The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-02

In a recent article hy Prof. r. G.
 Weatherly of the University of Indiana on
 Race and Marriage" in the American
 Journal of Sociology, he declares that
 women are only following a common
 psychological phenomenon when they use
 face powder, being actuated by the same
 motives as savages who paint the skin | black.
 Mems ideals of beauty" he continues,
 ''are found in the best type of what they
 themselves are and what they find most
 useful For this reason traits which es-
 pecially characterize group are often ar tihcially exaggerated for purposes of or
 nament. Dark races backen the skin; tall | races increase the stature by special foot
 wear; fat-nosed people further hatten the nose and the white races use face pow der"
 | All this apropos of the fact that this
 means by which fair woman makes her self more fair Is recognized and ap-
 proved method throughout the fashionable
 world as is suggested in the case of one
 of the most popular shops in Second ave-
 nue this week, employing a famous
 Worlds fair demonstrator to show just what to use and how to use it, which
 after all in the cosmetic world is the
 unforgivable sin--"putting it on badly"
 In my uneventful life l have known
 some 500,OO0 women, more or less, and nearly all 1 have ever known have con- fided to me at one time or another that
 they heartily disapproved of artificial | l recall one who diated profusely on the
 subject to me, the while she was pin
 ming to her coiffure wreath of puffs which never began their career on her sparsely covered head
 As we stood at the cosmetic counter yesterday in the Second avenue shop, while scores of women come trooping in looking at and having demonstrated to them the virtues of a particular line Of beautifers. we overheard many funny re-
 marks from the various types who lin-
 gered over the powders, rouges, perfumes. sachets, creams lotions and everything that is feminine and lovely.
 "A woman who uses cosmetics" said
 one dred-up looking female with face
 like May Robnson's in her worst make
 up, and a voice that Rose Stahl would
 like to have adopted for the Chorus Lady,
 is. in my opinion, no better than she
 should be-
 Whereupon I nudged Peggy, who was almost dying with the giggles, as we heard the ledys companion say: Rouge or braids? Pay your money and | take your choicel Which is the worst to
 add to your complexion or to your coif- | fure?'
 -why-er-what do you mean?" gasped the proper person whose head was a mass of puffs and braids and | curls and goodness knows what else! 1 There is no possible objection to adding | to ones tresses if ones own are scant. | but paint and powder-never.' And then she examined more closely | than ever a creamy pink powder, done up | In the most alluring of boxes and sweet scented and deliciously Elusive. | Then the companion lady opened her vanity box and gave little touch to her | nose
 | And moreover" she said, "I see no diff | ference in adding pink to the skin than | white: in fact, I think every woman | should do everything reasonable to her | self to make herself beautiful and fascin- ating.'
 | And they passed. while the next person
 whose views 1 heard exploited on "ex- | traneous means" observed Marie was rouged outrageously at the dinner party last night