The Washington herald., 1920-08-30

and meritorious act for every
woman to make herself as easy on
the eyes Of the beholder as she can.
! see no especial virtue radiating
from a shiny nose. even honor and
respect the woman who touches up
her hair when it begins to fade, and
substitutes artificial roses for the
ones Of which time has robbed her.
That is a case Of art for arts
sake. and the result often justices
the means. but when a silly fapper
paints s1IerseIf up like a circus
waroH ghe sins against both nature
and at.
Believe me. little sisters, no girl
ever commits a greater bIunder than
sss does when she fails to realize
ubst youth and narurainess are the
-reatess charm any woman ever has
ana she has them for such a little
-io that she is a three-ply idiot il
she fails to make the most of them.
Perhaps if you knew that the thing
that every mature woman envies
YOU a skin that doesn't have to be
pIastered over with cosmetics, and
eyes that do not need to have
shadows penciIIed under them to
make them bright. you would not
be so eager to hide your freshness
under the artihces Of age.
Youth just of itself is enhancing.
The satiny, smooth skin, the color
that ebbs and flows with every emo
tion. the eyes that look with shy,
wondering artIessness upon life
endow a girl with a subtle fasci-
nation no older woman possesses.
All Of this you throw into the dis
card when you put on your hand
made complexion. No blush can
penetrate a layer OF adamantine
liquid white" warranted not to
come of or crack. nor can any
made-up eye look unsophisticated.
Neither is any man set dreaming of
the sweetness Of a young maiden's
first kiss when he can plainly see
that the said kiss will be favored
with lip salve.
Furthermore. my dears, the girl
who makes up, puts herself in the
same class, so far as looks go, with
the woman of 40, since all drug
store beauty comes in similar pack
ages. This is common folly, because
the young girl lacks the poise, the
social ease, the knowledge of men
that the older woman has. The
young girls one best bet was just
her freshness, and she chucked that
away when she went in for the baby
vamp stuff.
And you make another terrible
mistake. girls, when you pose as
being worldly wise and wicked.
Why. your greatest charm is your
innocence. Those of US who have
seen 50 much sorrow, so much sor-
didness, so much that is hideous and
rotten in life. those of US who have
known so many bIighting disap-
pOintments, love you because you
have known only the white things
and the bright things. and because
your faith in all that is good and
true is still unsuIlied.
\ young girl who has gone wrong
is the saddest sight on earth. A
young girl who is wise and disiI-
lusioned, and pessimistic, hurts ev-
cryone who sees her. She is like a
soiled dove. or a lily that has been
trampIed in the dust
I know it is the fashion now for
young girls to curse. They don't
say -oh, piffle" now when they stub
their little toes. They come oui|
with good round oaths that would
make a longshoreman green with
envy. Don't do it. girls. 1t may
sound smart to you and the callow
crowd you are with, but it sounds
blasphemous to other people.
You see We have spent ages in
weaving a halo about girIhood. We
have attributed to il everything
that is pure. and sweet and inno-
cent and lovely. and We can not
bear to have our ideal smeared over
with paint, or shattered with a
big, big D.
The young girl who looks as If
she. had been reared on the street
instead of in a refined home. and
Who curses and swears like a truck
driver-she isn't the kind of a girl
weI hope our little daughters will
develop into, or our sons marry.
Just listen to me a moment, dear
little happers, you who are so ig-
norant you don't know what YOU
are. doing; II you want to be ad-
mired, If you want men In especial
to admire you, and If you want to
catch a good husband. go home and
wash your faces. Throw your
makeup boxes out OF the window.
and be Just the simple, sweet, fresh,
natural young girls you really are.
for you are not as bad as you are
painted.
Don't make US have to depend
for our ingenues on ladies' of 40,
who are wearing white muslin and