The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-16
MIND THE PAINTn

ITO gild refined gold, to paint the lily
 To throw perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice or add another Unto the rainbow with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish
 Is wasteful and ridiculous excess"
 Now that I've quoted Shakespeare, I'd like to add the testimony of a modern man on this subject os inter m oderD man on this subject as inter- before the public eye nowadays.
 When I lift my weak feminine voice, l am sure to be greeted with number of protesting (and unin- tentionally amusing letters from some twenty-year- miss who assures me that I know nothing of life nor yet of men. I am assured that the thing to do is ''to grab off little fun while the going is good.'' Or in equally beau tiful language I'm reminded that you're only young onceH' and the thing to do is enjoy yourself in spite
 of the stupid opinion of older people. If only youth could be made to
 realize that youth is too precious to squander. If only it would believe
 that the time to lay up treasures9is
 when they may be had for the talk
 ing. If it could see that Durable
 satisfaction" last and that the cheap
 and tawdry attraction of the moment does not lead anywhere. But let us ignore all the deeper questions today i-and stick to our paint! Also let us cling to the voice of masculine prophecy.
 With due thanks to the editor who
 wrote it. I quote an editorial I found
 among my clippings, and cannot
 ascribe to any particular source be-
 yond acknowledging my indebtedness to some c1ear-thinking and fair
 minded man.
 Says he who shares Shakespeare s idea and expresses it at all the fash ion of four centuries later: : ''The male of the human species , long ago discovered it was unneces- : sary for him to attire himself in gay co1ors, knee brooches and powdered
 wigs to attract the attention of the species, however, still believes that personal adornment is the important thing. Up to a certain point, oi course. she is right. Men like good T T looks, bu@ as a matter of fact mer prefer not to know how results are attained..''
 ! CThe italics are mine: Girl, please
 note this feminine insistence or
 1 gliding the lily. m one Of you ~ after all, you seeD
 T But there is little beauty in the powder puff and rouge pot and
 neither is there mystery" our mas g that is more than visible and pain ', that garishly proclaims itself can ado : nothjng to charm. A distressing f nhase of the matter is that the wors ,- offenders are those who need nc $ artificial aids to beauty. The woman g who seeks to gain the appearance O $ youth may be excused, perhaps; bu y the girl who hides her youthful skl1 ', with layers of tale deserves only pity
 She will need thicker powder an .: heavier paint few years from now. t, There's no getting away from tn l. facts in the case. An ugly com lyn "a y-nl l. stands out in blotches. It announce a it's artificiality and it doesn't brighter n I'D but empha sizes the ugliness ssi can't conceal.
 F. A good complexion is likely to b
 1 spoiled by rouge in time. SC
 nothing immoral in touch of DOW
 der to a shiny noce. Please don
 misouote me as standing by the blu of laws of bygone centuries and want is ing to punish anyone who smooth D. down shine with soft dustings of clea al powder. And don't fancy I condem l. as wicked and terrible anyon., wh of tints her cheek with pink or rose t of give the semblance of ''the bloom C T. youth"
 It's generally dcne so ba61v. Folk = who persist in making up-rlahe u
 to I,ok a bit circus-clownish. Th
 Garish and badly blended artificis
 cciors aren't half as pretty as tn a wieIder of the Duff and brush an s chamois thinks. Her eyes-accus s toned to crudity, don't see it's flu = force.
 n- Beauty is what we all long to -sug
 sest. Not caricature.
 Mind thA nainf