The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-25
THE CROWN OF GLORY.

I heard a story the other day that
struck me as deliciOusly comical. and
yet full of a serious lesson in human
nature. There is a certain young ac-
tress in the East who appeared in a
Broadway production. l believe she
dressed in a rather primitive, wood
land way. barefooted, with a little
green smock trimmed In leaves, and
her hair down her back. 1t was very
beautiful hair, apparently. long and
luXuriant and curly.
OF the habitual theaterSoers there
is certain young business man who
rather prided himself on only looking
, at the theatrical world from an i'm
personal standpoint. He was about
thirty-one. tall. and very good look
ing, and 1t was of common report that
there were many of the girls who
would gladly have welcomed his at
tentions.
But when he saw this little actress
he fell deeply in love with her AS
he told others that what he admired
most was her simplicity and natural
ness. 1t was a very swift wooing.
The girl was from Tennessee. living
in New York with an elder sister.
believe, who was in another produc-
ton. Within a month, there was a
wedding at a quiet little church on
Lexington Avenue, and they went
away on long motor trip up through
the Adirondacks.
When they came back. it was she
herself who told the story.
Il never had any idea that Peter
thought that wig l wore when 1 sang,
IF 1 were Eve" in woodland green,
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did, and was horribly disappointed
when he found out that my very own
! only comes just below my shoulders,
and is straight as a board unless l
| curl it. 1 don't think | ever loved
! him quite as much as when l saw
how splendidly he reacted from the
shock, but it did teach me one thing.
Men don't really fail in love with you
at first sight. They fall in love with
your eyes, or your smile or your man
ner, or, in this case, with the bcauu-
| full hair you don't possess"
This set me thinking about another
woman who was about thirty-tive
years old. I heard her tell mother,
| one night, that she would never dine
out anywhere, unless there were pink
shaded lights on the table. l know
| 1 thought then that some time she
would face the issue Ethel Barrymore
used in one of her plays. l think IL
was Lady Frederick" where a young
bov was frantically in love with her
and she deliberately plans to have him
disillusioned by showing herself with
out her "war paint"
| While makeup off the stage has
gone out of use, still there are many
women and girls who know how 10
use it so carefully and cleverly that
II il almost impossible to detect IT,
But when was East, we had lunch al
a certain hotel, and l wanted TO tele-
nhone. As waited at the switch
board for the young girl to get my
number. could not help but look az
her. Her eyelids were darkened as II
she had used a burnt match. Inc hE
rouge was far too bright for daylight
and her color was on unevenly. she
had used a touch of henna, l think
on the front of her hair, but not OF
the back. drew mothers attention
to it, and she just laughed ana saia
/ "a good soldier never looks behind.
| I could not help but think IL tn'S
girl had only had sense enough TO take
care of her own hair, how the resul
would have surprised her. Botn tht
hair and complexion respond 10 prop
err treatment amazingly. You can TAM
even the most hopeless head OF nan
hat which seems lifeless and dun
colored. and by careful scalp massage
and proper washing and summing i, II
the open air, you will find quick re
action on the part of nature. You
scaIn Graves sustenance. The nttl,
tinv cells that the follicles are rooteC
lin. literally become dried up, Sm .en,
the system has used up w Yo,
nerve force and vital energy. hos
nan usually tell the physical conditioi
Of a Woman by the appearance OF ne
hair people write and ask me s.
many times what have done 70 keel
my own hair in good condition l., =
can only say owe it all to m lot :,
and the wonderful care she gave u
my hair when l was growing sni'
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