Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-20


sirI wouId have used rouge and up.
stick But custom is magician tnnt
ebtirely alters everything. custom or or
stvle or geographic locality actuaIS
makes the difference i'll most cases oe-
tween even right and wrong
II the climate is hot, folks wear al
most no clothing: but not for one
moment do they mean TO be vulgar OF
nod or immodest. They arc as innocent
ns little children. or playful kittens ana
their minds are as pure. Clothing haS
mo significance to them, except as
thing of warmth in chilly weather. OF
AZ ornament. ,-.,,i. hluo
The savage who paints brilliant blue
and red and yellow StreHKs up ana do"n
his face Is trying to express war We
tory. The paint in itself Is not mater
~ wickedncss. The Chinese HUSBAND
who compels his wife to bIackeh heI
teeth thinks he is making her ugly 80
thot o,hcr men will not admire her, In
n crude way. the custom is aimed at
morality. with the idea that married
women should not be alluring to men
outside their home. a black toothei
wife cannot do much vamping
And so. in Puritan America, respect
able women did not paint solely because
for women of the streets to try TO make
mn 70 look pink checked and allurlng,
and :!.is decoration. therefore. mad oe-
come associated with unsavory- sides OF
life, with degradation and promiscuouS
vulenrity. Naturally, when the shell
tered lady Of the home, and OH horrors
the innocent schoolgirl daughter, began
10 COPY Thea arts and tricks it was "a
matter of ~hoCk and worry, tor It
seemed to mean immoral tendencies;
| recall that when | was college
undcrgrndualc in California dehgnt-
full middle aged society woman OF San
Francisco. in entertaining my mother
and me in her homo, pulled out n
drawer in her dressing table hIIPd win
n complete make ny "ulht, oi'rihH
II to us rs naturally a. one would our
n drink Of water. \ box OF powder, Il
box of rouge. lipstirk, rabbits loot
(the soft fur then in vogue, with which
10 blend in the rouge) were arranged
with her perfume, etc. 1t shocked US
greatly. for we were provincial and
prim and associated makeup with dis
Sreputablc persons, just rs most WELL
bred women did in those days.
Now, it is H. common as it j. 10 offer
a visitor soap and hor water, with which
to wash her hands and face" In fact,
II any husur,~ j. 50 exceptional rs not
10 have some nice powder, especially in
summer, whcn one f"rlN hot and per-
spring, the guest is really quit" in
censcd and IS glad TO- get away, where
she may find creature comforts SO
much for the complete" reversal OF GUS
tom in f"w years time
In metropolitan crnter~, pOwdcring
and some slight touch uf punk rouge are
almost uuiyrr~al with all women from
sixteen to eighty.
And now let UN look at the few who
do not use any cosmetics.
The hard worker the poor woman
with none of the toilet accessories that
make for freshness and charm: the
farm woman who actually lnbOrs with
her hands, these look old and weather
beaten at forty. We are familiar with
the tyne: WiSp Of hair, OF her hair
pulled back tight and plain from her
face, which Is scanned and red, or Il bit
withered and wrinklcd from outdoor eX e
posure and no cOuntCraCtng not cloths,
cold cream messages or steam appliCa-
tions and aStringcntS to open pores and
cleanse and soften, "Nature' may BE-
all very well for the fresh. pink checked
Young girl, or the curly haired, red .
checked matrOn. who chances to be Il
natural beauty-but the wise, scientific
assistance given to nature by modern
women and their paid beauty specialists
takes of many years Of old age and
causes pleasure To the eye of the be-
holder. II beauty is its own excuse