, confident in your heart that you will look fully ten years younger when you get down to normal, no matter how you look in the interim. I don't see why women, and men, too, (secretly) worry so much about wrinkles. If the increased wrinkles on the face are accompanied by increased wrinkles in the gray matter, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. I'm sure I am much more interesting with wrinkles than I was without. I am to myself, anyway. However, you will not be any more wrinkled if you reduce gradually, as I advise, and keep up your exercises at least fifteen minutes daily. [Sidenote: _I Have a Beautiful Complexion_] [Sidenote: _I Attended an Art School Six Months Once_] Take care of your face, alternate hot and cold water, glycerine one-quarter, rose water three-quarters, cold cream packs, massage gently, a little ice--you know what to do--you need not fear. You will not only look ten years younger and live twenty years longer--I assert it boldly--but your complexion and efficiency will be one hundred per cent better. [Sidenote: _Joy_!] If there is anything comparable to the joy of taking in your clothes, I have not experienced it. And when you find your corset coming closer and |
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