FOREWORD

IN this volume is presented what we confidently believe to be the most complete collection of authoritative information on the subject of personal beauty and the best methods of acquiring and preserving it ever offered to the public in compact, handy, inexpensive form.

All the newest and best ways of helping a woman to retain her youthful charm for an indefinite period are clearly described in these pages, and with them are given more than one thousand tested recipes which will be found of the greatest assistance in attaining the desired end.

Every statement made in this book is based on long and thorough practical experience; every recipe has the endorsement of the greatest living authorities on aids to beauty. Madame Lina Cavalieri herself has followed the advice which she here generously passes on to other women. The preparations for which recipes are given are all ones the famous prima donna herself uses, and to their use she owes the fact that for so many years she has been acclaimed the most beautiful woman on earth.

The woman who owns this book will be freed forever from dependence upon unreliable “beauty doctors” and expensive cosmetics of doubtful value. Here she has all the best advice the world affords to help her make the most out of the skin, the hair, the eyes, the teeth, the figure and all the other charms with which Nature has endowed her.

Most of the thousand and more recipes this volume contains can be easily prepared at small expense right in your own home. And no one need have the slightest hesitation about using any of them. Not only are they personally recommended by Madame Cavalieri but they have the endorsement of all the greatest beauty specialists of both America and Europe.

Great pains has been taken in their selection and any whose value seemed doubtful or which might by any possibility have harmful effects have been rigidly excluded.

The world to-day places a higher valuation upon personal appearance than ever before. And this is why a book like this, which explains just how to make the most of your physical self, is certain of a warm welcome from the public.

The Publishers.