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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 18, 1896

Famous Beauties and their Favorite Baths.

Mme. Recamier bathes in milk.
Mrs. Langtry’s bath is a mystery.
Miss Ada Rehan bathes in plain, healthy Croton, perfumed.
Miss Lillian Russell bathes in secretly perfumed water.
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt bathes in tea water.
Mlle. Liane de Pougy bathes in cold salt water.

Michigan, November 27, 1925

Here are the “fourteen points” necessary for a beautiful women, according to J. J. Shubert:

  1. She must be a brunet.
  2. She must have a beautiful figure.
  3. She must have an average mind.
  4. She must have poise.
  5. She must have originality.
  6. She must be agreeable.
  7. She must be gracious.
  8. She must be witty.
  9. She must have personality.
  10. She must be calm.
  11. She must be tolerant.
  12. She must be adaptable.
  13. She must have good taste.
  14. She must be demure.