The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-04-08

"The small-town belle wears the
shoes and the stockings and the cor
sets and the furs that are advertised
in the magazines; she arranges her
hair in the manner prescribed by a
dancer or a movie star, as do her
city cousins; she plays the latest
substitute for music written to tickle
the ears of Broadway; she reads the
six best sellers and tells how near
she came to the ditch when the other
driver forced her to speed in order
to get past; but she doesn't use
rouge"
But out here she does use rouge; We
do not mean that Glasgow girls do
but we mean that the typical compos,
tie daughter of the small western town
does. She assumes that it is proper
and right to do so and has probably
never been told that it was once
otherwise. If she is at fault. it is
not her fault and she is as pure and
perfect underneath the paint, as her
type of lady in the eastern town. There
is nothing sinister in the western girls
use of paint or powder. Its use con-
veys no hidden messages.
The article continues:
''Perhaps-for she is feminine to
her finger tips-perhaps she buys a
box of it and experiments behind the
locked door of her bedroom; but If
she dares so much she dares no
more. for she knows that a public
appearance behind a coat of rouge
would cause a number of unpleasant
things to happen. Her mother, who
is old-fashioned and a little proud
of the fact, would send her to her
room to wash her face; or if she
evaded her mother and got on the
street. other mothers would glance
at her sharply and say to n an
other that it was very sad, because
she had always seemed such a good
girl, and it must be a terrible blow
to her parents; and a few smart
Aleck young men who formerly
bowed their heads or glanced aside
as she passed by, knowing them
selves unfit to look her in the face,
would now exchange knowing winks
and stare brazenly or venture a
softly spoken Hello, kid The small
town belle who is roughed is found
only in fiction"
And here the Post is wrong again
Tlure is nothing old fashioned about
the composite girls mother. She is
strictly up to date, and believes thai
her daughter has had sufficient train.
ing to take care of herself; the daugh.
ter is to a large extent a free agent
and is allowed to do much as she
pleases. In most cases the mother
probably taken on a share of hel
daughters supply of red paint for per
sonal exterior establishment. In othe
words the use of paint and powder GU
here has no meaning other than tina
the lady using it innocently intends t
make herself more %presentable in bust
ness or social circles.
There are two sides to the pain
and powder question. When we recall
that a decade ago a really beautiful
oma was the exception and SEE
beautiful women present everywhere
today, we are inclined to give al
honor and praise to the beauty par
lor.
The contagious desire to be lovely
has worked an artistic and physica
triumph for our girls. until now tn
American beauty is world famous
Beauty culture has given us a rae
of beauties, with which no other ma
ton can compete.
The fair sex have cast aside conven
ton in many ways, and now ignor
traditions which precluded the genel
al use of cosmetics, and the Who'll
movement for independence has bee
an uplift. We are all helped by tn
better appearance of girls and women
we are pleaSed with the democracy
beauty that is within the reach c
all of them and, which makes "BriC
Get O'Gradv and the Colonel's Lady
who were SISTERS under the skin,
according to the poet, alike cleal
wholesome and beautiful.