Evening journal., 1919-02-10
NO BAN ON POWDER
NOSE DABS,THEYSAY
lcontInued from page one.l


menting on a story In the Star yester-
day TO the effect that the advertising
division had issued an order regllat-
ing the raiment TO be worn by the
young women in that division, have
been received:
To the Editor OF The Evening Journal.
Sir; Just few lines In regard 10 the
article In yesterdays Star about the
girls who work in The dupont ofilces.
believe n the girls knew how scary
they looked with about one inch OF
powder on their faces and another inch
OF rogue they would come 10 their
senses and dress sensible ! have been
employed In an offlce on Market street
now for several. years and the remarks
] hear about girls are a disgrace, and
yet they will listen TO man tell them
they are pretty and they dress so nice
when they know he Is only making fun /
OF them. ] know myself for have been
there; so eirls. take fools advice and
come TO your senses and be your own
sweet natural self and dress respect
ably. ! surely would like 10 find a real
llce girl. Ssomething like when our
mothers were girls. Guess ! will have
% get out of Wilmington TO flnd that,
.hough, fer-I have spent 81 years (all
my life) here and the girls of our old
Town are getting worse every day.
Dear Editor. please publish this. II 4
may sound silly, but ! tried TO express S
my thoughts as 10 the way our girls {
dress. Thanks kindly. (
Citizen OF Wilmington. e
Wilmington, Del, Feb. 10. 1919 II
To the Editor Of The Evening Journal
Sir: II you win allow the space for r
me to try to put my thought In words
In regard TO the article In today's pa :
per, The star. will appreciate Il very !
much. ! think II all employers would ,
adopt the rule the dupont Company Is
adopting there would be more work
done and fewer unhappy homes. / know
OF a certain once In this city where
two poor homeiy girls were employed
land were college graduates) and be-
cause they were not Of the fresh.
rough kind they were DISCHARGED and
girl from out on Delaware avenue taken
on In their places. Now she receives
the pay that two girls were satisfied
with and does not do the work either.
and furthermore she does not need the
work.
II were some Of the girls OF VIII
mington that walk up and down Mar
ket street would be ashamed 20 look
anyone in the face. The rouge and
powder they have plsstered on their
faces Is a disgrace and some Of them
dress like--well. their dresses are dis
grace IlguesS some Of them think we
men like such things. Well, | guess
some of them do. but only 10 pass the
lime away with. When a man gets
'eady TO marry he usually looks for
lice. quiet modest girl. can't see, 70
ave me. where a girl can say she is
'retty or beautiful with an inch Of
ouge and powder on her face. The
ind of girl ] would call pretty Is the
irl that dresses neat and sensible and
her own natural. sweet self-no
Iake-ups. hope that more offices VIII
iopt the rules mentioned In today's
aper and VIII enforce them. Girls I
lould wear their dresses at least one 4
ch below their shoe tops and not 1
i've their waist cut more than three {
four inches below. their throat II
! employers would pass this rule \
'ound their places of business and
lick 10 II the girls would soon come TO
leir senses and dress respectfully. Now 81
or few words with the public, I am h
OF writing this 10 start q correspond
nee IN The Evening Journal, but / am oil
nereY trying to express my thoughts dt
w. paper In regard TO the niece mem fe
'ioneo above. am r,
Wrm,ns,o. Business Man.
Del, Feb. Q. 1919