Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-25
LADIES---YOUR EARS, PLEASE!
BY Frederic J. Uaskin


washington. oct. 26.--Barc nre tol
be featured this winter. according 70
tho best fashion prophets.
This pronouncement may mean very
little 10 tho masculine element OF our /
ponulation who will continue to wear
cara as usual regardless Of fashion
Hut feminine America In supposqi 20
he aomewhat arog over tho prospects
OF ears.
rua. as there were knees ana knees
so Il Ia 20 be supposed there are ea'"
and ears. Women who nave ears
Of the dainty shell like variety are
ioyfni over the chance to reveal the'h'
| ON the other hand those whose un~
gainly ears have been fine oniy t'
mad out ear puffs are wonderfhe
I whether defiance Of the new ia2hiph
will arouse the voice Of gossip. ne
danleel who clung to ankle ienBtn
akirts when knees were in etyle was
set down as probably bowiegEed- WheH
cars come into fun swing tho " w-lnan
who refuses to show hers VIII be IN
ec%jous danger of having IT rumorcd
that sho has ears like sugar bow
handles.
So fnr the appearance OF the feTni-
nine ear has boon chiefly q matter %
gosylp and prediction. Irene Castle,
who Ia supposed 70 be responsible t'r
the bobbed hair epidemic, has appear
ed wearing her ears prominently dis
played. and the deduction is that tho
fashion followers of the country viii
not let Ircnes ears be lonesome very
long.
Meanwhile earrings are being worn
Lin all circles. and the rip Of the ear is
thus brought. and the tip of tho err ts
; Everything from platinum and dia-
; monds 70 Chinese currency Is bolna
worn as an ear decoration.
Earrings are one of the fashion,
that come and 20 In cycles, their p0pu
larity depending partly on styles o
hairdreeeing and partly on chance
When hair is worn very lc7v oyer th'
: ears. rings. even the swinging variety
are not apt to he popular. As ear'
! come into sight ornaments for then
= become more interesting.
In the remote past Perslans. Greeks
e. and Israelites, both men and women
!. wore earrings az choice ornaments
e. II WINS from her ear. We are told. thu
Cleopatra to6lc tho famous pearl whicl
q, she dissolved in wine for Anthony
/, enjoyment.
= when Greeks Fen for Earrings.
b How the Greeks. who we're sue
}. connoisseurs Of physical perfection
!, came 20 approve OF piercing tho car
20 ~ told entertainfngly by Miriam Ellie
! "A student Of the ear. She says:
- "The Greeks, who Of al nation
!. must have most fully understood IN
- beauty If tho unpierced ear fell
n prey TO this agRravatinR custom who
- they wero already we'll advanced !
r civilization. The reason given Is thu
n they mieundersttod an oracle OF ApoH'
O that declared II they wished 10 nav
r good citizens they were 20 put wins
r they held most precious into the ear
= OF their children Greek ayarice pre-
L vailed over Greek philosophy. and in
n stead OF putting words Of wisdom tnt
= their children's ears. they put siters
4 gold and jewels into the lobes."
o When the thrilling possibilities {
q the earring are exhausted IN the
= present reign OF favor we may expeS
" the next sensation. the ear itself. p
=. that time some one Will probably IN
4 out that ears are shochngly immora
n Some vagary OF hair dressing vi
y show up ears in all their terrible IN
Ia modesty and at once capable ceneo1
u viii be organized 10 fight the ne
= menace TO the public welfare. II II
= prophecy that ears are TO be impO
"a tant, fashionably speaking, Is fulfili'
er they may prove almost as good a SUI
In ject for welfare as knees have been.
Seriously speaking, however. the r
turn 70 popularity OF the ear viii VI
doubtedly meet with the approval
many people. Womens ears ma
been hidden so long that standards
beauty for the ear have been prac;
cally forgotten. Yet beautiful the g
al certainly IL, according to the verdi
Of artists of every age.
- Sculptors may perhaps be said
= concern themselves with the ear mo
Ne than painters. A study OF any cole
ton of famous paintings shows cor
'S- paratively few in which women's "a
d are clearly depicted. Generally III
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