The Ugly-Girl Papers/Chapter 10
CHAPTER X.
- The Bonniest Kate in Christendom.
- A Word to Mothers and Aunts.
- Different Vanities.
- The Sorrows of Ugly Women.
- Recipes of an Ancient Beauty.
- Sand Wash.
- Color for the Nails.
- Embrocation for the Hands.
- Soap to Bleach the Arms.
- Freckle Lotions.
- Artistic Enthusiasm at the Toilet.
Was the last chapter too much of a sermon on Christiana's breakfast? You think so, Kate, who are longing to learn some art that may make you the bonniest Kate in Christendom. You say your hands are rough and unsightly, your hair grows where you do not want it, and is none too thick where it ought to be. Your eyebrows are bushy — a most unfeminine trait, that makes you look fierce as a lamb with mustaches. You don't seem lovely to yourself, and this consciousness makes you stiff and shy in your manner. Somebody is to blame for this state of things. Either your Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/121 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/122 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/123 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/124 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/125 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/126 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/127 Page:Ugly-girl papers.djvu/128