The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-21
CONFESSIONS
Of A Wife
TIE TRAGEDY or Blue
HAIR

My first exclamation when l ar.
rived In her town and looked az Don.
ma Tenney was. what In the world
have you done 20 your beautiful
white hair
Donna turned TO rno a face that
was doubiy Indicative Of tragedy
and desire TO laugh.
you don't mean to tell me. Don.
fsa, that you have been foolish
enough 10 Try TO color H." said.
Mercy. nor she answered. hut
I was foolish enough to submit TO
the ordeal OF having II permanently
waved. and this Ia the color the heat
and The chemicals they used made II. =
But IL Il blueF'
II know II perfectly wen" she an
swcrcd with a rueful laugh. In
their cndsavor 10 nuiiify the yellow
tlnge that my white hair took on.
they literally dyed II with a strong
solution Of ordinary laundry biuinK.
which gave IL this steel blue color. !
am heart.broken. OF course.
why will women be such fools
MargfoY'' continued Donna. 1T cost
mo SIS to have this ayrocious thing
perpetratcd on me and | would
willingly give sss 10 have IL removed.
Alas and alack, I've got to look uk.
this until the blue and tho yellow
wear off"
Donna's white hair had been one
of her greatest charms. and consc-
quentiy her greatest pride. But.
you see she explained. II spent
about four hours a week at the hair.
dresscr's having II curied. so con
cluded 10 have IL fixed up once and
for all III tell you, Margie. III be
mighty glad for the sake Of my sex
for / won't be hero to sec it,
when the time comes that women
will not be judged first. last and all
the time by their looks.
You may have the mind Of Mi
nerva and the soul OF an angel. but
IL you haven't the looks Of a Venus.
all else will avail you nothing in this
vale OF tears. What matters II n n
woman gains her greatest ambition.
II she loses her good iooks?'
you are right. Donna" ! said. 1T
II an awful commentary on human
ity when we women must still gain
what we want from the world OF
men on mere physical qualifications.
I know a woman who was going
abroad on a most important mission.
one which would require courage. a
trained mind. a sympathetic sense OF
dramatic values, enthusiasm, d.
plornacy and n knowledge of the
technique of her trade TO succeed To
any extent.
~ friend OF hers was speaking to
man who might help her much.
She diiated on the woman's fitness
for the mission, and asked him to
look out for her and help her all he
could. All he asked was. Ia she
good looking7' And when he was
told that she was. he said earnestly.
Me for her"
"Do you know, Margie, I am al
most beginning to think that women
will never do any very great things
in the world until we do away with
that very silly idea that above all
else "A woman must be beautiful"
But, Donna" interrupted.
don't you think that all women as
well as all men should look as well
az they cam"
"Of course. every human being
should look clean. well groomed, and
healthy. and every human being
should wear II possible. clothes that
are suitable TO his station and duties
in life But do not believe that
any human being should try to en-.
nance his beauty for the mere
pleasure OF the eye OF the commun.
ity In which he lives"
"Hear-hear the pretty widow
with the ruined white hair" 1 ex-
claimed, and we both laughed.
(To BE Continued