Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-04
Girls, Mend Your Stockingsi

Dear Cynthia-It were rather hazard
Gus for a person of the steraer persua-
sion to venture a reply to the ebullition
of the parcel of femininity who intrepid
~ attaching to herself the cognomen
Truthful" took up the cudgels in cham
pionship of the promiscuous use of rouge
gentler sex and whose dissertation on
the insidious practices Of the incon-
sequential man in the way Of personal
adornment was contained In an article
entitled, BARRIERS Can Beautify Him.
But Rouge for Girls, Never" which ap-
peared in your valued paper of January
30. But, once or twice in his lifetime.
a man risks his all--when he commits
matrimony and .presumes to reply to
outraged femininity in the public press
and in view of the fact that have
already risked all IN the aforementioned
pastime and live to tell the tale, 1t gives
me the nerve to attempt the latter--so
here goes
The first paragraph of the article de-
scribes the terrible things a man does.
which are compared with the use of
rouge 'in order to help nature along"
by girls generally. Now, this selects an
go, comparatively negligible type of
the male species who, unfortunately,
exists, but for whom some slight con-
ISOLATION Is evoked by the fact that he
ciety. for 1t is quite evident that no
gentleman would deign to indulge in the
humorous. crude and lowly manner re-
ferred to, l. e.. sitting in the barber
shop two hours having shampoo. facial
massage, hair tonic. wax for moustache."
etc, etc. ad infinitum.
Now. most people will agree that, in
the first place. the American man is a
clean-shaven animal and not prone to
waxing his mustache Casually he
hasn't any to wax) in the manner of
the cheap, little foreign walters who beg
gratuities in their menial way; and the
other processes through which he may
go cannot, by the widest stretch of the
Imagination, be conceivably linked up in
any way to compare with the prevalent
practice of using artificial color on the
girls cheeks-"to help nature along. :,
How in the world can this help"
posite direction, as 1t really does harm
to the complexion, though 1t is probable
that the real complexion" vanished. so
long ago that the sickly paste has no
detrimental effect on them and Is, there
fore, deemed harmless"
Personally, l fail to see any connec-
tion between having a shampoo or facial
massage and using artificial color-be-
shampooed ana dressed and don't they
have messages, tooT In fact the ladies
indulge in so many things to create their
I beauty, which was denied them by Dame
Nature, that one simply could not begin
to list them ,
As for buying ties--well. are men now
expected to go about exposing to the
four winds and the admiring Cd gaze
of the deadlier species their little
I Adams apples? Perish the thought
However. the fact that the ladies con-
| trive to expose their white (powdered)
necks during winter and TO have them
\ buried in the insanitary fur of some
| poor, skinned animal during the hottest
! days of summer, reveals nothing, doesn't
a. A"S -"HG are In the habit Of doing
such foolish. thingsr
.c, me add Just one little thing. which
| believe Is deplorable-the fact that
the girls are wearing their skirts tighter
] reveals more cubic space of sillx-clad
| limb, when they attempt to board the
street Gers now. Haven't you noticed
| And--sad tale to unfold--a large per
centage of those dainty pedal extremi-
| ties are not wholly covered by the silk
hut little spaces and ladders" appear al
frequent intervals. thereby giving the
public more than was intended in the
way of display. Girls, get out your
needle and thread and sew UP those
give-away stockings before putting them
! on In the morning. Please don't os.
tracize me for this. because l Snean Il
\ as a friendly tip from one who is fairly
obseryant.
Though unfortunate enough 10 be q
male being. i am an interested readel
of your columns and have lots of fur
discussing the problems with my wife
I am twenty-six years old.
/ AN OLD FOUNDER