BLUSHING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1938, Page 4

BLUSHING

NOT FASHIONABLE TODAY. MODERN GIRL NEEDS POISE. So many shy girls, through lack of confidence in themselves, miss many of the joys of living. They blush easily, lose their voices, and trip over the door mat. This is a state of affairs which, happily, can be remedied.

First let us discuss that dreadful habit of flushing. You are all dressed up and ready to go to a dance. Then your face, which was \cool and delicately made up, flushes.. Your cheeks burn with an intense crimson which sometimes covers the whole neck, as well as the face and nose. Your evening is then

spoilt. This intense flushing is caused by one or two things. Either indigestion or nerves.

If indigestion is the cause, it is more easily remedied than when nerves are the root of the trouble.

Every morning, as soon as you wake up, and again last thing at night, you must drink a pint of warm water. This will help, to keep your blood-pressure at normal. During the day you will not drink with your meals, and you will avoid meat as much as is possible. One meat meal a day is ample.

Try this simple treatment for a few weeks, and if your flushing-is caused by indigestion you 'will be agreeably surprised with the result. It will mean that, instead of leaving the table with a flushed face, you will remain as you started the meal—quite charmingly cool and fresh. Acute Sensitiveness. Blushing is the result of nervous contraction of the blood vessels due to messages sent to the brain from the blood centres, and is mostly caused through sensitiveness and acute selfconsciousness. It can be cured by determination and will-power. When you know 'that your blushing is caused through your nervousness, resolve to get the better of your weakness. Go about, and meet people, wear colours which will suit you, force yourself into company, and do not just sit around and wonder when your cheeks will commence to burn. To cure blushing is simply a matter of learning to forget yourself. Many girls are shy and nervous, yet do not blush. Shyness is caused through self-consciousness. You are frightened that other people will notice you. or that you may make a fool of yourself, or that you appear insignificant. No girl can appear beautiful and at her best when she has this feeling of inferiority. Forget your self-consciousness. Put on your prettiest dress and go out amongst people. Throw back your shoulders, hold your head up, and prove that you also know your own worth, You will discover that you are always accepted at your own valuation. A Good Idea. An excellent way to conquer selfI consciousness is to learn to do some-

thing which very few other people can do. And learn to do it well. Become a master in one subject, and you will then discover that you will become so interested that you will lose all trace of nervousness. No matter what it is you learn to do. Singing, parlour tricks, charity work, or any other subject, delve into the matter deeply and become an expert. Whatever you go in for, and after you have become expert, then offer your services to your friends. Do not wait to be asked, because other people will not know what you can do. That is why, in the past, you have been neglected. Offer your services, and you will discover that they will be gladly ■ availed of. When asked to do a few tricks, do < not wait to be dragged out of your ] corner, but willingly consent, and you will discover that, if you can cultivate the knack of amusing other peo-

ple, all traces of shyness and selfconsciousness will disappear. Also, your list of friends and engagements will multiply, rapidly. This may not sound very much like a beauty article, but you must remember that beauty is attractiveness, and no girl can be attractive when she is too shy to enjoy herself. Therefore, to be beautiful, you must banish shyness, and instead of being a wallflower you can become the lion of the party. Blushing is not fashionable today; what the modern girl needs is poise.