Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-06
Subway as a Boudoir

Subway as a Boudoir
Why shouldn't a woman manicure her
finger nails in a subway EXPRESS train,
despite the laws of good taste? If she
is handsome, has shapely hands and
can perform the task in a vivacious
manner before two score men as spec
tators why should fastidieus persons
protest? A handsome, auburn haired
woman, wearing a Ice dress and hur-
rying as if to keep a dinner engage
ment, did the stunt" last evening. En-
tering a train at Seventy-second street
in company with brunette she has
tened to finish her manicure work. With
a sharp glance along the car at the
men who were hidden behind neWspa-
pers she removed her tailor made coat.
From a handbag she drew a pair of
curved scissors. With few deft clips
she rounded the nails, then used the file
and was extremely busy when the train
pulled into the Grand central station.
BY that time every man had dropped
his newspaper and was watching not
only the hands, but the eyes that
glanced up every few seconds. At
Fourteenth street the nails We're ready
for the rouge, and for three minutes
she polished vigorously At Brooklyn
bridge the work was complete. One
man said the subway company ought
White Hair in Fashion
II never saw so many white haired
women in my life," remarked an OBJ
server, "as have in the last few weeks
in New York city. How did they all
turn gray so suddenly" They didn't"
returned the Manhattaner. They've
been as long in the turning as their
grandmothers were. The reason you see
so much white hair is merely because
they let you see 1t. The woman with
gray hair doesn't feel obliged to plas-
ter 1t down under her bonnet any long
er, for old age in the accepted sense,
has gone out of fashion When a wo-
man finds herself beginning to get
grizzled, instead Of rushing off to the
hair dressers for a bottle of tint she
coaxes the first few white hairs along.
When there are enough of them to
make a good showing she bleaches the
remaining brown or black or red hairs
white or as nearly white as she can.
and then she curls the combined result
into a lovely, snowy pompadour and
puts on a violet hat, and there you are!
AS for men, you seldom see man with
dyed hair or mustache any more. White
hair is considered distinguished looking,
and lots of men affect it before their
time. We have come at last to see
the true artistic wisdom of good old
Dame Nature when she powders our
locks as last parting kindness"
Not Hard to Lose Her
AS a man who recently married a
young grass widow stood with her at
the entrance of the Astor place sub
way station he said to her laughingly:
do you walk with me here to be sure
that l went downtown to my Officer,
THE question is ridiculous" she re-
piled, "in face of the fact that ! have
been married before. New York is
too intricate to keep up with a hus-
band. You must either put your faith
in him or leave him. There are a
dozen ways in which you might elude
me. You could buy your ticket. walk
straight through, go up the steps out
on the other side of the subway station
and get lost Thereon you might simply
board the car, go up to the next sta
tion, get off and take the surface car
north, south, east, west or to the Jer-
sey ferry"
Wear Smile, Anyhow
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