The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-23

( In Moman's Realm

A MAN OUT west has gone insane be-
IA cause his wife appeared before MIN
with her hair chemically bleached. 1t
was a somewhat strange procedure. III
the woman had gone mad from the ef-
feet Of the bleach on her brain We should
have not been so surprised. indeed If 1t
had beer discovered that she was de-
meuted all the time and that the hair
bleaching performance was but more
malignant symptom of her mental state
II would not have been amazing, but TO
have her husband suddenly become raw
ing lunatic because OF the change IN ner
appearance Is really singular.
The average man who has lived long
enough with q wife to have her reach
the age where hair bleaching would seem
desirable in her eyes, or where sne wouid
be capable of employing It would natur-
ally have grown so used to her vagaries
that nothing could surprise him. At any
rate nobody would expect him to take 1t
SO hard even when she arrived at the In
termediate ''greenery-yallery" stage.
when the bleach begins to wear OF. Oi
course the public doesn't know what
| woful experiences he may have had prior
to seeing his wife resplendent in yellow
hair. Probably she tried dyes and facial
massage and neck gymnastics, and skin
foods and other denominations to the mas
culine mind. Maybe she had taught him
the intricacies necessary to become an
expert massct,se.
COME MINDS seem unable to grasp the
| y idea that woman can bleach her
hair unless she desires to please or
attract somebody besides her husband.
| Now this doesn't necessarily follow.
There are women who would do almost
anything in the world to still seem young
and beautiful in their husbands eyes,
Poor dears, often they can't seem to real
ize that their lords aren't observing
| enough to know the difference. There
actually are men who are such bats as
| far as their own families are concerned
that they wouldn't notice II their wives
! hair had suddenly turned gray in night
| from worry over the lack of attention
they received. 1t would be a great pity
to take the trouble to bleach ones hair
to please such husband.
IT is PROBABLE that most women
L who worry lest their husbands may
| be attracted by a younger face are
| borrowing trouble for nothing for,
strange as 1t may seem to some peo-
pie, the average man-just the gem
eral. decently conducted sort-isn
going round with a single idea. that
OF looking for pretty girls. Perhaps his
| wife may be sort Of elderly and faded,
but he probably doesn't note it particu-
larly and has something else IN mis-
blessed head than trying to discover
beauty in the streets or at his office. DO
give him credit for that AS you see him
on the train or the hotel dining room or
meet him in business. he appears to at.
tend to his own affairs rather well and
isn't watching out for a chance to hirt.
l3leached hair, at home or abroad, isn't
likely to ensnare his fancy. So far as q
rather close observer can judge, the wo-
man who bleaches her tresses in order 70
be more attractive to any man on the
face Of the earth falls short Of her marx
Out of list of twenty-five Scranton men
who were interviewed on the question
yesterday not one expressed himself as
admiring it but on the contrary all made
more or less strong remarks TO the ef'
feet that "If my wife'-or sweetheart. OF
sister, as the case might be, should
bleach her hair "I'd have her drowned
or I'D chloroform her." or "rd pull II
all out" or ;leave her." or wreak some
other dire retribution upon her.
|
ACTRESSES often find it necessary tt
A bleach their locks to hide the ravages
of time or render their stage make ur
more easily arranged, but why respect
able woman Is beguiled into so doing II
mystifying in the extreme, although there
have been many to do so. 1t Is not really
immoral any more than powdering the
nalr Dy tne STATELY iduIeo VI oehSA "o' y
was immoral 1t Is probably not more
harmful except after the streaked ant
startling hued effect has disappeared ant
the natural color has been allowed tf
resume it's place. but bleached hair ma.
never had the cachet of elegance ant
taste that attended the coiffure making
Of the colonial dame. 1t isn't to be re
rretted that what small vogue it had l.
disappearing and that women realize
the great attractiveness Of beautifully
cared for gray hair whether 1t comes
early or late in life. bringing the newt
able touch of dismay to the feminine
heart.