El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

, is always granted, for the manager
OF a beauty psrlor possesses that
most rare and excellent thing in
woman. the ability 70 keep secrets.
Even were she otherwise inclined,
she must do so, for her business would
cease TO exist II she weren't good
safe listener.
With the 50 cents milady pays for
her manicure, she purchases not only
/ pink and shining nails. but leases for
three quarters Of an hour the mani
curist's ear
His Curls Are Counterfeit.
The other day an Fl Paso snop was
visited by a 19 year old boy. who
makes an appointment regularly once
a week TO have his hair MARCHED
ImpoEsible2 Not at ALI Ny friend,
the beauty shop lady. tells me that
such an incident Is not at all IN
usual and that shed adore having
people know just how many Of those
perfect curly waves adorninB the
heads Of some Of our sweetest look
ing he citizens are Of beauty shop
and hot iron origin Anyway. this
youth has become so callous that he
makes jokes about counterfeit curls.
7 suppose you're trying TO fool
some little girl in town and make her
think you have naturally wavy hair"
the curler once suggested Don't
ever go swimming with her A
permanent wave Is water proof. but
not 50 a marcel"
That's true" said the youthful
Adonis. but at that 1 reckon she
could stand the sight OF me minus
my marcel as well as I could stand
the sight Of her minus her COM
plexionir
Ny friend. the beauty shop lady.
banged the cash register and sank
thankfully into her seat as the door
closed yesterday on two stylishly
clad women
It's asIsle styIe.- But
They've been here two hours by
the clock" she sighed. They're
going to have their pictures taken
and they wanted their hair Just so.
They usually do It themselves. so
their pictures viii not only be IN
natural looking. but their express
sions are bound TO be self conscious
and strained. And they didn't know
how they wanted Il fixed. One Of
them's as homely as can be. to begin
with, and when she finds she doesn't
look like Elsie Ferguson with the
Ferguson roll we gave her she'll
think we're to blame"
The girl In the beauty shop Is
often the first to hear OF a girls en-
gagement, especially II the girls
family wants her TO marry the other
man. And at Christmas and other
special occasions she knows what
each and every member Of the fam
lily is going 70 receive in the Christ
mas stocking-and she condones and
reioices with equal fervor over the
rising scale Of PRIZES or the wonder
fully remarkable bargain found just
when most needed.
And, oh. those professional
secrets, She knows just as well as
she k-loWs her own name. whether
AIRS. So and SOS beautiful white teeth
are her own or not. or how much Of
the auburn hair over which one young
man is wont to rave and compose
verses, is original with the wearer.
She tells you. IN confidence, that a
bit OF brillantine smoothed with the
palms Of the hands over newly mar
celled hair, gives II a luster and
smooths out the ''fuzziness." so that
she wave looks too natural for words.
And the things she hears and the
things she sees have made something
Of philosopher out OF the lady or
the beauty shop.
Il used TO think it such pity"
says she. that II is usually the old. I
fat and ugly women who have the
most money TO spend. I never see q