El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-28
GIRL WITH PAINTED CHEEK
AND CARMINE. LIPS PRODUCT
OF DEMAND OF MODERN MAN


hTEW YORK Dec. 2s.-Stlrred "a
~ speech by the faults OF what he
terms the synthetic woman.
Josef Avis fLatin for ''btrd') hastens
10 1mpart 10 the universe what he.
himself-and also ersonally-thinks
q ne girls we see al about Us these
woman. he believes. is made up CT
many different elements Infused into
one strange new type OF being NJ
freedom unless "wastrel woman
changes her WAYS.
Bachelors." be pleads from his
California home in san Diego, stand
by and don Teazenl When the Won
en- find that the men VIII not cone
10 them they VIII go to the men.
am still singing the Battle Cry OF
Freedom
"A man does not want an animated
grease paint portrait walking around
With him. Look Tor the ones that do
not paint-they are as scarce as roses
AZ the north pole.
Coax one Of these dainty. demure
pets under a green light and you VIII
see that the layers Of -ouge jut out
Ike the cornlces OF a building"
Motives Are 1Ilsundc.stood.
FOR these and other soaring COM
neuts. Josef Avis has received sting
ing rebukes and relorts- Many men
have. gone so far as to hint that II
girl his middle name IS 'rara-"
But aside from the eLaEgera ton
which characterized his statements,
there is much 20 be seriously Consid-
cred in what the Californian says
The average male unaeSlhetlc and
not analytic, responds quicker TO the
carmine call Of a painted cheek than
20 the less strldenr appeal OF the face
gone prematurely gray from life in
saSvrfhefi- women are the n-oduct
OF a demand. according TO Miss Helen
p Mccormick, assistant district at
lorney Of Kings county. The opinion
OF Miss Mccormick is OF particular
value in this discussion, for she oc-
cupies a unique position Officially,
she may judge OF follies Of women
and also man since those in trouble
ana turmoil come before her in cease
less parade. Privately, che is able 20
understand the girls point Of view
on such a question, because she Is an
exceedingly comely young woman her
Kiss 1IcCoruIck-s Opinion
eThe rouged girl IS the product Of
q demand" says Miss Mccormick, and
demure girls find that unless their
attractions are made equally glazing
they may be overlooked By men in
the quest for wives.
TO marry IS the natural ambition
Of every normal girl II Is almost
necessity in order 20 vindicate her
existence. That being the case. she
feels she must conform TO the rules OF
The game
'Tt isn't the immoral or The bar
barous instinct in a girl as much as q
misguided idea OF what the majority
OF men seek in women
If men want the quiet, demure, IN
painted girl, why don't they take her.
pay her attention ard marry here
Synthetic women made up Of a
number Of strange elements are the
ones men often marry after mar
rage why. as husbands and supposed
masters Of their homes, don't they
exercise what authority and oppor-
tunity they possess TO subdue these
glazing attractions and change these
harmful characteristics
-Inslead Of doing that they simply
hask in the glory OF this dazzling
demand that she give up the rouge
pot and eyebrow pencil
CLEOPATRA. as we understand her
VTlles today, was not a beauty, but
plain woman who understood the art
Of makeup
Pluelzsd Eyebrows old story.
The nraclice is an old one PIuclled
eyebrows are nothing new In Chau-
GERS time women did the same thing.
in The Canterbury Tales We read in
the knights Tale about a lovely
heroine that the author praises for
her fine eyebrows plucked OUT TO a
thin line.
Critic Avis does not stop at child
ing women for making up he thinks
they should try their hands at cook
ing also. He predicts that II all the
bakeries and delicatessens we're TO
close down tomorrow the modern hus-
bands Of the made-up women would
s-arVs TO death
-As far as that is concerned re-
plies Miss 1IcCoI mick. There is al
ways room for improvement in cook
Ing But poor cookery is not a nod
ern institution IL is q matter for the
schools % think about. Education
VIII be the remedy.
The synthetic woman is as old as
history and I believe that the girl so
much condemned today Is not a mod
ern girl but survival OF an old